Ok the shelter contest will open tomorrow. It is open to any type of survival shelter that you build yourself with the natural materials you find in the wild. We aren't building a base camp here. The only store bought item allowed is cordage. I will let the contest run through 12/31/2017. I will pick a winner sometime (shortly) after that. The winner will receive a prize package that I will be putting together, it is going to include a new Victorinox Recruit ES plus whatever else I decide to order. So get out there, have some fun and show us some shelters!
in in in! and the Monsoon rains have tapered off tonight. Thurs is going to be great! this will be my post for photos.
So...you're taking on an old fat guy that rarely sees anything but a recliner and flat screen tv. Feel tough, there, Canadian? Feeling a little....confidant? Well, I'm ready for ya...bring it on!
Gotcha shook, now. I can smell your fear...I can sense that tremble in your lower back as the horror begins to become real.... Give in to the fear....let the warmth run down your leg to puddle at your feet..... I'm already gathering natural things I find in the woods to build my shelter with...
Here's where I'll put my entry Before y'all totally clog up the thread. Materials gathered IMG_20171230_172858 by STPNWLF posted Dec 30, 2017 at 8:03 PM Making natural cordage IMG_20171230_172831 by STPNWLF posted Dec 30, 2017 at 8:03 PM Starting framework IMG_20171230_172808 by STPNWLF posted Dec 30, 2017 at 8:03 PM Framework complete IMG_20171230_172746 by STPNWLF posted Dec 30, 2017 at 8:03 PM IMG_20171230_172723 by STPNWLF posted Dec 30, 2017 at 8:03 PM Making a baton IMG_20171230_172702 by STPNWLF posted Dec 30, 2017 at 8:03 PM Cutting vertical supports IMG_20171230_172639 by STPNWLF posted Dec 30, 2017 at 8:03 PM Framework completed IMG_20171230_172621 by STPNWLF posted Dec 30, 2017 at 8:03 PM First layer of palm fronds IMG_20171230_172558 by STPNWLF posted Dec 30, 2017 at 8:03 PM Second layer IMG_20171230_172538 by STPNWLF posted Dec 30, 2017 at 8:03 PM
Third layer IMG_20171230_172451 by STPNWLF posted Dec 30, 2017 at 8:12 PM Final layer IMG_20171230_172511 by STPNWLF posted Dec 30, 2017 at 8:12 PM Cleared ground for bedding and small fire pit IMG_20171230_172424 by STPNWLF posted Dec 30, 2017 at 8:12 PM Fire prep IMG_20171230_172356 by STPNWLF posted Dec 30, 2017 at 8:12 PM Uhg man make IMG_20171230_172338 by STPNWLF posted Dec 30, 2017 at 8:12 PM IMG_20171230_172249 by STPNWLF posted Dec 30, 2017 at 8:12 PM Nice and toasty IMG_20171230_172222 by STPNWLF posted Dec 30, 2017 at 8:12 PM Tools used - My usual EDC, Leatherman supertool 300, Exotac nanostriker XL, and my beloved ESEE 6 which BTW was my first ESEE and I won it back in the 2012 shelter contest
Im off work for 2 weeks beginning December 16. Thats when im going to start construction. One day, with pictures. (Crap. Y'all will see what I actually look like. )
But... I forgot to tell you guys I live at a nudist colony... I guess you could forfeit if you don't want pictures...
you know....i thought my liver was enlarged...........but you Sir, take the cake......dayum..... maybe the whole cake......