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Hit 50 campsites on my check-in app last weekend and it made me realize I've been buying the wrong tent stakes this whole time
I counted up 47 trips where I fought with cheap plastic stakes before finally switching to some 8-inch steel ones from a hardware store in Flagstaff for $12 and now I can set up in under 10 minutes even on rocky ground, anyone else learn a basic gear lesson way later than they should have?
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xena_anderson14d ago
Lots of people overthink tent stakes, man. It's really not that serious.
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parker_bell14d ago
Actually, tent stakes ARE kind of important if you've ever had your fly rip out at 2am in a windstorm. A cheap aluminum stake can bend on the first rock you hit, but that doesn't mean you need to geek out on titanium ones either.
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