Yeah the sale price was not marked anywhere in the store, just showed up when I checked out. Might be a pricing error but getting the tent and the overpriced Big Agnes footprint seemed like the best deal I was going to find on a tent.
Spent some time at the REI sale. Some really good deals there. $105 off the Baltoro 75. Ended up getting the Big Agnes Fly Creek UL2 with the footprint for around $260 out the door plus a bunch of winter gym/running clothes.
Wouldn't having your trekking pole thing right in the middle of the tent be a pain in the ass? I have looked at some that use the trekking poles for support and kind of like the idea of something like the Veda tents or maybe a Lightheart. http://lightheartgear.com/index.php/tents/lightheart-duo-tents/product/view/6/5
I am very happy with both Western Mountaineering bags I have picked up. Not sure if a treated down or synthetic might be better in a very humid environment down there though.
I am looking at some minimalists tents from Tarptent and trying to figure out what Cuben Fiber is.