Pegs are used to secure a tent in NPCC and to ensure maximum efficiency, they have to fulfill a complicated set of criteria.
Angle
The ideal peg angle is at 45 degrees.
Depth
The ideal peg is pegged till a depth where there is one palm's height from the ground to the peg.
Distance
As detailed in the diagram below, different pegs are pegged at different distances from the tent.
- Main guyline pegs are pegged one vertical pole's length away from the vertical pole
- Inner corner pegs are pegged an "L-shape" away from the corner of the tent, with each side of the "L" measuring one peg's length
- Outer corner pegs are pegged one peg's length away from the inner corner peg, parallel to the breadth of the tent
- Inner wall pegs are pegged one peg's length away from the middle of the length of the tent
- Outer wall pegs are pegged one peg's length away from the inner wall peg
Direction
Certain pegs should be pegged facing certain directions. This is indicated by the blue dotted lines in the diagram
- Inner corner pegs should be pegged facing the corner sleeve ring of the tent sheet
- Outer corner pegs should be pegged facing the pin of the opposite vertical pole
Alignment
If pegs are pegged correctly and precisely, the pegs will fulfill certain alignments with respect to each other. In the diagram, the green dotted lines represent peg alignment.
- Corner pegs and wall pegs will form a straight line (four straight lines in total parallel to the length of the tent)
- All corner pegs will form a straight line
- Main guyline pegs and vertical poles will form a straight line