Ahh, thank you for clarifying that. Now that I am "in the know" I can now safely recommend that my Wife and I go camping in hammocks without being kneed to death at 3am.
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Tarps for Shelter
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Ahh, thank you for clarifying that. Now that I am "in the know" I can now safely recommend that my Wife and I go camping in hammocks without being kneed to death at 3am.
Thanks
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adjustable grip hitch makes the lines taught without bringing extra stuff (or forget to bring):
ditto on the poncho but it's strictly for sleeping for me - it's too tight under there to have any work space.
bushcraftusa's 10'x10' is hard to beat though for an all-around shelter:
ditto on the poncho but it's strictly for sleeping for me - it's too tight under there to have any work space.
bushcraftusa's 10'x10' is hard to beat though for an all-around shelter:
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Tarps rule. I do about 80% of my camping in a tarp of some sort.
Big heavy for semi permanent set up.
Sil nylon for light weight,
British Basha for concealment.
Big heavy for semi permanent set up.
Sil nylon for light weight,
British Basha for concealment.
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Tarps rule. I do about 80% of my camping in a tarp of some sort.
Big heavy for semi permanent set up.
Sil nylon for light weight,
British Basha for concealment.
thats just about perfection in a picture! If there was a Becker stuck in that foreground stump...it Would be perfect!
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Same block of wood looking the other way,
Another Becker in the block shot,
Winter night out,
Built a reflector to throw some heat back into the lean-to, That's our Thanksgiving Day turkey in the ground in front.
Another Becker in the block shot,
Winter night out,
Built a reflector to throw some heat back into the lean-to, That's our Thanksgiving Day turkey in the ground in front.
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Did you use Tyvek?
I was thinking...I don't have a sewing machine, but I could fold the edges over just enough to accomodate a replacement grommet kit and put 5 grommets per side, and use my ever-present super glue to finish off the folds. Them I want to try the washing/drying method someone posted for quieting down the tyvek.
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Good thread...gotta keep the Moose happy as far as Becker content.....(photoshop guys, put a becker in this pic!)
This good C_Tanner?
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You guys with skeeter problems....nothing beats the ENO Bug Guardian. You can see it in my pictures on page one of this thread. Much better than a hammock with an attached bug net, though it does take up more room, as it is about the same size as the hammock packed. Another great item I learned about from Dave Canterbury. It is a must have in the summer, IMO.
Edit to add: Here's the pic with the Bug Guardian. My ENO Doublenest is inside. Entrance is a zipper on the side.
I can see myself seriously stuck in that thing trying to get out for the morning pee.
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Tarps rule. I do about 80% of my camping in a tarp of some sort.
Big heavy for semi permanent set up.
Sil nylon for light weight,
British Basha for concealment.
I see this and my first thought is, THATS FRIGGIN AWESOME
my second thought is, holy crap thats spider heaven!!
yes i am originally from NY, yes i have moved south to mississippi
yes we have many kinds of poisonous spiders and snakes here in mississippi
*shudders*
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As you can see by the trees, the wood got stacked late in the season.So spiders were less of an issue.
But to be honest, I would be a lot less "manly" with regard to my tarp camping if I lived in the land of the scorp and the fiddleback. We are blessed here, in that where I am, we really have no poisonous critters, except the occasional Widow, Eastern Timber Rattler to the near south and very rarely a Copperhead. I have seen rattlers on some of the south facing slopes of the Catskills, but it's pretty rare. Gilboa is as for north as I've heard of them making their presence known. We have a large population of Black snakes I believe that helps with rattler control.
That being said there is always some snake out there that can't read a map and screws up the whole thing.
But to be honest, I would be a lot less "manly" with regard to my tarp camping if I lived in the land of the scorp and the fiddleback. We are blessed here, in that where I am, we really have no poisonous critters, except the occasional Widow, Eastern Timber Rattler to the near south and very rarely a Copperhead. I have seen rattlers on some of the south facing slopes of the Catskills, but it's pretty rare. Gilboa is as for north as I've heard of them making their presence known. We have a large population of Black snakes I believe that helps with rattler control.
That being said there is always some snake out there that can't read a map and screws up the whole thing.
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A slightly more Spartan setup. This particular one took me through New York's version of hurricane Irene with no ill effects. Other then some rocking and rolling. I agree with what someone said earlier, the key to a successful tarp setup is shock-cord. Tarps need to flex and move in order to shed wind, or they will tear themselves apart.
