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[pct-l] Re: tarps and stingers in So Cal



Good evening, Dan,

My tarp has been pitched about every way possible, with the cords anchored
to stakes, rocks, bushes, tree limbs, clumps of bunch-grass; whatever I can
find.  Once I had to tie the cords to the middle of sticks that were laying
on top of the sand, then place rocks on top of the sticks.  They were smooth
rocks and not the easiest to directly tie to.  Just about anything works.
Normally I pitch it off the ground all around so it will ventilate and so I
can see what is going on, but in a wind I'll pitch it low on the windward
edge so it doesn't get lifted as much.  I am not fond of a 4-lb. tent, but
I'll bet it is comfortable ... once you're done hiking for the day.

Steel-eye


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <danandgailsc@aol.com>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 6:24 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Re: tarps and stingers in So Cal


> My wife, Gutsy, section hiked last year from I-15 to Walker Pass. She had
trouble using a megalight teepee-style tent because of the wind. After one
particular incident when the wind blew the tent down near the cookstove, she
quit cooking and tenting and decided that she needed a freestanding tent. We
bought an MSR Hubba Hubba and she is carrying it now on a 2-week hike on the
AT. I am a little concerned about the extra weight (over 4 pounds). How does
one handle soft sand? Is it feasible to use rocks and cords instead of
stakes, with a tarp or anything other than a freestanding tent?
>
> We never had trouble with bugs entering the megamid or megalight tents
except in Florida.
>
> Gutsy's Dan
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