Great night to try out the whisper! So far I had to crank down the Dutch worms on the shock cord to max. I then had to add tall sticks as stakes and use the side tie outs on the cuben 12' tarp. It's like being constantly rocked to sleep and then slapped as a huge gust hits the tarp. Only 5:20 pm and I'm falling asleep!
Awesome!!! I slept out a couple of weekends ago when a big storm came through.... Heavy rain, lightening and wind all night... Was one of the best night sleeps I have had in a long time!Originally Posted by cjayflo
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." Henry David Thoreau
Well that didn't last long. Broke the ring right off the end of my tarp. Snapped the shock cord on a Dutch worm. Ripped out 3 MSR ground hog steaks.
Even pulled out a stick I had pounded in before I could get to it.
Man, that was a lot of wind! Looks lie you need to replace that Beastee hardware with Dutch's Ti D rings. Sorry to see your gear torn up.
I have had stakes pull out before but never that kind of damage.
Two words, site selection.
One word. Backyard
At least only small, inexpensive stuff broke.
That made me chuckle, glad you had backup. Backyard is a great place to test gear. I slept in my woods at -14 degrees. Was glad to know I wasn't far from plan B.
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