4 Ways to Set Up an Ultralight Tarp Shelter || REI
Tarp shelters offer backpackers an ultralight and versatile alternative to a tent. In this video, Miranda shows you four ways to set up your tarp. Check it out, then head into your local REI to find a shelter that works for you.
Learn to tie a bowline knot here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtrtpS2f8u8
Learn to tie a truckerโs hitch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W86XNUmElP4
Learn to tie a prusik hitch here: https://youtu.be/EFHxQ5fiUvI
And shop tarp shelters here: https://www.rei.com/c/tarp-shelters
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I have the 10×12 Gold Armour full camo Rainfly and my favorite configuration is the C-Fly. I always cut and stack my firewood on each gable end for wind blocking and cover from heavy rain. This is the most concise and informative video on tarp set ups. Very impressive, thanx!! โฎ๏ธ Kudos!!
This is a great video!
Thank you for this excellent informative video and for explaining everything so easily and clearly.
Great video clear information without the waffle . Presented in a very professional manor.
Could you set this up as a pyramid shelter?
Thats roughin it
what tarp is that?
So much natural beauty.
I have this one, I used the pyramid set up in the mountains only 3 stakes and a trekking pole to prop it up. It got down to the mid to upper 20s and I was fine. Used the A frame the next night …I love the tarp, for as thin as it is, it's actually strong, but if it rains make sure you dry it off in the shade, as the thin material and the magnification of the sun in the water droplets may cause your tarp shrivel due to heat damage..I noticed this when I was spraying the dirt off it and hung it over a fence to dry and saw little wrinkles on the tent where the water drops were so be careful there, it dries fairly quickly about an hour in the shade.
Tarp camping can be rough. Iโve woken up in puddles, had night long battles with field mice running around my head, and was extremely cold in the Maine fall.
Very nice video for my. Thank you.
Do you want spiders in your sleeping bag? Because thatโs how you get spiders in your sleeping bag.
I love camping
Awesome instructional! & Iโd love to go camping with you in a small tarp shelter lol. ๐ฏ๐๐๐
I just think about heavy rain and water running through the ground underneath causing much discomfort
Iโm a newbie and this may sound superficial – but how do you deal with ants or other crawling insects with tarp-camping? Or is this only doe an emergency situation?
Thanks Miranda!
I practice regularly with knots and I love it, I have a lot of fun! Very practical for the tent but especially with the tarp.
Now I just have to go and practice.
Thank you for this great video, it will be very useful to me
good vid!
An awesome imformative, and helpful video. Thank you.
What a great video ! Thank you
Thank you
How do you keep your sleeping bag dry?
O m Jesus !
Pinnacle of tarp set ups !
Just bought a Paria tarp!
Miranda is the best
for the prusiks, it's easier to tie the prusik loop around your ridgeline and then just use a stick toggle to attach it to the tarp
back before she had her own show gosh darn!
I love this informational video, but it might give a little misinformation. Looking at the placement of the shelter it's right in front of a incline. Rain coming down wouldn't be a problem with a waterproof tarp. The only issue, would be pooling of water around and under the area where your shelter is. Would make for a wet area for sleeping sleep. Defeats the purpose of staying dry.
Lol showing setups
I like your videos , very good information. Keep it up
She had me at 'tarp'
What do you do about water coming in on the ground if it rains?
I wish I could put up a tarp as well as here. My tarp set up has wrinkles like grandma"s face
Hi! Other suggestions of tarp setups from me โ@588s
Forget the bowline use a Siberian hitch.
I watched so many viedeos about setting up tarps this is by far the best I've seen. Thank you.
love this
I don't get the idea of using a tarp rather than a tent. I live in the Mid-Atlantic region, and there are ALWAYS bugs and other critters, which I don't want crawling on me when I sleep. Also, I love the privacy of a tent for changing clothes, etc., and also a tent just gives me a sense of security that would be missing with a tarp. I have only used a tarp for shelter from rain while in camp, e.g., during meals, etc.
I've been anti-tarp for years. This video has me wanting to order one right away. So much helpful useful information presented so cleanly and clearly in under 5 minutes. Very impressive! If only more gear channels could be so succinct…