Thanks for taking the time to post the photos. Very helpful showing the coverage of each one.
Thanks for taking the time to post the photos. Very helpful showing the coverage of each one.
http://www.stc-hike.org/ Susquehannock Trail Club web site - PA STS trail info
Thanks for sharing, Sir. Very educational!
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― Winston S. Churchill
Great pictures and descriptions. Just a quick question: How many stakes do you think one should carry with the Thunderfly?
For a standard hex without doors, one only needs 4 stakes, although I typically take a couple extra. I was browsing websites for winter tarps and found one (I think it was Hammock Gear's) that you can buy with or without all the guylines and stakes, and if you included stakes, it was 14 (fourteen!). I looked at the their pictures, and yep, if you stake out every stake-able point, including all the extra tie-outs as well as each door corner, it adds up to 14. Besides all the extra weight and bulk, the amount of time needed to setup and break down camp does not really appeal to me.
From your pictures, it looks like some setups did not need extra stakes for the doors, but some setups did. Hence, my question.
I take 8 stakes total.
2 for my blackbird
4 for the corners
2 for tarp doors
If I want to try other options use tree for one side or one door in combination with the 2 stakes. If I need more I could make one but that seemed to work well.
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Hey all, here’s 2 more of the Thunderfly in the awesome Bushwack Camo. Frazier Park mountains, 7,000’ elevation. There’s a BBXLC suspended under it.
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