RE: [Philmont]: Ground cloth inside the tent

> Pete Swiggum writes

> There are two schools of thought regarding the placement of a
> tent's ground cloth (or footprint). I've seen it discussed
> many times as the "innie vs. outie" debate.

I have no great theoretical contribution to this discussion, but I can
tell you that I have been using a footprint (it was on sale) with my
Meteor Light for the last 4-1/2 years with no inside sheet. I camp 12
months of the year in Western Washington, and have been rained,
hailed, sleeted, and snowed on. Many times. In 80 or so nights of
camping, I've never had water inside my tent and the footprint has
protected the bottom of my tent from a myriad of roots, rocks, and
cones.

I'm an outie.

Yours in Scouting,

Rick Tyler
Assistant Scoutmaster
Troop 575, Chief Seattle Council
 

-------------------------------------------------------
Scouting E-mail Discussion Lists @ usscouts.org
Subscribe/Unsubscribe at http://usscouts.org/lists/
Listserv Commands at http://usscouts.org/lists/lc.asp
-------------------------------------------------------
Send listserv commands to: listserv@troop47.com
Send postings to: philmont@troop47.com
List FAQ found at: http://usscouts.org/lists/faq.asp
List Administrator: philmont_owner@troop47.com
-------------------------------------------------------
As you gather around this virtual campfire with fellow
Scouts and Scouters, do your best to be trustworthy,
loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient,
cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.
-------------------------------------------------------

 
Received on Thu Jul 14 14:08:59 2005