[Paddlewise] FW: speed it up

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> From: 	Reeves, Debbie (Debbie)
> Sent: 	Monday, November 15, 1999 2:48 PM
> To: 	'Dave Kruger'
> Subject: 	RE: [Paddlewise] speed it up
> 
> I haven't mastered "tarping" but I hope to someday.  For the groups, I
> always used to take a HUGE blue tarp, but it was SO big and SO heavy.  It
> was hard to transport, hard to set-up, hard to maintain while up, . . .  I
> have had a little nylon tarp for the last year, take it on every trip but
> have never used it, even in bad weather.  I guess that blue tarp really
> messed me up.  Is there a therapist who specializes in bad tarp
> experiences?
> 
> Debbie Reeves
> Sandy Hook, NJ
> 
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> From: 	Dave Kruger[SMTP:dkruger_at_pacifier.com]
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
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