Wilderness Survival by Swedo Suzanne

Author:Swedo, Suzanne
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781493017355
Publisher: Falcon Guides (R&L)

If you have time to pile up a debris hut or some kind of lean-to shelter, by all means do what you can to ensure your safety and comfort for the night, but beware of soaking yourself in sweat or burning up vital stores of energy in order to create some outdoor architectural marvel. Your goals are to stay dry and conserve body heat.

It is not true that moss always grows on the north side of the tree.

A simple and efficient shelter is a large downed log, with a series of branches propped against it, covered with brush or leafy branches. If you have a tarp or a plastic trash bag to stretch over the supports before piling on the brush, so much the better. Build a small fire at the head end, but not too close.

Since heat rises, including the heat produced by your body, the most critical part of any shelter is the roof. Burrowing down next to the trunk of a tree with low overhanging branches will provide good protection in wooded country.

Another important requirement will be insulation between your body and the cold earth. At 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit you will lose heat to any surface that’s colder than you are. Any extra clothing, bark, twigs, leaves, or pine needles between you and the ground will work if they’re dry. Trash bags make it easy to collect insulating material, and when stuffed with pine needles they make very comfy mattresses.

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