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Q: Why you should not set your tent up under a tree?
 A:
There are four good reasons not to set up camp right under a tree:
1) Because trees usually have surface roots near the trunk, it
may be hard to find a level spot.
2) Birds live in trees, so if you would prefer not to clean too
much bird droppings off of your tent, setting up under a tree is
not what you will want to do. And birds often consume lots of berries
so their droppings will not only be icky—but are likely to
stain your tent as well. There is also the stones among the petals
of pine trees to worry about if you set up under a tree—often
this stuff will be difficult and even impossible to remove.
3) Often when it rains, a tree will continue to drip water for a
significant amount of time after the rain has stopped. And it will
just keep on dripping all over your tent.
4) Most importantly, trees are prone to lightening strikes. Therefore
if there is bad whether, you are at great risk of being struck by
lightning much more so than if you were not pitched beneath a tree.
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