Storm Camping: Shelters

Here are some storm camping shelters that I like to quickly deploy when heavy rain or wind hits!

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[nathanharris]

Great teaching tips! The Army taught us Infantry Grunts to use a downed branch, to stick directly in the ground where the rain runoff from your shelter will be and draw a deep line away from your shelter. I always made my lines wide & deep. This gives the rainwater someplace to go and prevent pooling. Also, it's also a good idea to grab handfuls of leaves and put them all around the bottom of the shelter. This keeps the wind from blowing thru any ground gaps all around the shelter. I always found dead tree limbs and put them on top of the leaves all around shelter. Keeps them from blowing leaves completely away in strong wind gusts. Remember the name of the game is to stay as dry & warm as possible. Waking up soaked in a puddle of water in your shelter will definitely set your mood for the morning, even after 1st coffee🤠😎😜🤣😝

[tonyBobb]

Great content as always. This takes me back to my youth serving as a Royal Marine Commando. I prefer a tarp over a tent with the points you have mentioned. It's versatile, and on summer days, it can ve turned into a hammock. The other alternative is a bivvy bag tent, this is great if you're trying to hide out of plan sight and/or if you're doing a long endurance ride that requires you to camp, these are also ideal. The only downside to a bivvy bag tent is that it doesn't give you much room to carry out some much needed personal/kit admin in the dry. This is where a tarp wins. I tend to spend more time away in my camper rather than sleeping in a heavily grown woods sleeping on backbreaking tree roots, haha! Great times had! Once again, keep up the great work.

[bsbkat]

With a tarp, i use walking poles and, weird as it sounds, half a tennis ball to put on top of the pole to protect from rips :-)

[stepsbeyondtheeventhorizon]

Tarps are so versatile, I love them. Tents just feel like a chore to setup and pack.

[daveh]

As a Boy Scout I used a piece of poly sheeting for a backpacking shelter. The plow point setup you show was my favorite configuration. (The poly doesn't give as much privacy as the tarp but it was Boy Scouts - everybody knew what everybody else was doing already.)

Instead of tie-out points I'd form a pocket in the poly and tuck a rounded pebble into it, then tie my cord around it on the opposite side. That held the cord tight without having to pierce the poly. It's also handy if you need to attach a cord to a tarp at a place where there's not already a tie-out point.

[arcoeco]

I do love the idea of tarp shelters. Unfortunately in Australia there are too many bugs, spiders and slithery things that can enter all the openings. If there was a way of excluding all those things then I'd certainly give it a go.

[NomadHorizon]

Love watching this channel, you teach so many valuable things that everyone should know.

[stetomlinson]

I got most of my tarp camping tips when I started following your channel a few years ago. Everyone has proved to be a lasting winner.
To return the favour. Before putting the centre pole inside your tarp tent shape, to prevent it puncturing the tarp, put the tarp bag over the end, or use some leaves or moss instead.
Thanks for many years of happy, successful tarp camping! 👍

[tragikk]

highest quality bushcraft content on youtube (out of what I've seen). no bs, just utilitarian info.. appreciate you, brother!

[TJStellmach]

One reason you get more straight pines in dense forests, at least in my North America, is that shade helps suppress pine weevils. They like warmer temperatures and thinner bark. Weevil damage to the tender treetips prompts the main trunk to fork apart. It happens a lot more on the verge of the forest for this reason.

[steinanderson]

your tarp skills are nothing short of amazing.

[steveowens]

Yet another good video. I prefer my tent for sleeping, but I've often used a small tarp or poncho for daytime shelter when less than catastrophic rain or wind moves in. In a pinch you can stretch a heavier poncho over a good-sized bush to provide quick shelter, though it can scratch or puncture the fabric if that's pegged down too tight. A few blanket pins anchor the tie-outs to the bush.

[tobiastobias]

For me the ideal tarp is the wing tarp. Though it hasn't a square/ rectangular form, it's ideal for hammock setups as a diamond fly tarp as you can close of the ends 👌🏼

[beancampingpodcast]

The tarp tent is a firm fave, I sometimes tie off above with the centre cord you mention, allows a bit room room inside - great video. Thanks 👍

[funkyprepper]

It always amazes me how many configs can come from 1 piece of material. Good solid wind and rain protection there. Nice work Mike

[charlesbrightman]

Consider the following: If one is going to carry a tarp: bring along at least 4 tent stakes. (1 plastic, 3 metal). Plastic one could also be shaved to help make a fire. Metal ones could be utilized to hold a container over a fire, tied to a stick and utilized as a weapon or tool, or even possibly utilized in a trap, pit or otherwise. Multiple use items when one thinks outside the box.

[atzeostaka.duke]

Very cool channel, keep up the work mate! Always nice to see other bushcraft/outdoor freaks with such talent!

[correlian]

I love the tarp tent. Ijust need to get over my aversion to slugs and I'm set.

[eltelboy]

Great content as always, if you’ve not looked at them jungle knots on your poncho are a massive time saver.

[BraxxJuventa]

Thanks for filming and the explanation Mike! 👍😁