At 23:18 11/13/99 -0500, Michael Daly wrote: >RiDem wrote: >> >> To me, that seemed like a >> real safety factor; 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. > >Do others? > >Mike when we had our "emergency" earlier this year, yes, the first thing up was the tent, and even when we had pulled up tothe river with our cars, we didn't take the tent down until 1/2+ of the gear was safely in the cars. i also pack my gear in the morning, while sitting inside the tent. i'm usually done 30+ minutes before everyone else... the goups i've been on trips with usually take 2+ hours to get ready... mark -- #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.jacknjillz.com/paddler [index of Paddling websites I manage] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. --Pablo Picasso *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Nov 15 1999 - 16:21:15 PST
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