HAMMOCKS - Beginners Guide ( Episode 7 ) TARPS - How to pitch and stake down. Plus the Snake Skin

[@CC-pi6gm]

You are a natural teacher sir, thank you!

[@AdventureswiththeMarine]

So nice of you C S. I really appreciate that.

[@Rose-co3cp]

I like the "Marine" because he really gives great tips on hammocking.

[@AdventureswiththeMarine]

Thank you for that nice comment Rose. I really appreciate it.

[@stoicodysseys6352]

Your videos have helped a lot of people. Thanks.

[@AdventureswiththeMarine]

So nice of you. Thank you Stoic Odysseys so much for watching. I really appreciate it.

[@HuggyBearHikes]

I like using shock cord loops larkheaded at each tarp tie out. Helps relieve stress to the tarp

[@AdventureswiththeMarine]

Thank you HuggyBear for sharing that. Good stuff.

[@RiversideCarnivores]

this guy never fails. informative channel, excellent work man

[@AdventureswiththeMarine]

Thank you for that.You are very kind. Have a great day.

[@wolf1066]

Another awesome and informative vid, mate. Thanks. So much more flexibility with a hammock and tarp than with the tents to which I've been accustomed. Hadn't heard of the Dutch wasps, flies, fleas etc until today and now I've seen them in 3 videos by different people all in the one day!

[@AdventureswiththeMarine]

If you like gizmos and gadgets. You will love those wasps, flies, fleas and worms.

[@wolf1066]

@@AdventureswiththeMarine I'm several kinds of nerd, so I dare say I would.

[@ricardoneto7789]

Good informative video! Like the way you use the Dutch flies to tie your tarp. It’s lighter than my setup with shock cord. Thanks for your work doing these videos!

[@AdventureswiththeMarine]

I really like using the Dutch flies that have now put them on all my tarps.And with having the cordage attached to the stake. It is quick and easy and you know where everything is to set up.

[@katherinelangford981]

Thanks for all the tips and advice. I am going to rock my next, and 2nd, hammock and tarp set up. Awesome, concise vid. I'm going to share it with some of my fellow newbie hammock campers.

[@AdventureswiththeMarine]

Thank you for watching and sharing the video Katherine. I really appreciate it.

[@WyeExplorer]

When I'm out using a tarp I'm always looking out for stakes to just attach to my sack. They're a great free resource. I like that slip knot - and I admire your know how. Have a great week buddy. Mark

[@AdventureswiththeMarine]

Thank you Mark for your comment. Do you have any plans on getting out into the wilderness soon?

[@coughingowloutdoors8579]

Another information packed video Marine. Good job on covering the different options. This series you are doing is good for the beginner and seasoned hammocker as well. Keep up the good work and happy hanging!

[@AdventureswiththeMarine]

That you again Coughing Owl Outdoors for watching and your kind comment. I really appreciate it.

[@shimhd3912]

awesome video! i got introduced to hammocks about 3 years ago and have been hooked ever since however for winter i stick to the basics with a bedroll and a tent. i love the series on your channel good work with everything i subscribed for sure -Tony

[@AdventureswiththeMarine]

This winter. I plan on doing tutorials on winter camping with a hammock. Thank you Tony for subscribing and your comment. I really appreciate it.

[@fergusrb]

I set up in the back yard. Tarp is Warbonnet Superfly, with a Zing it continuances ridge line. I am using Dutch Ware hardware, stinger i think it is called and worms on the guy lines. Guy lines are Zing it also. My question is your orange reflective line does it fit the holes in the Dutch haredware and if so what or were did you get it? The reflective line I have seen is too big for the holes. I have been picking up things from your videos. Thanks. Bruce from the City of Orange in Orange county Calif.

[@ariebhjd]

Bruce Ferguson do you know about DD tarps and hammocks? The hammocks are not made for diagonal sleeping but i sleep in the frontline now for three years comfortble enough.. ( I am 1.82 m and 110 kg ) the tarps are cheep and have 19 loops to setup like a tent or diamond or uneven with a big windbreak in the rear and a short piece in front for a nice vieuw from the hammock. I like to walk under the tarp so I hang it higher. The fastest way to attach the paracord ( and quick release) is the siberian hitch. It works faster then you way with te loop.

[@doughooton6220]

I just found your channel, great videos and information for us newbies. I have a Hammock gear journey tarp. Should I put it over my continuous ridgeline? Thanks for the help.

[@AdventureswiththeMarine]

Great question.I believe that you should put the tarp under you continuous rigdeline, to preform it's best in the wind ( the way the tarp is cut ). Unless you are going to experience heavy snow. Thank you Doug for watching and your comment.

[@southernappalachianrecon]

I like those tent stakes, that's the same style stakes I use, they have held up great

[@AdventureswiththeMarine]

I was up in Northern Minnesota set up next to a lake where high wind was coming straight at me. I was using the Warbonnet Cloudburst, which is a large tarp. That tarp looked like a sail on a ship. That was even with the side panels pulled out. The ground was was soft and those little Y stakes held all night. I believe most stakes would of not held.

[@mudbone7706]

@Marine Thanks for your helpful hammock videos. Do you store any metal dutchware hardware with or attached to tarp in snakeskin? I am using stingerz and ringworms but worry the tails of them might snag/tear tarp or snakeskin if I keep them attached.

[@AdventureswiththeMarine]

Yes. All of my tarps have Dutch Bling attached to them. What you do is roll the tarp up as you are putting it in the snakeskin. Your ringworms will be rolled up in the tarp to protect from damaging anything. I have been doing it this way for many years now and never had a problem. Thank you for watching mudbone.

