[pct-l] tent stakes

[Brandon McGinnity]

Is that true, Steel-Eye, that Y shaped stakes have 10x the holding power of
a round stake? How do V shaped ones compare, do you think?



On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 6:14 PM, CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net> wrote:

>  Good afternoon, White Jeep,
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=263806
>
>  Steel-Eye
>
> Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 3:57 PM, David Lippke <lippke.list at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > My wife and I are here staring at our collective pile of tent stakes
> > wondering how to divide them up (since we are mostly camping separately)
> > and
> > which ones to leave behind.
> >
> > What type or mix of stake types do you experienced PCT hikers bring?   Do
> > you bring two full sets of different types?   Just several more than a
> full
> > set so that you have a mix?   Just enough of some type and simply deal
> with
> > the misfit situations as they come up?    Inquiring minds want to know.
> >
> > Thanks much,
> >     David - White Jeep
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