Eastern Arthurs tent platform attachments?

[Tortoise]

Just in case the trip comes off (glub,glub as they sink into mud) - can anyone please advise me re the type of attachments there are for tent guys on the platforms on the EAs? Wondering if they've been upgraded to the type mainly used now on the WAs, with lots of well-placed nails for securing guy lines without the need of cup hooks.
Thanks.

[Tortoise]

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[Tortoise]

Bumpety bump. Last chance

[devoswitch]

Sorry I can't help you there Tortoise. Haven't been up either of the Arthur's yet. Maybe for the sake of a few grams just chuck a few hooks in to be safe...

[Tortoise]

Sorry I can't help you there Tortoise. Haven't been up either of the Arthur's yet. Maybe for the sake of a few grams just chuck a few hooks in to be safe...

Hi devoswitch. Ta for the thought.
But a few grams? I've got a bunch of mountain leapers to try to keep up with! Or at least not slow them down tooooooo much.
Just got my food back down below 400gm/day - which worked fine on the WArthurs. Now in the process of chucking unnecessary drawstrings etc...

Last edited by Tortoise on Tue 15 Nov, 2016 9:09 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[stu]

We were through there Jan 2014, but I can't recall exact tie down; I think mostly just short lengths of rope & perimeter ropes / cables etc.
I do remember taking cup hooks (which i'd recommend) but not using them at all, & I have a tunnel tent (ie. plenty of fixing points).
Wettest trip i've done to date, it rained like someone left the tap on full for about 5 days straight, just enough narrow weather windows to do all side trip peaks...just.
It's a great little range & the camp sites are excellent & very well sheltered, especially Goon Moor where we holled up for 2 days of torrential rain & wind (wind nearly completely blocked by the Scoparia forest tho).
Have fun

[Snowzone]

Did it last summer Tortoise and didn't have any issues with the platforms. Was a little crowded at Stuarts saddle so tents were jammed in and like Stu it was a very wet walk, rain, rain and yep more rain. I took cup hooks also but didn't need to use them. There was plenty of anchor points on all the platforms I used.

[Tortoise]

Thanks for your input, folks. Much appreciated.
Glad you got those narrow windows, Stu! Hoping for a few of those too, one in particular. Sounds like I should expect a rerun of 36 hrs in a tent at High Moor - though perhaps with a little less buffeting if we're in a good spot.
I've packed a couple of cup hooks and the usual spare lengths of guy line.
Cheers,
Tortoise

[devoswitch]

Sorry I can't help you there Tortoise. Haven't been up either of the Arthur's yet. Maybe for the sake of a few grams just chuck a few hooks in to be safe...

Hi devoswitch. Ta for the thought.
But a few grams? I've got a bunch of mountain leapers to try to keep up with! Or at least not slow them down tooooooo much.
Just got my food back down below 400gm/day - which worked fine on the Arthurs. Now in the process of chucking unnecessary drawstrings etc...

Yeah I suppose every gram counts.. If you're counting Then again I'm 105kg so I suppose I don't notice the small differentials like that!
Can't wait to hear about how the trip goes. The Arthur's looks incredible. Are you summiting Fedders? Is this the peak of the previous concerns?

[Tortoise]

Sorry I can't help you there Tortoise. Haven't been up either of the Arthur's yet. Maybe for the sake of a few grams just chuck a few hooks in to be safe...

Hi devoswitch. Ta for the thought.
But a few grams? I've got a bunch of mountain leapers to try to keep up with! Or at least not slow them down tooooooo much.
Just got my food back down below 400gm/day - which worked fine on the WArthurs. Now in the process of chucking unnecessary drawstrings etc...

Yeah I suppose every gram counts.. If you're counting Then again I'm 105kg so I suppose I don't notice the small differentials like that!
Can't wait to hear about how the trip goes. The Arthur's looks incredible. Are you summiting Fedders? Is this the peak of the previous concerns?

Ah yes, Fedders would be my Everest. It snuck back onto my bucket list after I managed Anne and her Circuit a couple of years ago (in sheer terror, I might add). Then followed 12 months of working on my fear of heights, including a couple of brilliant private rock climbing lessons (thanks, guys!!!!). Revisited Anne and her Circuit, and LOVED it!! I've yet to finish the report 'In Which Tortoise Smashes the Anne Circuit', to follow up my fear-and-trembling report from the year before. Since then, I got to visit the WArfurs (A to K) and LOVED it. But it's been a few months, with only a short time on a high ropes course and an abseil down a 25m drop. I found myself more nervous than when I was intensively working on heights, but nothing like the fear I had developed. So I'll just have to wait and see what I think in real life. The main purpose this time is the Eastern Arthurs, but Fedders would be another few layers on top of the cake.

Re pack weight - being a middle+-aged midget who can't go up hills fast no matter how hard she trains, I need to have some other things going for me. On the Anne circuit, I kept up most days because the mountain-leapers were carrying over 20kg, and I was carrying 11. That's come down from 23kg for 7 days a few years ago. While I'm far from ultra-light, becoming a gram-counter has revolutionised what walks I can do, and how much suffering (or not!) they involve.

If I make it up Fedders (and down safely), the world will know! Thanks for the encouragement.