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Originally Posted by Juniper

The poles on my stand alone tent split and are now being held together with duct tape. Good ol' duct tape - I didn't see that in your supplies! How can you function without it?

I don't like fiberglass poles for this reason, plus the fact that they're heavier than the same amount of aluminum pole. Maybe someday I'll get carbon fiber poles... "someday". Until then I'll still pack my duct tape, although I generally use Gorilla Tape these days. You can be forgiven for not seeing it in the picture above, despite the fact that it's there in plain sight.

Look for the gray sections near the tops of my trekking poles. Each one has a strip of tape wrapped around the pole. Also, I have a small section wrapped around a cardboard square in my ten essentials bag too.

Here's a close up for easier identification.