Michael Daly wrote: > > RiDem wrote: > > > > [snip] because the tent was the last thing packed, there was > > always an opportunity to "reconsider and retreat", back into the tent. > > Somewhere way in the past, I was taught that the tent should be the first > thing up and the last thing packed. I follow this rule religiously and > many people think I'm nuts. I'm glad to hear someone else does something > like this. No. I put up the tarp first, if the weather is at all threatening. That gives us a staging area for gearsort, tea/coffee brewup, and a hideyhole to regroup mentally. And, when breaking camp, the tarp is the last thing to come down -- everybody stays reasonably dry while waiting around for the slow people to pack up. Mind you, if I did not have a tarp along, then the tent *would* be last down. In the rainy climes where I paddle, however, a tarp adds so much sanity and comfort, it is "de rigor." -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Nov 13 1999 - 22:02:00 PST
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