At 11:45 AM 8/17/2004 -0400, Rick.Sylvia_at_ferguson.com wrote: > > 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! If you've got some old 1/4" plywood lying around you could cut four 12"x12" squares, drill a hole in the center, and thread a couple of feet rope through it, tie a knot in it so that it doesn't come back through the hole and make a loop on the other end. Then dig a hole in the "gravel", put the plywood in, and cover it with the gravel (leaving the looped end of the rope exposed). *************************************************************************** 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 - 10:58:25 PDT
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