10 junkpoles. The yellow measuring tape indicates 8ft.
edited to update the photos. I initially left the tops on because I wanted to build the panels with the tops and then shape the top border or leave them on depending on how it looked -- based on the shaping technique that Grey told me about. I also knew that there was another submission where the tops were included without an issue: permies.com/p/1395672. I now understand that it's not acceptable for the
BB but perhaps this
should be clarified in the instructions? =/