how to you tie down a tent on a large rock?
following up on a previous question about camp location, i’ve discovered camping on a large rock isn’t such a bad idea (seeing as it lowers the impact on the environment). but i still dont know how to tie down my tent when it is placed on a large, rocky surface. i cant steak it out, so do i take big rocks and place them on top of my guy lines? also, whats the best way to tie the guy line to the loop on my tent? bowline knot?
Use a free standing tent and stow you stuff inside. Here is a true story,
Myself and 3 of my best buddies did a back country trek in Yosemite. This was before bear canisters were around. Our first night out we camped in an area with no trees but many large boulders 2 of my buddies decided to set their tent in a grotto area and me an my buddy picked a really good boulder top. along about midnite the bears came for a visit, they found my friends in the grotto real quick and in seconds my buddy and I were joined by them. For the next 6 hours till day break the bears paced around our boulder and tried jumping up only sliding back down each time. it was the most scary night and the funniest night in my life.
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best knot for guy ropes is a rolling hitch tied around the standing part of the rope. See "Grogs Animated Knots" for how to tie it. The trick to tying it easily & quickly in a guy rope is to keep the rope under some tension. With a little practice the knot can be tied in under 3 seconds. If your guy ropes are synthetic & soft & slippery take another turn (or 2) around the standing part thought the loop before finishing off with the external half hitch. I’ve removed & discarded all the sliders from my tent guys – it’s 10 times faster to tie & untie the the hitches than it is to untangle guy ropes with sliders on them.
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50 years hiking & camping, mostly in scouts
Use a free standing tent and stow you stuff inside. Here is a true story,
Myself and 3 of my best buddies did a back country trek in Yosemite. This was before bear canisters were around. Our first night out we camped in an area with no trees but many large boulders 2 of my buddies decided to set their tent in a grotto area and me an my buddy picked a really good boulder top. along about midnite the bears came for a visit, they found my friends in the grotto real quick and in seconds my buddy and I were joined by them. For the next 6 hours till day break the bears paced around our boulder and tried jumping up only sliding back down each time. it was the most scary night and the funniest night in my life.
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Duct tape.
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Was just out for four nights with my grandson backpacking in Kendrick Canyon, northwestern Yosemite Park. We prefer camping in the open granite areas where it is often difficult to stake out a tent. We both set up the other day in about 25 m.p.h. winds without any problem. There are a couple of ways, you can take your tent stake and place it through the loop, then place a rock on it or, use a short piece of twine from your tent loop to tie off to a rock. The grandson uses a tent and I use a 10 ft. X 12 ft. tarp set up using my trekking poles.
I camp in some of the most remote areas of Yosemite all the time and have for years, see bears all the time. Year before last within 30 minutes time and a half a mile of my camp I saw four different bears. I was with a group who had been horse packed 12 miles into the backcountry and they were eating very well, scrambled eggs and bacon for breakfast, bar-b-qued steaks for dinner. All of the food was properly stored in bear proof containers. A bear never visited our camp. If a person can climb up on a rock with a tent and gear why does a bear keep slipping back down?
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