[pct-l] Bugs

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good evening, Robert,



I sometimes carry a 36” x 48”, 1.8-ounce, piece of mosquito netting to drape
over the end of my sleeping bag – and my head – but lately I’ve been leaving
it home.  It weighs the same as my OR head net which I nearly always carry
anyway, and since I can sleep in the head net I don’t need both.  With the
little metal band in the head net I find it does a better keeping the little
buggers at bay than does the separate piece of netting.



Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

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On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Robert W. Freed
<robert at engravingpros.com>wrote:

> I found the mosquitoes in northern Washington the worst. Larger than the
> Sierra variety,and suck right through your clothes. Of course only a problem
> on south bound hikes,spring in Washington as apposed to spring in the
> Sierras. When tarp camping I carrya large square of bug netting. Tuck it in
> my sleeping bag over my head, weighs practicallynothing.
> Robert
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