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Community Equipment This category includes principally cooking equipment and food, with certain additional items for repair, first aid, and emergency. If a two-pound tent section is not carried by each man, the tent will of course be included in community. Most parties are strict in keeping the community to the lightest possible weight but do not exercise enough control over personal equipment. It must be emphasized again that no one should be permitted to carry an unnecessary item merely because "he wants to."
Tent.-—Lightweight, easily pitched, but not too roomy is the two-man type of tent. The design shown (fig. 1), when made up of 5 1/2 -ounce waterproof poplin with a 3 1/2 -ounce percale floor, weighs but 4 pounds. It will house three men comfortably, and can hold four. It may be pitched with two to four skis, two to five poles, including one under the peak of the ridge. The sod-cloth on the flaps surrounding the floorless cooking space must be weighted with packs or food bags during heavy wind. Suggested dimensions (in inches) for the tapered tent are as follows: width at front, 64, at back 30; height at |
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