With the tarp still hung, but the corner stakes removed, I take the ground corner on one end, fold them up to the ridge seam, then lightly roll from the bottom up capturing the guy lines (and the standing end of a split ridge line if using that) rolling loosely up towards the ridge, then slide the snake skin over half way. Then do the same at the other end and slide the skin on the rest of the way.
The half-way slide helps manage the tarp and lines if it is windy and of course, this works in reverse if setting up in the wind.
Release the RL at the end of the tarp that is the open end of the snake skin, and loosely roll the skinned tarp it towards the other end, which is still fixed at the tree. If I am using split RLs I stop about half way through rolling and loosely wrap the RL around the roll.. Then roll the rest of the way, release the other end from tree and wrap that line around the bundle and stuff the tarp into a cuben stuff sack.
It's not a annoyance by any stretch of the imagination and with the Standard Hex, the finished bundle fits in my jacket pocket. It's not nearly as big as folks make it out to be.. even without crushing it.
Standard size mesh skins from HG are a tight fit for the Palace, but go on one handed with the Standard Hex.
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