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Wool Blanket Lean-To Survival Shelter

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its mission in survival say when we were putting up a quick willing to stay tuned first I'm going to start with some stones all right so just got some bundles of power cord and some stones basic I'm just going to go around to each corner fold it in grab the stone push back the other two sides stones right here I'll just put put in two half hitches which is over and under alright go to the not did not sure so open it under ok I just clay in that ok so I'm going to do that to you all four corners I'll get back to you yes I'm going to figure out where I want Eileen to be lay it down put some stakes in the corners and go from there you

okay the goal is two half hitches on here

so make a quick release one okay this one's good to go let's go to the next one

okay in the front we'll just put a taut line hitch in there that we have something that i can adjust it's my remember that's under under over I'll make that quick release as well now it's good to go alright so it's on its way now we're going to do is put a rock right in the middle from underneath so I can pitch up the middle

so I'm going to just take the rock put it underneath on this side and bold you're up front look right here somewhere take it out right and center again two half hitches all right now I have a center tile okay this is what the center tie it looks like close up again just a rock on the underside pinched on top two half hitches real simple and I can tie this off lift my Center up alright so now i'm going to just tie this this tree back here i'm going to put a taut line hitch against a tree so i can adjust this so you change the height on my will lean too

okay so basically that look like this if I tighten it up I can drop it down into the natural silhouette all right so it looks like from the front just got my rock in there my gear give you a quick tour all right alright so this little check in the back I just have it staked out right here on both corners then in the middle like I said a rock going up to a tree then ice have lines going out to two other trees you know I like using a little tarp it's cool to use it in the summer because it's wool so it's completely dark underneath the Sun doesn't get through this material you know like like nylon tarps and things it's really hot under those in the summer you know you just feel like you're baking and this creates real shade underneath it you know real shade not partial shade real shade from the Sun and having a microclimate like that is really important because you don't want to overheat and finding good quality shade is is key in the summer and you don't really use the blanket as much in the summer because it's so warm so you're not really using a blanket for sleeping inside whatever shelter you're using so it's a nice it's a nice way to create a cooler microclimate yeah pretty nice you can see it clearly gets the job done really really simple you know you just have to tie some rocks in the corners and then one in the middle right here lift off to lift up the middle you know to give yourselves a little more space so doesn't sag in the middle and you know it's pretty quick way to use a piece of gear that you might have with you

in a new way so you're not just using a wool blanket that's a blanket they can actually use it as a shelter as well I was mentioning survival appreciative use your comments in support take care have a great day you

About the Author

NativeSurvival

NativeSurvival

Mitch is a Wilderness Living Skills Instructor, he has been featured on The History Channel's program "ALONE" and written articles for Outdoor Magazines; he owns and operates The Native Survival School which provides woodland living and survival classes, as well as offering quality outdoor gear he's designed. Defintely, he is a master at bushcraft's techniques.

You can find all his videos on his YouTube channel.

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