Re[2]: [at-l] Weary Of Shelters

[lparker@cacaphony.net (L. Parker)]

Only if we change the current paradigm used to design tent campsites.
Clustering tent sites all in one spot doesn't work. They need space between
them, more space than most of the ones I've seen.

Lee I Joe

> "...I think that a properly designed and appropriately sited
> shelter will in
> fact minimize the impact upon the local ecology." says Lee I Joe.
>
>  I guess it depends on what you mean by properly designed and
> sited. But during
>  the peak seasons typically only 20 percent or fewer of the
> people at a site are
>  using the shelter. The rest are camping. The resources that
> go into a shelter
>  would be far better used developing platforms to minimize
> the impact of tents.
>
>  Weary
>
>
>
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