How To Use Trekking Pole For Awning Vestibule

Using your trekking poles the copper spur hv ul2 allows you to post up the vestibule door into an awning.

How to use trekking pole for awning vestibule.

Next insert brow pole into its sleeve to the top of the vestibule and insert a trekking pole or the long pole into the adapter at the end of the brow pole. The idea is that the tip of the pole fits into a grommet. The handle side of the pole goes down in the ground. 2 vestibule door options.

Vertical wall vestibule gives large dry storage space purposefully placed nylon and mesh offer both privacy and great star gazing. The vestibule cannot be detached from the rainfly of the tent. Note that lots of trekking pole tents are designed so you put your pole upside down tip point up. Stake out the vestibule door.

For that matter many people use two person tents as solo tents something that s feasible without a major weight penalty since most trekking pole tents are quite lightweight. For the two poles you can use trekking poles with extensions or two dedicated poles that are the appropriate length like our 231x 197x 163x poles. When you choose a trekking pole tent you want to make sure that it is compatible with the make and model of trekking pole you use if you have a preference. You can also use regular trekking poles to create the awning.

The tarp poles can be purchased directly from big agnes. 1 single zip door and 1 double zip door designed to be set up as a awning using trekking poles. Loop the orange cords attached to the awnings around the same stakes as the bathtub floor and lightly tension them. Setup involves staking the four corners followed by inserting trekking poles and staking the vestibule and rear guyline.

It also requires a minimum of six stakes or 10 if you want to secure the bathtub floor rather than just having it hang in place which works well enough and just pounding them in can take time when the ground is hard packed dirt or rocky as we encountered in designated campsites in glacier. In light rain this gives you a nice open space to cook or sit up out of the weather. The copper hotel hv ul 3 rainfly can also be purchased directly from big agnes. Two adjustable poles that can be used to set up tarps and tents instead of using trekking poles compatible with big agnes scout ul series tents may be used to set up awning style vestibules on many tent models or backpacking tarps adjustable length 33 45 collapsed length 17.

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