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Instructions for a Hillary 10X11 Dome Tent

Instructions for a Hillary 10X11 Dome Tent

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Sir Edmund Hillary sold his name to Sears because he believed in the tents they designed with his help. No longer sold by Sears, Hillary 10-foot by 11-foot dome tents can be found used and on online auction sites. The family-sized dome tent is good for three seasons, resists the wind and is strong against a storm. Setup is generally easy.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:
  • Tent stake hammer
  • Four to six 6-foot lengths of guy rope
  • Four to six extra tent stakes
  • 10-foot by 12-foot tarp as a groundcloth
Step 1
Pitch the tent on a flat area generally free of sharp objects. Use “Leave No Trace” ethics and check to be careful not to damage growing plants. Try to leave the site generally better than it was found by adjusting the tent location to avoid plants.
Step 2
Unroll the ground cloth and stretch over the campsite. Place the tent in the center of one edge and unroll the Hillary dome tent. Open the tent body so that the corners roughly align with the tarp. Set the tent entrance for easy and clear access in and out. This makes it safer to exit the tent at night when visibility is low.
Step 3
Assemble the two matching long pole sections as you feed them through the guides on the tent. When evenly placed through the guides, the poles create an “X.” Push the tips of the poles into the grommets in each corner, raise the tent and the poles will lock into place. It’s usually easier to connect the opposite ends of the same one pole to the tent before connecting the second pole.
Step 4
Slide the third pole through the guides in the rainfly creating a spine. Attach the rainfly by tossing over the tent. Then adjust the rainfly with its opening aligning with the tent door. Clip the rainfly to the corners of the tent body. Prevent contact leaks by ensuring that the rain fly is held in place so that it is not in direct contact with the tent body to prevent contact leaks.
Step 5
Use the tent stake hammer and push the stakes into the ground. Angle the stakes about 30-degrees towards the tent to provide strength against wind pull and hammer within a half inch of the ground. If the ground is loose, look for rocks to weight the stakes to the ground. Based on rainfly design, attach four or six guy ropes to the loops on the rainfly connect to stakes set about five feet from the tent.

Tips & Warnings

 
Hanging six inch narrow strips of aluminum foil on the guy ropes make them more visible at night.
 
Roping the tent to the ground keeps it from flattening during a storm.

Resources

Article Written By Eric Jay Toll

Eric Jay Toll has been writing since 1970, influenced by his active lifestyle. An outdoorsman, businessman, planner and travel writer, Toll's work appears in travel guides for the Navajo Nation, "TIME" and "Planning" magazines and on various websites. He studied broadcast marketing and management at Southern Illinois University.

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