Dinger-B2Z, some tarps have additional connection points half way up the sides of the tarp - look at photos of the SuperFly on WarBonnet’s website. The idea is, most tarp are setup to look like an inverted “^” or A-Frame house - straight slanted sides. By putting a connection (Panel pull) halfway up the side of the tarp (2 per side) you can attach additional guylines to them such that it pulls the tarp sides out a bit about half way up. That gives much more room inside the tarp at about the level were you'd get in/out of your hammock.
Now instead of using guylines to pull on those connection points, a person can put some straight pole over the ridgeline of the tarp - perpendicular to the ridgeline. If you have a continuous ridgeline that “pole” usually goes on top of the line. By “pole” I mean a stick, or a hiking pole, or a collapsible aluminum pole (like a mini tent pole about 54 inches long). Those panel pulls connect to that pole with a short length of cord or bungee. The result is, the pole holds the sides out and gives a bit of a vertical lift without requiring extra guy lines.
I’m sure if you google “external pole mods for tarp” you will find some photos.
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