Category: Shelter
Frames, cover and pitch. Ridge height, rafter spacing, shingling and where the drip line lands, drawn from builds on the night sheet.
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Where is the best place to set up a tarp shelter?
Drainage first, deadfall overhead second, wind third. The view comes last, and the mistakes are always made in that order.
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Ridge height and rafter spacing: the two numbers that decide a shelter
Get these two right and a thin cover works. Get them wrong and no amount of material fixes the night.
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How many notches does a lean-to actually need?
Counted across four builds: six load-bearing notches, and everything else lashes faster than it cuts.
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Canvas or synthetic for a hot tent: weight, condensation and ember burns
Cotton canvas takes an ember and breathes. Synthetic is a third of the weight and takes a pinhole instantly. The trade in numbers.
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Hot tents with a stove jack: the pros and cons after eight nights
A stove inside a tent buys 20 to 30 degrees and costs 14 pounds, forty minutes and two wake-ups. When that trade is worth making.
