[pct-l] Tarp construction
Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes
diane at santabarbarahikes.com
Tue Mar 15 17:25:25 CDT 2011
Just wondering here if recycling the attachment thingies on ladies
garter belts for attaching silk hose would be a lighter weight option
that results in slightly less wrinkling. Probably a little too light
though since they are expecting silk and not silnylon.
Diane
On Mar 15, 2011, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
> Good morning, Nate,
>
> Attaching a cord to a sheet by folding the material over a small
> object is a
> very old technique, and one that works well ? after a fashion. I?
> ve done so
> quite a bit, but I?m not fond of carrying 6-8 marbles; I just pick
> up small
> pebbles, short knuckles of wood, or even tiny evergreen cones for the
> purpose. This works well at the corners, but along the sides of
> the sheet
> doing so creates considerable wrinkling and subsequent flopping and
> sagging.
>
>
> Most department stores, sporting goods stores, surplus stores, and
> hardware
> stores sell various types of light-weight cord which will work for
> guy-lines, but most of it is probably too heavy and strong for this
> intended
> purpose.
>
> Steel-Eye
>
> Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT ? 1965
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Nathan Miller
> <erccmacfitheal at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> I'm considering trying a hammock and tarp this season. I'm also
>> considering making my own tarp.
>>
>> I found some info. on the net to the effect that I can make a tarp by
>> taking my larger sheet of Tyvek, wrapping a small portion around a
>> marble
>> wherever I want a tie-off, and then putting a slip knot around the
>> marble to
>> form what are essentially fully dynamic grommets.
>>
>> I have three questions:
>> -Has anyone else tried this method?
>> -Where do I get paracord? Military surplus?
>> -Where do I get a small piece of black Tyvek?
>>
>> -Nate the Trail Zombie
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