| The camping tent is one of man's best achievements. | | | | steel. After the frames began to look stronger and |
| Not only is it simple but effective shelter it also is | | | | more portable they began to revolutionize the other |
| portable and durable. Shelters of this sort (with | | | | half of the tent; the cover. |
| supportive frames and a fabric) date back centuries. | | | | As the new metals increased the durability of the tent, |
| This earlier version of a tent was used by groups like | | | | the materials needed too as well. Thus manufacturers |
| the Romans, the Greeks, the Persians, and so on; as it | | | | began to make the covers out of materials like nylon |
| was effective and could be dismantled and set up | | | | and polyester rather than the more natural materials. |
| quickly. | | | | These were not the best materials on the market but |
| Romans and other forces mainly included camping | | | | they were more durable in extreme conditions |
| equipment in their travels at wartime. Their camping | | | | compared to the best fabrics. |
| gear though was nothing compared to what ours is | | | | Finally the tent that we know today was developed. |
| today. It usually involved a large sheet of fabric along | | | | Instead of solid rods that were placed and tied |
| with support frames. Although these frames were | | | | together, they began to make them simpler with |
| often times just made on the spot where they were. | | | | frames that snapped together. "Pegs" were added as |
| Once they established a border and a ground to camp; | | | | well which are spikes that hold onto the fabric and |
| they would merely make a large frame and drape | | | | frame of the tent and keep it locked into the ground. |
| their canvas or whatever material they had across the | | | | All of these new advancements made the tent even |
| frame. This provided them quick and reliable protection | | | | more convenient than it already was. It now was the |
| from the elements while not being a burden to put up | | | | best tool for an outdoorsmen as well as other people |
| or take down. More than likely they would just take | | | | in need of quick, easy shelter. |
| their materials that covered them and leave the frame | | | | The tents history covers a large portion of history. It |
| as it was unnecessary to even dismantle it. | | | | was used from the times of Roman soldiers to the |
| This old fashion model of a camping tent was later | | | | leisure weekends of outdoor enthusiasts everywhere. |
| discarded as the '70's began. With this new decade | | | | Throughout history it has advanced itself as one of the |
| came new technologies; especially in the tent world. | | | | greatest forms of shelter that is portable and quick to |
| Instead of using the traditional frame materials they | | | | assemble. Camping tents have not only withstood the |
| began to experiment with stronger materials such as | | | | advances of technology but have embraced them, |
| metals. These metals ranged from aluminum which | | | | thus making them a reliable, durable, and enjoyable |
| was lightweight yet strong to thin rods of stainless | | | | method of shelter worldwide. |