Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Shelters

The shelter used to protect against bad weather, rain, cold, snow. We must choose a high ground with good drainage at the bottom of a valley the water layer builds up and will be in our fleet, too close to a heavy rain during a vintage that will produce the same effect. We choose flat without too much root for a good sleep. The orientation is important, the door should be located to the south or southwest to be protected from prevailing winds. Preferably the wind should hit obliquely behind the shelter to ensure good ventilation and away and fire. The majority of shelters are made ​​of survival, in part, conifer branches, please respect for nature use this material only when necessary. For the years, straw and canvas are much the case, the mattress too. Good conifer litter should be 20 cm thick.




The types of shelters
The type of shelter you build will depend on the food and energy you have. The first night as a makeshift shelter under a tree or in a boat should do the trick. If the backup fail and you have the energy you can begin construction of a shelter shed type the following morning.
Shelter tree cut
Easy to make, you just have to find a particular conifer provided. Reverses the tree without cutting it completely in one meter above the ground.Identifies branches inside.Make yourself a bed of boughs. This shelter protects a lot of rain, but remember that this is a temporary shelter.




Overhanging rock
search a rocky escarpment overlooking the shelter and complete with evergreen boughs. It is not advisable to take shelter in a cave, it can be inhabited by animals, very wet and you could t'intoxiquer with carbon monoxide given off by a fire.
On a boat
Take forked branches to maintain high and the boat and allow ventilation. Complete all with fir branches.
Hole dug in the snow
Dig a hole in the snow to the ground, if possible, to prevent the fire down. Doing a roof of logs you covered with evergreen boughs. Covers the walls and floor of evergreen boughs. 
On a conifer
Mal taken away the easiest to achieve is a hole under the branches of a conifer. Dig the snow to the ground. Covers the walls, floor and roof of the shelter with branches of conifer.

1 comment: