Tarps vs bugs

[Tipi Walter]

What's the shelter in the background, BA?

That would be Amy's Big Agnes something or other.
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That low of pitch can get you through some seriously nasty weather. "30 -24" tarp heights can get old when the ground and you are drenched and you have to crawl underneath in wet weather or crawl out from underneath in teh middle of a saint night. Wonder if they use pee bottles? These tarps are wide enough they could pitch the ridge higher while still pitching hems to teh ground increasing livability.

They abide by the Climbing Rope technique of Tarpage---string a stout long climbing rope to two trees and tighten tremendously and throw over a couple big tarps---leaving room at both ends for 7 kids to come and go---thru both ends. They could lower one end to ground level at the tree trunk but then access would be difficult for those on that end.

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Rope in Action.

One disadvantage to their two tarp system is creating a leaking seam midway down the rope---whereby rain water drains thru the seam. This could be prevented by lifting one rope much higher than the other and shingle the high tarp over the low---something they often forget.
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Btw---Big Agnes also makes BIG TENTS---

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[Dogwood]

They abide by the Climbing Rope technique of Tarpage

Only you can come up with shart like that. Thx for the laugh.

Yeah I was thinking the same thing about the leaky seam. Put the kid you dont like under the leaky seam