@novacadian: Does the vid pre date the Wiz Hat's escape or did you get a replacement?
Tarp Shelter by @cahlen on 3Speak
10x10ft camping tarps are great way to shelter yourself in the wilderness or when living minimalisticly. They're light, compact and can be setup in a large variety of configurations to suite your s...
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Hey everyone, Kalen here, and in this video I want to show you my upgraded tarp shelter. So for those you know, I lived outside for three years. And during the first section of that three years, I lived under this exact, well, not this exact tarp, but this same model of tarp. And then I moved into a hot tent for a few months. And then I realized that heating with fire was a pain in the butt, and it wasn't really necessary if you had the right. clothes and sleeping gear you can just get by even in really cold weather using just your body heat as long as you insulate it and keep it in your clothes and in your sleeping bag enough so I moved down to the poncho because I was going for as lightweight as possible and for the rest of the three years that's what I slept under and that's what I was sleeping under when I first got here but I decided to upgrade and get a bigger one because in this place it gets really windy, and that's not very good for a poncho, especially when it's raining, because you don't have a whole lot of space, and the rain will come in under. So anyways, let's take a closer look at this thing. This is a 10 by 10 tarp. This one is 10 by 10 feet, so that's about 3 by 3 meters. And this one comes from helicontax, they call it the super tarp. So this is the configuration I'm using right now. And it's a very basic one. I just have my rapid ridge line, which I have a video about. If you check callan.org. slash gear, then it will be listed there, and I have a video of how to make this and how to use it, but it's super useful for all kinds of things. This is what I was using with the poncho as well. It's just tied to a tree, and then it goes down to this metal post. Usually you tie it between two trees. Nice thing about it is extremely quick to put up, especially when you get good at it and very quick to take down. All I have to do to disconnect this is yank hard on this, and it's going to disconnect, and then I just have to disconnect from there, and I can just grab everything and stuff it into my bag and go. I have it nailed down with railroad spikes, which were all over the place, and this configuration is good for... protecting from wind. You're keeping everything down against the ground, although here the wind comes from that direction, so ideally you'd want it flipped, but I can't do that because there's a hill on this side of the tree. And here's what it looks like from the inside. Nice thing about it is there is a huge amount of space. You could definitely sleep two people in here, and you can definitely sit up in here, at least in the front. and you can keep all of your, you can keep your bag in here, like I couldn't keep my bag underneath the poncho, but my bag is waterproof, so that's okay, but it is nice to have everything in the shelter. So it just feels good to have a lot more space. So like I said, this is just one configuration. The nice thing about the 10 by 10 tarps is that there's a huge number of configurations that people have come up with, which shoot all kinds of different conditions, and you can learn these. and you know pick the ones that you think work the best i basically stick to this one and then the pyramid shape which i've made videos about where if you don't have any tree to attach to you only need three stakes and you need a pole so you just need a stick or i use my walking staff and you just set it up in the middle, and then you have it staked down three ways, and it's basically completely enclosed and fairly stable. It's a little bit less roomy inside because you are overlapping the sides, but still plenty of room for one person and all of their stuff. Another thing worth mentioning is that there are different materials that you can get this in. If you're going for ultra-light like me, you're going to either want to use seal nylon, which is nylon. impregnated with silicone or polyester, which is what this is. I used to use the seal nylon, but I didn't like it because while it's a little bit lighter, I think, and maybe a little bit more durable, it changes its dimensions a little bit as the weather changes. So you might set it up and it might be tight, but then it starts raining and gets cold, and it will get... either tighter or looser, I can't remember which way, but you can't really get a consistent tension in the actual structure, so I didn't really like that. So anyways, I just went with this, and I've been happy with it ever since. And this is the same material as the poncho is made out of. It's basically the same thing, it's just a bigger dimension, and it doesn't have a hood in the middle. So, anyways, that's my new tarps shelter to... keep me out of the elements until I get my dugout shelter built. Hope that's useful to you, and I'll see you guys later.
@novacadian: Does the vid pre date the Wiz Hat's escape or did you get a replacement?
@opochtli: That is my ALL TIME Fav configuration I use with my 3x3 DDTarp. On my hikes/camps I use a tent/tarp combination, but in terrible weather I will only use the tarp. As you say, it's all about retaining body heat and a tent has too much wasted space. Nice informative video : ) !BBH tipping bot HOLD 1000 Tokens View BBH !ALIVE tipping bot STAKE 1000 Tokens View WeAreAliveTribe