I have never heard of CO poisoning in a cotton tent, but have heard several stories about this being a problem with synthetics and/or using simple stoves/heaters in enclosed spaces (Steger had problems with this in his first north pole dogsled trip). In any case if your stove is set up correctly it will draw air in and vent the CO/CO2 and other stuff up the stovepipe and out into the great outdoors. Much more of a concern is keeping the tent from burning up, but that's a whole 'nother story, and way off topic. To keep it more on-topic, Sea Kayaker ran an article on using wood stoves and canvas tents for winter sea kayaking a year or two ago, somewhere in the pacific northwest? At any rate it looked like a great way to offset the cold and damp and dark of off-season paddling. > A father and son died this past weekend on a camping trip near Perry, FL. > They were using a small propane heater to heat their tent, and succumbed to > carbon monoxide poisoning. I would never have suspected that this was > possible in a tent. Just thought it was worth mentioning after reading > Sarah's post. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Wood stoves in canvas tents work wonderfully (especially when you crank them up to sauna temp), but fall into the realm of heavy camping. A good heated tent means that you can comfortably cook and eat and socialize during the evening, rather than lie in the dark for 12 or more hours. Setting and breaking camp, finding enough wood, and hauling everything, takes time and effort. Thus if you are into setting up a base camp and running day excursions out of it, heavy camping is terrific, but if you want to put in some miles each day, it is usually too much bother. Also, if you cook in the tent, you'd best sleep elsewhere and not let your sleeping bag in the cook tent so as to avoid moisture buildup in the bag. Cheers, Richard Sarah Ohmann wrote: --snip-- > To keep it more on-topic, Sea Kayaker ran an article on using wood stoves > and canvas tents for winter sea kayaking a year or two ago, somewhere in the > pacific northwest? At any rate it looked like a great way to offset the > cold and damp and dark of off-season paddling. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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