** At 06:31 AM 4/29/2004, Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> wrote: **

 >> For a quick fix, I put duct tape on a few tears in my poptop.  It's
held for
 >> months - rather to my surprise!

I use this fix all the time for backpacks (makes a bomber repair
easy to remove and reinstall if necessary) as well as
climbing gear/haulbags etc:

Makes the gear looked 'used' (less likely to be a target
for a theif)   and adds character too boot!  :-)

Duct tape and two liter soda bottles make great
bomber (nearly indestrctible) water bottles.

  -tim

90 syncro westy
mesa, az