Here's a shot in the dark... I have a Walrus Warp/2 tent. It's got a hub design where three poles connect (see photo). As you can see, the shock cord for all three poles are tied together. As a result, you can remove the pole from the hub to fold it, but you can't entirely remove the pole. Because of this and the sleeve design, the
main ridge pole has to pack with the tent body. I'm looking ...