[at-l] Weekend hike & tent poles

[kdpo at pacbell.net (Ken Powers)]

You should be able to find a pole replacement/repair kit at a good
outfitters. I have used them to replace sections and entire poles of tents
used by Boy Scouts. I actually got pretty quick at it and even replaced a
section in the field.

Ken
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <DanandGailSC@aol.com>
To: <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 5:40 PM
Subject: [at-l] Weekend hike & tent poles


> So who went hiking this weekend? :-) Seems like too
> many of you watched political shows...
>
> Last Saturday Gutsy and I hiked Table Rock Mountain in NW SC.  That's the
> third time in eight days.  It's only five miles from home, and we consider
it our
> playground.  It's about 7 miles round trip with about 2000 feet elevation
> gain.  The weather was gorgeous--near 60 degrees and clear.  I wore my
running
> singlet going up.
>
> I need advice on how to replace a shock-corded tent pole for our Eureka
> Rising Sun two-person tent.  We lost one of the three poles.  Is there a
source for
> replacement poles?  Have any of you used a kit for making replacement
poles?
> This is one our favorite tents, but it's unusable now.
>
> Gutsy's Dan
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