Comments on: Iceland: Tents http://drw.me.uk/RedYeti/2009/02/23/iceland-tents/ Random outdoorsey things that I want to stick up on the web... Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:49:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: RedYeti http://drw.me.uk/RedYeti/2009/02/23/iceland-tents/comment-page-1/#comment-3455 RedYeti Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:31:59 +0000 http://drw.me.uk/RedYeti/?p=499#comment-3455 Duh - and it's here: http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/pitching_tent_snow.html Duh – and it’s here:

http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/pitching_tent_snow.html

]]> By: RedYeti http://drw.me.uk/RedYeti/2009/02/23/iceland-tents/comment-page-1/#comment-3450 RedYeti Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:48:59 +0000 http://drw.me.uk/RedYeti/?p=499#comment-3450 Roger Caffin has just written an excellent article on <a href="http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/pitching_tent_snow?m=00390We-9BN9mTHV_dbPqhH-1RQ"Pitching a Tent in the Snow</a rel="nofollow"> over on BPL that you might find interesting Chris (members only sadly).</a> Roger Caffin has just written an excellent article on over on BPL that you might find interesting Chris (members only sadly).

]]> By: RedYeti http://drw.me.uk/RedYeti/2009/02/23/iceland-tents/comment-page-1/#comment-3449 RedYeti Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:35:58 +0000 http://drw.me.uk/RedYeti/?p=499#comment-3449 Ah! That makes a lot more sense than the advise to tie on to the handle that the Needle Sports site mentions - thanks Chris :) Ah! That makes a lot more sense than the advise to tie on to the handle that the Needle Sports site mentions – thanks Chris :)

]]> By: Chris (i-cjw.com) http://drw.me.uk/RedYeti/2009/02/23/iceland-tents/comment-page-1/#comment-3447 Chris (i-cjw.com) Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:32:24 +0000 http://drw.me.uk/RedYeti/?p=499#comment-3447 Protip - fill the bag 3/4 full, then give the handles a dozen twists round before attaching the guyline - I've found it makes all the difference in terms of strength. Protip – fill the bag 3/4 full, then give the handles a dozen twists round before attaching the guyline – I’ve found it makes all the difference in terms of strength.

]]> By: RedYeti http://drw.me.uk/RedYeti/2009/02/23/iceland-tents/comment-page-1/#comment-3443 RedYeti Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:59:25 +0000 http://drw.me.uk/RedYeti/?p=499#comment-3443 Andy - I've heard a couple of people mention not being able to get the Y pegs out again. It seems that trying to lever them out can just snap them. I'll have to see how they go... Andy – I’ve heard a couple of people mention not being able to get the Y pegs out again. It seems that trying to lever them out can just snap them.

I’ll have to see how they go…

]]> By: RedYeti http://drw.me.uk/RedYeti/2009/02/23/iceland-tents/comment-page-1/#comment-3442 RedYeti Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:19:10 +0000 http://drw.me.uk/RedYeti/?p=499#comment-3442 I've only seen the carrier bags technique mentioned on the <a href="http://www.needlesports.com/acatalog/Mail_Order_Tent_Pegs__Poles___Anchors_73.html#aPLASTIC_20BAG" rel="nofollow">Needle Sports site</a> up until now. Good to hear of someone using it before I try it out myself! I'm hoping there's a little more snow left in this season that we might catch... I’ve only seen the carrier bags technique mentioned on the Needle Sports site up until now.

Good to hear of someone using it before I try it out myself!

I’m hoping there’s a little more snow left in this season that we might catch…

]]> By: Chris (i-cjw.com) http://drw.me.uk/RedYeti/2009/02/23/iceland-tents/comment-page-1/#comment-3436 Chris (i-cjw.com) Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:00:07 +0000 http://drw.me.uk/RedYeti/?p=499#comment-3436 Big fan of the Y's (not the Clamcleats, but very similar). I've got a couple of snow anchors, but increasingly I find myself using plastic carrier bags instead. And I've become rather good at chipping wee bollards out of ice as well - there are few things more satisfying! Big fan of the Y’s (not the Clamcleats, but very similar). I’ve got a couple of snow anchors, but increasingly I find myself using plastic carrier bags instead. And I’ve become rather good at chipping wee bollards out of ice as well – there are few things more satisfying!

]]> By: Andy Howell http://drw.me.uk/RedYeti/2009/02/23/iceland-tents/comment-page-1/#comment-3416 Andy Howell Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:36:05 +0000 http://drw.me.uk/RedYeti/?p=499#comment-3416 Those Y pegs can be superb and I'll carry a few if I have concerns about the terrain I'm going to be hiking through. Over Christmas I camped on ground that I could only get Y pegs into - couldn't get them all out though! Those Y pegs can be superb and I’ll carry a few if I have concerns about the terrain I’m going to be hiking through. Over Christmas I camped on ground that I could only get Y pegs into – couldn’t get them all out though!

]]> By: RedYeti http://drw.me.uk/RedYeti/2009/02/23/iceland-tents/comment-page-1/#comment-3408 RedYeti Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:44:39 +0000 http://drw.me.uk/RedYeti/?p=499#comment-3408 Ah - the tent is a modified Terra Nova Voyager... the subject of a non-Iceland posting that's still to come :) Very glad you find this useful. It is very gratifying to know I'm not just filling the web with stuff that no-one is going to use! Ah – the tent is a modified Terra Nova Voyager… the subject of a non-Iceland posting that’s still to come :)

Very glad you find this useful. It is very gratifying to know I’m not just filling the web with stuff that no-one is going to use!

]]> By: Roger http://drw.me.uk/RedYeti/2009/02/23/iceland-tents/comment-page-1/#comment-3407 Roger Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:32:40 +0000 http://drw.me.uk/RedYeti/?p=499#comment-3407 By the way your Iceland article is very useful. I probably missed it, but what tent did you use. By the way your Iceland article is very useful. I probably missed it, but what tent did you use.

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