[at-l] Stephenson 2R Tent on Mt. Rainier

[RoksnRoots@aol.com (RoksnRoots@aol.com)]

In a message dated 4/11/2002 3:38:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
gbuffmd@bigfoot.com writes:


>  I want to take the
> Stephenson.  The instructor David Spring of Bellevue Community College says
> it is entirely inadequate.  He says the tent can't stand wind over 60 MPH
> and all tents need high guy out lines at 4 corners. 


     *** Trust him. I climbed Rainier in 1988 and had 60 mph + winds up on 
the mountain. After the first night at Muir camp the tents set up outside 
were all torn to shreds by morning. They were literally like prayer flags 
flapping on strings. On the last night after summiting I slept out in my 
north face VE-24 expedition grade tent. The wind that night blew hard over 
60mph. I was kept awake all night by the tent roof coming down and smacking 
me in the head at ground level. The tent poles have been permanently bent 
ever since. The only two tents not to be ripped to shreds on that trip were 
mine and another north face tent...


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