Yurts: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask

MNN ^ | Mon, Jun 17 2013

[GraceG]

I like Dschinghis Khan better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdY60y_RZpw

[alpo]

If you want to stay in one, try cavebinn.com in Quincy WA.
It’s next to the amphitheater above the Columbia River.

I recommend the Blanc de Blanc sparkling wine they have.

[martin_fierro]

In ancient Rome they called ‘em YVRTS.

[Jonty30]

Yurts are cool.

There are ones that can be folded small enough to fit inside a pickup truck.

[nickcarraway]

Definitely. Can some of them fit into a small, woman’s clutch?

[Jonty30]

Probably not, but you can fit a decent quality tent in a small hatchback.

I think it’d be smart to keep stuff in your car, just in case. If you can spare the room.

[Jonty30]

With a little planning and piecemeal work, you can get quite a kit together that would put you ahead 90% of the general population. Even enough to get you through a week of Storm Sandy or Katrina or whatever else could happen could mean all the difference in the world.

[nickcarraway]

Definitely

[skr]

http://www.nomadshelter.com/gallery/30/19.html

Two-story ones seem to defeat the portability feature but are nifty to look at.

[DannyTN]

From Pacific Yurts, a 12’ yurt 8’ high in the center 115 sq ft costs $4,670 and weighs 750 lbs.

Meanwhile a Coleman Evanston 8 12’x12’ tent 6’2” high in the center costs $231

And a Eureka Tetragon 10 Ten-Person Family Tent - 14’ X 12’ with $168 sq ft 6’6” in the center costs $298 and weighs 27 lbs.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Kauai + Oahu 2013

[SunkenCiv]

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Thanks martin_fierro. I read a book on it once, the author was William Butler Yurts. Okay, so, it's really early on Saturday. This will be the weekly ping to Digest members. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.

[SunkenCiv]

Here's your 101 guide on the structure that helped Genghis Khan conquer Eurasia

Maybe in a comic book, but no, he didn't conquer Eurasia.

[JoeProBono]

[P.O.E.]

Did you say yurts?

[Gamecock]

I liked The Wrath of Khan.

[RoosterRedux]

bfl

[Fiji Hill]

In Mongolia, the term for “yurt” is “ger” (rhymes with “bear” or “hair”). In Ulan Bator, the capital, these structures make up an entire district.

[Pharmboy]