Wilderness Shelters from around the world
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A bunch of cool wilderness shelters from around the world
Navajo Hogan Shelter - A hogan is a traditional Navajo home.
photo by by Wolfgang Staudt @ Flickr
Remote Fishing Hut Shelter
photo by by laurimyllyvirta @ Flickr
A Shelter near the Famous Appalachian Trail
photo by by jps246 @ Flickr
A Really nice Lean-To Shelter
photo by by wheany @ Flickr
A natural Shelter out in the woods
photo by by brainsluice @ Flickr
I’m thinking that I could get by in one of those…one o the perks o being single and lexible!
Thought id share this interesting fact… If you build a lean to or another shelter where youll have the opportunity for an open wall near fire… If you can get ahold of a large sheet of plastic cover the open wall in plastic and build your fire a safe distance from the plastic itll actually allow the heat from the fire to enter your shelter and wont let it back out… this is simple physics but it works well… I heard if u cant use plastic thin cloth and other thin materials that can get warm to the touch near a fire will insulate vs the outside weather but will allow for heat transfer… Also i hear u can take metal conducting material and run in from inside your fireplace to the inside of your shelter and it will naturally beat a conduit for heat into your shelter… I have tested the plastic idea and its awesome havent tested the conductor… =P enjoy and practice!
One of these shelters definitely seems like a stress free peaceful way to live
I like that Navajo shelter, very cool. That seems pretty livable.
these shelters look pretty cool – I could see myself living quite happily in one of them.
does anyone no how to build this shelter it look like it wood be graet in the desart. can someone explain how thank mike.
I like the Navajo one. It looks like it could be easily camo’d. It would definatly suck if there was a heavy downpour, it don’t look like it take that too well.
Mike, it’s a basic wooden frame with clay and some basic branches to withstand the weight of the clay. I lived in one for a month in Moab Utah.
Keep in mind, it’s a cerimonial shelter, showing respect for in the most general terms, Earth. It’s not truely a Hogan unless build to traditional specification.
im doin the lean to 4 a skool project
nice shelters
mite even put some on my webbie some great shelters around the world
We have a lot of the “natural Shelter out in the woods”. However, they are usually very wet and come with occupying critters!
The natural shelter could be a problem with dangerous critters that may already occupy it, if I could choose the Navajo shelter would be the best due to it being sealed.
I’m going to build that log cabin lean to.
If the forest service green police find my cabin will they take me to the federal forced labor death camps? I need to cache a lot of food and gear. Only so much fits in even the larger (5000 – 6000 cubic inch) backpacks.
Ok, This may sound weird but, I’m in HS and im alreading getting prepared. I notice the younger socites are very violent. So I love this website for buging out things. Heres a sugestion on if you in an area that has Either Birch Bark Trees or Clay. Take the idea from the Navajo and the lean to and combine them. Take the lean to and put clay or birch bark on on it so you could possible have a house thats well insilated from animals and somtimes insects. That was just a suggestion. =)