Tent pegs for soft ground?

[FerlasDave]

Hi guys.

Im doing a trek later in in the year across a trail in Iceland but the problem is the ground will be very loose and sandy but the wind can get pretty bad. So I was wondering if any of you guys have any reccomendations for tent pegs? Or just a different way of pitching normal pegs?

 

[Imagedude]

You could use oversize sand/snow pegs but they are heavy and I don't find them to be very effective. Ideally you'd have a freestanding tent but failing that, if you really need to use guy lines try burying sticks or sand filled bags in the sand and tie your lines to them.

 

[Toddy]

I have some of the long, ridged, plastic sand pegs. They're good but they're bulky to pack and carry.
If the ground really is so loose, make up bags from almost weightless nylon ripstop and do as Imagedude suggests.
99p a metre stuff would work fine for the bags. You could make them with a double draw cord and tie the loops from that to your guylines.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[petrochemicals]

normal wire pegs anchored in some sort of fancy interlocking way ? 2 or three per anchor point ???
If you find anything please post back as it quite intrigues me

edit:

how sandy ?

thoughts of interlocking ice axes, special contraptions that get drove deeper in, or peg the pegs with rope somehow.

 

[rik_uk3]

What tent is it?

 

[santaman2000]

If you find something let me know. I'm still looking for something that works in the sand.

 

[Bumbler]

What the others said. A bag filled with sand and then buried. Or like you would use in snow, a burried stick...i.e you take say a nmeter length of stick, dig a trench paralell to the tent, tie your guy line to the middle, bury it in the sand, it should hold.

 

[petrochemicals]

If its sandy enough, ie. beach you could try a large stiff plastic piece , of thin plastic, pegged with 2 wire pegs through as support and buried at an angle to make a sand anchor. you won't have to take any special pegs too then. Trying to think of cheap plastic. Like a sea anchor on a boat !

 

[petrochemicals]

If its sandy enough, ie. beach you could try a large stiff plastic piece , of thin plastic, pegged with 2 wire pegs through as support and buried at an angle to make a sand anchor. you won't have to take any special pegs too then. Trying to think of cheap plastic. Like a sea anchor on a boat !

 

[treefrog]

Alpkit - £15 for 4 posted ?

http://www.alpkit.com/shop/cart.php?target=product&product_id=16627&category_id=253

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

If your going to get sand/ snow pegs the MSR ones are better suited to using as dead men as they are drilled with holes unlike the alpkit ones

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[oldtimer]

I tried burying pegs horizontally with the guys attached to the middle when pitching on sand in the New Mexico Desert.Bit like Bumbler's suggestion with snow. It worked fairly well, but I didn't encounter wind. The buried bag trick sounds a better bet. This also works when pitching on shingle.

 

[peaks]

These might work ??
http://www.deltagroundanchors.co.uk/

 

[FerlasDave]

Thanks for that guys and sorry about late reply too. Not sure how sandy really as I've never been there, I can just imagine a loose volcanic ash type sand is what it would be?

The idea of using bags is a good one I never thought of I think I might give that a go in the beaches this summer failing that those alpkit pegs look good. Already going to get some alpkit spikes so might be with investing.

Oh and the tent is a luxe mini peak 2.

 

[petrochemicals]

please keep us posted dave on what works, even if you don't use it, I quite fancy camping on nice dry sand. Get round the school and utilise the long jump pit!

Another thought, with it being iceland, I'm thinking no wood but rocks ???? And plenty of !

 

[Imagedude]

Standard peg

MSR peg

Blue Mountain 31cm stake (£12 for ten)

 

[andybysea]

I use stick buried and rocks either side of guy line when camping on beaches here holds secure everytime ive done it.

 

[matt.gp]

MSR cyclone stakes

Pretty awesome and can be used to dispatch marauding vampires.

http://cdn-products.austinkayak.com/14419_700.jpg

http://4outdoor.pl/files/images3/MSR_sledzie.jpg

 

[John Fenna]

Sticks cut to size or bundles of twigs gathered on site and buried in the ground...

 

[FerlasDave]

There wont be many sticks around in the area Im going to Im afraid John..

Im thinking something along the lines of sausage shaped bags could work well.