Paul, a guy called pupa hiker done a great video of this a few years back check out his video. He also drew it out on paper which made it really clear to see the pegging configuration. Great video as always, and good to "show" us what happens if you open the end facing the wind 😆
There are a zillion videos on UA-cam showcasing the same three or four tarp tent configurations. This one, however, is a rarity to my knowledge. Nice one! Thank you for the education! ☺️
Paul Excellent! I am constantly using my 3x3 to set up a temporary shelter for watercolor painting in wet or damp conditions I really like the last setup with the open front My easel will be protected from rain and wind Thanks!
I carry a cheap 2x1.5 tarp. Is small enough to fit in my pocket and is just enough to keep the wind, sun, rain off of me while I have some lunch. I pitch it over my tent to give a bit more shelter from the rain and in better weather use it as a groundsheet. It's been quite good value considering how much use I've got from it over past few years
I love tarps! They're so versatile. Perhaps not the best for summit camping in strong winds, but most conditions they won't let you down if you've done your practise of various setups.
Thanks Paul, I've watched a lot of (wild camping) reviewers on YT (a lot of them poor), but you continue to give well constructed, professional videos, and in this one you have opened me up to a whole new world of possibilities with tarps! Fantastic and keep up the good work, it's much appreciated!
Ey up Hi Paul, I take a tarp when camping. I use it as an extension to my Slumit Cub II tent. I prefer to erect it in a “shelter” format although I have used it as “ridge” canopy. Either option provides a covered area when cooking, dressing or just drinking 🍺 in our unpredictable UK weather. It also gets used as a groundsheet when the ground is wet or muddy. It always gets packed and I wouldn’t be without one Enjoy your videos, keep em coming Si thee
A tarp is such a versatile bit of kit. Multiple pitching options, it’s a makeshift poncho and as you say a groundsheet too. I’m going to be tarp camping a lot more in 2025. Best wishes for the new year 👍🏻
honestly this setup looks great even for something like a beach day to keep the sun off. Not much extra kit, and with the door open wide you still get good ventilation. Cheers for the idea Paul, I love the videos.
Thank you, brilliant tutorial just what I was looking for. I already own DD tarp otherwise I would have purchased this super light weight tarp. Thank you 🙏
I think everyone should carry a Tarp, just in case of emergency. Plus it can be used to extend your dry area if the weather is bad and you're using a small 1 man tent
Even on a day hike? My thinking lately is that my new pack-covering poncho would suffice, meaning my tarp would be overkill. Any advice? Opinions? I was in fact at least partially inspired by Paul himself in one of his recent videos.
@@NeilEvans-xq8ik I carry a Fjällräven poncho and a few ties and pegs. The poncho stops any weight of rain dead and makes a nice little shelter for a brew stop.
@@NeilEvans-xq8ikit's all about the tie outs, they are limited on a poncho. But if all u need is a simple A-frame or semi-pyramid, a poncho will do. But if u love messing about with different configurations, depending on the weather or site constrictions, you'll have fun with a tarp. Some tarps have inner tie outs for hanging a bug bivy etc
Paul, that's absolutely brilliant! I love the size of it and the versatility. I'll be closing it inside, easier to get out to relieve myself if I've had a can or two 🤣 Thanks for the upload, I cannot wait to try this!
For your outside peg to close your flap tighter once inside, use an eye peg, a barbecue skewer and thread it through with a longer length and then peg inside with another one. Job done! 😮😊
Oh this looks great! Seen a lot of tarp videos, but first time seing it looking so clean! Though, I must say. Living in Denmark and having almost a tic infestation in any other months than winter, I would never sleep without a inner/bug net
Looks like a great setup will have to see if we can make the same. Loving all the content you have been putting out recently. Forever grateful that watching you made me decide to go on my own adventures. Oh and I’m sure you’d be able to sort the condensation out in there with the pink sponj 😁
I just finished a video today doing something similar with a 3x3 tarp. fully enclosed is the way to go, I am into bike packing now I retired and traveling light just with a tarp and two poles is so refreshing and minimal. I use the Swedish army meth's stove, so easy and clean.
