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#196783 - 10/17/16 11:28 PM Re: Winter Day Hikes: Tarp or Bivy Sack [Re: Glenn Roberts]
Jim M member Registered: 11/23/03 Posts: 430 Loc: Kitsap Peninsula, WA	I agree that taking both is safer not just because I would be doubling up, so to speak, but because they serve two very important different functions (shelter and warmth). Thanks for your thoughts. Maybe just one of our party (of 3) can take a tarp in addition to his bivy and a different person carry the tarp next time. _________________________ Jim M
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Winter Day Hikes: Tarp or Bivy Sack	Jim M	10/17/16 08:29 PM
Re: Winter Day Hikes: Tarp or Bivy Sack	Glenn Roberts	10/17/16 08:49 PM
Re: Winter Day Hikes: Tarp or Bivy Sack	Jim M	10/17/16 11:28 PM
Re: Winter Day Hikes: Tarp or Bivy Sack	aimless	10/17/16 09:01 PM
Re: Winter Day Hikes: Tarp or Bivy Sack	Jim M	10/17/16 11:40 PM

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