[@mudbone7706]

@@AdventureswiththeMarine Thanks for reply. Glad to hear rolling up the Dutch bling in snakeskin has never caused an issue for you. Looking forward to more of your hammocking videos!

[@kieranbarry8193]

Great video but I was expecting more tarp options such as a diamond setup?

[@AdventureswiththeMarine]

I believe that was Episode 5. This episode was about staking and pitching a tarp. Thank you for watching Kieran. I really appreciate it.

[@jasondunbar3667]

So with a snake skin you need to use two separate Ridgeline? One on each tree instead of a single ridge line right?

[@AdventureswiththeMarine]

You can either use a continuous ridgeline or two separate ridgeline. I highly recommend getting a snake skin. Thank you for watching Jason. I really appreciate it.

[@mcgufbd]

Thank you again. Did the stuff sack come with your snake skin? The snake skin I saw on Amazon suggested wrapping it around your backpack to carry it. No sack to put it in.

[@AdventureswiththeMarine]

I love double end stuff sacks. They make setting up easy and efficient. I always carry it on the outside of my pack. In a big pocket. So I can grab it with out taking my pack off and setting it up in the rain. Once it is set up. Then I can take off the wet clothes and change into dry clothes under the tarp where is is nice and dry. Nothing then gets wet. I think for me that wrapping it around the pack would be a hassle. We hike in some thick areas. I would worry about it getting caught on some brush and damaging it. Or losing it. I had my crocs strapped down on the top of my pack this spring. When we got to camp. They where gone. Damaging or losing a tarp would not be good.

[@mcgufbd]

@@AdventureswiththeMarine great advice. My eldest is going to start going on overnight hike in camp outs. I'll make sure he has one if these before he heads out.

[@lt2246]

Hi Great video. Quick question - do you put the tarp over or under the ridge line? Why?

[@AdventureswiththeMarine]

Great question. Some people will put the ridgeline under the tarp during the winter time to help support the tarp if snow will fall on it. The best way is to have the tarp under the ridgeline because of the way they are cut ( say like a centenary cut ). When you stake them out. They will form perfectly to the way that they where designed, so that they will be able to handle the wind. Thank you for watching L T.

[@toddevans4667]

I just learned what not to do with aluminum stakes in the frozen ground they snapped like twigs tryin to get out.

[@jakey420]

Hi, just wondering where I can buy them wasp/fly things?

[@AdventureswiththeMarine]

They are made by Dutchware Gear. They will have everything you would need for hammocking. ( www.dutchwaregear.com ) Thank you for watching Jake. I really appreciate it.

[@jakey420]

Thank you :)

[@Kyrodan022]

Tarp or hammock up first?

[@AdventureswiththeMarine]

If it is not raining. I will always set up the hammock first. If I know for sure that it is not going to rain. Then why set up the tarp and miss the stars. Most of the times. I will have it the snake skin, ready to go. I will be talking about this in the next video. Plus, I do not like to be bending over while setting up the hammock under the tarp. Good question Dan. If you want to learn new things. Always ask questions.

[@ninjaridaz4571]

Dude, slipped tautline hitch- boy scout standard.

[@AdventureswiththeMarine]

Can't argue that. Thank you Ninjaridaz for sharing and watching. I really appreciate

[@WanderABit]

I watch your videos almost non-stop now :-), and I like them a lot, but here you probably over engineered some details. You don't have to make 8 out of the line, simply make O and then go through the middle and continue as you shown. It is much faster (and you won't make an impression you are from some satanic group ;-)). Also with tarp and dutch fly (?) -- pitching is about building friction on the line, so regular guyline with stopper (like in tents) is enough -- if you have O/D-ring in the tarp probably it is better not to fix permanently anything sharp, better pull line from the stake, pull it through hole in dutch fly (finish it with monkey fist if you like), and wrap it through the stopper. Then attach the dutch fly directly to D/O-ring in tarp. This way you can control the tension and when packing back, your tarp does not have anything attached to it, because unhooking dutch fly from O/D-ring is no brainer. Those are minor things of course. OK, time for the next episode... :-).

[@AdventureswiththeMarine]

With zing-it. If you don't make 8 out of it, it will tangle into a rats nest. Large cordage I will make a o. Thank you Maciej Pilicohowski for watching. I really appreciate it.

[@dennisbalanquit9593]

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[@AdventureswiththeMarine]

I I ever get a demo that they will let me keep. It is yours.

[@dennisbalanquit9593]

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[@AdventureswiththeMarine]

I will need your E mail. When I receive it. I will notify you right away so that then you can remove it off this channel.

[@HikingFeral]

I don't get why your all buying bits of (pointless in my opinion) metal instead of learning two knots. Like you can't pitch a tarp Quicker or easier or cheaper than with a siberian hitch at one end and a taut tarp hitch at the other. Then for staking out or tying off an adjustable tension knot takes ten seconds. Watching people use these "worms" and "bees" makes me. Cringe. And I'm not hating, whatever gets people out and camping but those bits of metal you have to wrap round. This way and so on is not removing a problem. There isn't a problem.

[@AdventureswiththeMarine]

I guess it is like some cat people and dog people. And there are always pro's and con's. You can pitch a tarp quicker with a Dutch Flyz or Flaz. But a simple Knot is lighter and a lot cheaper. Thank you for watching and your comment Hiking Feral.

[@andrewhuynh3265]

I grew up in scouts and I feel exactly the same. I just think it’s better to have the knowledge as opposed to relying on a piece of metal. I personally think it’s more pieces thus more complexity.