which shelter??

[hedgerow pete]

i have always been a tarp man as i can do what ever shape and size i want with it all you need is some para cord and away you go, but at the moment i am starting to sofen up so a small tent will proberly be brought next year, as for the poncho , these are great items of kit and everyone should have one a lot easier than a great big coat and you can walk with your ruck sac under it, there is one thing that i dont do never have ever done it after a weeks use and thats a hamock, great for kit but not for me, not without stabilizers and hand rails ha ha ha ha

 

[V4V]

Hammock and tarp are my most often choce for shelter, but just bought a tipi, so we'll see....

 

[MrEd]

Hammock and tarp are my most often choce for shelter, but just bought a tipi, so we'll see....

yeah im thinking of getting one of those polish bell tents and giving that a go!

 

[hogstable]

There is a Norwegian item that is like a poncho but you get into so you are enclosed. Think it might sound a bit like Jes something something. Used by hunters and carried in F16 cockpits. That should be quite interesting. I thought once of a doubled skin poncho made out of ventile with a velcro'd side so you could get inside it, looks like they beat me to it!!

I'm sure theirs would be much higher quality though!!

 

[grumit]

tarp and hammock or if it realy turns crap a small german fortification only i use as as it at the bottum of an overgrown area i get to it up the rocks by kayak

 

[Twodogs]

hogstable do you mean this,
https://jerven-com.secure.flexiweb.no/
Twodogs

 

[grantdan]

Tarp and hammock for me. Its a comfort thing knowng im not on the ground with creepy crawlies, and of course i sleep better in the hammock than i do in my bed

 

[rik_uk3]

As I get older, these appeal more

http://www.littleguy.co.uk/

 

[maddave]

I guess igloos count as natural... I've only done that twice but they are the business... snow holes come a poor second. In the woods I'm a hammock man.

Great aren't they??

 

[rik_uk3]

Dave, a couple of the stovies use these to help build igloos, they work very well

http://www.grandshelters.com/icebox-igloo.html

 

[TinkyPete]

I use various forms of shelter, mainly bivi bags and tarp set ups less the Meets which I have tended to use tents, and normal camping trips I am still a ground dweller although I am thinking about swinging but still not made my mind yet as to what to do about it, I think try before you by is going to be my approach.

 

[Rychard]

Just go a dd hammock and the xl tarp going to give it a try insted of the tipi saw lots of swingers at the outdoor meet so going to try myself any tips would be welcome

 

[PRKL]

http://www.kolumbus.fi/bjorn.corander/laavut.htm
(site of B.Corander shows good shots of erätoveri.Corander is one of our most respected survival gurus.)

I use this basha/tarp cloth quite a lot,those are here popular among traditional hikers around the year and history of this goes to late 60´s.Its called"erätoveri",often referred just as ET or Toveri,the whole name translated somewaht like...wilderness-buddy,very versatile piece of kit.

http://images.google.fi/images?q=erätoveri&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=fi&tab=wi

check out various ways to set it if youre interested:

http://www.patikka.net/Muuta/eratoveri/FrameSet.htm

 

[Ghostofthewoods]

Some images of my tarp and hammock set up. Also a ground set up using the tarp.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX6GF20bb8g[/video]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pypE7cFs4ik
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvJ-Ici-tv4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzrXkLrh3NI

 

[Bush_Man]

Normally I sleep in a tent or a natural shelter but, i'm thinking about getting a hammock and a tarp and see if I like it...

 

[bilmo-p5]

After years of seriously heavy canvas, bought a True North Big Tarp just before Easter and on Good Friday, at the tender age of 54, spent my first night under a tarp.
Absolutely delighted with it and looking forward to the winter ...

 

[TaTanka]

Tarp most often. I enjoy making and using natural shelters but as I'm normally in West Texas for my excursions I don't have the material to really work with. Juniper and Mesquite are generally the only things I can use and they don't work to well for a shelter. When I'm up in the mountains I build natural shelters.

 

[Retired Member southey]

At the mo it's tarp and hammock for me, but i do like to play about with natural shelters if i'm out for a few days.

 

[BarryG]

Depends, but I mostly use a tarp and/ or bivy,
I build natural shelters to keep my hand in, and ive kipped down in a few, but its mostly for trying out new ideas & practice,

 

[Metatron]

Tarp and/or hammock for me.