How to put up a camping tarp.

[ChodeMullet]

Im gonna shoot myself if I have to listen to that damn song one more second...

[hurriedtempo481]

This is a favorite pursuit of my family. We got some good tips at rvparkandcampingexpert (.) com

[jacobgrace83]

it's en eyelet, not an eye lid. alright vid though

[cslr11]

wow redgreen lives

[vidguy007]

I feel like I'm watching a very good episode of "The Red Green Show."

[mixwell1983]

Damnit this video makes me want to go camping again !! Last time I went was a little shy of a year ago up in big bear.. There were about 30 of us and we had our own little city there haha, fun stuff !! Next time I would come more prepared.. I think for rope, if you think you have enough, buy or carry double.. A tarp would be nice too.. Once I got to the camp spot I thought of all kinds of things I was missing but it was on a days notice haha.

[shocknrockn]

good ideas but the music sucks

[bartolino39]

Nice video, but that music is slowly killing me...

[MadSmokerBBQ]

its killing me roughly.

[OKBushcraft]

eye lid?

[MadSmokerBBQ]

eyelet.

[KonstantinKuehn]

i think there are better ways of setting up a tarp. check out the ray mears vids

[Fyrtowr]

OMG! It does sound like Bob Ross! AHAHAHHAH!

[ValreeShoe]

Wow Ken-over 25,000 views! Way to go!! Keep up the good work, and thanks for posting the stone ranch house up at Bullpen pic on your Camping site!! You RULE!! :) Keep those newsletters coming!! <5

Valerie

[Joannawysiwyg]

Ken, I love your videos! It's true, you have the perfect voice for putting us into Sacred-Putter Mode, as camping should be. The big trick I learned in this one is to wrap ABOVE the eyelet, and save the eyelet for the pole. And yeah, to throw the rope over a limb first, don't try to climb. Thanks for giving us the benefit of your years of trial-and-error!

[ValreeShoe]

Sacred-Putter Mode! lol, that is so right-on!! :)

[ValreeShoe]

He sounds like Bob Ross to me! bwahahahahaha

[irishguy80]

A Happy little tree lives right in here. LMAO

I love that guy he is hilarious

[GunnerKal]

Nice job, I like to use "magic" to put my campsite up.

[kimalso]

Great advice on setting up a tarp easily. We've done the ladder in the past, too -- this is a much better idea!

[obscureluzername]

You have such a cute voice. I thought you were Red Green at first, lol.

Thanks for th' tips, I'll make good use of them.

[Lynn4800]

con't from Lynn

Things I learned

- no need to cut rope

-wrap tie rope around tarp ends as opposed to gromets - save gromets for pole or branch (or stake/peg ) in crappy weather

- this vid taught me taught ridge lines rule

- a solo camper CAN set up a good tarp shelter with your over the tree branch drapeing method ( I use a couple of clips, clothes pins or those hard core paper chips on tarp over the ridge line) to hold it while I haul it up into place. 'nuff said - thank you very much.

[videocamper]

Lynn, thanks for your comments. The 'great revelation' of this procedure is to throw the rope over a high limb then wrap it around the tree. Seems ultra simple but it took me years to figure that out. Before this 'revelation', I use to take a ladder or temporarily park the truck under the tree and stand on the cab, or climb the tree to get the rope high enough. Seems silly now but, hey, we learn by doing don't we? You are right, it becomes second nature very quickly. Go camping! - Ken

[Lynn4800]

i am often a solo camper - i learned a lot from this video - thank you - it has been very rainy and blowy this season here in eastern canada and my tarp(s) have held and given ample space to cook, set up chair and read and eat under thanks to this method - it sooo works for me - once you do it it seems second nature and I now can't remember why it seemed so difficult in the past to get a good, high, taught tarp happening for shelter.

[TRohr]

Reminds me of the Red Green Show :]....

[perclady]

And if you put the tarp up high, you can have a fire underneath it.

[ValreeShoe]

hmmm

[RyderNadeau]

thank you so much. I am using this video as a teaching video for my girl guides. easy and smart

[BradynVB]

Very Red Green-ish.

[jason73777]

Notice how there is never two trees in perfect position like that.

[0Doc0]

Thats not a tarp thats UFO debris from roswell! lol, sorry

[daddyyanqui]

Your voice is so peacefull!!

[daddyyanqui]

But please get closer to the microphone, the music is nice but it doesn't let your voice be heard clearly.

[videocamper]

With my voice it doesn't actually work to "get closer to the mic." In fact if you listen to some of my other videos you'll here crackling where I saturate the mic. I have actually stopped performing because I am tired of people telling me to sing louder. They are right but unfortunately the volume on this voice is up as loud as it goes :-( - Thanks for watching and posting the comment.

[BornInAmerica]

Hey, it's the Red Green Show!

[tylerdurden1971]

@BornInAmerica My thoughts exatcly LOL Sounds just like Him

[bcbudful]

@BornInAmerica

THAAAT is EXACTLY what i thought as i heard the voice... but did i miss the duct tape?

BUT this is more informative =)

[HBC258]

Good video, but I don't understand why you put the tarp so high. What if it started raining?

[videocamper]

Height is something you just have to get use to judging for yourself. Notice though, that in order to get the sides high enough to walk under ( 6-7 feet or so ), the center has to be around 10 or so. In this case the trees are probably 40 feet apart so that puts the rope 12 - 15 feet up in the trees as the weight of everything sags the rope. And, of course, by tightening or loosening the rope, you adjust the height of the tarp. Thanks for watching - go camping! Ken

[forrestry]

Good to see some folks still know what camping is. Tents and tarps, no RVs! Good video :)

[stevevox1]

good on you buddy, nice to see someone using a normal sheet of tarp against expensive designed tarps that are often to small