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16/8/2012 at 9:11am
Location: Beautiful Warwickshire
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Although I camp very frequently all year round and although I'm a bit of an ayatollah when it comes to pitching tents well (see the 'Coping With The Wind' sticky thread), I'm going to sound a contrary note here.
Whether or not I peg all guys and all pegging points depends on the tent and the conditions. For instance, many dome tents are free-standing whereas many tunnel tents rely on the guy lines to stay up. Some tents need pegs in every peripheral pegging point to keep their shape, others don't.
Virtually any tent will be more stable in wind if it is fully guyed and pegged-out. However, if there is no wind - nor any likelihood of wind - many tents will be stable and secure without fully pegging out and guying.
The point about weather changing 'suddenly' depends on the underlying weather pattern. For example, rapidly moving fronts coming off the Atlantic make the weather very changeable. Conversely, when we're enjoying still hot summer weather and the Met Office surface pressure charts are showing settled high pressure over Britain, I confidently expect good weather all day. In that situation I'd leave a tent with minimal guying all day and expect to find it still standing when I got back from the pub.
Horses for course, really - pitch as appropriate to the tent, site, and weather. Peg and guy in whatever way makes you feel confident and relaxed.
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