Survival Shelter - Debris Hut Part One

Maine Primitive Skills School instructor Mike Douglas teaches how to construct the Debris Hut Shelter.(Part I of II) Visit us online at http://www.primitiveskills.com

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• debris hut
• survival skills
• survival shelter
• shelter building
• how to build a shelter
• lean-to
• wilderness
• skills
• primitive
• survival

[zerg57]

Hey Mike, did you write a script for this? If so could you send it to me via message or i can give you an Email address, I'm doing a project on debris huts and this would be super helpful!

Thank you!

[primitiveskills]

@zerg57 There wasn't a script, we just go out and run with it. You can ask questions at mpss@gwi.net and we can answer them if you'd like.

[primitiveskills]

Two separate debris huts are needed based on precise measurements & thermal properties of the shelter. Also, picture the person you are closest to & yourself trying to spend a night together in a mummy sleeping bag built for an extra large person. By morning one of you will be outside the bag, the other in, & both cold and angry at the other. We've seen it played out more than a few times @ the school. There are configurations that make multiple debris hut arrangements more efficient.

[mikefuzzbino]

i really wanna try this....what about bugs...snakes ??..what are the chances of them entering in

[primitiveskills]

Insects and spiders are driven out by "smudging" VERY carefully so as not to burn down your shelter with you in it. Maine has no venomous snakes and a few spiders that cause localized necrosis. Even so, follow normal snake protocols as if using a modern sleeing bag in the dessert south west in snake country. The walls, while strong enough to climb on after settling, are easily pushed out for a ginger or explosive escape.

[Doggorunning]

The shelter is designed to keep you warm and dry. Bugs, snakes and critters thats called camping.

[primitiveskills]

Well said. The price of admission, and well worth it!

[ImaJazzyGal]

Fuckin a! Great video, thanks a ton for posting it. Look people, we better all start brushing up on this shit.. you just might need it when the shit really hits the fan. Things are going to get rough in the U.S. Toughen up, nerds!

[howtoplanaparty]

I appreciate the fantastic lore, but I want to comment about speech "lie down". Intransitive. "Lay" is what you do to somethin, such as "lay myself down" or "lay my book down".

[IronmaidenFreak99]

NEW ENGLAND FTW!

[97ruben]

pee around the shelter to mark you're territority to keep bugs, snakes etc away from ur shelter

[Bawdog4]

crotch high

[magprob]

I don't need one of these. My house is a debris hut.

[zerg57]

Did you write a script for this? if so could you send it to me, I'm doing a project on debris huts and this would be super helpful!

Thank you!

[RabidTurkey2k8]

BONUS!

[trevor6744]

YYEEAAAHHH NEW ENGLAND!!!!