Yes, I usually take a 3x3 tarp car camping, and carry one if I can. I love the versatility. I've never seen it set up like this before though. Looking forward to giving it a go!
I really like tarps and since there's plenty of trees where I live I most often go for a plow when I sleep on the ground or a diamond for the hammock. Your setup was really nifty, have to try it out. Cheers!
Hi Paul a quick thankyou for taking time out with your mate to go along and see my lad,Lewes(scouselad outdoors),his Lanshan 1 is in need of a bit of TLC 😂.Take care fella.
This is a great twist on the trail tent …. Papa hiker has a couple of tricks with his trail tent video that will help the flap issue …. I think your angled poles is a great improvement ….
I love my ultralight 3x3. It's so versatile, there's 3 'main' configurations I use: the ol' bivvi bag hideaway, a basic lean-to, and one similar to this when you opened the end out. 2 trekking poles and a tarp with guys and you're set for the night.
Paul, What a fantastically beautiful area I am almost just as interested in your set up😊 - I am thinking for the wind that could be experienced on that peak, tent stakes size would be vital - What a nice set up I am going to watch this again and try to pay more attention to what you're doing rather than staring at the backdrop - Thank you for sharing
Infamous !?!?! 😡 personally I luvs my Lanshan 2 tents (yes I have two 😂) ..what you’ve built there is what I call a ‘Pup Tent’ … frankly not a patch on a Lanshan but if you want a very lightweight emergency shelter and don’t mind a few bugs getting in it works great …. Nice video thanks for sharing 👍👍
Yessir, I love my tarp! Great video. Great tip with the carabiners. Clipping the door back on the outside might pose a problem when you wake up in the middle of the night and really have to take a wee 😂
Really enjoyed this vid Paul, one of my favourite places too! I like the versatility of this tarp, the fiddling about to make it right for your needs and eating cheap rice on a hill…”can it get any better than this?” 😊 keeping it simple and remembering what this Jonnie is all about, thanks, Sarah
Great tarp tent video! My son swears by using a tarp. My RECON MARINES son SHOWED ME A TIP that's useful when tarp style camping. Take with you four extra pegs and paracord plus a second ground tarp. In your living area inside peg each corner and lay your sevond ground tarp putting the paracord through the tarp holes. Pull the strings up so that the edges make an inside basement in your living area. It will be as deep as the pegs are exposed halfway. Great when rain comes to keep you much drier from ground runoff. Be sure to peg your pegs away from the sides to reduce top area runoff and moisture from condensation and allowing for airflow. Worth the extra weight when conditions get windy and stormy bad.
Great content. I always take a tarp camping even if I have a tent. They are just so versatile. I was curious as to when you were going to bring the tarps back out. One of the first video I saw from you was a tarp configuration video and you showed I think three different setups. I have packed a tarp ever since, and I enjoy watching them way better then the bivy or hammock videos. I just don’t enjoy those types and usually skip viewing them from all the people I follow. Love the tiny tent videos and bushcraft/woodland videos. Great job keep doing what your doing. 🤙🏽 🏕️
Very interesting. Yes Paul, I do take a Basher camping, I tend to use a tipi Basher. Very stable, only one pole needed, plenty of ventilation and fast to erect.
Sometimes I take a tarp DD 3x3 but I generally don't take trekking poles so usually when in a forest using a plough point setup. See you have a ground chair which is my favourite as they tend not to sink in. Nice just to potter about with your kit.
Fantastic video Paul! It’s always fun to get out for a brew. Can’t say I’ve ever seen someone make that Lanshan setup before. It’s pretty cool looking. Not sure I’d use it because of the getting in and out and the ventilation but I definitely appreciate seeing a bit of new tarp oragami. I’ve always been a big fan of making the Tarp Tipi so that last setup you showed looked really appealing. Gonna have to try that one!! Really enjoyed this video. Thanks for sharing 👍
Hi Paul, Firstly your choice of different cheaper equipment is really, really, good and refreshing against the normal videos, well done! You didn't describe what happened to the original pegs, I take it they are removed. Great stuff, your videos are really appreciated, carry on the great work!
