[pct-l] tarp/poncho

[whitethunder10 at hotmail.com (Joseph Niemiec)]

hey yall...

Just wondering any of you have used any of the tarp/ponchos out there... I 
know you make one Ron...

Just would like to get some feedback on them.  I was thinking about buying 
one and adding some mosquito netting...

I realize there is one from golite, integral designs, sixmoon designs, and 
more... but which one works the best and pitches taught?

Mouse

>From: "Ron Moak" <rmoak@sixmoondesigns.com>
>To: <Mtnned@aol.com>, <pct2006@yahoogroups.com>
>CC: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>Subject: RE: [pct-l] A Wake-Up Call
>Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 07:04:30 -0800
>
>
>Mtnned writes >> Just thought I'd ask if all of you are aware of the
>challenges you'll be facing negotiating the snow pack and passes once 
>you're
>in the High  Sierra.
>
>I hope every one of you have spent at least 4 days to a week cranking out
>as many miles as you can in the snow, under intense sun or nasty, blowing,
>whiteout cold, to test yourselves and your gear.  It's one thing to hike a
>summer, dry trail toward a pass and top it over a field of snow, maybe  try
>to glissade down the backside, and another to live in it for days on end.<<
>
>Gee what a gloom and doom post. If you decide to quit Pacific Crest
>Builders, you can get a job writing copy for Bush's speeches on Terrorism!
>
>Does the Sierra pose challenges? Sure, but by the time thru-hikers enter
>them, they are hardly hiking wimps anymore. Learning which end of an ice 
>axe
>goes up helps. Learning how to cross areas of snow covered trail helps. 
>Then
>again finding a couple of seasoned hikers and joining them on the journey 
>is
>probably just as good.
>
>The Sierra is time of shear hiking thrill. It's not the Bataan Death march.
>
>
>Fallingwater
>
>
>
>
>
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