Nancy Today: How to build a tepee

You can build your own tipi. You can hang hammocks in it. You can put down deer hides to make it soft and cozy. You don't have to cover it if you want to see the view.

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Howto & Style

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• how to
• how-to
• build
• build it yourself
• diy
• biy
• snow
• snowshoes
• pioneering
• survival
• winter
• snowing

[PYE172]

from keith in england i have just got a 16 ft tee pee 15oz cotton .from germany. very good tee pee .will be puting it up in the spring on 2010. will send you a video of it when it is upi

[NancyToday]

Cool beans! Woo Hoo! Have fun!

[loki1066]

If one of the logs crack , couldn't it kill the person inside?

[NancyToday]

Well, usually they woudl crack where they are narrow, which is near the top. There is nowhere for the pole to fall as it'll be too long to fit inside. If it breaks in the center or something, the top is still tied into the top with the rest, so it would just be leaning in. The poles aren't heavy enough to kill you!

[EbolaV1rus]

I wish I had a tipi!! I think I would put chicken wire around the sides and the grow some vining plant up that. Would make a really neat summertime hang out!

[NancyToday]

that's a wonderful idea! i think i'll do that with climbing beans! I wove the walls out of alder sticks.

[ilovevwcaravelleHIPY]

yay, a granny on youtube! i wish my granny was so cool, mine doesn't even know how her cell phone works XD. nice tipi by the way!

[buttermere4]

Hi Nancy this is fantastic! tomorrow I am going into the swedish forest here to sleep in my hammock and might make a structure like yours it has to be temporary tho so i'll have to take it down after. But I did enjoy seeing your Tipi - thanks JB

[NancyToday]

I see the grass is growing in my tipi now. But the water is still in there, too. I'd better go down there today or I'll miss one of the last bugfree days!