Pre-pitching
What precautions should you take when you are pitching the tent?
Do not walk under the guylines of the tent, instead, walk around guylines.
Take note that when malleting your pegs down, make sure that there is no one around at close proximity such that you don’t hit the people around you.
Pegs should be malleted at what angle to the ground?
Pegs should be malleted at 45 degrees to the ground.
What should you mallet the large poles at the ends of the ridge pole with?
Mallet the large poles at the ends of the ridge pole with a large peg.
Fill in the blank:
Door should be (______) at all times.
Doors should be closed at all times.
Where should the door of the tent face?
The door of the tent should face the flagpole.
Name 5 materials needed to pitch a canvas tent?
Pegs, mallets, spacers, dollies, canvas tent, fly sheet, ridge poles, upright poles (any 5)
After connecting the upright poles to the ridge poles, what shape should be formed?
An "E" shape should be formed.
Fill in the blank:
The upright pole is (________) to the ground.
The upright pole is parallel to the ground.
From one tent to another, there should a distance of how many steps?
There should be a distance of 13 steps.
What is the wooden top that sits on top of an upright pole?
Dolly.
Why should you lay a twine on the ground before malleting the small pegs at the 4 corners of the canvas sheet?
It is to help with the alignment.
Fill in the blank:
Holes in the poles are (_________) when connected
Holes in the poles are aligned when connected
Why should you try to pitch the tent away from low-lying areas?
Low-lying areas are more prone to flooding.
How should pegs be arranged before pitching the canvas tent?
Pegs should be arranged in a hashtag pattern.
While the Guides holding the side upright poles should still be holding them, What should the Guide holding the middle upright pole do?
The Guide holding the middle upright pole will have to move away.
Fill in the blank:
(_______) and (_______) are completely inserted
Spacers and dollies are completely inserted
Why should you not pitch a canvas tent under a tree?
The tree's branches may fall during a rain and the tree may continue to drip water even after it rains.
What do you need to wrap around your runners and pegs so that you do not trip over them at night?
You need aluminium foil to wrap around your runners and pegs so that you do not trip over them at night
While the Guides at the ridge poles lift the tent up, what should the 3 Guides at the ends of the skeleton do?
The 3 Guides at the ends of the skeleton should pull the tent up.
Fill in the blank:
Both sides of the canvas tent are (_______) (____)
Both sides of the canvas tent are equally taut