The Woodland School - Tarp Shelter

60 Minutes | All | Outdoors

Our friends at The Woodland School show us how to create a shelter using a tarp

60 Minutes | All | Outdoors

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Find your location and check the trees you will be using for any potential debris that may fall from above and slow check the ground for roots and sticks etc
Once you are happy with your location you need to feed some cord through your tarp to create a ridge attached your cord to two trees with timber hitches
Then attach some paracord to the length between trees with a prusik hitch to enable adjustments to the height/position of the ridge
Attach your guy ropes to the corners and peg out like you would a tent
If you have trekking poles you can use these to raise the front of your tarp, or alternatively find long enough sticks to use for this
Other design options are the A-Frame tarp and the tent tarp
The A-Frame tarp brings the tarp closer to the ground and provides more shelter
The tent tarp enables doors and more privacy with your construction

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Beaver - Camp Craft

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