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I've always been fascinated by tarps, but I seem to suck at proper quick deployment and clever knot tying, though lol
There never seems to be enough time in my life to get the hang of repetitive set up and breakdown in varied types of situations to get good at it. Always ends up being "not the right time" to devote to the task at hand. When I need or would like a tarp set up the most, I'm in too much of a hurry to remember best ways to configure one, or remember how to tie the best kind of knot for that application, etc. When I don't need a tarp, I turn lazy and either don't bring one, or am too distracted to dig it out from being crammed in the bottom of a bag and practice.
I think I'd like to configure a few lengths of paracord into predetermined guy-line/stake kits, and same with maybe a ridgeline. Have some small sections of cord with prusik's already in place, so I don't have to redo new ones every time, and carabiner clips attached, for quick hook up to the tarp grommets.
My paracord or twine/rope always ends up being an evil unholy ball of tangled knotted mess that I despair to unravel and hope to use quickly when it's dark and raining out.
There never seems to be enough time in my life to get the hang of repetitive set up and breakdown in varied types of situations to get good at it. Always ends up being "not the right time" to devote to the task at hand. When I need or would like a tarp set up the most, I'm in too much of a hurry to remember best ways to configure one, or remember how to tie the best kind of knot for that application, etc. When I don't need a tarp, I turn lazy and either don't bring one, or am too distracted to dig it out from being crammed in the bottom of a bag and practice.
I think I'd like to configure a few lengths of paracord into predetermined guy-line/stake kits, and same with maybe a ridgeline. Have some small sections of cord with prusik's already in place, so I don't have to redo new ones every time, and carabiner clips attached, for quick hook up to the tarp grommets.
My paracord or twine/rope always ends up being an evil unholy ball of tangled knotted mess that I despair to unravel and hope to use quickly when it's dark and raining out.
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