SK, who has trouble comprehending using a high end tent ($500 17 years ago) and a low end ($50) needs to consider that when you take the family it is too dangerous to cook in a tent with a floor, you need more space than for solo self - support, touring allows greater loads than running Class IV - V with your gear, and most wives and kids want floors and windows. As to worrying about getting an expensive tent dirty, if it is a good tent, and Moss is probably the best, it cleans easily, and Moss repairs damage for free. In short, you pick the gear for the situation and the persons. Not a novel idea. The Guy you Can Not Understand *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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