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"Mike Garrison" wrote in message ... My absolute favorite tent anchors are nylon mesh stuff sacks filled with snow. They hold insanely well. The snow inside the sack bonds to the snow outside the sack, and you end up with a web of nylon imbedded in the snow. Sounds like a great idea. Do you know a good commercial source for nylon mesh stuff sacks that are the right size? Do you have an easy method to attach the anchors to the tent? BobT |
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My absolute favorite tent anchors are nylon mesh stuff sacks
filled with snow. They hold insanely well. The snow inside the sack bonds to the snow outside the sack, and you end up with a web of nylon imbedded in the snow. Bernd Nebendahl wrote: How about getting those anchors out? Isn't it a problem to dig them out once they are frozen to the snow? I used traditional (Bibler) snow and sand anchors on Denali and even those where hard to dig out after a few days. Just another reason to use igloos instead of tents on Denali. Ed Huesers http://www.grandshelters.com |
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bbense+rec.climbing.rec.skiing.backcountry.May.17 wrote in message ...
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article m, Howard nun wrote: I have a Voile snow shovel with two holes in the blade for rigging it as a deadman snow anchor. Any recommendations on the best material to pass through the blade holes? 1" tubular webbing? Can a correctly planted snow shovel be expected to behave like a snow fluke (e.g. if offset from the slope by 40°) in wet or slushy snow? _ Traditionally, those holes are for rigging an emergency sled or creating a simple strap carrying system. They aren't meant for rigging a snow fluke. Thin metal edges and nylon webbing and rope aren't a good combo, there's nothing I would trust. There is a reason snow flukes have metal cable connections. The best way to use a shovel is as a standard deadman with a sling around the shaft, of course if you do that you don't have anything to dig the deadman out with. Snow flukes make crappy shovels and shovels make dangerous snow flukes. _ Booker C. Bense Checked this out a few years ago prepping for Denali. Tried to rig the shovel blade as a snowfluke, using cable etc. Snow flukes are really cool. Properly placed, they dive when loaded, and create a pretty good anchor in extremely poor snow conditions. Very impressive. Shovel blades are not snow flukes. Even properly rigged with cable to look vry much like the fluke, they did not do it. They came out. Fall down go boom. Not only that, they were very unprdictable - would hold for a bit, then squirm sideways or upwards or just break outward. Really makes you think that whomever figured out snow flukes was pretty darn bright. Tom |
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BobT wrote:
Sounds like a great idea. Do you know a good commercial source for nylon mesh stuff sacks that are the right size? I bought mine at REI, in the kayak dept. Do you have an easy method to attach the anchors to the tent? I just tie the drawstrings to the tent guye lines. |
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