I just wanted to share the little tip/trick for stowing cordage. Probably more to the point, how to stow a ridgeline with a couple loops for prusik knots.
Many people just stow cordage in a pouch bag inside our packs or shelter kits. Generally in hanks of varying sizes like this. Possibly a carabiner or two. I also use d-clamps.
In the image above the longer hank is the ridgeline, with the two loose pieces for use as prusik knots or other tie on loops. All this in a small pouch is nice and neat, but I have to either sift through the pouch or dump it out to get my ridgeline and strands to tie out a loop or two. An easier way is to tie the strands into loops, and then you can attach them to the ridgeline along with the carabiners like in the picture below.
Now, when I want to get my ridgeline out to set up it's all lashed together so I'm not digging around or dumping.
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Maybe you don't use or want to use the the carabiners?
I'd still pre-tie my loops. Then I'd simply lay them on the ridgeline before I wrapped/lashed it.
The nice thing about using the method above is it's no frills and won't catch on anything else in the pouch or pack. There's also another plus to this: You can color code things. Example, the general rule of thumb for a ridgeline is 25 feet in length. The one above is only 23', so by having those green loops I can easily tell visually which ridgeline that is. You can also still loop a carabiner into the loops here as well if you chose too.
