Aspen, eh, Scott? I used to live up there, really good years! I believe the first hexayurt ever built is in a storage shed at Rocky Mountain Institute in Snowmass!
Two bits of insight. 1> All the plastic sheet type materials I can find are subject to sun damage over time. That may not be true for high spec materials like sailcloth, but there's no cheap tarp-like stuff I know of that doesn't rot pretty fast in the sun.. 2> However, that's a constraint for disaster relief shelters which are going to be outside for years and have to be cheap, and should not *at all* inhibit the search for new ways of doing this. As we all know, years of taping and untaping hexayurts on the playa is an expensive pain in the ass, and there's gotta be a better way now that we've got the basics down. Word of warning: the hexayurt tape is *insanely* strong. I'm seeing more use of folding hexayurts etc. which don't have the very useful "12 unbroken ground-to-peak-to-ground straps of hexayurt tape" property which keeps hexayurts on the ground *no matter what*. I do worry a bit about some of the new approaches in terms of tiedowns. Also possibly my original approach is over-engineered by a factor of six, so... Just be aware of how strong the tape is when looking for replacements. Vinay -- 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.
