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26/6/2016 at 9:44pm
Location: West Sussex
Outfit: Obelink Familia 6 Alpkit Ordos 3
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The weather wasn't too good yesterday, but managed to get the tent pitched today. I have not managed to solo pitch it before, last time I tried to use the "cross camping" method but had issues getting the poles inserted. In the past I have resorted to getting all the poles in then getting help standing the tent up and walking the poles out.
Today I used the reverse of the technique I use to take it down solo; starting at the back with the corners pegged out, peg out one pole at a time.
This is the first pole pegged out:
And the second:
And so on:
And so on:
Once you're at this stage you can get everything square then peg it all out properly and zip in the ZIG. I didn't put the awning out - but I've done that solo before with no problem. Being 6'2" helps with zipping it on though.
I didn't time the pitching time, but checking the camera, there's 17 mins between the first and last pic. Add 10 mins to get the groundsheet out and another 10 mins to get the awning on and the inner clipped in gives around 40 mins to pitch. I wasn't rushing either - had a couple of cups of tea while doing it!
Here's a few pics of the windows to show what I was talking about earlier. This is the window with the blind fully down. It zips shut down both sides. There's nothing at the bottom, but it can't move anywhere.
Here's the window rolled half up, this would let in light and wouldn't be a problem if it rained.
And here's the window fully rolled up, the top half is a mesh that will let in rain but is good for ventalation.
Regarding the doors, here's a pic of the side door (both doors are the similar). This shows where the ZIG zips end. I've circled a couple of clips. You can unclip these and have the doorway completely flat.
Here's a pic of them unclipped:
And the door zipped shut from the outside, note the zips are down both sides and not along the bottom.
This is the same pic from the inside. Here you can see where the ZIG zips end and a couple of velcro areas. I've circled the areas that are't attached - there's a gap here that can get a bit of a draught and a possible entry point for bugs.
If you want any more details, we're planning a trip next weekend, I can take some more snaps then.
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