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Sheltering is one of the most important skills to learn when you are out in the wild. On this page I will show you different types of bivouacs which will be efficient for any weather or any season...
Sheltering is one of the most important skills to learn when you are out in the wild. On this page I will show you different types of bivouacs which will be efficient for any weather or any season...
Simple A shaped shelter...
In order to make the simple A shaped shelter you will need:
- A good cutting tool like an axe
- An area with a good amount of space.
- Saplings nearby
- Flat ground
First you must clear the ground in the area you are going to make your shelter on. Clear all the leaves and debris and pile them up, you can use these later on. Then take your axe or good cutting tool and use it to cut down two saplings. Take off all the branches and cut them both to the length of a meter to a meter and half. These poles must be lashed together to create an A shape.The A shape forms the width of your shelter. this part is the reason it is called and a shaped shelter (It looks more like an upside down v).
when lashed they will give you the highest point of your shelter. Start with a timber hitch on one pole and after you have finished lashing these together tie it off with a reef knot. ( if you wish to really go wild, identify a spruce tree and use it's roots as rope).
Then find and cut a pole roughly the same length as yourself, this is the ridge pole, it will form a roof which will run along the course of the shelter. This is pole is also the length of the shelter. Place this on top of your supporting poles and when you are happy with the positions, lash all three poles to one another. This is the framework. Make sure the A shaped end doesn't have the wind blowing into it.
After that you must find/cut/gather short poles to lay (at an angle) on each side of the ridge pole. These will make the walls to your shelter. Weave natural materials into this as it will insulate and make your shelter weather proof. You can use: spruce branches, ferns, moss, pliable sticks, willow and almost anything you find....
Then you can put a bedding of spruce branches or your role mat inside of your shelter. This next part is optional but I commend you to using it. You may want to make the precaution of placing a layer of mud and then adding the forest floor debris and leaves on the outer side of your shelter.
when lashed they will give you the highest point of your shelter. Start with a timber hitch on one pole and after you have finished lashing these together tie it off with a reef knot. ( if you wish to really go wild, identify a spruce tree and use it's roots as rope).
Then find and cut a pole roughly the same length as yourself, this is the ridge pole, it will form a roof which will run along the course of the shelter. This is pole is also the length of the shelter. Place this on top of your supporting poles and when you are happy with the positions, lash all three poles to one another. This is the framework. Make sure the A shaped end doesn't have the wind blowing into it.
After that you must find/cut/gather short poles to lay (at an angle) on each side of the ridge pole. These will make the walls to your shelter. Weave natural materials into this as it will insulate and make your shelter weather proof. You can use: spruce branches, ferns, moss, pliable sticks, willow and almost anything you find....
Then you can put a bedding of spruce branches or your role mat inside of your shelter. This next part is optional but I commend you to using it. You may want to make the precaution of placing a layer of mud and then adding the forest floor debris and leaves on the outer side of your shelter.
happy camping.
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