> BC provincial parks have a sandy, gravelly pad, well compacted. It is > either too hard to put pegs into, or else too loose once a peg has been > planted. Plastic pegs break when hammered in, and metal ones either bend > or else pull out once installed. My situation is "too loose". These pads are not compacted at all. It's very, very loose gravel. In fact, "gravel" may not be the right word. Perhaps I should use the word "rocks". If you could form them into cubes, we'd be talking about rocks between 1/2" to 1" cubed, with no smaller "fillers" between them. Anything thin could be pulled out with just the strength of your pinky finger.... there's nothing to grab onto the stake/spike, unless I can get down to the bottom and then grab the ground beneath it. I've been down a foot and didn't hit bottom. BTW - I'm sure glad I've been using a Thermarest! That stuff is terribly uncomfortable to sit, kneel or lay on! Rick *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Aug 17 2004 - 08:45:39 PDT
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