Thanks - very useful. I like especially the tip on how you square corners - cool!

@TheWanderingWildflower

3 ай бұрын

Thank you 🌻

Well done. New follower here. Durston makes some great tents. Crow

Ohhhh I'm so excited to try the tip with the second stake. That might solve most of my disdain for this tent.

great explanation, thanks

With the Pro, I've been doing the alt pitch... zip both sides. Stake out the non-zipper ends first decently tight. That seems to get the zippered corners at a good starting point. Maybe it's how the DCF doesn't stretch as much as the silpoly.

Convinced! I received my new Durston xmid2 pro last week! I let Dan know that it was this video that convinced me to take the plunge. Not only did you make it look super easy, when I got it and pitched it for the first time, thanks to this video, my pitch was almost perfect!

@TheWanderingWildflower

3 ай бұрын

Awww that is so awesome to hear! Yay!

Fabulous video! That tip about the 2nd corner! 🙌🏻 I think my husband was trying to point that out to me last weekend, but i wasn't listening. 😂 You do a lot of good in the world. I love you, lady!

@TheWanderingWildflower

Ай бұрын

Awww. Shucks. Love you back beautiful ❤

Great idea, showing the position of the 2nd stake. Thank you. I was at Hawk on March 11th this year and I also walked across the GGB from SF! After Hawk, I continued on and did Haypress and then Centennial. Hiked to Sausalito and returned to SF via the ferry.

Very nice, thinking of getting one. Ah, Marin!

Good tips. I'll be focusing on your staking ideas next trip.

A PVC pipe end cap helps push in the tent stakes without hurting your hand and weighs very little.

Great video, thanks

@TheWanderingWildflower

3 ай бұрын

Awww thank you 🌻

This was superhelpful, thanks! I've had a few wonky pitches with my x-mid 1p, and couldn't work out what was wrong. Pretty sure it was this!

@TheWanderingWildflower

Ай бұрын

Practice makes perfect. And even the “wonky” pitches will still keep you warm and dry. Ask me how I know 🫣

I just peg corner to opposite corner. Seems to work for me

What is a “do-hikky-thing-a- bobber”? Whow does that slang help your “tutorial!?”

Are those holes in your floor? is this a well used tent?

@TheWanderingWildflower

3 ай бұрын

No. That’s dirt from The last trip. But yes it’s a well used tent, over 1k miles. The only hole I have is from a squirrel but that’s not what you’re seeing lol. I patched that up and that’s on the side walls of bathtub not on the bottom.

Ya gotta have a tight peak/ridge :o)

Just when I got tired of KZread backpackers a breath of fresh air

Trekking poles go pointed end up, grips down.

@hologos_

Ай бұрын

Not for pro models. Why do you try to correct someone when you did not do you homework?

@frostmoonforge2136

Ай бұрын

@@hologos_ Thank you for pointing out my mistake. Please accept my apologies.

@flutingaround

Ай бұрын

Not all trekking pole tents are designed the same.

@echarleswhite007

15 күн бұрын

I think the issue here is that it was never specified whether this was the pro version or not. X-mid 1: grip down, points up Pro: grip up, points down