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Survival Skillset

Lesson 5 of 12

Built shelters: the debris hut, the natural lean-to and safe warmth

45 min

Imagine you have nothing: no tarp, no sleeping bag, no tent. Just the clothes you stand in, a knife perhaps, and a wood full of autumn leaves. Can you get through a cold night? You can, if you start early and are prepared to work far harder than you expect. The two classic answers are the debris hut, which keeps your own body heat in like a sleeping bag made…

In this lesson

  • The debris hut
  • When to build one, and when not to
  • Building it
  • Why so thick?
  • Common mistakes
  • The natural lean-to with a fire reflector
  • The fuel problem
  • Debris hut or lean-to?
  • Warmth, condensation and carbon monoxide
  • Heat the person, not the space
  • Fires belong outside open shelters
  • Carbon monoxide

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