Re: [at-l] Storing your pack

[plodder@juno.com]

I was staying at the shelter just below Albert mt. one night.  As I
remember we had a horrible lightening storm.  I hung my pack on a nail. 
The next morning when I got up and got my pack down a mouse ran away. 
When I opened my pack that mouse had ruined two pair of socks and a pair
of underware building a nest.  There were three baby mice in my pack.  I
was not a happy camper that morning.
Plodder
Bidh an aois 's a' cheilg a' ceannsachadh na h-oige 's na teomachd.
{Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill}

On Fri, 12 Feb 99 8:57:07 EST cindi prudhomme <cprudhom@chat.carleton.ca>
writes:
>Slyinmd@aol.com writes:
>> 
>> Mice can be creepy, but they're cute.  I never did have one actually 
>get to my
>> food.  If you stay in shelters you'll hear them quite a bit of the 
>time.  I
>> have heard of mice eating holes through tents, but never actually 
>saw that.
>
>I had a mouse chew a hole through my TNF Lunarlight.  Fortunately (?), 
>it
>was in the mesh rather than the fabric. :)  This happened in Algonquin
>Park when I was hiking out there last September.  He/she was a 
>fearless
>little thing!  I'd never seen a "wild" mouse that close up before - as 
>I
>was sitting on a big rock beside the lake, the mouse came running over 
>and
>started running around and over my feet!  Apparently used to hikers 
>and
>their food supplies. <g>  I like 'em, and while I can't say I was 
>happy
>about my tent, at least the wee guy had the courtesy to do the damage 
>in
>the easiest to repair spot! :)
>
>Take care,
>Cindi
>
>
>
>
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>Cindi Prudhomme
>Carleton University
>Ottawa, ON
>Email address: cprudhom@chat.carleton.ca
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