Shelters!!
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This was my favourite. 
Not me in the photo, but this was the last shelter I built, back in April.
Not me in the photo, but this was the last shelter I built, back in April.
Nice looking shelter there Mr Kelly, were you wearing camouflage and hiding again?
Nice thatching Crosslandkelly!
Our first night in Scandinavian winter in a natural shelter, a lot of lessons learned
Here an article on how we made a double lean-to in Summer
http://belgianbirkebeiner.wordpress.com/trip-report/natural-shelter-basic-lean-to/
And revisiting the same shelter in Winter, epic times!
http://belgianbirkebeiner.wordpress.com/trip-report/sweden-march-2014/
Our first night in Scandinavian winter in a natural shelter, a lot of lessons learned
Here an article on how we made a double lean-to in Summer
http://belgianbirkebeiner.wordpress.com/trip-report/natural-shelter-basic-lean-to/
And revisiting the same shelter in Winter, epic times!
http://belgianbirkebeiner.wordpress.com/trip-report/sweden-march-2014/
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Nice thatching Crosslandkelly!
Our first night in Scandinavian winter in a natural shelter, a lot of lessons learned
Here an article on how we made a double lean-to in Summer
http://belgianbirkebeiner.wordpress.com/trip-report/natural-shelter-basic-lean-to/
And revisiting the same shelter in Winter, epic times!
http://belgianbirkebeiner.wordpress.com/trip-report/sweden-march-2014/
Hi Ruud, unfortunately there were no pine boughs on either of the sites, so they were both piled with about 50cms of leaf litter. I have to say that there were two of us on each build.
Nothing wrong with a nice leaf-shelter! You did a superb job in making a shelter with the resources available at the time needed. And nothing wrong with building a shelter with other people either!
Nothing wrong with a nice leaf-shelter! You did a superb job in making a shelter with the resources available at the time needed. And nothing wrong with building a shelter with other people either!
Your shelter looks very comfortable Ruud, a good job.
This is one thing I haven't done yet and suspect there is skill and practice to it. Look forward to reading more posts. Great to see people sleeping in them too.
making a shelter "sleep-proof" is more a matter of trial and error and some insight in physics. I've slept in bitter cold in a few shelters but also had the best nights' sleep in a shelter ever. the most important thing to keep an eye on is the bedding (insulation!).
looking forward to seeing the shelters of others too, looking for some ideas I've never tried before (like the big lean-to leaf shelter of Crosslandkelly (is that a leaf-to then?) )
looking forward to seeing the shelters of others too, looking for some ideas I've never tried before (like the big lean-to leaf shelter of Crosslandkelly (is that a leaf-to then?) )
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I would show yu mine, but I'm not a full member so can't post attachments. It was a sort of lean to but it was raised.
I helped build this one and slept in it the first night:
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Here's a picture from inside
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And then I didn't help build this one but did sleep in it
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No paracord needed, just withies and roots
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Here's a picture from inside
And then I didn't help build this one but did sleep in it
No paracord needed, just withies and roots
You don't need to be a FM to post up pics. They just get moderated if your post count is below a certain number (not sure what that is).
Thanks Ruud, was an experience building them. I appreciate much more now the effort that is needed to construct such a shelter. Collecting the leaves was an awesome task, even in a area that seemed abundant. Really needs consideration whether it's worthwhile vs calories expended, i.e. for pleasure, for longer term shelter, in extreme need. A smaller, more thermally efficient and easier to build shelter has to be a priority when you need it most.
I also hadn't appreciated how well insulated even these quite open shelters are. On both occasions the fires were warm enough to force me to sleep on top of my bag rather than in it, and with minimal clothing. But that's in our barmy british summer weather, no where near the temperatures you will have had to deal with on your trips!
I hope to do a winter / cold expedition in the next few years. I have plans for next year and the year after but maybe Maine in US in 2017. And a Norwegian tour before I retire.
I enjoyed reading your articles on your blog.
Did a trueways survival course and your right, making a natural shelter does take a lot longer than you think. It's not a two minute or a two hour job
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I also hadn't appreciated how well insulated even these quite open shelters are. On both occasions the fires were warm enough to force me to sleep on top of my bag rather than in it, and with minimal clothing. But that's in our barmy british summer weather, no where near the temperatures you will have had to deal with on your trips!
I'm sure that if you add a nice insulated bed in your shelters they would do a good job in winter (in combo with a fire of course). Do keep in mind that when making a shelter in lets say, Sweden, that there is an abundance of materials to work with most of the times, even without chopping any tree around. That's why I like to see shelters built in our woodlands, they are a bit harder to setup properly.
and thanks for reading my blog btw!`
@John: great stuff mate, nice bindings
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