can I layer a second tarp to my asym HH fly?

[bmwrider]

If you look at the hammock in the background, it has two asym tarps on it. It was a very rainy weekend, and it helped cover my son's hammock quite well.

Hey! thats a great idea, thanks for posting the picture.

[Whiskeyjack]

You're welcome!
Where we usually camp is very windy, and the little tarp doesn't cut it with the angles we have to hang at. This technique has kept my son perfectly dry through some wicked storms.

[bmwrider]

You're welcome!
Where we usually camp is very windy, and the little tarp doesn't cut it with the angles we have to hang at. This technique has kept my son perfectly dry through some wicked storms.

I gonna start taking an extra tarp with me when space and weight allows

[Theosus]

I just take the bigger hex tarp. The dam thing is huge… I may be confused, but I don't see the two-tarp logic. Of course, if you are car camping two tarps are no big deal, but when I'm carrying that tarp for ten miles on my back, I want the lightest, simplest system I can come up with.

[Whiskeyjack]

I made a new tarp for myself, and passed my larger asym tarp to my one son. This left my other son with the small tarp. Stacking the two gives him more coverage until we can afford to upgrade his tarp as well. And the two small tarps weigh considerably less than the hex.

[bmwrider]

I just take the bigger hex tarp. The dam thing is huge… I may be confused, but I don't see the two-tarp logic. Of course, if you are car camping two tarps are no big deal, but when I'm carrying that tarp for ten miles on my back, I want the lightest, simplest system I can come up with.

Ok I agree, when backpacking this is not a good option, I am an UL backpacker, but I also car camp, and I would ouly be using this option when car camping.

I just ordered a WB superfly, so I would not need two tarps for hikes.