How to tie a pole to a tarp, plus 3 reasons not to put your trekking pole upside down.

people have asked how do you connect your  pole to your tarp tie out you will see me do   this a lot what you have ready when  you start is a stake you have it handy first the guy line goes to the  tarp with a slippery half hitch secured by a half hitch then you take the pole find the height and what i do is super simple  go around the pole once to the back side and then from down to up around your guyline once again and back to  the other side now if you do this   you don't have the risk that your pull  starts turning and runs away from your tarp   and it's secure enough this has  been working for me for years   there are more ways to do this for example   this ball has a handy notch on the  right height so what you could do is and then you also just do a half  slippery hitch secured by a half hitch   maybe you have a handy product such as  this dd tarp pole it has a little eyelet first put it through then connect  it to your tarp that's much easier connecting a normal trekking pole to a tie out  can be done like this tip up through the loop and the guy line goes around it but i'll give you  three reasons why it's better to do it upside down   tip down handle up reason number  one this is sharp so if it's uh dark   and you bend over and hit it that hurts a lot  more than you hit than when you hit the handle   reason number two if you put it upside down the  handle will be down there in the dirt that's dirty reason number three this tip is sharp it will  give you good holding power in the ground   so what i will normally do is  the same as with a larger pole   first connect guideline using the  half hitch and the slippery hitch then take the trekking pole this wraps around the whole  thing then from bottom up around   the guy line itself and then straight out

Channel: Papa hiker

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Keywords: tarp camping, tarp technique, papa hiker, trekking pole, upside down, tarp, dd, leki, pole, yt:cc=on

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Length: 4min 28sec (268 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 27 2021