I like that, thanks Paul. I’m going to try it with my 3x2.9 DD super light - it would work well with my Stratosphere and the S’lite weighs less than the standard weight single DD tarp.
For the door flap, could you just roll it up towards the middle, on either outside or inside, and secure it with a couple of ordinary binder clips? (Thick clips for holding stacks of paper.) Might want to get coated ones, to make sure they don’t rust on your expensive tarp.
i use a dd superlight it does take some practice to set up the various ways you can use them but its worthwhile.i use a superlite groundsheet a thin lightweight inflatable thermarest and an alpkit duvet.its a very small and light kit and ive managed to get it into a 20 litre alpkit bourdon bag for a one nighter
I threw a DD tarp over my single skin S15 lightwave in anticipation of a thunderstorm in the evening and by god did it pour down for three solid hours of some of the heaviest rain you can imagine. It did the job of keeping it out but it still wetted out the tarp which then proceeded to wet out the tent skin because it was in direct contact with it. So I still ended up with a soaking wet tent to pack up in the morning.
I've used those solid fuel blocks before and also reckon they have a ~10 minute burn. Which I find is enough to do one thing, but if you're looking to have a coffee and a hot meal, or a hot meal with two separate components, you'd need more than one block and that starts to get a bit expensive. I've not looked at cutting them in half to get a ~5 minute burn (probably enough for just a coffee), as I'd be wary of having something that flammable just loose. At least the packaging offers some protection. I also got a stove for these blocks which weighs very little and you can fit exactly one block in it quite nicely.
If I want some peace and quiet I tend to use the fire dragon stove with the fire dragon fuel that you had. It was £2.50 from go outdoors years ago and I love having a coffee made without that loud burning sound from a gas canister. But it is weather dependant.
I've got 2 tarps, a DD Magic Carpet XL that lives in my day pack as a ground sheet. sit pad, tarp or emergency shelter as required, and a DD Superlight that I just got for bike packing so I can keep both me and my bike covered and hidden. Like the look of that X-Boil stove too, might get one of the burners for the gel fuel as the Trangia gel burner is a ridiculous price for what it is.
Very good enjoyed watching this , just wondering how the cost and wieght difference compares to buying a lanshan 2 tent , and maybe just using the fly on its own
Bit faffy for me but nice set up when its done. I have a flying squirrel tarp that i would like to use as a super shelter so hopefully I can use some ideas from this video. That bushmen tarp does look good. Thanks Paul.
Agreed. It takes a minute or two more than the tent but a tarp can be pitched in so many ways depending on conditions and environment. Very versatile where as tents are a one trick pony. Don’t get my wrong, I love my tents but a tarp has its place 👍🏻
Great video , not sure tarp camping is for me but it's really cool to see what's possible from a square piece of tarp ,poles and a few pegs , great job
Hiya Paul, great vid as usual . Am I right thinking the only difference between the Hexpeak shelter which ive tried before, and the Lanshan 2 cofigurations is :- 1 pole in the Hexpeak and 2 in the Lanshan and all the rest of the pegging is the same . Thanks
Have you seen this old video of mine where I make Hexpeak tent with a tarp ua-cam.com/video/tWLdoZvTs1M/v-deo.htmlsi=8PW0G6n7khUPZrs1
Paul, a guy called pupa hiker done a great video of this a few years back check out his video. He also drew it out on paper which made it really clear to see the pegging configuration. Great video as always, and good to "show" us what happens if you open the end facing the wind 😆
Another great idea if using just one pole. Hopefully be able to do this with the Bushmen 3x3 too. Very useful
Nothing better than a cup of coffee on a lazy Sunday morning in sunny Northern California while watching a new Messner vid.
Quality sir 🏴🤝🏻🇺🇸
There are a zillion videos on UA-cam showcasing the same three or four tarp tent configurations.
This one, however, is a rarity to my knowledge. Nice one! Thank you for the education! ☺️
That fold at the end was majestic. Almost mum level folding👍🏻
Paul
Excellent!
