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Post by deerhunter65347 on Oct 5, 2007 21:08:17 GMT -5
When caught out doors over night a quick shelter could save you from hypothermia. Start buy finding two long sticks as long as you are tall. And about 3 to 4 inches thick. Lean the 2 sticks against a fork in a tree as close to the ground as you can. You want just enough room for you to fit under the limbs. Then lay smaller sticks across the top of the two larger limbs. Make this a little wider than you are. Then collect sticks to make a wall along the back side of your shelter. Now cover the top and side with as many leaves as you can find. Then settle in for a good night. The keeping the top covering as close as you can will hold the heat that your body will give off and keep the night air off of you. The leaves them selves will hold the heat of the day as well. This is a quick and easy set up to survive a long night alone in the wilderness if nothing else is available.
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Post by hawkeye on Oct 6, 2007 11:27:25 GMT -5
When you construct any kind of lean to do not make it very high. Warm air rises, and this includes body heat. Gather as much dry leaves, boughs, dry pine needles, etc as you can and make a good thick floor to insulate you from the cold ground. You want to be as high above the ground as you can get.
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