Re: [Paddlewise] Beach Camping

From: Barbara Kossy <bkossy_at_igc.apc.org>
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 09:44:43 -0800 (PST)
More than once I've tied my tent to my kayak on windy sandy beaches.

Barbara



At 09:17 AM 12/28/98 -0500, Sisler, Clyde wrote:
>The only beach camping I've ever done is under a beach umbrella with a 6
>pack so I hope someone can help me.
>
>If you've got nothing but sand and nothing to tie your tent to, what's the
>preferred way of securing your tent against high winds?
>
>Campmor offers tent stakes called 'Sand Hogs', a 12" heavy steel stake.
>
>I had been thinking about fashioning some sort of cloth buckets I could fill
>with sand and bury.  Then I saw in Kabloona that Victoria Jason had attached
>some sort of skirt around her tent that, I guess, she covered with sand to
>keep it tied down and to prevent wind from getting underneath the tent.
>
>Any thoughts?
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