Hi Leah, Why must the poles be stored inside the tent's stuff sack? I have a big Agnes tent and always store the poles elsewhere when actually camping, anyway. Or get a slightly bigger stuff sack! -gabe - gabe
On Sat, Feb 7, 2026, 09:17 Leah Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > I’m going for a walk and then coming back in and practicing! I got it once > and it was so tightly packed that I worried I’d tear it pulling it out > again. There should be a better way! > L > > On Feb 7, 2026, at 11:58 AM, Piaw Na <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The trick is to fold the tent multiple times before rolling up the tent > poles on the folded tent. I've done it on all my tents and it works out > well that way. But you have to have meticulous technique. The word "stuff > sack" is a misnomer for tents. It's not actually meant for you to stuff > things in. You have to foldup the tent neatly and roll the poles tightly > before you can insert everything back into the stuff sack. > > On Sat, Feb 7, 2026 at 5:05 AM Leah Peterson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> The date is Feb 7th. The time is before 8am. >> >> Things have reached an all-new low. I have been re-living my bike camping >> trips on Instagram. I was also looking at the new Big Agnes tents and >> noting that the tent poles are meant to be stored INSIDE the tent bag. >> Which I have never done. And now it is me and Chat GPT, who is trying to >> tell me that if I can just roll everything up into a rectangle, I can fit >> the whole thing in my bag. I have the entire contents spilled out on my >> living room floor and am on my 3rd attempt but no success. I have a nice, >> neat folded rectangle but it turns into this, when I begin to stuff it: >> >> <image0.jpeg> >> >> >> Also, I cannot figure out how to do that cool tie to keep the guy wires >> nice and neat. A capable outdoorswoman…this is who I want to be, and yet I >> just always come out looking like the above…. >> >> I’m not giving up. I WILL get those poles inside with that tent! >> >> >> On Jan 29, 2026, at 11:16 AM, Leah Peterson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> Hello, it’s me, Leah, coming to you on January 947th. We get done with >> one winter storm only to survive it and shovel out in time for the next one >> to arrive. My tenacious college boy is out there on his Clem with NO >> STUDDED TIRES, slipping and sliding and occasionally crashing, but he >> perseveres. He tells me, “There is no such thing as no bike day” and he >> worries me. >> >> To make matters worse, the meteorologists inform me that the Great Lakes >> are freezing over and that means a cold, wet spring, which is the exact >> thing I was declaring cannot happen, because If we have a vicious winter, >> we are owed a gentle spring. Alas, nature is not taking input from >> Michiganders, or even pretend ones, and it will be a long time before I’m >> back in the saddle. I was supposed to be riding with Pam and Roberta in >> Charlotte today, but we were foiled again by the weather. Charlotte is in a >> winter storm watch, and that’s how you know the world has gone crazy. >> >> Anyway, we do have Philly Bike coming up in March and I am hoping it will >> be somewhat reasonable so we can ride. >> >> >> >> On Jan 28, 2026, at 6:00 PM, Jay <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Well, as of today there are 3 days left in January. That may just feel >> like a month lol >> >> Starting Sunday and through to next Saturday our highs are between -5C >> and -9C, which is actually really warm compared to recently, so I may get >> out for a ride after all. 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