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Pro tip: keep a spare tarp strap in your boot after a windstorm in Glacier
Last September I was camped at Bowman Lake and a gust ripped my rain fly right off the tent at 2am, soaking my sleeping bag in about 10 minutes. I dug around in my truck and found an old bungee cord I'd forgotten under the seat, which held the fly down for the rest of the night but barely. Anyone else carry random repair gear in their car that's saved a trip, or is that just my hoarding habit?
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mary83625d ago
Kept a roll of duct tape and a couple of those cheap carabiners in my glove box for years, and they bailed me out more times than I can count. That wind at Bowman can come out of nowhere, so I'm curious how you actually rigged that bungee to hold the fly down without it ripping through the fabric. Did you hook it to the tent poles or did you tie it off to something heavier like a cooler or a tree? And how bad was the sleeping bag after, did it dry out enough to keep using it that trip or were you done?
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