[pct-l] Tents vrs Tarps - Bivies?

[Timothy Nye]

Whoa!  "..trail and error..." instead of trial and error.  Now there's a
Freudian slip on my part.

 Personally, I'm all about cowboy camping.  It's the simplist and easiest
> and most rewarding.  There clearly are weather extremes that can and are
> encountered that may make a tent attractive.  But I've experienced being
> knocked off the trail because of injury; one that wouldn't have occured if I
> wasn't carrying too much weight and that took over a year recovery time.
> Speaking for myself, the clock is ticking as to the number of opportunities
> that remain.  Too others similarly situated, I urge that they attempt reduce
> their base weight as much as comfortably possible for them individually;
> trail and error is a younger persons game.
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