[pct-l] tent stakes

[Tortoise]

That is a good idea for the elastic guy lines. Simpler than another idea 
which was to put a short loop next to the fly and then attach regular 
line for out to the stake. And using sticks and rocks saves carrying and 
pounding.

The other thing is that when I take down my tent, I always count my 
stakes to make sure I've got them all.

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Tortoise

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Marion Davison wrote:
> We use an REI half dome tent, which has a mostly mesh body.  When it 
> rains and we use the fly, we want to stake it well out so that it sheds 
> rain far away from the tent body and doesn't flap in the wind.  The Half 
> dome is freestanding, and our gear holds it down just fine, so we rarely 
> use any tent stakes at all.  On the fly we put pieces of round elastic 
> cord on all the tie-out points.  The cord has a loop tied in the end.  
> When we are setting up the fly for rain we gather some short sticks and 
> some good sized rocks.  Put a short stick through the elastic loop, lay 
> the stick on the ground, set the rock on top of it.  This is way easier 
> than driving stakes into the ground, IMHO. 
> Every year we come home with a collection of tent stakes we have found 
> lying around empty campsites.  Switchbacks dayglo paint idea would be a 
> good idea to prevent us collecting your stakes. 
> Marion
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