[PE - Getald pattern]

[david friedman]

At 8:37 AM -0500 10/18/00, Wendy Freeman/Otte wrote:
>But the one I saw had the ends sewed closed, in the bell-shape.  These all
>have open ends, and resemble strange-looking pup tents.  I would expect them
>to need ropes to keep the lateral tension even, too.

A geteld doesn't need ropes, because the walls are longer at the 
bottom than at the top, so the stakes at the ends of the walls 
provide tension in the same direction as ropes at the ends would 
provide.
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David/Cariadoc
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