As a newbie it was a learning experience yesterday. The wind was gusting about 25mph with temps around 25 and I thought it was a chance to practice setting my Tarp up in a strong wind. First mistake was testing out my newly made UCRs. After 30 min and still didn't have the tarp hung I gave up on the UCRs and went back to the prussics and figure 9s. It still took another 30 min before I had the tarp hung. As I admired my accomplishment a gust of wind ripped the stakes out of the ground flapping the tarp uncontrollable. At that point I was cold and felt defeated. So before my tarp became shredded I grabbed my gear went into the house. I waited for the wind to subside some and tried again this time with a better result. Lesson learned as stated often on HF to practice in the yard, and get it right before taking to the trail. I wouldn't want to deal with those high winds on the trail without the practice and experience in the back yard. A NEWBIEs LEARNING EXPERIENCE
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