For the "convenience" of not having to carry 2 lbs of military ponchos and a bit of cord Do you really want to do all that work, risk all that movement, chopping, slipping on ice, falling thru snow covered holes, breaking your leg, being rained on, having to go get firewood, etc. If you have enemies in the area, that fire's light and smoke and scent can spell big trouble. If you do go with making the debris hut, you'll have to smoke it out fairly frequently, or you will be living with a lot of creepy crawly, biting insects. And of course, if you move, you have to do all that shelter making again, and the hut is probably left there for people to see.
You can roll up your ponchos (and the bit of cord that held them up, like a tent, and take it with you inside of 2 minuts. . Inside of the ponchos, to save space, you also roll up the heavy duty space blanket (velcro its edges to render it into a "bag" configuration") the silk sleeping bag liner, and the hammock, and either sling it over your shoulder, or tie it under the bottom of your backpack. The ponchos weigh no more than a tube tent, but are more versatile. The Mylar bag and silk liner are much more compact than regular sleeping bag, more versatile, much lighter, costs much less, and won't suffer a broken or jammed zipper. It won't be ruined if its wet, it can be used to catch rainwater, snow, sleet, dew and frost for safe drinking water. If it's torn, slap a piece of fiberglass reinforced, clear packing tape on it, or sew it, or both. the savings in bulk and weight of, the mylar bag and hammock, as vs a bivvy sack, sleeping bag, and camping pad is more than enough to cover the weight and bulk of the ponchos.
The main downfall of the poncho is that it lets your legs get wet as you move thru wet brush. I'm looking into the feasibility of inverting one poncho, so that the "arms" can become protectlon for my legs, with some cords providing straps to the belt harness of the pack.If you'll wrap your pack in the poncho, it will float, and if you wrap the other poncho on your back, it can help you float, too. In this way, you can swim and push your gear ahead of you, and cross a lake or slow moving river. two ponchos, with 2ft of dried sticks int between them and cord thru the gommet holes, can make raft that will let you "pole push" it across a shallow stretch of water. It will float 2 men, or one man and paddles, you can cross a pond, or very slow river, without freezing your feet.
When I have the above gear, I can sleep fine at 20F degrees. I can sit around at 10F degrees, and I can move ok at 20F degrees. IF I also have proper clothing, like goretex cammies,. 2 pairs each of thermax socks, and polypropelene socks. decent boots, one pair of goretex socks. one spare pair of undershorts, a 1 pc set of expedition weight Thermax long johns, ski mask and ski gloves/ Normally, if it's colder you can arrange for a snow cave, or there's very few enemies around. So you can heat stones in a dakota fire hole (at dusk and dawn), bury them under your hammock, and be warm inside of your tent at 0 F degrees, or a bit colder. That is saying a lot for such lw, compact, multi-use low-cost, readily available gear and clothing, guys.
You can roll up your ponchos (and the bit of cord that held them up, like a tent, and take it with you inside of 2 minuts. . Inside of the ponchos, to save space, you also roll up the heavy duty space blanket (velcro its edges to render it into a "bag" configuration") the silk sleeping bag liner, and the hammock, and either sling it over your shoulder, or tie it under the bottom of your backpack. The ponchos weigh no more than a tube tent, but are more versatile. The Mylar bag and silk liner are much more compact than regular sleeping bag, more versatile, much lighter, costs much less, and won't suffer a broken or jammed zipper. It won't be ruined if its wet, it can be used to catch rainwater, snow, sleet, dew and frost for safe drinking water. If it's torn, slap a piece of fiberglass reinforced, clear packing tape on it, or sew it, or both. the savings in bulk and weight of, the mylar bag and hammock, as vs a bivvy sack, sleeping bag, and camping pad is more than enough to cover the weight and bulk of the ponchos.
The main downfall of the poncho is that it lets your legs get wet as you move thru wet brush. I'm looking into the feasibility of inverting one poncho, so that the "arms" can become protectlon for my legs, with some cords providing straps to the belt harness of the pack.If you'll wrap your pack in the poncho, it will float, and if you wrap the other poncho on your back, it can help you float, too. In this way, you can swim and push your gear ahead of you, and cross a lake or slow moving river. two ponchos, with 2ft of dried sticks int between them and cord thru the gommet holes, can make raft that will let you "pole push" it across a shallow stretch of water. It will float 2 men, or one man and paddles, you can cross a pond, or very slow river, without freezing your feet.
When I have the above gear, I can sleep fine at 20F degrees. I can sit around at 10F degrees, and I can move ok at 20F degrees. IF I also have proper clothing, like goretex cammies,. 2 pairs each of thermax socks, and polypropelene socks. decent boots, one pair of goretex socks. one spare pair of undershorts, a 1 pc set of expedition weight Thermax long johns, ski mask and ski gloves/ Normally, if it's colder you can arrange for a snow cave, or there's very few enemies around. So you can heat stones in a dakota fire hole (at dusk and dawn), bury them under your hammock, and be warm inside of your tent at 0 F degrees, or a bit colder. That is saying a lot for such lw, compact, multi-use low-cost, readily available gear and clothing, guys.
What you mean is that you would have no clue how to handle having violent enemies, and you don't believe that anyone else could, either. That part is quite wrong. Sorry if I didn't make it clear. you pile up 2 ft of brush on top of one poncho, and tie the other one on top of it. depending upon the type of wood used, it will float 250 lbs or more, quite easily.
