Tinkering with tarp ideas

[redcanvas]

@Shug: the velcro sure does look cozy, but for my uses would be unnecessary. I meant to ask you though, if you've ever done any hiking (winter or otherwise) in the Agawa canyon near Sault St. Marie? I noticed that you're not too far away from some of the Canadian attractions, and it's stunning! My cousin does a lot of ice climbing there, and said the winter camping in the area can be phenomenal! A great place to put those velcro closures through their paces. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agawa_Canyon
@sky: I would love to see pictures of that when you get it setup for the first time! A custom cuben tarp, sounds like a dream!

[wwk10]

I dont know if I can describe it, but I just saw a random photo on the home page that caught my eye and addresses the issue of keeping doors open.

Instead of tieing the doors open like on a tent, the photo showed the corner of the head end folded to the middle and the corner of the foot end folded to the middle. Now for the ingenious part: They were held in place by a short piece of cord hooked into each corner tieout and the tension was adjusted with a cord lock.

Wish I had followed the link to the picture.

[MrClean417]

You mean this one

[wwk10]

Mr. Clean,
Thats not the one, but it is similar. You can open both ends by attaching the corners to each other instead to the corner stake. I also liked the cord lock that allowed you to adjust the tension.

[MrClean417]

Ahh like this, just a little far away to see the locks

[wwk10]

It is hard to see, but I think that is the idea. The one I saw was a closeup and had orange cord.

Mr. Clean, are you doing a search in the picture gallery? I have never had luck with that.