tarp camping in the rain?
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slept under an army poncho, then basha for 7 years as a soldier, 16 years as a civvy, its light weight camping pure and simple, lol
ps. i also have a jack wolfskin pocket hotel, but only used that once in 10 years and that was when wife decieded to have a night in the wilds, lolhilltop said:
bambodoggy
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Well this was taken this morning and it was p***ing it down with a vengeance. After an overnighter at my woods. 
My ruksak is sitting on a simple tripod to keep it off the ground and nice and dry.
My ruksak is sitting on a simple tripod to keep it off the ground and nice and dry.
Nice picture pete!
Is that a military trangia in front?
Bjorn
PS: how do you post pictures in your post?
Is that a military trangia in front?
Bjorn
PS: how do you post pictures in your post?
Bjorn Victor said:
Thanks Bjorn.
No its just a mini trangia with a wind break around it, there was a fire going but the amount of food I like to cook for breakfast I didn't want to hog the fire so the others couldn't get to it......lol
Bjorn Victor said:
Bjorn,
Have a look at this post Neil (Scanker) made earlier:
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showpost.php?p=135609&postcount=5
Ahjno said:
Thanks mate! Here we go:
We used bivvy bags on the winter trip although it was not necessary. I usually never use them.
Comments/remarks are welcome
Bjorn
Hi Bjorn, you've got some great pictures there. Can you reduce the really big one so that it's easier for people to see, many thanks for that.
I've just read your other post, if you need a hand getting ti smaller just say.
I've just read your other post, if you need a hand getting ti smaller just say.
Well Tony, in photobucket, there is a function the lets you reduce the size of the pictures. I tried it (reduce 50%) but the pictures still look very big indeed. I would appreciate if you could make them a bit smaller for me. Apart from the reduce size function in photobucket, I have no photo editing software on my PC.
Is that possible?
Many thanks, :You_Rock_
bjorn
EDIT: To tony, got some help from a friend. Hope i'm not bothering you too much
Is that possible?
Many thanks, :You_Rock_
bjorn
EDIT: To tony, got some help from a friend. Hope i'm not bothering you too much
bambodoggy
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Hi BjornBjorn Victor said:
New to posting images myself but I was put on to http://www.imageshack.us/ by British Red and have had no problems in sizing pictures.
P@ul
The Joker said:Well this was taken this morning and it was p***ing it down with a vengeance. After an overnighter at my woods.
My ruksak is sitting on a simple tripod to keep it off the ground and nice and dry.
I like the tripod idea, very simple and effective.
Simon.
The tripod idea IS a good one! I have a dry-bag in which I stuff my sleeping bag, and my clothes all go into tightly sealed stuff sacks as well as my food. Mind you, I've never had the notion to use a tripod in case of wet ground, up until now all my outdoor clothing has been synthetic - not one single bit of cotton or wool - so if I get soaked, I usually just have to hunker down in the rain and deal with it by swearing my head off. Sleeping in a wet down-bag has got to be about the worst thing in the entire world. But you get used to little things like that, and I guess they make you a better person with good character. I think this summer I'll try just using a poncho/tarp and a bivvy bag.
Adam
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Nigel Harper
Guest
this thread is cool! im going to use a tarp (basha?) for the first time this weekend and im looking for information about how to do it. some of the pictures are amazing i don't know you can pitch things like that!
people may laugh, but one thing i have with me is a small folding table
i know it's not very bushcrafty but it's very useful. it keeps my stove off the ground and gives me a level surface for cooking/food prep.
for a tarp i use a hex-fly. it gives a large living area,handy in the wet also i carry a poncho which i can rig as a wind break to keep the weather out. i keep a tape daisy chain and karabiner to secure my rucksack to whichever tree i'm suspending my hammock from.
i know it's not very bushcrafty but it's very useful. it keeps my stove off the ground and gives me a level surface for cooking/food prep.
for a tarp i use a hex-fly. it gives a large living area,handy in the wet also i carry a poncho which i can rig as a wind break to keep the weather out. i keep a tape daisy chain and karabiner to secure my rucksack to whichever tree i'm suspending my hammock from.
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magicaltrevor
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my personal recommendation for reducing the size of loads of pictures is Irfanview
It's also free! I generally take pictures in high resolution and then reduce them for email/documents/presentation slides, etc
Andrew
It's also free! I generally take pictures in high resolution and then reduce them for email/documents/presentation slides, etc
Andrew
Bjorn Victor said:Well Tony, in photobucket, there is a function the lets you reduce the size of the pictures. I tried it (reduce 50%) but the pictures still look very big indeed. I would appreciate if you could make them a bit smaller for me. Apart from the reduce size function in photobucket, I have no photo editing software on my PC.
Is that possible?
Many thanks, :You_Rock_
bjorn
EDIT: To tony, got some help from a friend. Hope i'm not bothering you too much
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