RE: [Philmont]: Packs

Using a dining fly sort of eliminates the problems pack covers create. Pack
covers work perfectly when you are hiking or the pack is sitting unopened on
the ground. If you are digging into your pack to get your tent out,
everything in the pack is going to get wet.
 
Thus the dining fly.
 
Thus when you are done setting up your tent, move the pack to it, finish
unpacking for the night (leaving your sleeping bag stuffed but your pad open
and inflating) then move your pack to the BT.
 
Which I think personally is pretty dumb. Nothing like everyone's pack
getting destroyed because a rat, raccoon, mouse or bear decided that a smell
was worth investigating. Rather have the animal attack the specific pack
rather than all of ours. But........
 
Thanks for the previous clarification. I forget about the BT at
Philmont......purposely.
 
Jim Moss

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From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On
Behalf Of SIHIWI@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 6:46 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: [Philmont]: Packs

To reiterate the Philmont position on packs...they are to be in the Bearmuda
Triangle, spread out, not too near the tents (which are outside the BT),
covered, and on the ground. I guess this could mean under the dining fly.
Just that we have never done that. Pack covers have made that unnecessary.
 
YIP X 7
1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005
IWTGBTP (but probably won't be able) ;+(
Steve Unger
T-50, Fort Worth, Texas

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Received on Sun Mar 12 21:28:20 2006