[pct-l] Bad weather shelter testing--now!

[ned at pacificcrestcustombuilders.com]

Excellent opportunity to test your shelters! We encourage everyone to set up 
their tents, tarps, and ponchos in their back yards to see how they fare in 
wind, rain, and snow. Test your gear in the worst of conditions and you'll 
be fine on the trail. If the shelter you've chosen doesn't do well, at least 
you still have a warm and dry home to bail out into in the middle of the 
night!

Sleep in it to see if the wind-flapping keeps you awake.
See if you have enough tie-outs.
Check to see if the seams keep water out, both in the floor and roof.
Do you have enough room for all the gear you need in with you?
Is you pack waterproof enough to leave outside the shelter or small enough 
to fit in with you?
Do you have a place for your shoes that will keep them dry?
How does your shelter deal with horizontal rain?

If you're not currently on the west coast of the US getting slammed with 
winter weather, test-pitch your shelter and spend the night inside during 
the next real nasty storm in your area. Keep in mind that the weather can 
get real bad in the Sierra during any month of the year. Prepare for it and 
be happy for it when you have to "weather the storm."

Mtnned
Mountain Education
South Lake Tahoe, Ca

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tortoise" <Tortoise73 at charter.net>
To: "PCT MailingList" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Cc: <ned at pacificcrestcustombuilders.com>
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Tahoe conditions


> Up here in Crescent City, 20 miles south of Oregon and on the coast; we've 
> had intermittent rain squalls with lots of wind. Had some wind last night. 
> Seems to me most of the weather action is going south of us.
>
> This noon I was out doing errands and got caught in a squall.
>
> Time I got home and had lunch, the squall was past. I'm hoping to take out 
> my two backpacking tents, a Tarptent Contrail and a Stephenson Warmlite 
> 2RS and put them up in the wind and rain, get inside, and see how well 
> they do. Would like to give each a good test.
>
> Tortoise
>
> Because truth matters"
>
>
>
> ned at pacificcrestcustombuilders.com wrote:
>> Oh, and by the way it started dumping this morning and we can only see 
>> about a quarter-mile!
>>
>> So far, only a couple of inches.
>>
>> For all of you in SoCal, we hope that the mudslides and flooding aren't 
>> too bad...
>>
>> How is it up in Lassen or the PNW??
>>
>>
>> Mtnned
>> Mountain Education
>> South Lake Tahoe, Ca
>>
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