[pct-l] Old Station to Dunsmuir

[Jim & Jane Moody]

Amen to this. I now have a Lunar Solo with extra air conditioning. Hundreds of pinholes in the top. I've wondered if a squirt of Deet along the edge might repel them? 

Mango 

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From: "Robert Henry" <rrh.henry at gmail.com> 
To: "Jim Banks" <JimLBanks at verizon.net> 
Cc: "Pct-L" <pct-l at backcountry.net> 
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 10:18:55 PM 
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Old Station to Dunsmuir 

A word of caution about the ecosystem in this stretch of the trail north of 
Burney Falls. The oak trees harbor little brown ants, aggressive, smelly 
and loaded with formic acid. Don't set up your tent under an oak tree, 
despite the allure of a soft bed of oak leaves. If you roll up your tent 
in the morning with the ants on the tent, they will burn holes in your tent 
trying to get out. I patched 150 holes in my tent after a hasty morning's 
pack up.