I am constantly using my 3x3 to set up a temporary shelter for watercolor painting in wet or damp conditions
I really like the last setup with the open front
My easel will be protected from rain and wind
Thanks!
Open up one side like at 16:20 then add a second Lanshan-Tarp from the other side, with both open ends overlapping and you'd have a mini-tarp cabin.
I carry a cheap 2x1.5 tarp. Is small enough to fit in my pocket and is just enough to keep the wind, sun, rain off of me while I have some lunch. I pitch it over my tent to give a bit more shelter from the rain and in better weather use it as a groundsheet. It's been quite good value considering how much use I've got from it over past few years
When you hear “there are endless ways to set up a tarp” this is what that means. Excellent. Definitely going to try that this week.
I love tarps! They're so versatile. Perhaps not the best for summit camping in strong winds, but most conditions they won't let you down if you've done your practise of various setups.
I really like the 1/2 open version. I have a trip coming up and I can't wait to try it. Having the option to close it up it it rains is pretty cool.
Thanks Paul, I've watched a lot of (wild camping) reviewers on YT (a lot of them poor), but you continue to give well constructed, professional videos, and in this one you have opened me up to a whole new world of possibilities with tarps! Fantastic and keep up the good work, it's much appreciated!
Ey up
Hi Paul, I take a tarp when camping. I use it as an extension to my Slumit Cub II tent. I prefer to erect it in a “shelter” format although I have used it as “ridge” canopy. Either option provides a covered area when cooking, dressing or just drinking 🍺 in our unpredictable UK weather. It also gets used as a groundsheet when the ground is wet or muddy. It always gets packed and I wouldn’t be without one
Enjoy your videos, keep em coming
Si thee
A tarp is such a versatile bit of kit. Multiple pitching options, it’s a makeshift poncho and as you say a groundsheet too. I’m going to be tarp camping a lot more in 2025. Best wishes for the new year 👍🏻
I think Paul Messner in the UK and Rirang OnAir in Korea are my two favourite camping youtubers, always variety in whatever they do...
honestly this setup looks great even for something like a beach day to keep the sun off. Not much extra kit, and with the door open wide you still get good ventilation. Cheers for the idea Paul, I love the videos.
i use my tarp for my dog if i go to the beach and i think he will get to hot
Thank you, brilliant tutorial just what I was looking for. I already own DD tarp otherwise I would have purchased this super light weight tarp. Thank you 🙏
Thanks so much for this. The DD is a great tarp. Mine is a bit worse for wear now after a few embers from the fire burning small holes.
Great idea with the tarp Paul. And i really liked the idea of testing stuff of an afternoon and bit risking a poor experience overnight.
I think everyone should carry a Tarp, just in case of emergency. Plus it can be used to extend your dry area if the weather is bad and you're using a small 1 man tent
Even on a day hike? My thinking lately is that my new pack-covering poncho would suffice, meaning my tarp would be overkill. Any advice? Opinions?
I was in fact at least partially inspired by Paul himself in one of his recent videos.
@@NeilEvans-xq8ik I carry a Fjällräven poncho and a few ties and pegs. The poncho stops any weight of rain dead and makes a nice little shelter for a brew stop.
@@NeilEvans-xq8ik I guess that'd depend on where your hiking and the conditions.
I was think more for overnights.
@@NeilEvans-xq8ikit's all about the tie outs, they are limited on a poncho. But if all u need is a simple A-frame or semi-pyramid, a poncho will do. But if u love messing about with different configurations, depending on the weather or site constrictions, you'll have fun with a tarp. Some tarps have inner tie outs for hanging a bug bivy etc
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Paul, I’m a tarp guy. Well done, Sir. Thank you from…an old vet, retired in the US, hills of east Tennessee.
Nice to see another variation on this one. I use this pitch with a 3 x 4 tarp and it makes a huge tent inside.
Setup starts at 4:34
Paul, that's absolutely brilliant! I love the size of it and the versatility. I'll be closing it inside, easier to get out to relieve myself if I've had a can or two 🤣
Thanks for the upload, I cannot wait to try this!
