I agree with Cody; nothing is overkill for the Playa. I lost a tent at BM08. I staked it down to the ground and left it flat, with nothing in it, and a couple of big rocks on top.
A dust devil went right over it. When I came back to camp, I found the tent stakes and the rocks. Each stake had little bits of cloth still attached; the tent itself had failed. Someone took video of the tent flying away. It was a little speck in the air as it cleared the MOOP fence... Ironically, most of the stakes were the little wire ones that came with the tent. I had put in one rebar stake, just to be sure it couldn't possibly blow away. The little wire stakes stayed in the ground... that time... but I suspect they would've pulled out if the tent fabric had held. Chris On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Cody Firestone <[email protected]> wrote: > couple of comments: > > depending on the year you went, everything could seem like over kill. it's > like that. > > last year was very nice, mild, no big wind, etc. > > in 2008 we had a 55 mph dust storm so strong you couldn't even ride a bike. > fortunatly it happened during pre-build. if during the main event, it would > have been a huge wipeout for peeps. as is was tents were flying, stuff got > uprooted, etc. > > we ALWAYS go with overkill... it pays off in the end. no one want to chase > a haxayurt flying or rolling thru the Playa. > > black Rock Desert is unlike anywhere else. 105 degress to 70 in an hour, > winds rom zero to 45 mph in minutes, rain.. yes RAIN! even double and > triple rainbows..... there has even been snow before. > > The other advantage of the 18 inch rebar with eyes is that you can use them > to anchor shade over you hexayurt. no matter what kind of structure you > build for shelter, you also need some shade over it to help keep off the > solar direct raidation. it can be VERY strong. > > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Icarus <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> So I wanted some feedback since this is just and idea. I am very >> familiar with hard desert landscape, since I used to have a part-time >> job pounding in real estate directional signs on the weekend in the >> Mojave desert. We used heavy duty steel for that, it it could still >> bend. What made the signs very hard to go in the ground was when the >> ends were dull, from just getting old. When the signs were fresh, they >> would have very sharp ends, and they made a HUGE difference. >> My first year at Burning Man I used 12" re-bar for a tent, and it was >> overkill. I have the same feelings about the hexayurt as well. >> I was thinking about using these pegs... >> >> >> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001AV3STS/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00286KSVU&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1CRN14XEDD7P2T10M3JV >> >> but 24 of them, instead of 12. >> >> I would create a "hoop", and run the hoop through the pvc pipe/tape, >> through two of those pegs, and tie it together. >> >> That way, I have 20" of pegs holding my hexayurt down, and it seems >> they would go in and pull up much easier than re-bar. Plus they are >> cheap. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "hexayurt" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > -- Chris Phoenix [email protected] 650-776-5195 Founder, http://OnePercentGlobal.org Executive Coach Director of Research, Center for Responsible Nanotechnology, http://CRNano.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
