I'm interested in learning more about tarps and tarp setups. Maybe it's just my googling skills, but I can't seem to find some really solid information for beginners. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to turn to? These are the things I'm most interested in learning about:
- What is needed for an entire setup? Tarp, guylines (how much), bivy (what kind), etc?
- The difference between a rectangular and square flat tarp. It seems like flat tarps are the most versatile and perhaps the square is even more so. Is that the case?
- What's a good size for a first-time tarp? 8x10 and 8.5x8.5 have come up a few times in my searching.
- A good resource for learning different pitches
- Cheap tarp to experiment with
That's all I can come up with off the top of my head now. Part of the problem is I've clicked on so many links over the past few days I can't remember which ones were actually helpful! Any advice on learning more would be hugely appreciated.