Some of our crew brought tents that weren’t made to withstand the major wind we get in this area.
Damien Stone NCSU Biology student hold his bent tent poles. He learned the hard way that you don’t put your tent on top of the ridge and if it does blow down, you don’t try to put it up again until the wind stopped.

Damien with his bent tent poles.

Grad student Khai donning his “wind breaker”