Re[2]: [at-l] Shelter sleeping

[tmcginnis@ucclan.state.in.us (Thomas McGinnis)]

     And I've Never left my pack pockets open, and didn't have a whole 
     chewing till last summer, at LEAST 2500 AT miles.


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Subject: Re: [at-l] Shelter sleeping
Author:  Tom Fort <tjfort@netdoor.com> at ima
Date:    2/10/99 5:33 PM


Heck, I did this and they STILL ate holes in my NEW pack.  The only thing they 
didn't eat was the TP. (which is a good thing)
     
I hate Mice.
     
t.
     
HkrTrash@aol.com wrote:
     
> I also make sure that I leave ALL
> pocktets and other openings open when I hang my pack at night and have never 
> had a problem with chewed packs.  I did see a hiker with a brand new Gregory 
> pack store his with the pockets closed and wake up the next morning to find 
> the zipper chewed out of the main compartment.  It's much better to give the 
> little buggers free access and clean out a few mouse droppings than to find 
> holes chewed in expensive equipment.
     
--
     
Tom Fort
tjfort@netdoor.com
Ridgeland, MS
     
     
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