BRADFORD R. CRAIN wrote: > > Does anyone have any good tent stories to tell? A few from my long-ago days as a climber: 1. Watching a couple JanSport 2-man domes sail off over the Mazama Glacier into crevasses (sleeping bags and all) because no one anchored them -- thought the gear would keep 'em put! 2. Leaning up against an A-frame pole rig in a Trailwise 2-man half the night because the pole bent so much in 60 knot winds I was sure it would give (it didn't). Same night a client who was told to make sure EVERYTHING had a rock on it so it would not blow away put rocks on her *crampons!* Everything went sailing that night -- Thermarests, loose clothing, couple sleeping bags, but not the crampons! 3. Several flattened tents -- mostly domes, but one A-frame -- from high winds. 4. One tent fire, when one guy lit a Bluet stove at the entrance as another missed a cartridge change just inside the door and the spewed butane made a cloud of droplets. Only wasted the door and a down parka. No injuries, except to the pocketbook and someone's pride! 5. Washed my first decent tent -- first one I owned with a rain fly -- to the detriment of the early PU coating -- bye-bye waterproofness! 6. Couple times (once on a sea kayak trip) I forgot the tent poles! Not as bad as the time I forgot my sleeping bag! 7. One very "aromatic" night in a crowded 3-man tent after a healthy dinner of soybean-enriched spaghetti sauce. Olfactory sensors have not been the same since! 8. Brought my small one-man tent instead of the two-man, first (second?) time I went camping with my sweetie. Cozy, but must have been OK -- we are going on 6 years of togetherness -- take that, Dr. Ruth! -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Feb 16 1998 - 21:58:37 PST
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