Great tips for yet another use of the tarp! Also a treat for me to see where you pitched - I've had my packed lunch on those hillocks in the past!
We did a bivvy out on Dartmoor this Saturday and a 3x3 tarp saved us from getting drowned! Essential for that extra bit of top cover. Great video Paul
For your outside peg to close your flap tighter once inside, use an eye peg, a barbecue skewer and thread it through with a longer length and then peg inside with another one. Job done! 😮😊
yea i was thinking a pulley system, same same
Great idea, it'll keep everything tight too
Oh this looks great! Seen a lot of tarp videos, but first time seing it looking so clean! Though, I must say. Living in Denmark and having almost a tic infestation in any other months than winter, I would never sleep without a inner/bug net
Looks like a great setup will have to see if we can make the same. Loving all the content you have been putting out recently. Forever grateful that watching you made me decide to go on my own adventures. Oh and I’m sure you’d be able to sort the condensation out in there with the pink sponj 😁
I just finished a video today doing something similar with a 3x3 tarp. fully enclosed is the way to go, I am into bike packing now I retired and traveling light just with a tarp and two poles is so refreshing and minimal. I use the Swedish army meth's stove, so easy and clean.
I like the second setup, more convenient access
The open door at 15.51 looked so much better. The “wizard’s sleeve” door looked awkward. Great setup.
Yes, I usually take a 3x3 tarp car camping, and carry one if I can. I love the versatility. I've never seen it set up like this before though. Looking forward to giving it a go!
I really like tarps and since there's plenty of trees where I live I most often go for a plow when I sleep on the ground or a diamond for the hammock. Your setup was really nifty, have to try it out. Cheers!
Play time over…you sir play real well 💯 I loved the 2nd tarp setup, Dave from New Zealand 🇳🇿
Hi Paul
a quick thankyou for taking time out with your mate to go along and see my lad,Lewes(scouselad outdoors),his Lanshan 1 is in need of a bit of TLC 😂.Take care fella.
Love my tarp. It always comes with me. It's the most versatile bit of kit I've got. Great vid Paul
A really brilliant setup. Thank you very much!
This is a great twist on the trail tent …. Papa hiker has a couple of tricks with his trail tent video that will help the flap issue …. I think your angled poles is a great improvement ….
Fantastic bit of tarpology there Paul! I will certainly be giving it a go 👍
I love my ultralight 3x3. It's so versatile, there's 3 'main' configurations I use: the ol' bivvi bag hideaway, a basic lean-to, and one similar to this when you opened the end out. 2 trekking poles and a tarp with guys and you're set for the night.
That's immense I'm doing that for sure !!! Thanks paul ❤
Paul, What a fantastically beautiful area I am almost just as interested in your set up😊 - I am thinking for the wind that could be experienced on that peak, tent stakes size would be vital - What a nice set up I am going to watch this again and try to pay more attention to what you're doing rather than staring at the backdrop - Thank you for sharing
Infamous !?!?! 😡 personally I luvs my Lanshan 2 tents (yes I have two 😂) ..what you’ve built there is what I call a ‘Pup Tent’ … frankly not a patch on a Lanshan but if you want a very lightweight emergency shelter and don’t mind a few bugs getting in it works great …. Nice video thanks for sharing 👍👍
Great video really helpful with tarp set up. Thanks Paul
Very cool tarp shelter configuration! Thanks for the video and for sharing your thoughts and ideas with us.
coolest tarps are the ones where you can seal both ends.. remarkable that 3 meters folded, still allows you to lay down full length 👍
Can’t wait to watch a new messner episode on the couch tonight! Thanks Paul👌🏻💪🏻
We did something similar with our Scouts about an hour away from your location. They were amazed
Paul them tarpaulin clip adjustable pegs come in very handy for connecting sides and flaps together
Great tarp configuration. 😮 I'd need to have a few test runs in setting it up.
