I am a 58-yr-old Scoutmaster who camps year-round in the Blue Ridge mountains & Shenandoah Valley. I have used Kelty's Noah's Tarp 9 every month now for 12 months to cover my ENO hammock. It is superb. Ultra-quick to put up and take down. Less than 2 lbs. Stayed dry in a 3-day-long intermittent heavy rain in March-09 in low 40°'s-high 30°s weather. The cut and design of this tarp handled wind gusts of 50 mph atop a ridge in Shenandoah National Park in May-09. . Best money I ever spent for any "tent."

I spent 26 days just outside of Nome.This thing held up flawlessly. I would highly reccomend it.