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Earlier I passed a camp and saw tents flapping in the wind.
I couldnât stop at the time, but havenât been detracted from the urgency that is winter survival when camping. My background is in the
I look forward to doing skill shares. Until then, a thread..
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I couldnât stop at the time, but havenât been detracted from the urgency that is winter survival when camping. My background is in the
I look forward to doing skill shares. Until then, a thread..
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This was originally written in response to others and I broke the thread multiple times. We must #StoptheSweeps and support those most at risk to the best we can. That is all this effort is. /2
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/defensefundpdx/status/1359794832244232193
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/defensefundpdx/status/1359794832244232193
Please share garbage bags to keep dry items dry, anything to provide insulation from the increasingly cold ground, and help tie down the tents and tarps as taut as possible. Heavy wet snow will lead to collapse. /3
If the tents and tarps get flapped around in the freezing rain, they become harder to protect against the snow. It will be cold nights. There are 4 types of heat loss - conduction, convection, evaporation, and radiation. Securing the shelter from wind helps with convection. /4
Helping with any type of padding (foam pads, eggshell, inflatable, clothes inside garbage bags) underneath a sleeping bag can help as much or more than a warmer sleeping bag. That helps with conduction. /5
If thereâs an extra pad thatâs small, putting it under the core or heaviest part of the body helps. If thereâs an extra layer, tucking it in next to the torso can help. Extra padding under the feet can also help. /6
Many tent flies have guy out lines, or a loop to secure a guy out line or cord. 3 season tents might still have a few. The easiest way to attach a cord might be to girth hitch the end of the cord to the loop, make it long enough that it wonât unravel. https://www.animatedknots.com/cow-hitch-knot-end-method /7
And then to secure the end of that to something, many people use a truckerâs hitch, but I prefer a clove hitch, which I find quick to adjust, unless itâs skinny cord, and then a truckerâs hitch is likely easier to untie. https://www.netknots.com/rope_knots/clove-hitch /8
And truckerâs hitch, which is probably the most commonly known of these. https://www.netknots.com/rope_knots/truckers-hitch /9
If working with a grommet away from the end of a tarp, the bowline is more secure. For body weight, it needs to be backed up, but for tent, itâs ok. If not familiar, thereâs a saying about a rabbit who goes up the hole, around a tree, back in the hole. https://www.animatedknots.com/bowline-knot /10
My heart breaks for the cruelty that is Ted Wheelerâs decision-making process, acting with an apparently a paternalistic view on things he doesnât understand. It is dangerous. We should not be at this point, with so many lives at risk. Any death is on his hands. 
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My heart is filled by the humanity, love, and kindness that I witness as part of this community.
We must demand better from our city. There must be a moratorium on sweeps, evictions, and deportations.
#SaveHazelnutGrove #StoptheSweeps
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We must demand better from our city. There must be a moratorium on sweeps, evictions, and deportations.
#SaveHazelnutGrove #StoptheSweeps
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