Re: [at-l] Tent in shelter

[Snodrog5@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/27/2000 12:56:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
tjfort@netdoor.com writes:

<< Why set up in a shelter?  what do you gain?  >>
 The one time I did it was after an eight hour hike in the rain on the Wassa 
trail in Baxter. There was no one else 'on the books' to be there and the 
skeeters were thick as fog in the leanto. I gained a little comfort, and 
didn't have to start a six day hike with all my gear soaked.
 Since then I've 'invented' an alternative-We had an old family sized tent 
with a 4x4 no-see-um door. I cut the door out, and now I use that as a 'bug 
net,' I tie a bootlace to the middle of the net and hang it from a thumb tack 
directly over my head. Works better than trying to sleep in head net, because 
it covers your arms too.
 I usually avoid shelters that I have to share, I snore and it's not fair to 
subject others to my 'chainsaw' all night 
T"zzzzzzzz"J
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