Winter Preparation.....

[lonetracker]

looks like some winning warm combos.you are the cold doctor.bravely leading the way into our frigid future.thank you shug.

[PS]

The 2QZQ pole mod is the bomb-diggity...
Really opens up the space inside.

[Beast 71]

What kinda tarp stakes do you use? I just spent the afternoon bending up all my aluminum Shepard's hook stakes, in the frozen ground, but I couldn't wait to pitch my brand new Warbonnet Superfly w/the doors .

[Shug]

I think I'm gunna have to try and make me own wee UQ to use at the lower legs. Looks like a solid idea. You ever use the triangle thingies, or is your additional line that goes to the ridgeline sufficient?
Thanks for the pics! Got me a-hankerin' to get outside...

I just do the ridgeline .... don't have the triangle things. I am happy to be warm-butted!

Shug, I'm thinking I"m going to have to do the pole mod on my DIY tarp. Any idea how long that pole is in your tarp?

Here is my thread for last nights cold weather test. I'm open to any comments and suggestions you might have.

http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=25122

I'm starting to wonder if the expected -15 we'll see in the Frozen Butt hang is going to be too much for me. Personally I feel (and I think someone here in the forums expressed this as well) every 15-20 degrees requires a different lineup of gear. I'm at about 15F, and I'm sure I could make it down to the 7F you saw. I'm not sure I'm setup for -7F to -15F though!

I morphed my pole together from old easton aluminum poles from a tent ... cut to fit my DIY tarp ... not sure of the length.

Make sure you are confident in all your gear for a Minnesota winter trip!!!!!! Not a time to be short on warm gear. I like to stay moving in winter camping. Sitting around is when the cold gets ya..... chores warm a feller goodly.
You still have time to be prepared.

looks like some winning warm combos.you are the cold doctor.bravely leading the way into our frigid future.thank you shug.

I love the cold stuff!!!!!
Chega.

The 2QZQ pole mod is the bomb-diggity...
Really opens up the space inside.

I never thought I would go pole ....... gotta stay open to change. I like it ... I like it a lot.

What kinda tarp stakes do you use? I just spent the afternoon bending up all my aluminum Shepard's hook stakes, in the frozen ground, but I couldn't wait to pitch my brand new Warbonnet Superfly w/the doors .

In my yard I pounded some MSR type groundhogs with a hammer. Where I on a trip ...with light snow .... rocks or logs. Until enough snow for snow stakes.

[fourdog]

What kinda tarp stakes do you use? I just spent the afternoon bending up all my aluminum Shepard's hook stakes, in the frozen ground, but I couldn't wait to pitch my brand new Warbonnet Superfly w/the doors .

Pole barn nails make great stakes for the frozen ground.

Shug; Love your pole mod. Great way to go to open up your tarp interiour !!

fourdog

[Shug]

Pole barn nails make great stakes for the frozen ground.

Shug; Love your pole mod. Great way to go to open up your tarp interiour !!

fourdog

I am liking it too. Need to get it into some blowing snow...... Whoooooo.

Shug

[Jimmy The Jet]

...Buddy!

Sorry, I don't like unfinished thoughts..

[Migrating Bird]

Regarding the pole mod, last June, Medician Man loaned me his set-up with a carbon fibre pole mod. I hiked the AT south from Mt. Katahdin, ME to Franconia Notch NH. 28 nights. The extra room the pole creates is great along with the variations in pitching it - up high for a porch to catch a breeze or down low when raining and blowing - with only four tie outs. I can see the additional tie outs would really help shed snow and stabilize the tarp in the wind.

[Shug]

...Buddy!

Sorry, I don't like unfinished thoughts..

Haaaa...... Thanks. My tired brain just shut down at Whoooo........
Shu

[Smashtorrent]

Hey Shug,
What are these shockcord lifters you are talking about?