The 2 Warmest Survival Shelters Anyone Can Easily Make (With Pictures)

The 2 Warmest Survival Shelters Anyone Can

Easily Make (With Pictures)

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It typically takes two scenarios where you’d

want to make a survival shelter.








1) You have to: You are in a real life survival situation and you need to make something

to affect your survival.








2) Because it’s fun. Making a shelter is much more fun than tediously

putting up a tent.








Now, I preached 2 things to the high hills in:

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1) Sleeping on the ground is absolutely awful and cold due to

conduction.








2) It gets really cold at night, no matter what, even in the summer.








Besides protection from the elements, a survival

shelter should accomplish another important task…








Provide a sound nights sleep. Sleep is paramount in the wild.








Sleep boosts energy and mental clarity. Both of

which you need to affect your survival.








The best ways to achieve sound sleep in the wild I attribute to a

few things:








1) Protection from the elements.

2) Elevation from the ground.3) Sustainable and proximity

to warmth















What you’ll need…








• A roll of greenhouse plastic or plastic conducive to the

penetration of radiating heat. $4.99








• A mylar survival “space blanket” or also known as

a “0 degree blanket”. $1.99 (we used 2 actually)








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Heat gets reflected from radiating wall behind the fire -> into the shelter through the plastic via radiation -> bounces off of the space

blanket draped over the wall behind us -> reflects down onto the platform and gets

trapped inside by the plastic.








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Why is the plastic in front of the fire? Isn’t it blocking the heat?








The plastic draped over front is actually sucking

in the heat and allowing it to penetrate into the

shelter, then traps the radiant heat of the fire

inside the shelter, instead of it escaping through

leaves or sticks.















What you’ll need…








• Some cordage. We used twine. ($1) but you

could use free materials you find in the woods.








• Some 8×6 tarps. All you need is one, This

was made for 3 people. $4.99








NOTE: You don’t even necessarily need the

tarps, you could just build a Lean To Survival Shelter atop the raised platform

and use debris to weather proof it.








How it works:








This is one is a 3 bunk raised platform, which

raises the bunks / sleeping platforms off of the ground via lincoln log

style overlapped logs. We lash these together

for stability but you don’t need to.








On top of the logs, we put debris and pine bows as insulation and comfort.








It is built into four trees, which act as support to

lash the top logs to, creating the faux roof for the tarps to create that slanted Lean To style

cover.








The three tarps do not meet in the center, rather leave a hole for smoke to

leave through.








The reason for this is because the three bunks / platforms leave a hole in the center of the shelter

to walk around and to put your fire pit with a

reflecting wall behind it creating a square.








The reflecting wall sends the heat back into the

shelter and it is trapped by the tarps behind you

and the slant above you. The smoke escapes through the center.








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The 2 Warmest Survival Shelters Anyone Can Easily Make (With Pictures)