NJ > 7th Annual NJ Thanksgiving Hang > 11/23 - 25th - There Will Be Flood

[Ratdog]

I have a query for everyone who stayed over Saturday night.
1) Did your tarp come loose (and how)?
B) How was your tarp anchored (trees, rocks, stakes (what kind of stakes))?
iii) How close to the ground were your tarp sides?
IV) Any lessons learned from this challenging evening?

Thanks

No
Stakes , MSR groundhawgs and big 10p nail type
18-24” ...below hammock level generally.

I expected weather. Used good stakes, treated my tarp the day before, kept extra dry socks, shirt, pants, boots in gear hammock.

Underquilt Protector was bulletproof again, no wet/blowing rain on my underquilts, blocked the wind, place to stash dry stuff.

Like my large gear hammock hanging from ridgeline.

Never hang in the bottom of a swell or swale.

Synthetics wetted out, wool,anorak dry and warm and damp and warm, but always warm.

Only thing worried me was widow makers but I checked around for those before hanging. Getting a little wet is no big deal but a thump from falling debris, no thx.





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[SilvrSurfr]

I have a query for everyone who stayed over Saturday night.
1) Did your tarp come loose (and how)? Nope
B) How was your tarp anchored (trees, rocks, stakes (what kind of stakes))? Cheap aluminum stakes
iii) How close to the ground were your tarp sides? 1 to 1.5 feet
IV) Any lessons learned from this challenging evening? Not really

Thanks

[SilvrSurfr]

One thing I'm always thankful for is a 4-season tarp with doors - works most of the time in keeping me dry. Of course, this was a singular event, and the rain was sideways so it kept coming under my tarp so my quilts got wet. Still, I wouldn't change anything. A UQP seems a bit ridiculous to me when I have a 4-season tarp. Since that 4-season tarp is cuben fiber, the UQP just doesn't have a place in my setup.

This is not the first time my 4-season tarp hasn't protected me as much as I would wish. A few years ago, we had a snowstorm with high winds. I tried to batten down the tarp, but if there was even a half-inch opening anywhere, the snow was going to blow in. It was a wet snow, and I had to knock the snow off the tarp several times. I also had to empty my hammock of snow - I got a couple of inches inside my hammock that had to be dumped. Still, I didn't mind waking up every couple of hours to dump the snow out of my hammock. I stayed pretty dry.

[The Tree Frog]

I have a query for everyone who stayed over Saturday night.
1) Did your tarp come loose (and how)?
B) How was your tarp anchored (trees, rocks, stakes (what kind of stakes))?
iii) How close to the ground were your tarp sides?
IV) Any lessons learned from this challenging evening?

Thanks

I had a Superfly with doors, of course. Regular stakes. About a foot plus off the ground.

I would have to say the key to my success was leaving Saturday morning. Totally avoided the rain. And that, in fact, kept me very dry! Lesson learned!

[Ratdog]

The words belong to Crispy, emphasis obvious.

One thing I'm always thankful for is a 4-season tarp with doors - works most of the time in keeping me dry. Of course, this was a singular event, and the rain was sideways so it kept coming under my tarp so my quilts got wet. Still, I wouldn't change anything. A UQP seems a bit ridiculous to me when I have a 4-season tarp. Since that 4-season tarp is cuben fiber, the UQP just doesn't have a place in my setup.

This is not the first time my 4-season tarp hasn't protected me as much as I would wish. A few years ago, we had a snowstorm with high winds. I tried to batten down the tarp, but if there was even a half-inch opening anywhere, the snow was going to blow in. It was a wet snow, and I had to knock the snow off the tarp several times. I also had to empty my hammock of snow - I got a couple of inches inside my hammock that had to be dumped. Still, I didn't mind waking up every couple of hours to dump the snow out of my hammock. I stayed pretty dry.