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damn it, I wrote a massive explanation of the parachute shade structure I want to build for a camp and then accidentally pressed the "back" button on my stupid work mouse. All the text is lost now and I can't be bothered to retype it all.
Basically as most of the cost of our camp is already sorted, I think we should buy a massive parachute and create a shade structure that we can hang out under and pitch our tents under (doubling up on the shade!).
The people I camped with at Burning Man had a really good workable system that I'd like to try and imitate.
It would be the very first thing we build, so we have somewhere to get out of the sun when we're building the pagoda *ahem*, I mean saloon.
Basically as most of the cost of our camp is already sorted, I think we should buy a massive parachute and create a shade structure that we can hang out under and pitch our tents under (doubling up on the shade!).
The people I camped with at Burning Man had a really good workable system that I'd like to try and imitate.
It would be the very first thing we build, so we have somewhere to get out of the sun when we're building the pagoda *ahem*, I mean saloon.
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Re: Camp Shade
Tue, January 22, 2008 - 5:45 AMwhat are you thinking, some sort of skeleton made from uPVC? We won't have large vehicles with which to anchor down the canopy, so maybe a shade similar to the costume camp parachute dome will be more manageable!? -
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Re: Camp Shade
Tue, January 22, 2008 - 5:55 AMThe Moonshine Saloon had a central tripod made from three scaffolding poles that were between 3 and 4 metres long. This tripod was anchored to some rebar directly beneath where all three bars converged. This stopped it being tipped over by the wind. It's difficult to describe in words though.
Then on the perimeter of the parachute there were about 16 massive metal posts. Each about 2.5m tall with about 50cm of that hammered into the ground. They stuck tennis balls onto the end of the posts and tied the parachute edge over the balls (to prevent the parachute from ripping). This meant that at no point did the parachute touch the floor and allowed for air and wind to move through the camp area without catching in the parachute.
I've been looking at Parachutes and I'm thinking maybe we should do it with camo nets instead. It's much cheaper.
www.fieldtextiles.co.uk/ishop/...86.html
This for example. It's £100 for two camo nets. The smallest of which is a minimum of 11m by 11m. That's huge and it being a camo net would stop it catching the wind even more. We could double up the camo net to increase the shade.
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Re: Camp Shade
Wed, January 23, 2008 - 8:43 AMWith reduced numbers in the camp, costs and expenses could be an even bigger issue than last year. Once we get some idea of what the Saloon will cost, then we can better get an idea of what we can spend on additional shade.
