So this year was comedic in hexayurt land for me and my roommate, Beebop. A few years back, Beebop and I built an 8' hexayurt and brought it to pre-comp, Burning Man '08, and Resonate 5. This year, we had different interests and decided to camp in separate camps. I borrowed a 6' hexayurt my coworker and friend, Kathleen build for Lakes of Fire.
Well, Beebop and I both packed the tape in the same bin and that bin never made it to the playa for reasons that are still a mystery to me. Oh Mercury Retrograde.... So long story short, I couldn't set up the 6' and ended up sharing a tent with a close friend. Beebop decided to be brave and used a combination of overlapping pieces of 2" gorilla tape covered with 4" aluminized tape. The results were ok. Given, we didn't get any hurricane winds this year, but the 8'er held up. The trick was to tripple the tape up on the run around the ring that connects the roof to the walls. This gave a really nice, wide, and thick band of gorilla tape. This tape is really strong and has some flex and give. The draw back was it wasn't quite wide enough to grab the walls well and there were some minor gaps. Another drawback is that gorilla tape is expensive and you HAVE to cover it with aluminum tape or the sun will reek havoc on the gorilla tape. But it did work in a jam and the hexayurt did provide some good shelter for me on a late morning nap. So to wrap up, you CAN get away with other tape if you are in a bind. Don't put all your eggs in one basket when packing things up for transport. Cheers, Spiral -- 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.
