From: Steve Mac Intyre (smacintyre.asm@attglobal.net)
Date: Tue Dec 24 2002 - 10:40:06 CST
I stand corrected, my son said his mother was the Den Mother and he went to
the meetings until he was old enough to join officially as a Tiger cub.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Mac Intyre" <smacintyre.asm@attglobal.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list philmont" <philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Philmont]: Fold and roll or "stuffit"?
> No more sand kicking here on the board, we all do things differently to do
> the same thing. The decisions that we have made in the past have brought
us
> to where we are today, that's why we look at this board everyday to learn
> how to do things better or differently the next time. I will get off my
> and John's soap box now.
>
> Gee, I have been nicely folding tents into 1/3rd's and rolling to the door
> for years. When I bought my Mountain Hardware Nightview the girl told me
> NOT to fold the fly because of all of the windows in the fly, but to fold
> the tent. We stuff our downed sleeping bags into small bags and they are
> ok, (we store all sleeping bags in large cotton laundry bags unstuffed and
> fluffed when not in use). Our Military sleeping bags we have been folding
> and rolling to the head for years also. I will try to stuff them next
time.
> I have learned alot here over time, with all of the different views from
all
> over the country, we can all gain a different view on how to do things,
> right John.
>
> Our Scoutmaster was telling us stories about Philmont. He was asking a
> Eagle Scout (been a Scout since age 4) things he had learned. He asked
him
> the most important experience he had learned from. You could see him
> thinking, then he said "you taking me to Philmont!".
>
> This is the greatest reward of all!
>
>
> MERRY (CHRIST)MAS & MANY MORE HAPPY NEW YEARS TO ALL & MANY, MANY MORE
> TRIPS TO PHILMONT!!!!
>
> Steve, Rookie ASM, Troop 777, Middle, TN council.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jason A. Cotting" <p2ranger@anvilgear.com>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list philmont" <philmont@troop47.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 6:49 PM
> Subject: RE: [Philmont]: Fold and roll or "stuffit"?
>
>
> > I stuff my tent. Philmont asks that you roll the Philtents. Never
gotten
> a
> > straight answer on it but I just did what I was told. I believe the
> > advantages for stuffing are obvious. Life of the tent and time taking
down
> > camp. I put mine in a compression bag and stuffing allows it to be
> > compressed more. The other advantage is when you stuff the rain fly in
> > separately from the body, the fly goes in first, then the body. This
keeps
> > the fly in the bag where it won't get in the way until needed.
> >
> > I'm glad your Eureka tents have held up so long to regular folding. For
> me,
> > I don't want to take a chance. It may take folding it 5000 times beofre
> > something happens, but I don't want to give it that chance for something
> as
> > important as a tent when fatigue sets in unexpectedly.
> >
> > For waterproofing the seams, I use Seam Grip. I don't like Seam-sealer.
> The
> > Seam Grip seems to hold up better. It comes in a tube that you brush on
> like
> > a paste. Its good stuff to keep in your repair kit. I used it once at
Moab
> > to glue my bike computer back on the handlebars. It is similar to shoe
> goo.
> > It may make your tent a few ounces heavier than seam sealier, but its
> worth
> > it.
> >
> > Seal the outer seam, the ones that face out. It makes your tent look
ugly,
> > but fashion shouldn't enter in to the equation of tents. If you put it
on
> > the seams that face in, then you are allowing the water to soak in a bit
> > before it hits protection. Hit the entire rain fly where ever there is
> > stitching. Then hit the floor. I sealed the inside on the floor. I
didn't
> > want the seam grip to get the wear it would recieve facing out on the
> floor.
> >
> > Jason
> > ><>
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