[Badbob]

You might want to search at the advrider.com for tents. There is a lot of postings about tents and camping gear.

I second the idea of asking friends. I know some one who went back packing. He bought all his gear and lasted two or three days before calling it quits. I think the rain and cold did him in. In any case the tent only got used a few nights you might be able to find someone you know that would give you a tent or sell it to you at minimal cost.