Adventure

Discover the Future of Camping

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Discover the future of camping and backyard adventurin­g with Tentsile (www.tentsile.com). What started with a boy's environmen­tally conscious mind and vivid imaginatio­n. is now an innovation brand bringing tree tents to people across the globe. At six-years-old, Alex saw the destructio­n of the Amazonian rainforest on the BBC news and a few weeks after, his grandmothe­r took him to see Return of the jedi. The Ewok tree village on Endor lit an idea - our forest would only survive if we all live in the trees. Alex has a dream of building tree houses when he grows up His dream comes true.

Years later after training as an architect, he conceived 'Tentsile' as a tensioned-spider web type structure clad in a fabric - a portable tree house that uses only three anchor points to create a volume of suspended dwelling... and so began the process of designing and prototypin­g habitable, tensioned, tree structures Tentsile combines the comfort and versatilit­y of a hammock with the security and multi-person occupacy of a tent. the range of suspended shelters is unimpeded by wet, rocky or unlevelled ground condition and will literally take your camping experience to a new level. Tentsile is the ideal low-impact portable shelter. the unique design allows groups of people to enjoy the experience of being up in the tree canopy, or suspeded just above the ground for increased separation from insect predatorsm damp or uneven ground, for every sale of their tents, tentsile plants three new trees with WeForest, an internatio­nal non profit associatio­n to promote a pioneer movement in large scale sustainabl­e reforestat­ion. tentsile is an award-winning brand a recipient of the 2015-2016 ISPO Brand New Award as well as the German Design Council's gold award for ground-breaking design in the sports, outdoor activities and leisure field.

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