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That tent pole repair tip from a guy in Yosemite saved my whole trip
He said to carry a spare piece of aluminum tubing and just sleeve the break instead of trying to bend it back. I snapped a pole on day 2 and had it fixed in 10 minutes. Has anyone else found a random piece of advice that saved a campout?
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price.ray9d ago
Well dang, @hayden_craig95 you've clearly never had a tent pole snap in the rain at midnight. Duct tape works if the break is clean and you're near the car, but a splintered pole with sharp edges can tear right through tape by morning. That aluminum sleeve trick is solid because it actually restores the pole's curve instead of leaving a weak spot. I've used a stick before too but they're never the right diameter and usually end up poking through the tent fabric. A six inch piece of tubing weighs less than a granola bar and takes up no space. Once you've woken up with a sagging tent wall dumping condensation on your face you stop calling it overkill.
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hayden_craig959d ago
... like I get it, fixing a pole is cool and all but is it really that serious? People act like snapping a tent pole is some survival emergency. You can always just duct tape it and call it good for the night. Or honestly just stick a stick in there if you're really in a pinch. I've seen folks carry around whole repair kits for everything and half the time they never even use them. Unless you're doing some serious backcountry stuff a week long, just keep walking and deal with it later.
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