RE: [Paddlewise] tents

I don't have any real good 'no s---, there I was ' stories.  I have had
good, decent tents that have withstood everything needed, except for the
occasional leaky floor.  I do remember a morning on the Masai Mara in
Kenya.  My friend told me he could not sleep at night thinking of
leopards in the area and how they(like most cats) like to walk on the
highest thing around. Since the nearest tree was several hundred yards
away, my buddy was thinking how strong his Eureka Timberline  tent was
and what a leopard would think of a warm, wiggly thing wrapped in nylon.
Luckily the leopards were not adventurous that time.  

What I often remember are all the nights  without a tent.  When camping
I think of a tent as the fall-back option.  The wolves, loons and owls
are so much more enjoyable without the nylon intervention.

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	BRADFORD R. CRAIN [SMTP:brad_at_mth.pdx.edu]
	Sent:	Monday, February 23, 1998 2:53 AM
	To:	paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
	Cc:	wavelength_at_lists.intelenet.net
	Subject:	[Paddlewise] tents

	     Any more good tent stories out there?

	
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	Bradford R. Crain                             E-mail:
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	Dept. of Mathematics                          Phone: (503)
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	Portland State Univ.                          FAX:   (503)
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