Does anyone have any good tent stories to tell? ********************************************************************** Bradford R. Crain E-mail: brad_at_mth.pdx.edu Dept. of Mathematics Phone: (503) 725-3127 Portland State Univ. FAX: (503) 725-3661 P.O. Box 751 Portland, Or. 97207 ********************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************
Well yes indeed. My brother several years ago took his wife on an extended canoe trip from Nitnak lake on Vancouver Island down the narrows to the mouth of the Pacific. Realizing that few daylight hours remained they beached there canoe at the mouth of the narrows, where today hikers higher a boat to take them across to complete their journey of the famed West Coast Trail. Hiking a fair distance South they found a place to camp and set up camp for the night. Apparently the bugs (no seeums) were plentiful and a constant source of irritation for his wife who was not apparently all that thrilled with the journey to begin with (citified I presume). Moreover, she was not thrilled having seen a whale pass nearby there canoe when paddling and it scared the bejeebers out of her. My brother was alarmed because the current was so strong that it was bending his wooden paddles, in effort to get the canoe beached. After having set the tent up and finished supper they prepared to bunk down to recover from a long day of paddling, and because it was starting to rain. The suprise of their life occurred. The tent started falling to pieces. Literaly! Mildew had invaded the fabric over the years (mostly due to poor storage I presume). His wife was just livid! Ho, ho, ho, did my brother ever get the blast. They spent some kind a rainy night under plastic garbage bags on Vancouvers coastline that night. Needless to say the canoe/camping excursion turned out to be a disaster. So much for canvas tents and his wifes willingness to go along with anyother such adventures. It pays to have a quality tent and to practice good storage. I am all for the consensus that Moss and/or Northface are the two premier tents. Oooh, I feel the need for a new tent coming on. Gonna truck on down to 'trac and trail' and check one out again. Cheers, Philip BRADFORD R. CRAIN wrote: > Does anyone have any good tent stories to tell? > > ********************************************************************** > Bradford R. Crain E-mail: brad_at_mth.pdx.edu > Dept. of Mathematics Phone: (503) 725-3127 > Portland State Univ. FAX: (503) 725-3661 > P.O. Box 751 > Portland, Or. 97207 > ********************************************************************** > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************
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 ***************************************************************************
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