Quick lean to and RC-5 fun

tonym

tonym

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I had the RC-5 strapped to my pack today as I went for a lil hike this afternoon. I mainly wanted to get some target practice in with my air rifle; but as I walked through the woods I spotted a down tree, and a thought popped into my head.



How about making a shelter... Now I have seen dozens of trees in this position before and always new it would be good for a quick lean to, but never felt the need to make one before. Must have been my new Survival knife willing me to do it;)



I didn't have much time, but if I were really going to use this lean to I would double the amount of leaves and debris on the back side. I did take care to build the back into the wind which was blowing about 15 mph out of the NW.



With the lean to built it was off to gather firewood. I did a lil chopping with the RC-5 and it worked really well, but I always carry my folding saw with me, and opted to section the wood with that. The oak was pretty thick and damp, so batonning was on the menu for the RC-5!











Thr RC-5 really excelled here. It would only takes a couple of smacks with the baton to force the wood apart. I really had a blast with it.



More to come
 


I set up my MPI space blanket in the back of my lean to, to help keep me dry and also keep me warm. I cleared some large rocks that were at the base of the lean to and built a reflective fire ring to concentrate the heat towards the shelter. This is it all set up and ready for the night. I hate cold weather camping, but with more leaves and debris on the shelter and maybe another couple of inches of hemlock bows as bedding this shelter would have worked well IMO.












Thanks for looking:thumbup:
 
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Looks like a perfect emergency shelter ... how long did it take ya to build ?
 
It only took about an hour. If I were really going to use it, I would put a lil more work into it
 
Hi all,

Tony that was very cool. You sure have your share of leaves LOL I It would take me 2 days to get that much to cover a little lean to type shelter like that.LOL But I can make a shelter like that with dried prairie grass in about 30 minutes. In this pic to get that amount of grass takes about 3 min.
about 8 loads of that will cover a little shelter like yours and give me a nice layer of insulation from the cold ground and with a little fire that woud be a great time out to enjoy the night.

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That load of grass stalks in the pic, I put under a part of my tarp that I set up 3 weeks back. Kathy and I sat on part of the tarp that was sitting on the grass. that insluation ketp use from getting cold from the ground and with a little fire we had a great evening. Here is kathy sitting in the tarp lean to and next to the fire.

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How long did it take you to make.

Great job Tony. Are you going to stay night in that lean to at all?

Bryan
 
Great pics. I really need to stop looking at the RC5 posts until I have some extra cash ;)
 
Sweet little set up. I will have to get out once all the water goes down and I get my RC 5 to see if I can do something similar. Thanks for sharing :thumbup:
 
great stuff Tony..:thumbup: i like your shelter.... looksl nice and cozy...:)

those RC-5's are really cool.... i love the wide blade... another knife to add to the list...:o
 
Good stuff Tony, thanks for the pics. Looks like a really good afternoon! :thumbup: Oh, love that well-burned bow-drill socket!
 
Awesome pics Tony!! You too Bryan!!

Question.... You guys who build these shelters so close to the fire, How do you keep embers from burnin holes in your tarps???
 
DOC-CANADA said:
Nice afternoon, GS.

What's your thoughts on the bow drill divot, now that you've used it?

GP
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It works well, but it is tricky to balance due to the weight of the blade. Given the opportunity I would prefer a smaller socket of bone. I have a marble one that I scored at a gift shop in Lake George that works great.
 
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