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Re: [pct-l] Bug Netting/North Country Trail
- Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bug Netting/North Country Trail
- From: "Joanne Lennox" <goforth@cio.net>
- Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 12:26:15 -0700
- Reply-to: <goforth@cio.net>
Adventure 16 has a neat thing called the Bug-Bivy. It is a hoop made out
of deldrin with mosquitoe netting on it. I rarely used my tent, and used
the bug-bivy instead. The hoop folds into 3 smaller hoops by twisting, and
it slips under your head, it lies open over your sleeping bag. It is hard
to envision unless you see it. I was very frustrated in trying to use a
head net with my sleeping bag (the bugs were too close to my head and the
whinning mosquitoes kept waking me up, and I was too hot and confined in
the bag.). The folded hoop is about15-16 inches across, the net and hoop
weight 5 ounces, the carrying bag 2.
I never used my head net unless I was in camp and than only rarely. I
think I used DEET three times (I do almost anything to avoid putting it
on). I used a long-sleeved shirt, and long pants.
I don't remember being really bothered by no-see-ums on the PCT. I have
been most bothered by no-see-ums near bodies of wather ,especially rivers
where there is a lot of moisture in the air. The PCT willfully avoids
bodies of water and other such tender scenic features.
Goforth
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