Lean-To and Reflector

That's impressive! That cattail bed is almost totally snow free.

Nice work.

DancesWithKnives
 
If you replaced the fire reflector with another lean-to, would it be possible for two people to stay dry and warm, with both people facing the fire? Sleeping and fire tending could then be done in shifts.

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beeperboy said:
If you replaced the fire reflector with another lean-to, would it be possible for two people to stay dry and warm, with both people facing the fire? Sleeping and fire tending could then be done in shifts.

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We talked about that very thing while at the Meet. Snow and Koa are going to continue to improve on this shelter. I am sure they will post more info and pics.
 
Very nice. I really like the way you guys found a perfect dead fall to use, then used no cord, only what the environment provided :thumbup:
 
beeperboy said:
If you replaced the fire reflector with another lean-to, would it be possible for two people to stay dry and warm, with both people facing the fire? Sleeping and fire tending could then be done in shifts.

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It would probably work if the wind direction were parallel to the two lean-to structures. If the wind direction were perpendicular to them, I would expect some smoke problems in one or both. Of course, a totally still night would be perfect for that setup.

DancesWithKnives
 
The wind changed directions several times on me with the one sided shelter. What I found was that even if the smoke was coming directly toward me it would rise just above my head. There was a 5 minute period at one point where I was battling the smoke directly in my face. This is where I yelled out like a girl "I got smoke in my eyes!" Then one of the seasoned experts from yonder replied: "Well move". Bit of an inside joke there in case anyone was wondering.
 
koa said:
The wind changed directions several times on me with the one sided shelter. What I found was that even if the smoke was coming directly toward me it would rise just above my head. There was a 5 minute period at one point where I was battling the smoke directly in my face. This is where I yelled out like a girl "I got smoke in my eyes!" Then one of the seasoned experts from yonder replied: "Well move". Bit of an inside joke there in case anyone was wondering.
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Hello koa, good to see you over here. You know me by a different name on another..(your) forum. It looks like you had a great time out. I have been thinking about building something similar in the woods back behind my land. There is a tree fallen in almost an identical shape.

IA Woodsman said:
I put 3 uprights in the ground and leaned the other logs on them. It was dark and we were in a hurry. Not perfect, but it worked well for one night.
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Won't reflect the heat at the shelter as efficiently that way...but it does still reflect heat and it causes you to burn fewer calories building it that way. In a survival satiation that could well be a viable trade-off but in a completely vertical reflector the secondary set of up-rights doesn't have to be driven as deep as the first. If you build wind breaks across the ends connecting the shelter and reflector in a rectangle shape you'll hold in more heat, and spend less time with smoke in your face.

Still, it's a great way to make the shelter, I like using bark shingles when I can find it in pieces that large.
 
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