Mid panel tie outs serve two main functions. Increasing volume, and arguable more importantly, adding stabilisation to your shelter.
I’ve seen people attach the extra mid panel tie outs to the ground level stakes, as well as some further away.
The latter will provide more internal volume. It’s possibly also more secure (but if wind is that bad, you’d probably be placing rocks on your stakes, and I would think that would suffice?)
The former is much less weight.
The best compromise I saw was someone tieing the sleeping wall panel of their mid out to their spare trekking pole and to a seperate stake, with the rest of the mid panels going to the ground level stakes.
What’s your approach and why?
If you can keep your ground levels secure, is volume the only disadvantage to sharing stakes? Or are stakes at further angles better for dealing with more extreme weather?
