Mountain Hardwear Satellite - Manual (Page 15)

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WARNING!!! PLEASE READ!
FIRE: All Mountain Hardwear tents are made of flame-
retardant materials, but most nylon and polyester fabric
will melt or burn when exposed to high heat or an open
flame. Never place your stove, hibachi, campfire,
or other heat source in or near your tent. We
recommend that you always position your tent upwind of
a camp fire. This will reduce the chances of having a flying
ember land on your tent. Never use a candle as a light
source inside your tent.
Do not cook with, light, or refuel a stove (or any
other heat source) inside your tent or in your
vestibule! Asphyxiation and serous injury are
possible! Stoves, hibachis, lanterns and heaters can mal-
function (operator error is also possible) and can start a fire
that will spread too rapidly for occupants to escape a tent.
Using combustible materials and/or petroleum-based fuels
can increase the carbon dioxide levels within a tent
enough to cause asphyxiation to the occupants.
Maintain adequate ventilation inside your tent at
all times. Never seal your tent up completely. Always
leave a small part of a window open. Never allow your tent
to become buried in snow past the bottom of the flysheet
since this may allow the carbon dioxide and carbon monox-
ide levels inside the tent to become dangerously high.
Campsite selection: Consider the possibility of falling
rocks or tree limbs, lightning strikes, flash floods, avalan-
ches, strong winds, and other objective hazards when
choosing a campsite.
Properly stake and guy out your tent at all times.
Lightweight tents are very strong for their weight and can
withstand severe weather when properly staked out and
guyed out. Always use the proper tent stakes to anchor
your tent and guylines to the ground. Use the internal
guy system (included with all four-season tents) during
severe weather. You may wish to purchase more and/or
different tent stakes and nylon cord, depending on when
and where you intend to use your tent. It is impossible for
Mountain Hardwear to include anchors for every possible
environmental condition.
IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND ANY
PART OF THIS WARNING CALL
MOUNTAIN HARDWEAR AT 510-558-3000
BEFORE USING THE TENT.