Category Archives: Shelter

10 Things To Know About Building A Natural Shelter

Free Standing Lean To - Natural Shelter

Reality TV Survival Shows Makes Natural Shelters Look Easy To Build 1. Building a natural shelter requires a lot of work!  If you need to build one of these in a wilderness survival situation plan to spend several hours of … Continue reading

What To Do If Your Grommets Rip Out

How To Fix Ripped Grommets   Military style ponchos and blue tarps are excellent for building field expedient shelters.  One of the great qualities they have is the built in grommets to tie your line on to.  But unfortunately those … Continue reading

The Three Minute Shelter

How Build A Three Minute Shelter When I taught at the USAF Survival School we had a saying “Don’t stand if you can sit.  Don’t sit if you can lay down, Don’t be awake if you can sleep”.  Basically the … Continue reading

Improvised Hammock Shelter

How To Build A Hammock Shelter Having a good reliable shelter in a wilderness survival situation is very important.  Carrying a full sized manufactured shelter / tent isn’t always an option.  So it is a good idea to know how … Continue reading