8 Easy Tarp Pitches With A Ridgeline

welcome back everybody out here on a beautiful sunday morning to discuss 10 by 10 tarp pitches i've already gone ahead and set up my ridgeline with two prusik knots one at each end let's begin with a very basic and solid structure the a-frame the a-frame is a super simple pitch all you'll need is four stakes and two toggles to start i have my tarp folded in half and laid out along the ridge line your next step grab your one end feed your prussic loop through and slide through your toggle you then want to do the same to the other side the beauty of the prussic knot is it's a friction knot that will stay taut wherever you place it now you want to go to your corner tie out and stake it out and again on the other corner find your corner hold hot stake it out again on the other side find your corner hold hot stake it up so there you have the a-frame four stakes a ridgeline two toggles and you're locked in with a super simple shelter that provides great rain coverage easily sleep two people in here this pitch does not provide you a ground sheet there is some configurations of the a-frame that will but you lose a lot of headroom and a lot of width there are multiple variations to this pitch alternatively you can go one tie-out in all around and give yourself doors on either end for more coverage you could also lower your ridge line a little bit stake out one side on the next tie out in and fold it under to provide yourself a little bit of a ground sheet and the one wall would be extended out further it significantly decreases the inside of your shelter leaves you just enough room to pull off a camp in it it's really restrictive but extremely weatherproof you could also increase the height of the ridgeline add some guy line to your four corners and have a floating a-frame typically used for hammock camping but could serve its purpose in a bushcraft setting as well another very simple and classic tarp pitch is the simple lean tube all you need to pitch the lean to is two toggles and two stakes so you take your corner go to your prusik again just feed your prussic through your loop insert your toggle you're good take your loop press it through insert your stick pull it tight then you take a stake pull your corner out stake it do the same to the other side make sure you pull perpendicular off every other tie out and stake it you want to stick the end you've staked out towards the prevailing wind so this isn't happening but it's a great convenience shelter very quick to set up if you're caught in a storm or just caught in some rain you want to hunker down and ride it out probably the simplest pitch there is provides you great cover from the top and the back but that's it you could even cook underneath this shelter lay your bed roll out you could sleep under this on a great sunny day like it is today the lean 2 is a very versatile pitch and can be thrown up very quickly if needed the next pitch i'd like to show you is the lean-to with the ground sheet i prefer it over the large lead tube as it does provide the ground sheet but it does limit your space inside quite a bit for the large lean too you wanted your ridge line about neck height for the lean to with ground sheet you want to go about waist height find the center of your tarp and pitch it out find your middle tie out you then take all the excess material fold it under you then stake out the back you then want to come to the inside pull your remaining tarp out and this is what provides you your ground sheet as you can see provides a lot less head space a lot less space in general but the ground sheet is nice if you are not packing one the reason i like this pitch is the low profile it's a little stealthy provides great coverage from above provides you the ground sheet you tuck in here nicely with your pack and there's just enough room lean 2 with a ground sheet will also provide you with one more configuration i'd like to cover and that is the stealth setup for this pitch you want to come one tie out in and attach it to your prusik again one tie out in and attach it to your preset and pull tight for the back of your shelter again find your center go one tie out in pull straight off from where your prusik's attached and stake it down one tie out in along center straight across from the prussic and pull everything tight you want to go one in from the side of the rectangle pull it on an angle away from your back stake and stake it out the extra material made from going one in on the corner you just tuck underneath you want to go from this tie out one in pull on an angle and stake out then with this loose corner you pull on an angle in towards your tarp and stake it out on both sides next you want to organize your ground sheet tucks in here very nicely this stealth setup offers you very low profile like i'm below most the little trees around me super concealed super comfortable gives you a ground sheet and a few wind deflectors on the outside of your opening providing you a little more wind protection and driving rain protection this pitch offers very little headroom this is mainly just for sleeping in it does offer you enough room in the back of the shelter to tuck your pack in there alternatively you could tuck your pack up near your head and actually use it as a pillow which i have done i really like this setup it's really comfortable offers great protection and the ground sheet next pitch my absolute favorite and one of the simplest pitches you can do the good old plow point typically you want to tie this off to a tree but i am going to do it to a ridgeline for this you want to use the corner of your tarp and a ridge line that's just above your head so you take your corner slide your prusik through and your toggle you then take your opposing corner pull it taut stake it out you then find your other corner pull it out nice and tight stake it out your last corner pull it out and stake her my absolute favorite pitch for the simplicity and the space it provides you could easily sleep three people under here two people in their gear or one unbelievably comfortable i do have a tie out here on the outside you can tie that back off to a tree just to open this up and give yourself a little more space inside it offers you three-sided protection again you'd want to put the point of the shelter into the prevailing wind so it's not coming in and blowing this thing up like a parachute the wind does decide to change directions on you you can pull the three stakes pivot this on the ridge line to any direction you want super versatile super easy to work with and super comfortable to kick things off with the more complicated more technical tarp shelters i'm going to start with the adirondack when doing this pitch with trekking poles or sticks you want to start at the back when i'm using a ridge line i like to start at the front to begin with you want to lay your tarp out on the diagonal so you go two tie outs in one two attach this to your presser on the other side you go one two in attach this to your prusik as well you then pull tight again you wanna go one two in from the corner pull straight off your ridge line and stake that out one two in pull straight off that ridge line and straight off your other stake you then fold under the remaining part you now go to the very corner pull out and away on an angle and stake that out find your corner pull out keeping everything nice and tight stake that out you then would take a piece of guy line and stake that out to the ground this adirondack provides excellent coverage on three sides with a bit of an awning so if you do get some driving rain some weather this will protect you a lot better than the others it also provides a little bit of a ground sheet not a whole lot but a nice dry place to keep some gear it provides ample space for one person this is probably my favorite shelter to use it's just comfortable enough headroom to sit comfortably without the tarp laughing yet you lay down and sprawl out no problem it's a little tricky to get the pitch and the angles all right took me a few goes to actually be able to pitch this one correctly but now that i've figured it out it's solid structure and probably one of my go-to's now for this summer one of the most widely recognized and most complicated pitches to do is the tarp tent to begin with i'm gonna go one in from the corner one in from the corner stake that one in from the corner opposing your current stake stake that opposing that stake one in from the corner and stake it your next step you want to take your corner tie out and come in about halfway between the second one in and the very middle again you want to grab your corner tie out go past the second and in between the center stake that out so more often than not you see a trekking pole or a stick used on the inside i don't prefer that method i like having the ridgeline eliminates the stick on the inside which supplies you with way more interior space i have my cordage attached to my ridge line i go one back from the very end go through the loop next you want to go one up from the stake in the front attach some guy line again to the other side you want to take this pull back to your rear stake and here i do a taut line hitch so once twice on the inside once on the outside this adjustable knot add the tension now the other side go around your stake go once on the inside twice on the inside once on the outside and there you go it's a guy line hitch and you grab this line pulls adds your tension and doesn't slip you now come to the beak of the shelter dead center attach your guy line pull this out and stake it this pitch provides you the best coverage super complicated to set up and if i didn't use the ridgeline there would be a stick right where i'm laying which really encroaches on your space i do like using the ridgeline for this it's a little floppy still i'm not the best at this tarp tent pitch it would work really well if i could get this tighter kind of embarrassed but i did get it set up it's it's a tricky one but this will provide you the best coverage in a rainstorm this pitch does not offer a ground sheet but the coverage it provides makes up for that the last configuration i'd like to discuss with you guys today is the tp pitch to start with you want to find your center tie out along one of your edges and attach that to your prusik you then want to go to the back tie out and come one in and stake that down you then want to find your corner go one tie out in nice and straight off the back stake and in 90 degrees to your ridge line stake that out and do the same to the other side right your corner throw one in oh the wind stake that out then come to the front corner it's a bit of an angle off the back stake you stake that in same to the other side this pitch provides you three solid walls a nice opening in the front which will allow good air flow and prevent condensation buildup it does add you a little ground sheet alternatively you can stake this in one more from the back than i did to give yourself a larger ground sheath it does encroach on your space a little bit makes it a little tighter inside still will have ample room for a pack and gear you like pitching it this way a little extended just gives me that little bit of extra room allows for the dog to sleep in here comfortably with me overall this is a great pitch i haven't actually spent the night in this one before i do plan on it it kind of incorporates the a-frame with the stealth shelter it's kind of a mix with a little more headroom and a little more space all around thanks for watching everyone i hope this was informative i hope it helps you with your tarp pitching skills hit me up in those comments let me know what you thought of this video let me know if there's any other tarp pitches you'd like me to cover and i'll gladly get out here and do this again it's a lot of fun i love playing with my tarps yeah leave me some comments let me know what you thought let me know what you guys like to pitch what size tarp you use what kind of tarp you use

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Length: 19min 10sec (1150 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 01 2022