So, I decided to try using a CRL again. While I was at it, I replaced my tie outs with zing it. I had been using 1.8mm paracord with shock cord tensioners. I figured that, with a DCF tarp, I could get rid of the shock cord weight by using zing it.
First morning, the tarp was a lot floppier than I’d had it the night before. I figured the zing-it prusiks had slipped. So the next night, I wrapped them 4-5 times (as many as I had room for).
Second morning, the tarp was still floppy. For night #3, I chopped off the excess line (35ft was way too long) and made another split ridgeline with no hardware. Woke up the next morning, and it had STILL gotten floppy. When I say ‘floppy,’ I mean that by morning, my trekking poles would move around in porch mode whenever a breeze hit the tarp.
So what gives? I didn’t think zing-it and DCF were supposed to stretch - not that much, at least! The only thing that I see creating that much stretch is the grosgrain loops that the D-rings are sewn to. If it’s not something I’m doing wrong, then I’ll just have to add the shock cord back.
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