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

Philmont tents require 14. You can pitch them in a pinch with 6, but not
recommended :-).
Dining fly from PHilmont takes 8. 10 per person is a bit much, but it gives
you extras for losses. If you bring your own tents, it's another story :-).
Regards
Don Roberts
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Tim Tucker
  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.
  tt

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Received on Tue Jul 20 20:47:52 2004