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Horace Kephart to Berge, February 27, 1923, page 1

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  • Feb.37, 1923. My dear Berge:- I have been bedeviled nearly to death by overwork and loss of sleep. First, I had a job of writing that I had agreed to finish for the publisher by March 1st, though it should have taken a month longer. That meant full speed, high pressure, overtime, and neglect of everything else. Then old lady Cooper, at the hotel, got very sick; there was no trained nurse; they depended on me; and I .j called at all hours of the day and night. She ia still living, but probably will soon pass away. So this is wfey I have been behindhand with your list. I inclose herewith a partial list, and return yours. The list I have made includes only the camping equipment; but I believe it to be quite worth while. The problem has been a new one.- It is one thing to suggest an outfit for a particular region, season and purpose; but something else to design a universal kit, standardised, for any and all countries and conditions. I believe this comes as near it as you will get. The tent is a kind that is easiest and quickest of all to set up. One man can- do it alone in five minutes, anywhere, in the woods or on the desert, day or nipht. It uses only one pole, a jointed one of short sections. It is large enough to provide roomy quarters for two men in which they can spend a rainy day in comfort, or will sleep a party of four. There is enough headroom to stand up and dress in. It will shed any rain and will not blow down in any wind. den camp is made where poles are procurable, it can be set up on a tripod outside, using the rope, fund there will be no center pole in the way at all. Or, if there happens to be a tree limb handy overhead, fast throw the rope over the limb and hoist up taut, after pegging down the tent bottom, and make the rope fast. A 7x7x7 ft. tent of same design would have left vexj little headroom, would only sleep two, and would have been only 3-|- lbs. lighter, including poles and all. The material of this tent is excellent and will last for years. It is proof against mildew as well as rain. 1 have specified bedding for only one man* The other fellow is supposed to supply his own. The air mattress is a luxury that will sure pay its freight. It simplifies bed making and absolutely ensures a soft, perfectly dry bed for your weary bones, no matter where you camp— on bare aarth, sand, rocks, wet ground, anywhere— oithout skirmishing around in the wet or dark for grass or boughs to make a bed with. Its weight may seem too much for a canoeing trip; but half of that weight would otherwise have been taken by a ground cloth or other waterproof, and the other 5 lbs. I would rather subtract from customary superfluities than from every night*s rest.
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Horace Kephart

Background and Early Career Horace Kephart was born in 1862 in Pennsylvania, but spent much of his youth in Iowa. He went on to achieve success in two careers. Trained as a...

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