I just ffinished a 5 day backpack in the Grand Canyon and used my TT Contrail every night. The last night I was particularly happy to be inside when my buddy, sleeping beside me W/O a tent that night had little flying bugs crawling all over him.

Anyway, a few nights were very windy so I staked out the Contrail with the front guyline. Still, I feel the tent could use a triangular pullout on each of the two ridgeline seams about halfway up. I intend to make them from ripstop with a narrow nylon web loop at the tips to tie the Triptease guy line to.

I plan to use my same side stakes W/ a line coming from the original side wall bottom loops. i.e. two lines to the same side stake, one from the ridge tie-out and one from the original bottom loop.On a windy night the lessening of flapping walls (hopefully) and the peace of mind will be worth it.

I've e-mailed Henry Shires about this. Maybe he'll take a look at the idea,

Any comments from Tarptent owners?

Eric