Attaching a Bivy to a Tarp

Hi Dave. When is audiafauna going to release another album! :-)

As to your question, why bother with an o-ring? Get a cord loc that's large enough for your cord to pass through twice. Thread the cord through the cord loc, through the mitten hook on the tarp, and then back through the cord loc and tension as appropriate. GG even sells two-hole cord locs if you wanted to go that route.

Brilliant! Thanks Doug!

I just backpacked with my friend Alexis two weeks ago. She has said Audiafauna is on the shelf for an unknown period of time. However, she recently recorded a song love with the lead singer that you can see here:

Blood and Bones

Alexis has also been recording and performing with Marty O’Reilly and the Old Soul Orchestra. You can check out their album and a music video here:

Cold Canary Gaslight

http://martyoreilly.bandcamp.com/album/pray-for-rain

I caught them live on New Years Eve in Santa Cruz and they are tremendous performers. Their albums is also excellent and I would not be surprised to see them achieve great success.

Her boyfriend Chris plays the violin in the group. They hiked the JMT together two years ago and although he unaware of BPL he was geeking out about gear weight, which she still makes fun him about. I think I will invite them to the GGG this year. I hope to see you there if not sooner.

But what if you using a bivy made by someone else? Easy enough to include the hook during construction. So why not do so?

Best solution I've heard of is a hole just big enough for the shock cord to go through the netting with a cord lock on the inside. That way you can adjust it while inside.

"Marty O'Reilly and the Old Soul Orchestra"

Great stuff! Thanks for the link!

I suspect that MLD puts mitten hooks everywhere to keep there products as universal as possible. They can't assume that everyone will buy both their tarp and their bivy, etc. And mitten hooks are pretty adaptable. Put a loop of cord through one, and you're done, for instance. Or cut the one off the bivy shock-cord and tie a loop in the end. Etc.