Shelter Challenge---My First Giveaway!!!

Md 25v

Md 25v

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D Filgate (our winner by the original deadline) has asked for the challenge to be extended!!! If anyone is still interested in making shelters, lets get to it!!!
This challenge has been officially extended to the end of the Put Up/Shut Up snow shelter thread.






The challenge- Make the primitive shelter of your choice. No tarps, no modern cordage. I don't care what kind of shelter it is, A-frame, lean-to with long fire, wiki-up, etc..., that's up to you. Post pictures of the construction process and the finished shelter on this thread. Winner will be drawn at random.

Extra points- Anyone whose shelter is designed to have a fire inside safely (with pics) will be entered twice in the drawing. Multiple entries are allowed if you build more than one shelter but please don't post pictures of previously built shelters.

The Deadline- Make it from now till the end of the year.

The prize- A user Kershaw Outcast in D2. The edge is convexed, handle wrapped in paracord to relieve hot spots and blisters from the rubber.

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Sounds pretty good to me, I'll see if I can get out this weekend for an overnighter. I'll spot the area and see what comes to me. Won't be building one big enough for a fire inside though.

I made a lean to (half an A frame) just last November with a fire in front of it, it was fantastic, should've collected more wood and I wouldn't have been so uncomfortable through the night, but I hadn't a sleeping bag either.

Thanks for the chance!
 
First off Thanks for the chance brother,,,,

I would go and make a new shelter... but I wint be able to do an overnight before teh New year, and in my mind the only way to really judge a shelter is to sleep in it.

so instead I'll post some old pics of one I spent 2 nights in this past august.
simple a-frame debris hut..it was very warm, so the insulation layer is a little thin
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for the second night we where expecting heavy rain so I layered it with bark shingles
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it kept me very dry, but sunk a bit from the weight of the debris
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here it is when I visited the same spot 3 months later
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i ended up deconstructing it for materials though.

again thanks for the opportunity
 
Nice! Thanks for posting pics. If some people are thinking about trying to do a shelter for the first time then seeing well built shelters might help them figure out what design to go with or what materials to use.
 
Cool beans.. I forgot to mention, I'll sit out on the giveaway part, just wanted to throw some pics up. THanks again...Great YT channel btw.
 
d'oh........Tony, I knew I could count on you to point out my flaws (not a difficult target)....lol. also tell your wife I might have left my watch in her car.
 
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This is not an old one, I am still working on this, started in November, just have not been able to finish because of:

1. Changing schedule
2. Sick relatives
3. Bad weather conditions

This is my first Debris Hut, I have learned alot, as you will see in the videos.
I have pics but I think the videos are pretty cool, LOL.

Anyway, I guess I have to finish up now by the end of the year if you guys let me enter this shelter in the contest.

One thing I have learned. I have had to climb DOWN the mountain to get to better leaf sources. The leaves near the shelter are only 1.5 inches deep. VERY shallow leafage, very hard to get enough leaves so I am having to haul leaves up to where I need them.

Next time I will pick an area with A LOT more leaves and resources!

http://ikikentucky.ning.com/video/video/listForContributor?screenName=12wfe1d0dgt5x

AS PER THE RULES:
I am going to put the pics in :)
 
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This is my 6 foot staff against the trunk I am using for the debris hut.

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Better look of the area.


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I cleared the area very well, got rid of rocks, branches, etc., making sure I was not building over some animal den, or on top of spiders, etc.

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Pic of some rocks I found under the leaves.
I used one of those rocks as a hammer to hammer in some shale rocks on both sides of the bottom of the main pole. I sharpened and hammered in the pole first though.

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Put a GOOD layer of leaves inside already and started building.


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The sweater I used to gather the leaves in.

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Better view of the frame.


This frame was tested. There was high winds of between 22 and 25 miles per hour for several hours and the frame held. This frame has also survived a freeze while under construction.

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The door faces East.


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RescueRyley.

The sad part is that with 2 Y shaped sticks. You don't even need cordage, and the hut is strong enough for 2 people to stand on it.

Now I have to get my butt out and make a quinzee, wich won't be fire friendly :S

(In a couple of weeks, the Christmas tree will be turned into a bow drill and floor insulation)
 
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This was a door idea, and I took it out. (still qualifies as I took it off, so it is still primitive :)

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Packing leaves into the frame, wanted a good SOLID first layer.


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First layer in.

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Rock layer around debris hut for "water barrier"
I did scout out the area VERY well, it is no where near any run offs, baby creeks, etc.

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1st layer done. Still need A LOT OF leaves added, that is what I am working on now, need to finish by end of the month as per contest rules.

Thanks for the opportunity, I could really need the Kershaw to use as a small machete for several other projects.

A great thank you for this opportunity!

:D
 
The shelter was started just before Christmas, and now that Christmas
is over, I'm going to get back to the site and finish it off.
The goal is to finish it off, and spend a night in it.

Start of my shelter using the standing Russian Olive tree and the fallen tree
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Closer look
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Bed and wall insulation material
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Starting the back of the shelter
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Laying some of the bedding down.
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Today, my wife and I went out and finished up the building of the structure.
At this point, it is possible to spend the night in it, however it could use a
little more insulating material.
As we are supposed to use only natural shelter material, and I have grass in
abundance, that's what I used for thatching
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My wife took this picture of me and our dog checking out the shelter
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The side of the shelter, with my wife working hard and our little dog doing guard detail...where am I?
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Tools that we used
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Tea break provided by our new stainless steel Kelly Kettle
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Shelters look good guys, just remember to keep it primitive (no tarps/modern cordage) for the giveaway.
And nothing from before when the thread was started, Dec 14th.
 
Md 25v said:
Shelters look good guys, just remember to keep it primitive (no tarps/modern cordage) for the giveaway.
And nothing from before when the thread was started, Dec 14th.
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That works for me. I started my shelter just before Christmas...:D
More pictures tomorrow if weather permits.

Cheers

EDIT:: Added more pictures to my original post
 
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d_filgate said:
That works for me. I started my shelter just before Christmas...:D
More pictures tomorrow if weather permits.

Cheers
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I have this week off and had planned to make a shelter for the Put Up/Shut Up thread because we got 24 inches of snow two weeks ago. I planned where to make it, what style (Wiki-Up), and started gathering materials. THEN ALL THE DAMN SNOW MELTED! I'm gonna make it anyway and hopefully we will get some more snow next week with the temp dropping.
 
Well, that leaves me out, I started before then, just didn't have time to finish.
Have the flu now, so I won't be able to finish by the end of the year.

The shelters look great everybody!
 
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