RE: [Philmont]: Why so many tent pegs?

We brought the Philfly (with provided poles) in 2002. It was HEAVY,
especially when it was wet. In 2004, we brought a NOAH's Tarp and used
hiking poles to support it. We saved literally POUNDS of weight,
especially when you consider we were rolling the NOAH's tarp WET almost all
of the time <g>. The NOAH's tarp only needed six stakes. Same for our
troop backpack tents, which we used instead of Philtents. So, for our 12
person contingent, we had 42 stakes (compared with Philmont's recommended
120 stakes!). We lost only a couple and they compensated by using one of
the tent fly end stakes (which basically just kept the fly from rattling in
high winds). YIS. Mike.



                                                                                                           
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Tim


Just bring enough for your own tents and each crew (not person) should have
10 for the dining fly. BTW this years Philmont dining fly is a large
improvement over 2002’s. We did bring our own parachute cord for the ridge
line (50 ft is enough) and poles (self collapsing from Campmor $10 per
pole. Very light and backpack friendly). This years dining fly already
has cord attached for each side.


Stan Clark




From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On
Behalf Of Tim Tucker
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 2:32 PM
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Subject: [Philmont]: Why so many tent pegs?



We leave in 11 days so I am down to details. Crews are advised in the
guidebook to bring 10 tent pegs per person plus enough for the dining fly.
This works out to 20 pegs per tent plus the ones for the dining fly. Why
so many? Does the altitude cause people to misplace tent pegs? The
guidebook uses a minimalist approach on all other items. I tend to trust
the guidebook but 10 per person seems like a lot.
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