[at-l] Best Tent for Tru-Hike? ['03]

[m_factor@hotmail.com (Mara Factor)]

Good point.  The trails are many animal's favorite highways at night (and 
during the day, too).  Sleeping on the trail may just get you stepped on by 
a moose or something.  And believe me, they do NOT like going around you.

Besides, the original query was for a tent suitable for newlyweds.  Get the 
old style two person Nomad (if you can convince Kurt to make one).  The new 
one fits two but has a pole in the middle.  The old one has no such 
"barriers."  :-)

I can't imagine any place on the AT where you couldn't find a suitable place 
to tent with a little bit of forethought and planning.

Mara
Stitches, GAME99

P.S.  Night hikers are also animals that might step on you.  And if 
traveling without a light, they might not be able to tell your bivy from a 
rock...  :-)  Memories of startling a couple of night hikers when we were 
camped on the road (but off the main trail) at the Audie Murphy site come to 
mind.

>From: MrsGorp@aol.com
>Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 14:09:07 EST
>
>In a message dated 1/7/2002 1:23:44 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>sloetoe@yahoo.com writes:
>
>
> > you can sleep in the middle of the trail
>
>I hate it when people do this. Please don't sleep smack dab in the middle 
>of
>the trail,  find some place off trail.
>
>Cin

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