[philmont] philtents

Last summer they said it was the "Flux Capacitor" of the tent.

On Nov 23, 2006, at 3:52 PM, R Fisher wrote:

> About the only problem our crew had with Philtents in 2006 was when
> one of the tent groups lost the little plastic gizmo that holds the
> front two poles together (Philmont has a catchy name for it but I
> forget). We lashed the poles together until we were able to get a
> replacement for it at Baldy Commissary (interesting conversation on
> that - ask if you want details). The other problem was drying
> them when we got back to basecamp. We had to pack up while they
> were wet, the campsite was rather muddy, and it was raining when we
> returned. This slowed the process quite a bit. Other than that,
> they worked fine. I used my own tent, since I was "odd man" in the
> crew.
>
> Happy Trails,
>
> Roy Fisher
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