[pct-l] cowboy camping to Kennedy Meadows

[Michael Pinkus]

I was thinking mostly of just putting a groundcloth down, sleeping pad, bag and then a light silnylon tarp over top to keep dew and light mist off. I'm worried about critters joining me in the sack though.....

Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:05:22 -0800
Subject: Re: [pct-l] cowboy camping to Kennedy Meadows
From: baidarker at gmail.com
To: robert at engravingpros.com
CC: pct-l at backcountry.net; mikepinkus at hotmail.com

Camping under trees is almost always dryer than camping out in the open, in terms of dew.  Except in the redwoods, where the mists condense on the needles and it rains all night sometimes when it's only fog elsewhere.  They're tall for a reason, they rake the low overcast skies of moisture, causing it to rain where no real rain may have fallen for months.  A redwood forest actually produces its own weather.  They're from the Jurassic, when the planet was in fact much mistier.   

In the Sierra, and deserts however, staying under tree cover meant a drier morning. 
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