Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Gear Forum :: Packing tent and tarp
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HowardSprague |
1)access. When I get to a campsite, I like to have immediate access to my tarp and tent without removing all the other contents of my pack. 2) Though I know many people pack their poles and tent body/fly separately, I like having the poles protected in the middle of the rolled up or folded tent inside the bag. |
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Tomcat |
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Jaywalker |
I like having my tent and tarp enclosed in their bags. I like having everything (poles, stakes, guy lines, repair kit), and the shelters go on the top of the pack for easy access. Helps keep water from spreading if put away wet too. |
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mjmkjun |
a coil of rope handle of hatchet fillet or camp knife tent poles w/stakes First thing I do is set up my tent. Easy to reach for that sack the way I pack it. Of course, you could always place folded tent body & tarp on top with your Nemo. If you tend to basecamp then I suppose it matters little since everything will come out to be set up for the duration. An advantage of having it all fit into a pack liner is that your stuff doesn't get wet from water that accumulates in the canoe/kayak from paddle drips and wet footing. Commercial grade black liners from Lowe's do a decent job and they are huge. I'm not an ounce counter and confess I often overpack. I like 'stuff'. :-) |
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keth0601 |
I especially don't compress my sleeping bag because it works so well to fill voids and protect fragile items (and your back). Plus it lofts up much nicer when you get to camp when it hasn't been compressed to a brick all day long. |
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butthead |
The GG pack stuffer bags shown are not made anymore but, Granite Gear and CCS make rectangular bags and other sources may also. I have used this method over compression bags for years now and stack from bottom up in the pack sleeping system, clothes and camp gear, food and cooking stuff, shelter and tarp on top. butthead |
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AdamXChicago |
OCDave: "My shelter is on top; last thing packed, first thing deployed. " +1 Using bags that came with tent and tarp |
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TheGreatIndoors |
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tpothen |
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OCDave |
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wetcanoedog |
I found the sack that comes with my tent made a hard bread loaf shape and it was hard to pull the flap straps down tight.with the bigger sack I end up with a flatter lump on top.same with the baker shelter. |
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boonie |
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Savage Voyageur |
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Minnesotian |
Sleeping bag I put in a waterproof sack of some sort and it gets packed first, so it is at the bottom of the pack. With all the weight on top of it compresses it throughout the day. Plus, that soft pad at the bottom can take shock loads and cushion the rest of my gear. I do the same thing with my clothes sack. Tent and tarp both have their own waterproof sack, not to keep them dry, but to contain all the wetness and not get any of my other gear damp. Both get packed at the top of my pack, with my tarp being the last thing packed, or first thing out of the pack. This makes it so that if I show up to camp in a downpour, I can quickly get the tarp out and a good shelter up to keep out of the elements. My tarp is big enough to assemble my tent underneath with the rain fly on, then move my tent where I need. |