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Building a survival shelter
made from natural materials
If building a survival shelter is possible a lean-to shelter is probably the easiest and quickest type of wilderness shelter to build. A lean-to shelter is suitable for most terrain. Always build this type of wilderness shelter with its back to the prevailing wind.
Lean-to shelter or how to build a shelter fast
Place two Y-shaped sticks in the ground about 30 cm (1 foot) down, so they stand about 1 meter (3 feet) high. Take a long branch about two 2 meter (6 feet), as a ridge pole. Lay the ridge pole between the two forks.
Now fill in the roof area with other straight sticks tied at the top and buried in the ground. You now have the skeleton of the shelter.
Finally, you must cover the skeleton with whatever material is available - for example grass, bracken and large leaves. Always start at the bottom of the shelter and work upwards when thatching, so that if it rains the water will run over the joints and will not leak through on to you.
Remember
When making a wilderness shelter, try to make life as easy as possible by using any standing or fallen timber, or a wall, as one side of the shelter.
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