Stir the pot indeed! But , I wonder how many northern paddlers ( Canada, 'though MN and ME are North enough) would enjoy a night under a tarp and bivy sack during black fly season? Further North, you run into the problem of lack of trees, or even bushes, to string a tarp, and the strength of the winds preclude poles, even well staked ones. ( My ex-brother-in-law however, backpacked in the very maw of what Seattlites call Summer, Cascades and Olympics, using just the set-up you describe, and was quite happy with it. However, I eventually felt that both he, hid sister, and entire family were on the farside of eccentric,,, which is probably why they are all "ex's") :) rich dempsey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See our canoe tripping website http://communities.msn.com/RichWendysAwayFromHomePage *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Oct 20 2000 - 18:32:51 PDT
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