From our friends at Equipped.org. Extensive article on using tarps to make shelters.
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Tarp Shelter Set Up Options
Seam on cuben tarp
Cat Tarp 1.5 cuben fiber. Center seam photo. Felled seam, then taped.
Cat Tarp, the original
CatTarp TM
Home of the backpacking tarp with the catenary cut to the ridgeline. And the first ones made of silicone coated nylons and Cuben Fiber TM laminates. We coined the term “cat cut” to describe and differentiate this new feature on our tarps from others on the market. By using this curve, it takes stretch and bag out of the fabrics and enables the tarp to be a “hummer not a flapper” with fewer tie outs and stakes in high wind.
Others may have copied the name, descriptions, even drawings from Oware. Not all tarps with “cat” in the name are made the same way or have 26 years of tarp making experience and goodwill behind them.
Dave Olsen
Oware
See them here
http://shop.bivysack.com/category.sc?categoryId=7
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