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Post by Firefox on Feb 27, 2014 23:02:28 GMT
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Post by seanrua on Feb 28, 2014 20:03:26 GMT
Excellent!
I didn't know a fifth of them.
Btw, the first one, Adirondack, reminds me of the time I thought I'd show off and ended up making a right plonker of myself. The guy behind the jump in Fitzpatricks, Manhattan, NYC, said he was off to the mountains for a few days. I said " The Adirondacks?", and he laughed his cock off. Apparently, my pronunciation was way off.
Btw, the next example, A frame, is more my level.
sean rua
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Post by Firefox on Feb 28, 2014 20:07:27 GMT
Some of them are a bit esoteric.
Ones that I have used are A frame, C Fly wedge, envelope, and groundsheet(!)
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Post by n brown on Feb 28, 2014 20:18:44 GMT
I got a load of thin willow saplings and marked out a 7 foot circle on the grass,then stuck one end of a sapling in the ground,bent it over and stuck it in the other side of the circle.i did this about 30 times then used more saplings to weave in and out at ground level a few layers. this gave me a fairly sturdy hemisphere. I chucked the tarp over this and formed it to the shape then roughly sewed it to the frame with withies. pulled all the ends out of the ground,bent them all over,tied them up and then turned the edge of the tarp over and sewed it secure with more withies. I now had a mobile shelter/coracle which worked great on the river with 2 people in it
for urban dwellers,furniture is delivered in BIG plastic bags which can be found behind the shops in the bins,one of these and a couple of sticks and you'll sleep dry
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Post by Pollik on Feb 28, 2014 21:12:05 GMT
Ah, origami. I remember doing that.
Where is the jumping frog one?
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Post by robmac on Mar 4, 2014 11:12:54 GMT
The Adirondack is the one I always use. I am looking at getting a special tarp made to improve the shape so that the overhang and floor are square rather than triangular. They make a great fireside tent, and extremely cheap when compared to a Baker tent.
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Post by seanrua on Mar 4, 2014 12:29:33 GMT
And just for any who are not aware of how useful tarps can be, here's what I think is a very clear ad for tarps, showing how it's used. Of course, in practice and in really wild and windy places, things won't be so sweet, but we can see the general idea. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YDuvbSPCOcBtw, if this was put up before by any here, my apologies for the repetition. sean rua.
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Post by robmac on Mar 4, 2014 13:17:06 GMT
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