Abstract: An apparatus for opening and closing vertically extending, generally straight-line tent zippers without reaching and bending. A first embodiment of the invention includes a first pulley removably mounted on a stake adjacent to and aligned with a lower end of the zipper. A pair of plates each is formed with a plurality of spaced peripheral openings and has a pulley rotatably mounted thereon adjacent to and aligned with another opening formed in the plate. The plates are placed together in a back-to-back relationship so that the plate openings are aligned with each other and with a plurality of corresponding openings formed in the intervening tent wall, for fastening the plates and attached pulleys on the tent adjacent to and aligned with the upper end of the zipper.