[15271] in APO News
Re: Fulton's Folly
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joshua Oreman)
Tue Jul 3 23:53:16 2012
In-Reply-To: <5A74FB81C9938C42B6969AA5C1C49C052A07AF4A@OC11EXPO27.exchange.mit.edu>
From: Joshua Oreman <oremanj@MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 23:52:47 -0400
To: Adam M Rodriguez <rodriga1@mit.edu>
Cc: "brad.lichtenstein@verizon.net" <brad.lichtenstein@verizon.net>,
"apo-pftgoto@mit.edu" <apo-pftgoto@mit.edu>,
"apo-summer@mit.edu" <apo-summer@mit.edu>
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 8:40 PM, Adam M Rodriguez <rodriga1@mit.edu> wrote:
> Does anyone know where the tent/canopy and the poles used to hold it up m=
ay
> be found, and whether the big blue tarp with duct tape on it is the one
> we're supposed to bring?
As far as I remember, the tent and its poles are one unit, dark green,
in a long and vaguely cylindrical zippered thing. Probably somewhere
in the back office.
Any tarp is a good tarp. If you find multiple, bring multiple.
Josh
>
> YiLFS,
> Adam
> ________________________________
> From: Brad Lichtenstein [brad.lichtenstein@verizon.net]
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 10:15 AM
> To: Adam M Rodriguez
> Cc: apo-pftgoto@mit.edu; apo-summer@mit.edu
> Subject: Re: Fulton's Folly
>
> Adam,
>
> I apologize since many of you know this, but for safety's sake bears
> repeating:
>
> Let me point out that clouds are transparent to uv light, one of the wors=
t
> sunburns I've had was on a very cloudy day. Even with umbrellas, you'll g=
et
> enough snatches of low-angle morning, evening, and reflected light & time
> outside an umbrella that SPF 15 applied twice (morning & noon) would be a
> safe minimum.
>
> I'd also recommend a zinc oxide sunscreen, the organics still allowed mos=
tly
> only in the USA are carcinogenic - you skip the burn, but it's why
> sunscreens haven't yet been shown to really reduce skin cancer.
>
> Have fun,
> Brad Lichtenstein
> Cell 617-548-0239
> BJL@Alum.MIT.edu
>
> Sent from an iPhone: pls forgive the autocorrect bloopers.
>
> On Jun 28, 2012, at 11:04 PM, Adam Rodriguez <adamrodriguez1993@gmail.com=
>
> wrote:
>
> Correction; it's most likely not going to be OK to camp out the night
> before, so we should plan on leaving the office around 5-5:30AM. I'd stil=
l
> like us to prepare the night before if possible (locate and amass everyth=
ing
> nonperishable, including the hand cart, and get it all in the office the
> night before; if it's reasonable I'd even like to see if we could get
> everything tied down the night before) so that when we get up in the morn=
ing
> all we have to do is grab it and go instead of hunting for things. I chan=
ged
> the chmrr to reflect the new hours; here's the link
> again:=A0https://apo.chmrr.net/fultons_folly
>
> YiLFS,
> Adam
