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Old 07-05-17, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by mev
As far as camping with mosquitoes goes, if they are thick enough an important first step is to put on both rain gear and mosquito net before setting up the tent -

Once that is done, set up the tent, very quickly unzip before putting in your gear. Keep the door open a minimum of time before jumping in. Methodically kill all the ones that made their way in and then spend rest of afternoon and evening in the tent:

Next morning, reverse the procedure. In places where they are too thick, ride another 5km down the road or so before taking a bathroom break.

At least that is the procedure I used in worst places for mosquitoes I cycled through: the West Siberian plain, a large marshy area between the Urals and Lake Baikal. What made that area bad wasn't just the density of biting insects (which I've also encountered in Alaska and northern Yukon), but the consistency. Except for the big cities, pretty much every day for six weeks large amounts of bugs.

See camping can be fun.
And I thought mosquitoes in June in the Winnipeg area were bad!!
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