Re: [Paddlewise] Speaking of GPS

From: Dave Kruger <kdruger_at_pacifier.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 09:46:12 -0800
<Rick.Sylvia_at_ferguson.com> wrote:

> In my neck of the woods, you don't just pull ashore and pick a
> spot, even if camping is allowed "anywhere".  It's easy for the
> government to say "camp anywhere" when there isn't anyplace to camp!
> For example, the undergrowth is so thick, you usually can't see anything
> along the shores past the first outer layer of leaves, from the top of
> the soil all the way to the top of the trees, and trying to hack your
> way into it to even walk around can be next to impossible (not to
> mention undesirable for the sake of the "hacking").  Finding a foot
> print big enough to pitch a tent would be a real challenge.... voice of
> experience.

We have that problem out here, also, with steep-to shorelines and thick 
salal/blackberries/devils club brush clogging the wter's edge.

I suspect a hammock might be the ticket to defeat the thicket.  [groan ... 
sorry]

--
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR 
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