Staking in windy weather

[warbonnetguy]

You know, the Figure 9 attached to the stake makes me think someone should come up with a superlight V or Y stake with a line-locking mechanism built into the top of the stake...

i've thought the same thing. actually with the groundhogs, you can just wrap the line around the head of the stake 1.5 times and force the tensioned wrap over the slack wrap, then the line will advance in only one direction. works pretty great, the stake has to be positioned a certain way, but it really does work well. i wonder if they designed it like that or if it was by accident, should would work with the v stakes too.

[spidennis]

to much weight can result in a failure of guy line or tarp. this picture is dark but note the torn tarp corner.
http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery...5/P2180040.JPG

large limbs laying across the center tie outs help buffer the wind blasts.
http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery...5/P2180040.JPG

these are the same pics?
snow, cold and wind? that's got to be brutal!
but it looks like a dry cold .......

I'll have to try this out in the next blow we have!
btw, the pics really help to see what's going on, thanks!

[slowhike]

these are the same pics?
snow, cold and wind? that's got to be brutal!
but it looks like a dry cold .......

I'll have to try this out in the next blow we have!
btw, the pics really help to see what's going on, thanks!

sorry about that. i changed the last picture to the one i intended put there.