I'm looking to see what others are using for lightweight stakes for the Blackbird XLC and Superfly.
I'm looking to see what others are using for lightweight stakes for the Blackbird XLC and Superfly.
Depends of the soil. I have Ti Nails for rocky conditions and Ti V shaped for plain dirt. I usually carry both.
I am still 18 but with 52 years of experience !
I use MSR Mini Groundhogs and they work great in the shallow soil, rocky conditions that I typically camp in.
No stakes. I tie off to other trees, saplings, roots, rocks, etc... If necessary, I push a stick into the ground.
"There's a whisper on the night-wind, there's a star agleam to guide us, And the Wild is calling, calling . . . let us go." -from "The Call of the Wild" by Robert Service
My Trail log: http://ducttapeadk.blogspot.com/
I will also tie off to tree ect but such are not always in correct location.No stakes. I tie off to other trees, saplings, roots, rocks, etc... If necessary, I push a stick into the ground.
I am still 18 but with 52 years of experience !
I'm the same as Gunner, ti-nails but keep a v or a y shape in the bag for softer soils. Also a MSR groundhog makes a fine entrenching tool for nature call duties.
David
I am almost exclusively in the woods, not campsites. Hammmock sites are not tent sites. I rarely have an issue and if so, jam a stick in the ground. Ymmv.Originally Posted by gunner76
"There's a whisper on the night-wind, there's a star agleam to guide us, And the Wild is calling, calling . . . let us go." -from "The Call of the Wild" by Robert Service
My Trail log: http://ducttapeadk.blogspot.com/
I carry DAC stakes. Not that much different than the MSR Mini Groundhogs in terms of weight and strength. (I have those too.) Light, but not the lightest. Bombproof.
Last edited by TominMN; 08-16-2015 at 07:25.
Some like the Aluminum Gutter Nails/Spikes for homeowners for replacements when the time comes. Quite a few of these are hollow aluminum with a nail head to drive them into the the facia boards at the roofs edges. Not the lightest, but they can be had pretty cheap.
Guys, some stuff is made to make your life easier. Stakes don't cost that much. I use the MSR groundhogs, combo of the minis and regulars depending on the soil - the regular size you can get cheaper copies of. Also use two shepherd's hook alum stakes for my doors.
Note that I use reflective loops on my groundhogs that not only help pull them out, but help locate them when needed, and that can be especially needed at night in some conditions.
Understood if you're ultralight and in order to get where you want to be you have to eliminate even light, light items like stakes. Otherwise, I don't seem much cause not to carry them, though sometimes I will wrap my line around a rock instead if they are readily available, or a tree if available but that seems to be rare that one is at a perfect location to optimally stretch out the tarp.
"I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have, to detect the music, not of the spheres, but of earth, subtleties of major and minor chord that the wind strikes upon the tree branches. Have you ever heard the earth breathe... ?"
- Kate Chopin
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