[pct-l] PCT - Hard Dirt?

[marmot marmot]

Remember to spray your tent stakes with day-glo orange. Loosing them is more a problem than not getting them in the ground  Marmot

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> On Feb 9, 2014, at 4:54 PM, "Bob Bankhead" <wandering_bob at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> No matter where I go, I always carry at least one titanium nail stake;
> usually two. 
> 
> Most of the time, it remains in the stake bag as my "extra and/or
> replacement" stake (in case of loss), because I know how/take the time to
> find a good camping spot. However, the Trail Gods don't always smile on me;
> they laugh instead and plot against me.
> 
> Occasionally it is used to drill a pilot hole in very hard ground for one of
> my other stakes.
> 
> Rarely, (Guitar Lake comes to mind) it is the only stake I can physically
> get into the ground.
> 
> On one occasion, I had to hammer it into a downed log which I was forced to
> use as a staking point. 
> 
> 
> Those Easton hollow aluminum stakes that come with many shelter are fine in
> most cases, but I have had they bend, split at the tip, or break; others
> report the heads popping off when trying to remove them, but I've never
> experienced that.
> 
> My stake of choice for the PCT, CDT, and CT is the MSR Groundhog. I have
> never had a stake failure with them. Obviously, I don't try to use them in
> snow or deep sand, although I could - buried horizontally as anchors with
> rocks on top.
> 
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