Survival from SurviveTheWild. US: Big Fire Heated Shelter

http://survivethewild.us/ - Forgive us, Joe forgot the brand new video camera's battery, so these picture were taken with Jake's cell phone camera.

I was supposed to rain all day and night, so we wanted to be comfortable and dry!

We made a large shelter, with a big fire, and a bed tall enough to keep us off the ground even when the snow all started melting and running under our shelter.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• survival
• shelter
• rain
• snow
• fire
• poncho

[vudumojo]

hmmn, so what what did you bring with you. Obviously a tarp for one. What else, and how did you construct the bed?

Thanks

[survivethewild]

We both brought our Webbing / Harnesses.

For the shelter, we use my poncho tent ( which is 2 homemade 8x5 ponchos, and my brother's poncho. A little bit or paracord for the lashings.

The bed was 3" logs first to cover the ground, then crisscrossed layers of pines getting smaller towards the top.

[Wee5Eric]

thats a pretty cool shelter next time if u remember ur batterys could u show us how to make that form os shelter

ps: is that rock just to reflect heat like in 1 of ur other vids. do u still us the hot rock at the bottom of the shelter to keep ur feet warm plz reply

[survivethewild]

No, we didn't use the 'coal pot' method that time.

The weather actually climbed to about 40 F.

Plus we left room in the roof for a much larger fire.

[BoyInTown]

This was great. Thanks!

[RussianBear5OOO]

so, does it come with the rock?

[zixaz]

really nice shelter

[PACER2320]

Very nice

[rolling422]

nice, quick and easy, good rock side fire wall

[OldManGlitch]

Where is this done. It is very much like a cliff and shelf I used as a kid in a Boy Scout Outdoor Survival I did in Northern Virginia back in the late 60's. This brought back so many memories, I can't describe the sensations and lessons learned from that trip.

Thanks

[cdltpx]

I see you used a head lamp those are the most important tool in your outdoor needs. I use mine everywhere always carry a backup too jic one breaks or we need extra battery. I refuel all our company equipment and often have to do so in the dark. one light is a red/white led other is a 1 watt led the red/wte is best when driving the 1 w best for work on deck. Also useful is a knife on a chain I carry aroun the neck it is very handy and never gets in the way like a knife on your belt can. Good vid

[m4shadow]

Nice job

[alianchild]

Looks damn cozy.

[Bowdeen]

Nice job guys We have been using the bolders in our area the same way The bolder acts just like the hearth of a fireplace We do have to keep the fire to the right size to control our smoke