[at-l] Stormy weather

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In a message dated 6/1/2004 1:41:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
shellydhale@earthlink.net writes:

During  that storm and walking through some of the downed trees across the
trail, I  wondered the same things.  What is it like to camp in severe
weather  such as this?  
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Very scary.... You wait for something to fall on you.
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How does  one pick the best camp site during such
weather when visibility is down and  it's hard to judge what is above and
around you?  
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Do the best you can, and pray a lot.
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What's  it like to set up a tent in pouring rain?  
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Well, it sucks, so you do what you can to make it better. I used to try  & 
find 
a big pine tree to block some of the rain (I would set up under it). 
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How will  I
feel after a week of wearing soggy to slightly damp clothing day after  day
after day?  
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Wet.... But a week of being wet in the woods is still a week in the  woods,
which is a very good thing. Once I got dry in my tent, put on my dry set of 
clothes, all memory of being wet was forgotten (till next time). Life was  
good!
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How does  one survive emotionally through that?
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Adapt, outwit, survive. Attitude, attitude, attitude...
Without a positive attitude, anything can get you down. 
WITH a positive attitude, it's all little stuff...
hotdog AT03



Shelly Hale