>>314060I think that's extremely naiive, borderline idiotic, and your post just tells me just how little experience you have with "howling gales." Or rather, you may know about "howling gales," but I did not say "howling gales." I said "storm." Storms involve strong winds, rain, hail, and lightning. Your tent may be able to withstand the wind (or maybe not: I've been on mountains during storms where there were consistent gusts of wind around the exposed areas that would lift up an adult human body into the air for a brief period), but your body will not withstand lightning when it strikes your tent because you chose "the most exposed pitch possible."
I may have overly simplified in my post in
>>314050 by lumping all meadows with all high, exposed ridgelines. Camping in the middle of a meadow is just poor form because you'll leave a huge trace by means of a big dead spot in the grass when you leave, but camping on a high, exposed spot in the mountains is plain stupid, especially when the alternative, finding a site that is naturally sheltered by the geography and/or vegetation, is significantly safer.
