That is awesome, especially if its far enough away from the trail and concealed enough that nobody will mess with it.
It's really good site. The topo map has the contour lines about 100 ft apart on the trail book that CnD had. So there was a lot of variation on the ridge.
In fact there is a nice little hill between our area and the trail so we are really well concealed.
Very nice, good job. Hopefully no animal will take it over, lol
wah! very good shelter for what you could gather in the woods. The only problem is that some animal might like it too and decide to call it their home <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
Hopefully that won't happen. Speaking of which, that means we should put some sort of door. Hmm... I'm thinking of a triangle with sticks across lashed with paracord. Make a triangle door. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
Nice job. As a former boy scout, I've made many similar shelters! Also, it's nice to see younger guys that actually have some orienteering skills! So many people these days can't use a topo map and compass it's pathetic.
Hahahaha. I really like looking at topo maps, the contours and all are really makes sense when looking at a piece of natural land.
As for compassing the thing is that many people really only need to no which is way is true north. They don't need to know about magnetic north, bearing, coordinates, etc, etc. Though, I agree that it is a really invaluable piece of knowledge to have. Especially if one is going on a long trip.
I remembering hearing that there was a trail map in WA that was put in completely wrong. North was south, east was west. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" /> So many hikers probably got lost from that improperly placed map....
