Originally Posted By: Leigh_Ratcliffe
Bungee cords are better. They save you a lot of fiddling about.


I do have bungees in my BOB, Leigh, but just keep some paracord in my day hike kit because it's lighter and hopefully the shelter won't be used long.

In this case, I was practicing my knots and lashings, and decided on a ridge beam instead of just a ridge line as a bit of practice in building a shelter out of natural materials. If the weather really did kick up, I could easily have added poles to make a more substantial lean-to or a-frame. I was actually hoping to get to do that that day but bacpacbaby had other ideas. smirk
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