[at-l] Tell me your troubles...

[trailtrash@hotmail.com (Jerry)]

You might want to try one of the 9" aluminum snow stakes. Mine is an SMG
from a local outfitter but REI carries the same thing (item #358111 $1.25).
I kept breaking the little orange shovels....in too much of a hurry some
times, I guess....  ;o). The snow stakes are lighter, cheaper, and won't
bend or break very easily. The curved lip at the top makes them easy to dig
with. Just hold it like a stabbing knife...you'll be surprised how fast your
can dig a cat hole.
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim and/or Ginny Owen <spiriteagle99@hotmail.com>
To: <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>; <knowhal@netreach.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 4:02 PM
Subject: [at-l] Tell me your troubles...


> >stove=>Pokey: Except...except...I CAN=B9T LEAVE THE LITTLE PLASTIC ORANGE
> > >SHOVEL behind!
> >
> >Doc (leaning forward): Interesting...
> >
> >Pokey: Don=B9t get me wrong, I sawed it at both ends to make it >lighter,
> >but I can't keep from using it...I mean, using my heel, or my >trekking
> >pole, to dig a cathole? Just can't stomach it...and it's >worse! I put it
> >in a mesh pocket on the outside of my pack...
>
> ***
>
> I like it.  We've always carried one - and always will.  And it's
generally
> on the outside of one of our packs, where we can get at it in a hurry.