Thanks for watching. If I remember correctly, it took over 4 hours, but that's because I was filming and had to bring the materials from other locations to the filming site. If I had to build this in an area that already had the materials, and wasn't distracted by talking and running a camera, I could probably put this up in 3 hours or so.
This is why (lost) inexperienced hikers should plan to accept when they've got to hunker down and spend the night vs. continuing to wander around close to dusk and getting themselves more lost. It could take some time to find a safe spot that accounts for the 5 W's of Wilderness Survival and then gather the materials to build a shelter and/or start a fire before nightfall. Here in Michigan in the winter it gets dark-dark by 5pm-ish.
Multiple person huts are a bit more complex and require extra work, but they are possible with most of the same materials. To remedy the lack of enough string, you could use two Y posts at the end, set the ridge post in between to keep them stable
This is a survival shelter, not something I'd recommend for camping. In a real survival situation your priorities will be avoiding hypothermia, signaling for rescue, and finding clean water. Bugs don't even register on the priority list, unless we're talking seriously poisonous ones or if you're allergic to stings.
Cool video! Especially here in 2020! lol. WE JUST NEVER KNOW! THANKS! MAN. 👍👍👍😊😊
First time I've heard what a squirrel's nest is called. Cool.
I hope to never have to build one of these shelters. They skeeve me out.
Great Video
great video. A LOT of job!!!!! thank's. Saludos
Awesome instructions 👍🏻🇺🇸
Nice vid
Thanks for the video. How long did it take to make the shelter?
Thanks for watching. If I remember correctly, it took over 4 hours, but that's because I was filming and had to bring the materials from other locations to the filming site. If I had to build this in an area that already had the materials, and wasn't distracted by talking and running a camera, I could probably put this up in 3 hours or so.
This is why (lost) inexperienced hikers should plan to accept when they've got to hunker down and spend the night vs. continuing to wander around close to dusk and getting themselves more lost.
It could take some time to find a safe spot that accounts for the 5 W's of Wilderness Survival and then gather the materials to build a shelter and/or start a fire before nightfall. Here in Michigan in the winter it gets dark-dark by 5pm-ish.
what if it just rained and your leaves are wet?
what if your with more than one person for your hut and you dont have enough shoe laice
Multiple person huts are a bit more complex and require extra work, but they are possible with most of the same materials. To remedy the lack of enough string, you could use two Y posts at the end, set the ridge post in between to keep them stable
What about fleas and deer ticks?
This is a survival shelter, not something I'd recommend for camping. In a real survival situation your priorities will be avoiding hypothermia, signaling for rescue, and finding clean water. Bugs don't even register on the priority list, unless we're talking seriously poisonous ones or if you're allergic to stings.