[Ansteorra] Fwd: [CALONTIR] Haven't seen this posted.... How modern Mongolian nomads erect a yurt.

Stefan li Rous StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Thu Feb 2 16:27:46 PST 2012


"Some folks idea of camping involves a backpack. Mine involves a U- 
Haul truck."

Stefan

On Feb 2, 2012, at 6:10 PM, Chris Zakes wrote:

> At 05:33 PM 2/2/2012, you wrote:
>
>> To be fair, how many of us have a team of 8-12 people (I had a hard
>> time counting them due to the nature of the sped-up video) who are
>> intimately familiar with the set-up process to help it go up? My
>> A-frame-ish thing goes up a lot faster than that and with fewer  
>> people
>> (3 people, 20 minutes), but it doesn't have the weatherproofing or
>> real-estate that a ger has. How long does it take people to erect  
>> most
>> pavilions?
>>
>> ~Eve
>
> Our modern tent takes about a hour from laying out the ground-cloth  
> to being completely set up, carpet on the floor, bed assembled and  
> all gear unloaded (we don't just camp, we move in. <G>) Our period  
> pavilion? Well, we've only set it up a few times, so I don't really  
> know. At a guess it'd be about the same.
>
> On the other hand, if it's just me at an event, I sleep in the back  
> of the van. That takes almost no setup time.
>
>        -Tivar Moondragon

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