Setting%20up%20Camp

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Setting up Camp

• Outline
• When
• Where
• What

Exum Guides camp, Lower Saddle, Grand Teton
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When

• A good spot early is better than a bad spot late
• You might want to spread out and search for a
  spot
• Remember it takes time to setup camp, eat dinner,
  clean up
• It gets dark pretty fast

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Where (1)

• Flat spot in the woods, or sheltered area from
  wind.
• In The white Mtns
• below treeline in summer
• above treeline only if on top of 2ft of snow(?)
• within 200ft of trail
• within 1/4 mi of streams or AMC huts

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Good View is nice.You dont always need a tent.
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How important is a flat spot?
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How Important is this wind stuff?

• If possibly windy make sure you have walls.
• You might collapse the tent when not in it.
• You dont always need guy lines.

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Be prepared for some loving care

• Chaffing can break guy lines
• Snow can accumulate

• Broken branches?
• Flying debris

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Where (2)

• Make sure you divide the cooking, toilet, and
  sleeping
• Also specify area for snow collection
• Make sure the back of the tent faces windward

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DO and DONTs

• DO NOT Clear vegetation
• DO NOT Make ditch around tent
• DO spread the snow or make sure people cant tell
  youre your tent was
• DO NOT leave a trace (the spies wont be able to
  follow you)

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What (1)

• You can do many things at once
• First thing, is start melting snow (takes a lot
  of time gt10 minutes)
• Also collect snow in a black trash bag for more
  water
• It takes a lot of snow in volume to produce a lot
  of water
• Setup tents, spread sleeping bags

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What (2)

• House Rules
• Do not walk on booties (you can sleep easily)
• Do not bring boots inside tent, easy to get snow
  inside tent
• Brush snow out of tent
• If snowing through the night, you might have to
  shake off accumulating snow off the tent

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Keep the camp clean and tidy

• Snow can cover your stuff in no time. Do not
  leave stuff around.
• Think big wall rotated 90 degrees, always have
  your stuff inside or clipped to something so it
  cannot blow away nor be covered with snow (unless
  is inside your vestibule)

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After you are done, you can enjoy
Sunset on Camp Shurman, Mount Rainier (two of the
tents were blown down)