Getting on with my life and thinking about things.
Creag Leacach
Glas Maol
Glenshee
Carn Ait
1735. Snap. Hmm. That pole shouldn't bend there. I've a repair kit.
Ah, there are 2 breaks.
Hmm. Pitched Akto as big bivvy bag while i get the repairs done.
I can't be bothered quitting as i can rig tent up between walking poles if necessary. Pitched at col to southwest of Creag Leacach.
Saturday 19 May 2007
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was that the new carbon pole then?
Yup.
Just mailed company about their warranty.
Lesson learnt - take a pen that is fat enough to use as a spare tent-repair-slider. Mine wasn't and the lid I used wasn't good enough after using the official repair sleeve on the fracture furthest from the end.
After make-shift repairs, tent was about 1 foot shorter than it should have been, so fabric was waving around in the wind. I started to get a brew on and thought "sod this for a game of soldiers, I'm off to the car". With the lack of tension, I was feart that tent fabric would be damaged.
I should have been ready for a worst-case scenario, and it would only have needed me to take the original pole in my pack - just in case.
Ach well, 20km/12 miles and a 400m/1,300ft climb in 24 hours. Plus venison burger and chips, and a sorty into a gear shop.
the pole break was a bit naughty- i thought that material was meant to be stronger!
It is stronger, for a given weight; or in the case of tubes, for a given weight and diameter. I've got a carbon tent pole (Laserlight) and it's smaller diameter than the original ali one, and of course it's lighter.
I had no trouble with the CF pole. Up until the point it failed. Lighter than the original pole. Well-manufactured. Allowed me to pack the whole tent in a single bag which could then fit across the body of the backpack.
I can only report on my experience.
Can I ask what the final resolution of this was? Have you persevered with shorter pole sections (which I saw as a larger benefit than the weight loss though maybe a partial improvement in each is appropriate) or reverted back to the originals?
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