I show you one of my favorite primitive skills by explaining how to build a primitive wilderness survival shelter. Lean-to, A Frame, Debris, Hammock, etc.

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A-Frame Shelter

Cordage between 2 trees as the brace

A frame as center support

2 A-Frames on each end and tied off at both ends

Poncho, Tarp, Emergency Blanket, Lashing boughs

Lean-To Shelter

Very quick

Usually not very warm

Some may be built for warmth

Ridge Lean to (looks like an L)

Dual Lean to

 

Debris Shelter

A-frame on only one side

other side on ground

cross-members, then boughs of spruce/pine

then boughs of broadleaves, tarp or snow

Hammock Shelter

Great for hot dry climates

Hammocks

Tarps without the holes

Tarps with holes

Cave Style Snowdrift Shelter

Snowdrift, not cornice

rocks or sticks for locating it

Build Entrance

Away from wind

Archway

2-3 ft deep

Transitional area

2-3 feet further in

also dig up now

must keep above 18 in snow over this and den

Den

dome shapped

vent holes

shelves

bedding and drainage

Snow Trench

best on slope

dig trench 4-5 feet deep

Longer than body by a foot

sleeping area

foot above trench bottom

foot of head space in area

Insulation

Pine and Spruce Boughs as bedding

Main loss of heat is through the ground

Snow (tarp)

How to insulate when in a hammock?

Ways to brace your cross-members

lash each cross-member in figure 8

weave through the cross-members… still must lash the end-members

Cordage

Utility rope

Paracord

Vines

Important take aways:

Have a tarp, poncho, emergency blankets, lots of paracord

in snow always use your hands to finish off the snow

angle snow so you dont get dripped on all night

Always insulate on the ground

Clever Survivalist Posts:

* How To Make a Hammock Shelter from a Tarp

* How to Build Debris or One Man Shelter...