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    New Member climb_au's Avatar
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    Got test my new Continuous Ridgeline


    Got to test my new continuous ridgeline last night. Just a standard Zing-it line with a Dutch hook spliced onto one end, Tato tarp hooks, a dutchware wasp, and a dutchware line holder for the excess line. Due to having a lot of large diameter trees in my area I went for a 15m line.
    I also made up 6 x 4m lines of Zing-it with a spliced eye in one end. Turned out perfect for this little setup amongst the trees over shallow sandy soil. I needed to extend my tarp guylines with the extension lines to get a good tarp setup.

    Was a calm night with a heavy dew overnight, but I was perfectly snug under this shelter.


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    Senior Member Pennsy Camp and Canoe's Avatar
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    Awesome, love new gear! I use the same setup, mostly, and love it.

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    Pretty much same set up also...works like a champ
    Some days I can't tell whether I found a rope or lost a horse...

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    I enjoy the CRL too. It keeps any "pull" off the tarp And you quickly get the tarp in the air by just stringing a taut line between two supports. Then, using NAMA Claws or prusik knots you just slide one end to the appropriate place and then reposition that other end of the tarp. You have a line across the tarp to keep any external pole mod off the tarp itself. And you have a ready-made clothesline without putting additional stress on the tarp's ridgeline.

    Some like a split line. I just don't want my tarp itself to be part of the support structure, and adjusting the tarp in that setup seems just a little fussier to me. But it is a little lighter by about 11 ft of 1.75 LashIt.
    In order to see what few have seen, you must go where few have gone. And DO what few have done.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cougarmeat View Post
    Some like a split line. I just don't want my tarp itself to be part of the support structure, and adjusting the tarp in that setup seems just a little fussier to me. But it is a little lighter by about 11 ft of 1.75 LashIt.
    I liked the idea of the split line at first, but in the end decided against it as with a CRL I can just swap tarps out easily as desired (I have the original Hennessy asym tarp as well as a 3m x 3m tarp), and like you, had a concern about using the tarp as the structure. Probably more paranoia than a real issue but I feel better about a CRL


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    looks good! I have a grey lash-it continuous line with a dutch fly instead of wasp at the business end. the fly is a little harder to undo than a wasp for me when it's wet, but otherwise my tarp is pretty dang solid in moderate wind. mine has prusiks with soft shackles for the tarp loops.

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    Climb_au, a belated "Welcome to the forum." The CRL also give you a place to hang out your quilts and such when you have the opportunity to air them out. Here in the Pacific NorthWest, when using a CLR during winter, it is easy to run it under the tarp for more support when it's snowing. Also in early spring when clumps of snow fall from high branches.
    In order to see what few have seen, you must go where few have gone. And DO what few have done.

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