¶ North Face Domes
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RBF Definitions
“At our Vancouver site, in addition to the four MFG ‘Molded Fiberglass’ Company’s Turtle Domes, there were two smaller North Face Domes. The name ‘North Face’ derives from the north face of Mt. Everest. These two North Face domes were developed by successful Everest climbers for their high altitude, advanced base, dwelling devices–designed for environmental conditions far more formidable than those with which humans anywhere had ever before swiftly and effectively coped. The North Face domes are oval in plan. They are geodesic. They are made with the highest tensile strength aircraft aluminum struts and have inner and outer dome skins of nylon with a double skin floor. They disassemble and roll into a pack two feet long by eight inches in diameter and weigh only eight pounds. An eight-pound home compounded with a sleeping bag permits human beings to be very intimate with nature under most hostile conditions.”
¶ Citations
- Accommodating Human Unsettlement, p.20; 20 Sep’76
