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Old 05-19-21 | 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by gauvins
Yes, I remember worrying that my kit wasn't freestanding. Interestingly, I don't recall a single instance of not being to set camp because of the ground surface. ...
My tent is the one on the left. Not self supporting, needs to be staked out. The wood deck prevented me from using tent stakes. The deck was wood planks, I jammed twigs in between the planks to use as tent stake substitutes. Took a lot of time but it worked. This was a state park hike-in site in a mangrove in Florida Keys.


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