Hkr camping powerpoint
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Tents and Tarps Kathleen Harrington
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- 1. Tents and Tarps Kathleen Harrington
- 2. Campsite Selection -First off when setting up a tent, a very important feature is campsite selection. -When selecting your site you must keep in mind the following things: 1)Can the site support 3 or more people? 2)Is the site durable and level? 3)Are there any hazards around? (ie: Dead trees at risk of falling) 4)Evaluate campsite for animal risk ***Keeping these safety tips in mind, will allow to you find an appropriate location to set up your tent.
- 3. Tent Setup --Keep in mind the weather can change at anytime during your stay. -Its always best to be prepared when tenting in the outdoors. -Its critical to keep warm and dry, to avoid sickness or hypothermia. -The best way to keep safe during your stay is to always think ahead and follow the correct protocol when setting up your tent.
- 4. Tent Setup -This shows all the pieces needed to set up your tent. -You have: 1)The tent itself 2)The orange tarp 3)The rods 4)The pegs
- 5. Step 1 -When you find a good campsite, the first thing you should do is secure the bottom of your tent. -To protect yourself from getting wet in case of rain, you should secure a tarp/garbage bags underneath your tent. -When securing the tarp, it is important to have the ends of the tarp tilted away and down from your tent. -In doing so, you will avoid pockets of water forming on the tarp, then dripping underneath the tent.
- 6. Step 2 Next its important to assess the tent you have. -Tents come in a variety of styles but there are two main factors that influence which tent is appropriate: 1)Weather 2)Comfort -Tents are constructed to have aerodynamic shapes that shed water and wind easily.
- 7. Step 2 Cont -The tents used on our camping trip were three and four person tents. - My groups tent; contained gold and black rods. -When setting up the tent, we had to match the rod color with the clip color to ensure we were setting it up the correct way.
- 8. Step 3 -Once rods were all clipped on you had to clip the ends of each rod into the designated hole at the bottom of the tent. -This ensured the rods were secure and it helped to give the tent its shape.
- 9. Step 4 -Next it is important to secure a tarp over your tent to have optimal protection from surprising weather. -The tarp that sits on your tent has longer ends. - When the ends are pegged down they should be directed away from your tent. -This will allow the water to drip down the side of your tent and avoid going underneath ( ie: water runoff).
- 10. Step 5 -Finally, once your tent is set up, the last thing you should do is to secure your tent. -To do this you should use the pegs provided to pin your tent to the ground. -This will protect your tent from moving in the wind. ***The correct way to place the peg in the ground is shown in the video.
- 11. Large Tarp Set up -Once you have set up your tent with your ground tarp and your tarp that fits over your tent you then want to set up your final tarp. -The advantages of setting up a large tarp is to protect you from weather such as: Wind, rain or snow.
- 12. Large Tarp Setup -These large tarp setups can not only be used as shelter you can also use it to protect your fire from going out if you are experiencing weather.
- 13. Large Tarp Setup -First, you must select a good spot to set up your tarp (similar to campsite selection). -Ideally you want to set up your tarp facing away from the open area on site to have the most protection. -Naturally weather will be coming from that direction.
- 14. Knots used -When you set up the tarp there are 3 levels of rope to give the tarp its runoff shape. -The first rope must be tied to the highest point you can reach on the tree. -From there you will use slip knots to tie your rope and secure it.
- 15. Knots Used -the second rope should be tied to the middle of the tree -The last rope should be tired to the bottom part of the tree. -Doing this process allows once again a water runoff design.
- 16. Disassembling Your Tent -Once your trip is over, it is time to put your tent away until your next use. -If you experienced any sort of weather such as rain during your trip, It is key to put your tent away in the proper manner. -When you leave the campsite you should pack away your tent as normal however, once you get back home you should hang your tent up to dry.
- 17. Disassembling Your Tent -This will allow you tent time to dry off. -This final step helps to avoid: Mold and mildew build up and allow your tent to be ready for its next use.
- 18. Video Clip