Emergency Shelter

[IA Woodsman]

I know a few people might have dial up or don't watch videos, so I decided to post up a few pictures of the emergency shelter I built the other day. Total build time was about 15 min. The area I built it in was resource rich. That made building this very easy.

This is a view from the back. I used Cottonwood bark for the rear of the shelter. The downed tree was pretty big and made a good overhang.

This angle shows the angle of the bark and the size of the log. On the right side of the fire you can see the reflector. It was made of downed logs.

This shows how you can use a space blanket to reflect heat and keep you off the ground.

No tools or cordage were used to build this. It is a down and dirty shelter.

 

[WILLIAM.M]

Great photos--

Thanks for posting

 

[adaman04]

It looks like you would be wet and cold.

 

[Joben]

well maybe wet if it rains...
But it sure looks a heck of a lot warmer than sleeping just next to a fire in the open. :thumbup:

...This reminds me...i've been toting around a big heavy duty plastic garbage back in my woods kit for a while...I need to actually practice setting it up as a tarp.

 

[Cash427]

Thanks for posting! Great pictures:thumbup:

 

[adaman04]

I want to add something to this so I don’t sound like a jerk. Congrats on getting out and actually doing something like this. There is a lot of “Well I would build a ____” responses based on “theory” that never gets exercised. The first time we practice building a shelter shouldn’t be when we are cold and wet and our lives depend on it.

I built my first debris shelter last November and it was a great learning experience. I am now more confident in my shelter building skills and look forward to building more in the future. I applaud you for your work.

 

[Liam Ryan]

A nice pine bough bed and you are really "smoothing" it, and insulated from the heat sucking ground.

 

[Jason M D.]

Thanks for sharing :thumbup:

 

[carspidey]

did you actually sleep there? or did you just took pics of an example shelter...???

 

[PayetteRucker]

I'd try to shingle the bark, using mud to pack it all together. We don't have the benefit of useable hardwood trees around here, if I had to make a shelter I'd be pretty screwed.

 

[IA Woodsman]

did you actually sleep there? or did you just took pics of an example shelter...???

No I did not sleep in this shelter, but I have slept in others I have built in the past. I built this one for a quick example of what you can build in about 15 min, with the resources close. This is the vid I built the shelter for.

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