[pct-l] Moak's thru-hiker tents...

[Bighummel at aol.com (Bighummel@aol.com)]

jerry goller writes:

> Ron has made (3) of these available for testing through BGT. The Test Calls 
will go out in the next few weeks.> 

Ron exhibited one of these at the ALDHA-West gathering this last weekend and 
will, I assume, also do so at the ALDHA-East gathering next weekend.  

I tried to lay down in it and, damn it, it was too short!  Ha! This is my 
problem and not a design flaw.  It does look like another innovative great design 
by this Six Moons guru.  It is rather pyramid shaped and should thus shed 
snow well, whereas, the long low tarp-tent styles look like they would crater 
under any significant snow fall (not that a thru-hiker should necessarily need a 
4 season shelter, but one never knows).

Us 1977'ers boast of meeting and knowing the greats of past years like Dick 
Kelty, Hap Clop (former president of the Nth Face), Yvonne Chounaird (Great 
Pacific Iron Works and now Patagonia), Royal Robbins, etc.   You current hikers 
will later in life think back and remember that you knew and socialized with 
the current greats like Ron Moak, Glen Van Peski, Henry Shires, Brian Frankle 
and others.

Greg