BC daytrip report

[kgd]

Very cool cedar shelter there!

 

[6shooter]

Very nice! I went for a hike for a couple hours with my dog today, and came across a couple of bush shelters on the side of the trail. Didn't look like whoever built them had spent a whole lot of time on them, and I'm not sure how long they've been there, but it's cool to see evidence of people practicing their skills out in the bush.

 

[Bushman5]

hahaha great pics Munky! i wish i had been feeling better today i would have joined you.

 

[Bushman5]

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/6249/dscf0031p.jpg

thats the downed cedar log that Munky found and pulled off a HUGE length of bark from while we were building the shelter,

 

[Munky88]

I experimented a bit with some of the other downed ones around there. The trick was that one had started to rot a bit underneath, but the bark was still somewhat green and pliable. Probably helped that it was younger and thinner bark as well.

Its worth to take into account for the Chopper vs Saw discussion we had after the last outing. You cant skin a tree with a saw, and we ran out of green bows. The answer really is "Both". You can see in some of the other pictures how dense the bush is around here.

 

[jca21]

I experimented a bit with some of the other downed once around there. The trick was that one had started to rot a bit underneath, but the bark was still somewhat green and pliable.

you could also make a spud to help remove the bark off the tree

 

[Munky88]

for that one I used bushmans Kabar Khukri which has a false edge on the back. Probably works like a spud. The often neglected Tanto also did a good job. Has the second edge for batoning a line down the tree, then the tip for separating and skinning it.

 

[Bushman5]

Very nice! I went for a hike for a couple hours with my dog today, and came across a couple of bush shelters on the side of the trail. Didn't look like whoever built them had spent a whole lot of time on them, and I'm not sure how long they've been there, but it's cool to see evidence of people practicing their skills out in the bush.

hey 6shooter! where did you hike?

 

[jca21]

Very nice! I went for a hike for a couple hours with my dog today, and came across a couple of bush shelters on the side of the trail. Didn't look like whoever built them had spent a whole lot of time on them, and I'm not sure how long they've been there, but it's cool to see evidence of people practicing their skills out in the bush.

by chance, were they two a-frame style shelters.? if so, were you hiking in pine cone burke...?

 

[Mistwalker]

Wow, that's a lot of gear to pack in!

Great pictures though! That is a beautiful forest, and great looking shelter. I need to get out for a weekend and build a shelter of some sort.

After being married six years Lisa has quit asking if I just took a picture of her ass, she now just assumes that I did, but I really have to remember that polka-dotted berry thing next summer when I'm wanting a discrete frontal shot

 

[Munky88]

I really have to remember that polka-dotted berry thing next summer when I'm wanting a discrete frontal shot

she called me on that one too!

Perhaps I was too obvious. "now turn sideways and touch your elbows behind your back"

 

[Mistwalker]

Lol, that's hilarious!

 

[6shooter]

by chance, were they two a-frame style shelters.? if so, were you hiking in pine cone burke...?

HA! That's exactly where it was, maybe 20 minutes past the powerlines(Yeah Bushman, it was Burke mountain in Coquitlam). How long ago did you put those up? I looked at em a little bit, I thought it was cool you'd tied the frames up with roots.

I stopped to try some chopping and batoning with one of my knives on a bunch of branches from trees the city had cut down under the powerlines, and it made me wonder, why don't I spend more time in the bush doing fun stuff like that? Or practicing trap making, or building shelters. I'm jobless right now, so if it's still nice out on monday I think I'm gonna hike up to the lakes on Burke and spend the day practicing bush skills. I'd like to try spending a night out in the bush solo while the weather is still decent too, but I'll start small first


:EDIT: Dang, just checked the weather network, it's sposed to be sunny all next week until saturday. I might have to get out for that overnighter this week

 

[jca21]

i had taken my buddy out whose new to the wilderness stuff and we went on a hike up to the falls. we actually built those a-frames in the beginning of august.... i'm surprised they're still standing. rofl.


both shelters were built with a mora clipper actually. i was showing my friend how you didnt need a big ol' rambo knife to survive. the roots were gathered locally using a digging stick and we broke the pieces of wood for the ribs to size using leverage.

found a tree that splits like a Y and placed the long pieces in the fork. once that was done we applied force till they broke. i'm not sure if you get what i mean but if you've got Kochanski's bushcraft book you can flip to page 46 where it shows a diagram.



i'm glad those things are still up, i'll have to go for a hike in that area some time and take another picture. also see how they've weathered.


cheers

JC

 

[6shooter]

That's cool they're still standing after that long. One of em didn't have any weatherproofing on it, and the stuff on the other one was starting to fall off. I could see some of the sticks had been 'half-chopped' then broken, as if with a small knifethumbup, but aside from a little of that it looked to be a pretty much tool-less build, very cool.

 

[jca21]

glad to see they're still standing. we built them in a bit of a rush but if there was more time probably could have built a more permanent shelter.