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It is apparent that tents should be barely largeenough to provide room for sleeping. Any additional sizeincreases weight, requires the use of heavier fabric andstronger anchorage to resist winds, and decreases warmthbecause of the increased volume of air required to bewarmed by the cook stove or body heat. Pitching tents.—An area large enough for the tent is leveled if necessary by using a ski as a scraper. The snow is then compacted by vigorous stamping with skis. The floor of the tent is laid out with the entrance away from the direction of the prevailing wind. At each corner the snow is stamped hard by the boots, then more snow is kicked into the holes and similarly stamped in order to provide a firm anchorage. Skis and ski poles are usually used as pegs, although locally secured poles and sticks may serve. Tent pegs one foot long, made of sheet duralumin, bent longitudinally into a right-angle section, are sometimes carried. If the snow is fluffy or sloppy, these |
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