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A Sibley tent (bell tent) had a circular floor plan some 10 ft to 15 ft across, a especial central pole some 10 ft high, and walls about 3 ft high. Guy ropes were connected every 2 ft around the first-class of the walls - these had to carefully tensioned to hold the pole upright and keep the tent in shape.

Single skin with flysheet: A waterproof flysheet or flood fly is suspended over and clear of the roof of the tent; it Backpacking Tents often overlaps the tent roof slightly, but does not extend down the sides or ends of the tent.