Alt rigging of DD XL Tarp
Channel: Daniel Romani
Date: 2013-08-30

I recently discovered that if you take the DD XL tarp and suspend it with the ridge-line underneath, then rotate the tarp by 180 degrees and clip it to the ridge-line, using what used to be the centre tie-outs from each side, this affords a number of benefits:

1) If like me, you store it in a snakeskin; you now only need one skin instead of two.
2) You can use the loops that run along the top of the old ridge-line axis as side tie-outs, which make it more spacious and less prone to sagging in heavy rain.
3) Even in a standard A-frame set-up, the porch area you can create in nice weather - by tying off to foliage or pegging out via hiking poles, is much bigger.
4) In bad weather, using the A-frame set up, you can now easily create doors by clipping the centre tie-outs from each short side together and re-pegging.
5) Before you peg it out, you can easily move the tarp over by one loop, allowing an even greater porch area or the ability to cover more than one hammock.

I forgot to mention it in the video but I'm using tendertoe1's method of suspending from the ridgeline: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktNuOa6PSZI