I guess most of us have experienced a mess of tangled up guylines after not doing a tidy job of packing down a tarp or tent. A way of preventing this is to "hank cordage", creating nice bundles that can be quickly released. There are several ways to do this - the method I'm using is the one demonstrated in the "Tarp DVD" by backpackinglight.co.uk.
Recently there was a thread about this at hammockforums.net and I contributed by making this short video to demonstrate how I do it:
How do you guys do it?
Hikers of Dune
2 years ago
I do it by trapping one end against the base of index finger using my thumb and then winding the long piece of cord down around little finger and back around thumb in a figure of 8 rather than a circular winding. I tie it off the same way you do.
ReplyDeleteI do it the same as Mac E, the figure of 8 style. Took me a few goes to remember how to do it but it's second nature now.
ReplyDeleteThe same as Mac E and Joe. Bob at BPL.co.uk has a very good demonstration on hanking cordage as well as knots etc.
ReplyDelete