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(Wookey) Update description to be self-consistent with post 2015 rigging. - online edit of handbook/bivirig.html

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@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ nights that might result if it's not done well enough. Starting from
the bare space it's really quite hard to know where to start if you've
not done it before, so this doc attempts to provide some advice.</p>
<p>Note that this was written after Wookey+Joe's rigging effort in
2014. It is not necessarily optimum, but did seem to more-or-less
work. Feel free to improve it over time.</p>
<p>The diagram comes from Wookey+Joe's rigging effort in
2014 when the tarp wrapped up around the rock and a separate one covered the rear. In 2015 we bought a much longer big white tarp which covers the whole rear area down to the ground. So the description no longer really matches the diagram. An updated diagram would be good one day.</p>
<p>There are two essentially-separate jobs:
<ol>
@ -78,10 +77,9 @@ with bivi string to pull it tight.</p>
it more comfortable.</p>
<p>This is one large tarp covering most of the internal
roof. There are two main cross-ropes to hold it up, ties at the back
edge and 'knitting' to reduce sagging in the almost-flat central area.
roof and coming out both the front and the back to the ground. There are two main cross-ropes, one at either entrance to hold it up, another central cross-rope, and 'knitting' to reduce sagging in the almost-flat central area.
The objective is to get it taut enough and square enough that almost
all the water runs down the top and out the front not collecting in
all the water runs down the top and out the front, rather than collecting in
'buckets', which then drip. That means that it has to be fitted quite
'flat'. </p>
@ -94,6 +92,7 @@ You should not need to put in new bolts, they should all be in place already.
<h3>Rear entrance tarps</h3>
<p>to be written</p>
<h3>Front entrance tarps</h3>
<p>to be written</p>
@ -111,7 +110,6 @@ go. The outer line ends up too high to adjust once properly in
place. Adjust it to catch as much of the water falling through the
hole as possible, and slope gently, but consistently downwards.</p>
<p>In past years we have hung the funnel in the hole. This is a faff
and misses a lot of water. Just hang it below the end of the tarp where
it will get nearly all the water and is much easier to hang/adjust/unclog.</p></body>
<p>The funnel/filter is hung below the end of the tarp where
it will get nearly all the water and is much easier to hang/adjust/unclog. (Prior to about 2010 we hung it directly below the hole, but that missed a lot of water and was very difficult to adjust or unclog.)</p></body>
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