[Philmont]: RE: Tent Stakes

re-read my message and realized it was less than clear on one point - by "double stake" I meant 2 guylines to 1 tent stake. If you stake the fly and tent lines at the front, rear and on the midpoints of the sides individually, you will need another 6 stakes, 20 total or 10 per person. Plus another for the dining fly.

- Al Thomson

> tom fitzpatrick writes...
>
> The crew supplied equipment list indicates that each person should have 10 tent
> stakes. If I recall, from my 2002 adventure, I think we only used half that
> number - can someone confirm then number of stakes required for Philmont issue
> tents and the dinning fly
>
> Comment...
>
> Having slept in a Philmont tent this past weekend and conducted ten sessions of
> the "camp setup" portion of the Patriots' Path Council's Philmont training
> weekend for 18 crews, I can confirm that the blue tents take 14 stakes IF you
> double stake the front and rear lines and the 2 middle guys on each side for the
> tent and fly (if you're counting, that's 4 for the corners, 2 front for the
> front and rear guys, and 4 each for the guys on the sides). 7 per person.
>
> The dining fly takes 8 stakes - 2 for the ridge line, 4 for the corners, 2 at
> the midpoints of the sides. Call that another 1 per person. 8 total.
>
> The extra 2 (3 for some) take care of losses (it happens) and damage.
>
> By the way, the retired green tents took 2 fewer, as they only have 1 midpoint
> guy on each side of the tent and fly.
>
> --
> Al Thomson, Troop 236,
> Schooley's Mountain, NJ
> Treks 1999, 2001, 2003
> Autumn Advenures 2000, 2002, 2004

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Received on Wed May 5 07:55:40 2004