I just use a small peice of 550 to tie a tuatline hitch to my CRL. Easily adjustable.
I just use a small peice of 550 to tie a tuatline hitch to my CRL. Easily adjustable.
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For me, it's much easier to put up the ridgeline first and get it properly tensioned, then throw the tarp over and clip it into the Prussiks which stay on the ridgeline.
I don't want my tarp 'permanently' attached to the ridgeline - knots in Zing-It don't untie for me, and I can't be bothered messing with button knots aka soft shackles.
Lots of ways of doing this stuff.
I think the idea is that you don't use a 'Prussik Loop' of cord at the beginning. Start with a length of cord, and double girth-hitch it to your CRL (making the Prussik knot). Then, pass one of the ends of your cord through the webbing loop on the tarp ridgeline end, and join to the other end of the cord to finish the 'Prussik Loop'.
A lot of us use soft shackle prusiks ('cause they're removable):
https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...rusik+pictoral
They're the doohickeys in the bottom left of this image:
However, you can do what Fallkniven suggests if you are a non-splicer. Just take a length of cord and wrap it three times around the ridgeline forming a prusik, like so:
http://www.animatedknots.com/prusik/
You'll have two ends of the cord dangling (No knot tied yet to complete the loop) and all you have to do is tie it to your tarp ridgeline tie-out using an overhand knot (or whatever tickles your fancy). Voila! You have a prusik that allows you to slide the tarp on the continuous ridgeline and center it.
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