Shelter Building

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jonnno

Forager
Mar 19, 2009
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One of the forests that I visit the most doesn't tend to have too many "spar" type bits of wood lying about for building shelters - most of the wood long and light enough for a shelter tends to have been hoovered up and burned.

Are there any ways of building a shelter high enough for a few people to sit in that doesn't require a handful of long sturdy spars (and it's too much of a walk to bring things like alu poles)?
 

fergus77

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Mar 5, 2006
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Portreath, Cornwall
One of the forests that I visit the most doesn't tend to have too many "spar" type bits of wood lying about for building shelters - most of the wood long and light enough for a shelter tends to have been hoovered up and burned.

Are there any ways of building a shelter high enough for a few people to sit in that doesn't require a handful of long sturdy spars (and it's too much of a walk to bring things like alu poles)?

We built a shelter once that lasted 2 winters using rope as the cross member for the roof. We basicly made 3 lean to's that faced in towards each other. Bearing in ming you have to use very strong rope and your knots must be secure to hold the weight of the thatch.

It was the greatest thing, we just landed up, got the fire going and relaxed the night away. We made bush beds from fine boughs and just slept in our sleeping bags on that, fantastic.

Group shelters do need a lot of material to build them, so maybe think about a few smaller shelters but adapt them so everyone can be comfortable. It's not always necessary to have long spars as ridgepoles etc
 

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