Yessir, I love my tarp! Great video. Great tip with the carabiners. Clipping the door back on the outside might pose a problem when you wake up in the middle of the night and really have to take a wee 😂
Really enjoyed this vid Paul, one of my favourite places too! I like the versatility of this tarp, the fiddling about to make it right for your needs and eating cheap rice on a hill…”can it get any better than this?” 😊 keeping it simple and remembering what this Jonnie is all about, thanks, Sarah
Interesting. Reminded me of the Trail Tent tarp pitch for thru hikers as demonstrated by Papa Hiker on his channel.
Great tarp tent video! My son swears by using a tarp. My RECON MARINES son SHOWED ME A TIP that's useful when tarp style camping. Take with you four extra pegs and paracord plus a second ground tarp. In your living area inside peg each corner and lay your sevond ground tarp putting the paracord through the tarp holes. Pull the strings up so that the edges make an inside basement in your living area. It will be as deep as the pegs are exposed halfway. Great when rain comes to keep you much drier from ground runoff. Be sure to peg your pegs away from the sides to reduce top area runoff and moisture from condensation and allowing for airflow. Worth the extra weight when conditions get windy and stormy bad.
Great content. I always take a tarp camping even if I have a tent. They are just so versatile. I was curious as to when you were going to bring the tarps back out. One of the first video I saw from you was a tarp configuration video and you showed I think three different setups. I have packed a tarp ever since, and I enjoy watching them way better then the bivy or hammock videos. I just don’t enjoy those types and usually skip viewing them from all the people I follow. Love the tiny tent videos and bushcraft/woodland videos. Great job keep doing what your doing. 🤙🏽 🏕️
Very interesting. Yes Paul, I do take a Basher camping, I tend to use a tipi Basher. Very stable, only one pole needed, plenty of ventilation and fast to erect.
genius construction method, i have an alpkit 21 tarp i will try this with.
Sometimes I take a tarp DD 3x3 but I generally don't take trekking poles so usually when in a forest using a plough point setup. See you have a ground chair which is my favourite as they tend not to sink in. Nice just to potter about with your kit.
Very handy little shelter, thank you for that!
I think that's a neat and versatile setup. Those 3x3 tarps offer so much versatility over a straight up tent which, for me, feel a bit claustrophobic.
Fantastic video Paul! It’s always fun to get out for a brew. Can’t say I’ve ever seen someone make that Lanshan setup before. It’s pretty cool looking. Not sure I’d use it because of the getting in and out and the ventilation but I definitely appreciate seeing a bit of new tarp oragami. I’ve always been a big fan of making the Tarp Tipi so that last setup you showed looked really appealing. Gonna have to try that one!! Really enjoyed this video. Thanks for sharing 👍
I use the x-boil. Quality bit of kit!
Lovely set up, nice and enclosed. Probably my favourite pitch configuration yet!!
I absolutely love this idea, I am going to try this out with my partner as soon as the weather allows it
Hi Paul, Firstly your choice of different cheaper equipment is really, really, good and refreshing against the normal videos, well done! You didn't describe what happened to the original pegs, I take it they are removed. Great stuff, your videos are really appreciated, carry on the great work!
The tarp doesn’t come with pegs.
Love it up there, I was up there recently trying to locate the Ash cabin Flat stone circle; not the easiest thing to do I can tell thi!
Lanshan 2 is a brilliant tent.
I like that, thanks Paul. I’m going to try it with my 3x2.9 DD super light - it would work well with my Stratosphere and the S’lite weighs less than the standard weight single DD tarp.
Hi Paul, you may be able to tie a taught line hitch or add a line lock to the line inside for the door. Great video as usual
Thanks Paul. I really like videos like this 👍🏼 Guna get out in the garden with mine tomorrow now to try it 😊
For the door flap, could you just roll it up towards the middle, on either outside or inside, and secure it with a couple of ordinary binder clips? (Thick clips for holding stacks of paper.) Might want to get coated ones, to make sure they don’t rust on your expensive tarp.
Another v worthwhile upload. I will be trying this 😎
Brilliant video Paul, many thanks for sharing. Unfortunately Amazon don't have the tarp in stock via your link.
