[pct-l] Poncho/tarp

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

I forgot to add an answer to your question about how to set up in the  
rain.

I was surprised how protected it was under trees. I could set my pack  
down against a tree trunk and put my tent up and get everything  
inside fairly quickly. The protection from trees allowed me to keep  
things relatively dry. I could even find protected camp spots where  
rain was very minimal and the ground was dry. Not all the time, but  
sometimes.

As for mice, they are generally not a problem. That seems to be an AT  
shelter sort of thing. I experienced mice in the last big, dry, 35  
mile waterless desert stretch (I should have noticed the droppings  
before I set up--Hanta virus = bad) and a few days before the  
Canadian border and that was it. I slept with my food or had it just  
outside the door.


On Jan 1, 2010, at 4:44 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Poncho/tarp
> To: Paul Bodnar <paulbodnar at hotmail.com>
>
> Paul,
> so move fast is the answer!  or I guess wait it out til the rain  
> lightens
> up.  thanks for the link to the knots!
>
> Kathryn