Re: [Paddlewise] Tents-last call/Tents and Ethics

From: Dave Kruger <dkruger_at_pacifier.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 22:27:13 -0700
RiDem wrote:
> 
> Well... some people have "ethical" concerns about the obtrusive  day-glo
> orange /yellow color  of the NF VE-25, but it sure makes the tent easy to
> see ("find")  while wandering around on the tundra,  [snip]

> I like the  NF VE-25. I thought it was overkill when I bought it , and when
> storm-bound  I hate the ghastly jaundiced light  inside. (You sit there
> wondering if your partner has end-stage liver failure, due to their peculiar
> yellow-hue.)  

Know what you mean about the jaundice.

I had always been a Luddite re:  color of tents until this last season, when I
acquired a light gray tarp to replace the forest green one I had used for a
couple years -- man! what a difference in light underneath the gray tarp.  On
those days when tarp/tent-bound, it sure is nice to have something which lets
in some light.

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR

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