Hey Walter For all the camping I have done, it may come as a surprise to some that I have never done either one of those areas. As to car camp or...
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Mirage
web_dawg
Jan 2, 2005 10:48 pm
... Worked out fine, though I have only used it twice. It's noisy as heck, even w/out the wind, so I think that is the greatest drawback. since making my...
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chcoa
Jan 3, 2005 6:14 am
Wow you were paying attention Dylan. You get a gold star for today. :) I'm booked for Jan and Feb now and I think Walter said he was too. The second weekend...
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chcoa
Jan 3, 2005 6:22 am
I'm in for both places as well and any kind of camping set up is fine with me. I'm trying to summit the 20 highest peaks (with trails) in AZ so if we do...
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walter_pickett
Jan 3, 2005 11:13 am
Hi All...
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walter_pickett
Jan 3, 2005 11:32 am
Hi All Opps, I sent one earlier without much meat in the email. Oh well, I just got back from an overnighter in Sabino Canyon. For what I'm hearing from...
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J.D. Hoessle
jdhoessle
Jan 3, 2005 12:58 pm
Finally got to see my first hammock dwellers on New Years Eve at Springer Mountain....!!! I think there were six hammocks up there... Met Mr. Speer and Karen,...
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Dave Bellinski
dbellinski
Jan 3, 2005 1:02 pm
Well this is one Southern Baptist that enjoyed the heck out of First Shane. Write-on. Light'ning _____ From: Shane Steinkamp...
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Dylan Anderson
hum469
Jan 3, 2005 4:15 pm
Well location sounds good to me. What weekend then? And are you saying it is not a backpack? Oh, and this month, the weekend of the 22, the Arizona Hikers...
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walter_pickett
Jan 3, 2005 5:14 pm
Hey Dylan (and All Arizonans) I think the best would be base camp. I understand what you're saying. I think this way, we can please everyone (Would anyone be...
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zippydooda
Jan 3, 2005 8:07 pm
Quieter pattern, ha ha, that's funny. Did you ever get around to making one with a catenary ridgeline? Anyone who has an opinion, please weigh in. Is a...
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Rick
geoflyfisher
Jan 3, 2005 9:37 pm
... That's a really big group compared with last year. Rick...
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Mirage
web_dawg
Jan 4, 2005 12:22 am
... Nope, I made them with straight ridgelines and cat cut sides. The result though, under a taught pitch, is a curved ridgeline, lending to its ability to...
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ccp5655
Jan 4, 2005 12:49 am
... In my experience, tarps with caternary ridge lines have only one best angle for the sides to spread. Any other angle runs into problems with the sides...
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walkonemile50
Jan 4, 2005 1:20 am
... wrote: Did you ever get around to making one with a catenary ridgeline? In my experience, tarps with caternary ridge lines have only one best angle for the...
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Eric Sandberg
docteric
Jan 4, 2005 1:29 am
I'm trying to find some things that were mentioned in this forum quite some time ago with no luck. Can someone point me in the right direction? At one point...
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Mirage
web_dawg
Jan 4, 2005 2:03 am
... I think we need to clear up some details. Unless Brian (MacCat) has changed his tarp, it has a "flat" ridgeline and catenary sides. So do mine. MSR makes...
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Mirage
web_dawg
Jan 4, 2005 2:57 am
... I'll try... ... His more recent evolution of this is called the ZHammock http://www.imrisk.com/zhammock/zhammock.htm ... At one time a company was...
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zippydooda
Jan 4, 2005 3:14 am
Okay, that fits with what I was thinking. It seems like a (deliberate) catenary ridge line is not needed to keep flapping down at the ridge of the tarp. On...
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walkonemile50
Jan 4, 2005 4:55 am
... Another note, even with the "flat" ridgeline on my (and presumably Brians') tarp, the catenary cut sides still will present tension challenges when trying...
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Alan Baxter
bigglespl
Jan 4, 2005 6:07 am
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chcoa
Jan 4, 2005 6:29 am
I will hopefully be snow camping the weekend of Jan 22nd and 23rd and testing the HH Supershelter in some nippy conditions so Devils Chasm will have to wait...
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chcoa
Jan 4, 2005 6:32 am
I agree with the base camp idea. Families are totally welcome of course. As for b-ball, I guess the basketball gods where focusing on the womens team becuase...
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Rat
hogn8r2004
Jan 4, 2005 11:42 am
If you are referring to the Quarter Weight Hammock try this link: http://www.imrisk.com/hammock/ultraquarterweight.htm Courtesy of Risk. As far as the Pack...
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Rick
geoflyfisher
Jan 4, 2005 12:04 pm
... Yep, The lite hammock had a 4 foot long panel in the center that made it into a partially double bottomed hammock. The ZHammock works better in my...
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Dave Womble
dpwomble
Jan 4, 2005 2:25 pm
... ridgeline ... Bill, What you are trying to do is to keep the tarp material taut and this is not always easy or even possible with some tarp designs by just...
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jack_tier
Jan 4, 2005 2:43 pm
Cat or not is an interesting debate. Here is another article on the subject. http://216.83.168.206/index_files/Articles_files/Tarps.htm Depending on your style...
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Dave Womble
dpwomble
Jan 4, 2005 4:57 pm
... It is an interesting debate. What you want is a tarp that you are happy with and a catenary cut is just a tool to help achieve tautness. Sufficient...
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zippydooda
Jan 4, 2005 7:51 pm
It seems to me that with a rectangular tarp in an A frame shape, a catenary ridgeline would almost always help reduce the looseness at the ridgeline, even over...
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jwj32542
Jan 4, 2005 10:16 pm
Here's an Expedition 2.5 at $37 right now (4 days left). It has a Snap-On logo on the canopy, but it might end up pretty cheap because of that. ...
