[pct-l] Tent or not?

[Diane Soini]

My vote is tent. If there's even one mosquito, I'd be very unhappy.  
And sometimes the privacy of a tent is nice.


On Jun 12, 2013, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> From: "JPL" <jplynch at crosslink.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] Tent or not?
>
>   I'll be hiking in the eastern part of Yosemite in August.  Basically
> leaving YV, hiking up the Merced and environs for about a week and  
> coming
> out at Tuolumne Meadows.  I know, or think I know, that I need to  
> take some
> form of shelter.  My choices are a tarp at 11 oz or a tent at 22 oz.
> Thinking mainly of any mosquito problem that would tilt my choice  
> towards a
> tent.
>   Any helpful thoughts (or unhelpful but witty ones!).
>
> :)