VIDEO: "Over The Tarp" Ridgeline Set Up

**keys?** · 11-13-2009, 04:55

Thanks for another wonderful video shug! Informative and entertaining as always

Dig the beard

**Mrprez** · 11-13-2009, 08:02

Nice shorts! Great video and music too!

**Shug** · 11-13-2009, 09:43

Originally Posted by stonehooligan

Kudos Shug! Great vid, loved the pickin! I havent heard Little Maggie in a long time.

Thnks ... I love some Lil' Maggie when I am tarp goofin"....

Originally Posted by bonsaihiker

Great video as usual, Shug!
BTW--Footloose with the nose pulled up--that still has me giggling. You are a very perceptive man. Thanks for a hearty belly laugh after a long, tiring day at work!
Namaste,

I wondered if anyone would get the footloose thing!!!
Glad you got it.

Originally Posted by Triggerhpy

Thank you Shug for another well put together vid. I learn more from pics and vids that everyone posts on HF.
I prefer ridgeline under the tarp. I use prussics and "S" hooks for ajustments. When I get my tarp setup finished I'll post the pics.

Do post them! I too learn better by seeing.

Originally Posted by kirkerik

Thanks Shug for taking the time to make the vid! You always make me laugh - keep em comin! I don't even have the time to finish all the words in my sentences!

I just got a SWT myself and have been thinking of the full ridge. look forward to trying it out.
I like your idea of tying the door up to the ridge. When i was fidlin w/ my tarp I thought i'd like to tie this door up out of the way but didn't want to throw the line over to the opposite corner. (since there existed no ridgeline) so i tried tying the door up to the tarps opposite ridge tieout but didn't work as nicely.
After reading about the ridgeline as a clothesline under the tarp I figure i've got to try that and i bet tying the door up under the tarp to the RL would work well if tight enough!
going to get me some RL

oh, and as far as rain following the line under the tarp, - just drop a drip line. No?
kirk

Enjoy your tarp and let us know how it works out.

Originally Posted by sarahgirl

Thanks for another wonderful video shug! Informative and entertaining as always

Dig the beard

Thanks! I am pretending to be an itchy thru-hiker.

Originally Posted by Mrprez

Nice shorts! Great video and music too!

Thanks ..... my kilt/shorts ... Irish Kilt.

**sir_n0thing** · 11-13-2009, 20:47

Love that tarp Shug! And thanks for the video illustrating the over-the-tarp ridgeline!

n0thing

**mbiraman** · 11-14-2009, 09:35

Thanks for the video shug. A pictures worth a thousand words

**JJMurphy** · 11-14-2009, 17:38

Shug, this video is excellent. Thanks for sharing.

**Scottybdiving** · 11-14-2009, 17:50

Another thanks. I have been following the reefing topic, and had a pretty good visual, but this confirmed everything. Plus it answered a question I was about to ask, as to what to do with the guy lines. I have found them to be the most time consuming part of my set up and tear down. I have been rolling and tying them every time. I thought about sewing little pockets with some velcro at each tieout but that will not be necessary with this method.

**sclittlefield** · 11-14-2009, 19:30

As always Shug - fantastically informative and entertaining!

**optimator** · 11-15-2009, 18:17

Great video, Thanks! Any update on using the shock cord for the prussics?? And Shug, Any chance your a fan of http://thewiyos.com/? If you don't know their music, I believe they'd be right up your alley!

**Shug** · 11-15-2009, 18:25

Originally Posted by sir_n0thing

Love that tarp Shug! And thanks for the video illustrating the over-the-tarp ridgeline!
n0thing

I am liking the SWT ... gonna add some side tie-outs. Trying to decide if two per side or one .... leaning towards two.

Originally Posted by mbiraman

Thanks for the video shug. A pictures worth a thousand words

'Yelcome......

Originally Posted by JJMurphy

Shug, this video is excellent. Thanks for sharing.

I am a sharer ..... unless you want some of my Pop-Tarts.....

Originally Posted by Scottybdiving

Another thanks. I have been following the reefing topic, and had a pretty good visual, but this confirmed everything. Plus it answered a question I was about to ask, as to what to do with the guy lines. I have found them to be the most time consuming part of my set up and tear down. I have been rolling and tying them every time. I thought about sewing little pockets with some velcro at each tieout but that will not be necessary with this method.

glad there was some value to the video...

Originally Posted by sclittlefield

As always Shug - fantastically informative and entertaining!

Well thankee sir ....iloveme.com!!!!!!

Originally Posted by optimator

Great video, Thanks! Any update on using the shock cord for the prussics?? And Shug, Any chance your a fan of http://thewiyos.com/? If you don't know their music, I believe they'd be right up your alley!

The shock-cords worked really good for as long as I had it strung up.....
Checking out the Wiyos ... they do look like my tribe. Thanks for that!