I don't know where you're at but it's so beautiful. I've never seen Rolling Hills like that
Thank you, really enjoyed this video!
i use a dd superlight it does take some practice to set up the various ways you can use them but its worthwhile.i use a superlite groundsheet a thin lightweight inflatable thermarest and an alpkit duvet.its a very small and light kit and ive managed to get it into a 20 litre alpkit bourdon bag for a one nighter
Mate that’s pretty awesome, just bought my first tent online Tamar 2 weighs about 45kilo lol so I think yours is a much better option. 👍
Excellent video and so informative. Thanks Paul for sharing. 😮
You might have just convinced me to go get a tarp!
Very impressive Paul but my head exploded half-way through. I'd never remember all that. Think I'll just buy a tent 😁
I use tarps all the time I would be lost without one Paul
I threw a DD tarp over my single skin S15 lightwave in anticipation of a thunderstorm in the evening and by god did it pour down for three solid hours of some of the heaviest rain you can imagine. It did the job of keeping it out but it still wetted out the tarp which then proceeded to wet out the tent skin because it was in direct contact with it. So I still ended up with a soaking wet tent to pack up in the morning.
Talk about a beautiful site to put up camp.
It will be nice if you compare lanshan 2 only fly with this way of tarp pitching 😀 great video btw and greetings from pl 😀🔥⛺
Nice bit of kit, very small and light but does seem a bit complicated to set it up.
I've used those solid fuel blocks before and also reckon they have a ~10 minute burn. Which I find is enough to do one thing, but if you're looking to have a coffee and a hot meal, or a hot meal with two separate components, you'd need more than one block and that starts to get a bit expensive. I've not looked at cutting them in half to get a ~5 minute burn (probably enough for just a coffee), as I'd be wary of having something that flammable just loose. At least the packaging offers some protection. I also got a stove for these blocks which weighs very little and you can fit exactly one block in it quite nicely.
I’ve halved them before for a small boil but you do need as you say to put them in a sealed container of sort.
If I want some peace and quiet I tend to use the fire dragon stove with the fire dragon fuel that you had. It was £2.50 from go outdoors years ago and I love having a coffee made without that loud burning sound from a gas canister. But it is weather dependant.
Nice setup ! Thanks for the demo ! 👍 ...Alan in 🇨🇱 Texas
Will you be doing other tarp setups? I've been enjoying your tarp trigonometry Paul.
Top class video as always Paul
I've got 2 tarps, a DD Magic Carpet XL that lives in my day pack as a ground sheet. sit pad, tarp or emergency shelter as required, and a DD Superlight that I just got for bike packing so I can keep both me and my bike covered and hidden.
Like the look of that X-Boil stove too, might get one of the burners for the gel fuel as the Trangia gel burner is a ridiculous price for what it is.
Very good enjoyed watching this , just wondering how the cost and wieght difference compares to buying a lanshan 2 tent , and maybe just using the fly on its own
Bit faffy for me but nice set up when its done. I have a flying squirrel tarp that i would like to use as a super shelter so hopefully I can use some ideas from this video.
That bushmen tarp does look good.
Thanks Paul.
Agreed. It takes a minute or two more than the tent but a tarp can be pitched in so many ways depending on conditions and environment. Very versatile where as tents are a one trick pony. Don’t get my wrong, I love my tents but a tarp has its place 👍🏻
Ace. Could be ideal in emergency too for a friend or something
Brilliant Paul
Great Video Paul. I have learnt so much from your videos. Thanks. By the way have you ever used a Thermos food flask for food or are they too heavy?
This design is originally by @Papa hiker! Would have been nice to mention that. He called it the Thru Hike Trail Tent pitch.
What a lovely video. ❤❤❤
Great video , not sure tarp camping is for me but it's really cool to see what's possible from a square piece of tarp ,poles and a few pegs , great job
Hiya Paul, great vid as usual . Am I right thinking the only difference between the Hexpeak shelter which ive tried before, and the Lanshan 2 cofigurations is :- 1 pole in the Hexpeak and 2 in the Lanshan and all the rest of the pegging is the same . Thanks
I use a DD 4x4. It works wonders!
Love your videos. How is it going with bagging those little towers scattered on tops of hills? Watching you from the hills in western North Carolina.