The evolution and development of modern tents (1)

It is not easy to figure out the history of outdoor equipment in the United States. In the first few founders, with a lot of heads, they created a brand that became famous in the world. However, like everything in the United States, it gradually became a game of capital in the later period.

The first brand to talk about is TNF, The North Face. Everyone seems to know that it is the north side of a mountain. But no one can tell which mountain it is. In fact, The north face was originally a company specializing in mountaineering. In the northern hemisphere, the north face of every mountain is often the coldest. The most difficult route. The earliest camping and mountaineering enthusiasts went to the surplus store of the US Army to buy things. Military materials are often extremely heavy, making backpacks almost impossible, and only cars can drive to the camp. Of course someone wants to change this.

People familiar with the TNF logo should also be able to recognize where their logo is inspired. In the 1960s, TNF began to be dissatisfied with directly using military supplies to play outdoors, but began to build it by itself. Gradually it became a self-made equipment. The most important contribution of TNF to the tent is the geodesic tent that is still in use today. This only changed the history of the tent, the original name should be called Oval InTentions Tent. The birthplace is Berkeley. The madness of the 1970s should be understood by anyone who has seen Forrest Gump. Berkeley is the most "left" and most free base camp. This group of hippies, out of drug use, in addition to rock and roll, a large part of them also went outdoors. This group of pioneers has also profoundly changed outdoor equipment.

The man who invented the geodesic tent was called Fuller. Fuller is affectionately called Bucky, he was not a TNF person in the first place. It's just that everyone is in California, and Bucky has a friend who has a good relationship with the founder of TNF. More importantly, TNF and Bucky realized at the same time that the previous tents were heavy and not strong. Bukcy wrote in a letter to a friend that he is now in the classical age of tents. The term Archaic Period, the most classic is to describe the era before Greece entered the golden age. There is no doubt that Bucky's judgment is very accurate. Because at this time, there was a retired soldier in Scandinavia, who was also full of resentment for the tent at that time. Why couldn't we build the tent together? The soldier's name is Bo HILLEBERG.

The geodesic tent is very strong at first glance. But the reason for the sturdiness is that the complex geometric structure can evenly distribute the tension to the tent cloth. But at the beginning of the birth, it was indeed because the hippies felt that this shape was very cool, so it must be very strong.