On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 23:08:23 -0800, Luigi Zanasi
wrote:

You mean you have to *buy* tipi poles???? Why can't you just go out in
the bush and cut a few lodgepole pines?

Shortage of lodgepole pines. My best option locally for long straight
poles is coppiced ash and I can't find any of that length that thin.

For yurt rafters I cleave ash, but it just wouldn't look right on a
tipi.