Tarp Wizards: Ways to Set Tarp High/Porch Mode Limitations

[OneClick]

Very nice. How big is that tarp?

It's the Warbonnet Mamajamba. "Big Mamajamba" actually, but I think that was just a name change years ago, not the size. 11' long, 10' wide.

[MikekiM]

Can't say I'd choose nothing in those conditions!



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Gadget

Left myself totally open for that one!
LoL!!


Sent from East of Montauk

[Dux]

Guylines out to local vegetation are my go-to way to pitch high and wide, whether in porch or double porch modes.

Airflow and view are THE reasons to be out there. LOVE the view day or night!

If the weather looks to be fair all night, I'll set the tarp then undo everything except one end of the ridgeline. That way the tarp is pre-centered over the hammock for quick setup, and I get an unobstructed view of the wonderful night (or day) sky. (Centering is usually the most fiddly portion of pitching for me.)

In hot weather, often pitch in high porch mode (bottom edge of tarp waist high, ridgeline as high as I can comfortably reach) and flip one side of the tarp over the tarp ridgeline, slip knotting the guylines to the hammock ridgeline. That way it is easy to flip that half of the tarp over me even while half asleep if it starts raining, then finish pitching at my leisure.

Pitching one side higher with the whole tarp sloping down to one side (or corner) has saved my bacon in many a heavy rainfall. Directing the flow away from gear, or into a container, is a useful skill.