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[pct-l] RE: raining like hell.



Hi, Just wondering if anyone knows what the conditions of the freeway from 
san fran to tahoe are????

Mouse


>From: "AsABat" <AsABat@4Jeffrey.Net>
>To: "'Garret Christensen'" 
><garretchristensen@yahoo.com>,<pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
>Subject: RE: [pct-l] Snow Camping, Tyvek
>Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 17:49:47 -0800
>
>Rather than buying a footprint, why not just use 2-mil plastic available in
>big rolls for cheap at Home Depot?
>
>When I don't have far to hike I like to make wall-to-wall padding inside 
>the
>tent, cutting ensolite pads from a surplus store so they fit together to
>cover the entire bottom of the tent. No rolling off the pad and getting
>cold. For longer hikes this is a bit heavy though.
>
>AsABat
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-
> > bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Garret Christensen
> > Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 5:19 PM
> > To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> > Subject: [pct-l] Snow Camping, Tyvek
> >
> > So here's my problem: I like to snowshoe and camp in
> > the Sierras, but digging a snow cave takes forever and
> > I tend to get soaked digging it, so I just stomp down
> > a level area in the snow and set up my regular one-man
> > tent (SD lightyear/REI roadster).  But then it snows
> > (or as is the case thus far this year, mostly just
> > rains) and my tent sags a little, and my sleeping bag
> > rubs against the moist tent walls and any part of the
> > bottom that isn't covered by my pad, and after one
> > night of this, my down bag is pretty much soaked.  Any
> >  suggestions on staying dry?
> >
> > My thoughts thus far were along the lines of caring my
> > two man tent so I'd be sure never to touch the edges,
> > or getting some Tyvek for a ground cloth or maybe the
> > tents' footprints.  If you think Tyvek would be less
> > wet to the touch after sitting on snow for 12 hours
> > than a supposedly waterproof tent bottom, where can
> > you buy it?  Do people just buy rolls off ebay?
> >
> > thanks,
> > the Onion
> >
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