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Have you tried the Gary Cross Method?  If you follow it to the letter you can solo pitch a tent the size of the 600 in about 15-20 mins.

I tried it to get my Icarus 500 up quickly to dry it out after last weekend's camping and couldn't believe how easy it was.  I just wish I had worked it out before going away last weekend - luckily the campsite was quiet and no-one, other than my 4 year old son, saw how much I struggled to put it up on my own.

Search YouTube (sorry, can't get a link just now since at work) for "Outwell Nevada M Pitching Video" and it's the one by 'thetentfactory'.

Basically:

1. Peg out the 4 corners, losen the straps right off, open the front door fully

2. Lay out the 3 assembled poles

3. thread the Front pole only, and bend it upright into position.  It should stand up on its own because the corners are pegged.

4.  Repeat for the middle pole, and finally the rear.

5. Peg out guy lines etc, clip tent to poles

It really is so much easier than struggling to hold the 3 poles up whilst pegging out the rear guylines and having to walk the tent out when you're on your own.  Just be carefull not to put too much strain on the front pole when bending it on to the ring and pin at the same time as standing it up.

Quote: Originally posted by tonyb21 on 09/8/2012

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The Gary Cross method worked really well with our bear lake 6

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Hi all

The polycottons upto the Bear Lake 6 size can be pitched the same way as my video above, you just need to zip the groundsheet in on the first pitch and then leave it in. You would want a footprint so you dont get the SIG dirty etc. Ok the tent is heavy and its a little bit harder to get it in its bag this way but it is still the better of the two evils.

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