RE: [Paddlewise] TENT HUNT - "PLEASE"

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From:	tfj [SMTP:tfj4_at_attbi.com]
Sent:	Saturday, February 09, 2002 7:46 AM
To:	Rick.Sylvia_at_ferguson.com; PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net
Subject:	Re: [Paddlewise] TENT HUNT  - "PLEASE"

"PLEASE DON'T get a non-freestanding tent."  Lots of other good stuff
snipped, but just to reinforce this point:  every plan to camp on a rocky,
windswept island?

TFJ
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I have -- and survived a gusty thunderstorm in a free-standing four-person 
Eureka Alpine Meadows tent that was held down by rocks piled on squares of 
netting clipped to the stake loops.

Tip for camping on sand: Tie guy lines to "dead men" -- rocks or pieces of 
driftwood buried horizontally six inches or more deep.

Chuck Holst
^_at_^_at_
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