Ultralight Adjustable Tarp/Tipi Guyline

[Brandon Pattison]

https://youtu.be/_wb6bd05-bw

 

[Brandon Pattison]

20m 1.8MM Fluorescent Reflective Guyline Tent Rope Camping Cord Paracord Green https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OFQPLBI/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_NSZ.vbJH8GRAX

 

[Brandon Pattison]

After you slide the tube out you have to tighten up the knot and secure the other end to a stake or tree.

 

[colonel00]

Nice tip. There are other knots that you can use to make things more simple. Check out a tautline hitch which I think is a common knot for guy lines.

 

[Brandon Pattison]

I can't believe I have never used that hitch. How secure is it without a load?

 

[Brandon Pattison]

 

[Hunt'nFish]

I can't believe I have never used that hitch. How secure is it without a load?

Either knot's holding ability is determined by the number of loops used in the knot.
The more loops, the more leverage camming that occurs.

That said I've not seen the Prusik Knot used like that....I'll have to give it a try.
Thanks for sharing!
Hunt'nFish

 

[RCA Dog]

I've never seen a prusik used like that either. I don't see the benefit over a taut line hitch though, because you have to carry extra prusik loops plus the actual guy lines, and a pen too. I will use a prusik setting up a tarp over a ridge line.

 

[Hunt'nFish]

RCADog, watch the video again.
The prusik loop is not seperate, it's part of the bowline.

 

[RCA Dog]

So it is ! I missed that.