[pct-l] Picking a proper tarp/tent site

[Montedodge@aol.com (Montedodge@aol.com)]

 Steve points out picking a site with a slight slope would help solve 
drainage problems!! ( Actually , my site was at a slight slope, BUT downpour 
with raindrops bouncing 5 inches off saturated ground still allowed rain to 
run in a river under groundtarp. )  Any flat surface had 2" of standing water 
on it. Hindsight would call for some major trenching, but with all the roots 
and rocks around, anything short of a Backhoe would prove worthless. 
Sometimes you do everything correct and still lose. I have hiking this trail 
over 20 times and 15 in rainy weather, but this was the wettest yet. a 
hammock tent would have been a perfect ticket. You never stop learning. Monte


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