an eight person tent holds this many campers

The answer to the question…How many people can you fit in an eight person tent? …from twentyfive-plus years of De Anza College Outdoor Club camping trips.

Most are actual occupants, some are posed.

goodmorning2004winter120 pixels: 2004winterstillasleep 160 120 pxls: wakeupcookieswinter2004 160 pxl:

six in tent Yosemite winter 2014: six people in a dark tent five girls in tent 2014 Yosemite winter trip: five girls in a dark tent

Miguel Castaneda, Alex Mitchell and Balaram Fedchenko in tent winter 2010: Miguel Castaneda, Alex Mitchell and Balaram Fedchenko in tent first thing in the morning

girls with Cabella: 2010 winter trip girl in tent with multiple sleeping pads and bags: posed photo of girl in a huge tent with multiple sleeping pads under her and three sleeping bags

thumbsup120 pxls: 2009 group in tent with Pooh 120 pixels: 2009 group photo in tent with Pooh howmanypeoplein a tent120pixels:

tent mates Leigh lake 2011: slightly out of focus photo of smiling people in a tent

three in tent winter 2013 yosemite: three people in sleeping bags in a tent just waking up

seven people in sleeping bags in an eight person tent

Alex gives Alanna a backrub: giving a backrub in a tent 3 girls in tent 2011 winter: 3 girls in a tent in their sleeping bags, wearing knit hats

stuffing in to the tent by Jill Goodell:

2009 winter trip stuffed in tent: lots of sleeping bags and people in tent, rows of boots outside finding boots: trying to find a pair of boots in pile outside of tent

2009 group alseep in tent 600 pixels: group asleep in tent with large stuffed bear

crowded tent 2005 five: crowded tent snow 2005 three:

snow camp 2015 four people in tent.: sleepy people in a tent first thing in the morningsnow camp 2015 2 people: people in a tent first thing in the morning

snow camp 2015 7 people: people in a tent first thing in the morning

Ideally you would only have four people in one of the club six-person tents during a trip with potential precipitation, but how horrible would it be to try to stuff more people in and sleep crowded with gossiping and giggling all night?

unhappy with too many people in tent 2013: a bunch of people sitting up in their sleeping bags in a tent making faces

group in tent winter 2013: a bunch of people sitting up in their sleeping bags in a tent

Posing the 2010 group photo in the tent:

first people in tent for photo 2010: first people in tent for a posed photo of a crowd sleeping in a tent starting to settle down for group photo: starting to settle down for group photo crowded in a tent

starting to form the pile of people in tent 2010: starting to form the pile of people in tent, a few lying down, most standing in their sleeping bags forming the group in the tent photo 2010: campers in sleeping bags setting themselves into a pile for a photo of 12 people in an eight person tent, laughing at jokes about who is on top

almost ready for group photo in tent 2010: almost ready for a group photo to be taken in tent, if everyone could just stop laughing and pretend to be sleeping half of group giggling, half set up 2010.: half of group giggling, half set up for group photo 2010

2010 snow camp group sleeping 320 pxls: 12 people in sleeping bags in three rows on top of each other in an eight person tent, pretending to be sleeping

exiting tent after group photo 2010: exiting tent after group photo

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