[pct-l] PCT - Hard Dirt?

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Marmot

I know that is not what you meant, but it seemed as though you were 
implying that the day-glow orange paint will help loosen the stakes.  :)

Shepherd


On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 7:06 PM, marmot marmot wrote:

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