Survival Shelter Lean-To Build

Hey my name is Bon Bon, i'm thirteen and my dad is E.L.

This is my survival shelter lean-to built.

Nearly all of this lean-to was built with only the use of a leatherman multi tool.

These pictures are me building the frame. I only had a couple of resources to build this with. For tying the branches we used string, rope, fishing line, piece of a towel, and a strip of a vine.

 

Here is the framework.

 

To finish it off we weaved branches into the frame work for the roof.

 

My dad had me build almost all of myself, but my dad did cut a few limbs for me.

 

Awesome work! I am very proud of you.

 

I have not slept inside the lean-to yet we just finished building it this afternoon. There were too many mosquitoes.

 

That's my girl, beautiful but not blond............

 

After reading an article about a man and his son who were off hunting in British Columbia when a storm rolled in, I thought it was a good idea to teach my daughter some survival skills. The man and his son mentioned in the article built a shelter and fire and made it through the storm swapping stories, while a few dozen miles away another hunter caught out in the storm died from hypothermia. If he had built a fire and quick shelter he probably would have made it through. Knowledge is power. I hope to be able to take pics and share some of the skills on the board. Basic surival skills are always good tools.

 

Cool post. I like the pics of each stage of the process.

 

Good job, I need to do that with my kids.

 

Yeah I didn't really feel like doing it at first, but now that I know how to do it I think its pretty neat and will come in handy. But for now i'm not sure of what i'm gonna build next, maybe i'll finish the other side so it'll look similar to a wickiup.