Tarp and Hammock Tutorial

[EastSussexScout]

where do you buy your tapes from and how much are they?

[Shewie]

where do you buy your tapes from and how much are they?

I've always recommended Walkhigh but they seem to be having a few issues at the moment

I think I had the same stuff as Will which is the 18mm tubular stuff here

Any polyester climbing tape will do you as long as it's rated

DD sell some hammock tape but I'm not sure how good it is, I know the old stuff used to stretch something rotten but I think Nicks got better stuff nowadays.

[royce22]

excellent guide, but me being me I'm having a little problem with the first knot. when I put tension on the line the knot flips over the line and seems to partially undo. it still holds very well,but I'm not certain I'm tying it correctly. does this knot have a name? if so I could look it up and try with different instructions etc
Many thanks roy

[Shewie]

excellent guide, but me being me I'm having a little problem with the first knot. when I put tension on the line the knot flips over the line and seems to partially undo. it still holds very well,but I'm not certain I'm tying it correctly. does this knot have a name? if so I could look it up and try with different instructions etc
Many thanks roy

Is that the tarp ridgeline ? Which page of the tutorial is the knot on which you're talking about ?

[royce22]

Is that the tarp ridgeline ? Which page of the tutorial is the knot on which you're talking about ?

Not sure of which page No, but the first knot on tarp line.

Ta Roy

[Shewie]

Do you mean the evenk hitch like this, about 30 secs in ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE7dx0WJo9o

[royce22]

Do you mean the evenk hitch like this, about 30 secs in ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE7dx0WJo9o

Yes, yes I do.

It would appear that I was tensioning the knot incorrectly and it looks a bit more obvious in the video.

Many thanks for your help

Yep after having another go once I got home from work, I can confirm it works just fine thanks for the help again and for a great post

[Paracordist]

wow, this is an awesome piece of work. great job will!

[bushblade]

wow, this is an awesome piece of work. great job will!

Thank you for your kind words, I'm glad you like it.

[spandit]

Don't know if this will help anyone but for metric bods who like graphs:

[Surv:vor]

Much appreciated and timely thank you.

[Shewie]

Timely? It's nearly three years old lol