[pct-l] tents

[CHUCK CHELIN]

*"However, if mosquitoes are a problem, no WAY on earth will I suffer
with a head net stretched across my face and mosquitoes resting a
centimeter from my skin. I may be a little crazy already, but insects
** can do things to my sanity you don't want to see." *     Piper

Good morning, Piper,

Since you’re a female hiker I sincerely hope you never attain the attributes
that allow me to sleep well wearing a headnet outside of a tent: 1) It’s
helpful that I have a full, bushy beard to assure the miserable mosquitoes
can’t reach me through the mesh with their dip-sticks, and 2) It’s
unfortunate – but useful – that enduring many years of gunfire, heavy
equipment, and chainsaws without ear protection has damaged my
high-frequency hearing acuity to the point I barely hear their infernal
whining.

Sleep well,

Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

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