Now, don't get me wrong, I love wild camping in a gale of wind. I have taken great delight in owning half the Hilleberg range of tents and trying to destroy them. Now I realise all that old cobblers about finding a sheltered spot in the leeward of nice wall, mound, copse etc etc....
But!
There is something nice about setting up in a breeze. I used to carry an anemometer just to varify the extent of the blow and I think the top gust hit 72kts one night while I was pitched up in a Hilleberg Jannu with my dog
I also believe that sometimes a more flexible set up in wind is more desirable than a rigid one. An oak tree will eventually uproot where a blade of grass will bend with the breeze kind of thing. So what's your favourite tarp set up for a good low pressure system with tightly packed isobars????
[video=youtube;fhpl5p75DXE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhpl5p75DXE[/video]
But!
There is something nice about setting up in a breeze. I used to carry an anemometer just to varify the extent of the blow and I think the top gust hit 72kts one night while I was pitched up in a Hilleberg Jannu with my dog
I also believe that sometimes a more flexible set up in wind is more desirable than a rigid one. An oak tree will eventually uproot where a blade of grass will bend with the breeze kind of thing. So what's your favourite tarp set up for a good low pressure system with tightly packed isobars????
[video=youtube;fhpl5p75DXE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhpl5p75DXE[/video]