Re: [Philmont]: 3 Person Tents

Pat,
Can you define "3-person tent"? I mean the dimensions, not necessarily the
brand and model. And roughly, what did it weigh, in total?
--Bob Schaettle
Rochester, MN

>From: Patrick Finley <pfinley@wi.rr.com>
>Reply-To: philmont@troop47.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list philmont <philmont@troop47.com>
>Subject: Re: [Philmont]: 1 Person Tents
>Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 23:58:33 -0600
>
>Our Crew used 3 person tents last year. We had 9 Scouts and 3 leaders and
>used 4 tents total and it worked fine. Each three person team divvied up
>their tent so each scout carried either a tent, rain fly, poles/stakes or
>ground cloth or some combination thereof. We let the teams work out who
>carried what and they decided appropriately to let the smallest of their
>team carry the lighted item. They really did a good job. We started doing
>this on our shakedowns and let the Crew decide on compatible tent mates
>then. By the time we got to Philmont all the kinks were worked out and it
>went great.
>
>HTH
>
>Pat Finley
>Troop 303
>2003 617A
>Antelope
>http://www.discusrock.org/troop303/
>
>On Mar 23, 2004, at 9:04 PM, JS1864@aol.com wrote:
>
>>Has anyone used 3 person tents with three scouts sharing a tent? Any
>>thoughts on this? We are considering this since the overall weight shared
>>3 ways is lighter than most 2 person tents shared 2 ways. With 9 Scouts
>>in the crew, this is easier to arrange sleeping too.
>>
>>Joe Simonis
>>Troop 6
>>West Chester, PA

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