PDF, Setting Up a Pyramid Tarps, Make Tall Tent Pole with Trek Poles and Straps

Gosh dang, you make it sound so simple:) on cushy level grass 5-10 minutes tops. Get into that backcountry uneven rock filled sod and your in for a nightmare of re-re-re-corrections and alterations. I’ve never found so many rocks in the ground right where my stake needs to go until I got into a pyramid. *sigh

I like to use big rocks rather than stakes, as big as I can carry for windy conditions. Good to bring some extra cordage.

^^same here. I’m always on or near granite and rarely have good ground for staking. Plenty of rocks though, so I just use those. Works great and I’ve actually started bringing fewer stakes because I know I’ll just end up using rocks anyways.

I often can’t get my groundhogs all the way in on my above-tree-line camps and have to re-inforce the lines with rocks anyway. I’ve started considering bringing lighter small TI nails or sheppards hooks, with the plan of just using them to wedge between big rocks. Maybe a stupid idea?

Setting up an Oware pyramid  10′ x 10′
Correct sequence for quick and easy Pyramid Tarp set up.
Zip and buckle door. Stake out four corners in a perfect square.

Or a perfect rectangle. I use a piece of string/cord for this purpose. Small loop at one end. Overall length with loop over stake is the diagonal of the rectangle/square. There’s a mark for the short side if the mid is not a square and another mark for the long side if a rectangle or just one for the sides on a square. At any rate to tell that the rectangle or square is ‘square’ the diagonals must match.

Peg Point A: Then measure to pt. C 60” and peg C. Measure Peg A to peg B 120” and peg B. Measure diagonal to D 134.16 and tentatively peg. Move cord end loop to D. Measure to peg B 60”and adjust D, measure to peg C 120” and adjust. Double check diagonal back to A 134.16

Measure diagonal C to B. If it’s longer than 134.16 move C and D right to correct. Seems tedious but with the loop and marks on the cord this doesn’t take long.

@ Oware @ Alex W

I suppose that can work. Not a fan of using rocks though.

Interesting concept @ obx