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    Ryan Faulkner
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    @ryanf

    Who needs guy lines to set up a tarp?

    I actually discovered this during a snow storm in west virginia where the stake of my guyline came out of the snow because I dident bother to dig down to the ground like I did with the other stakes luckily my trekking pole was at a slight angle and it stayed up even with a snow load of a foot or so and wind gusts of 40-50mph

    You just have to angle the trekking pole slightly and adjust the stakes a little and you have a tarp that needs no guy lines and only 5 stakes

    you can se it as a back up if your gulines snap or as a primary set up

    today there was wind gusts of 40mph or so and this set up did not have any problems with the wind, I was very suprised that it harldly flapped at all, much better than some other set ups.

    it takes a little practice to get a taught pitch but even in winds, I was able to set this tarp up in less than a minuet with 5 Ti stakes

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    Whats that? No Guylines!
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    #1348893
    William Wright
    Member

    @farstar

    Interesting. Does it encroach significantly upon your useable space?

    #1348894
    Ryan Faulkner
    Spectator

    @ryanf

    Not too bad, the trekking pole barely needs to be angled to set it up.

    I have a Golite poncho tarp.

    the dimensions of your tarp will really decide how much space you have

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