Now that you are back to your lost point it’ s time to get to work. You are going to need a fire and a shelter.
For right now you could just make a quick shelter for the night, and work on making a nicer one in the morning. Just get it made quickly so you can start gathering wood for a fire. Find two trees approximately 6-8 ft apart. Tie your sting from one tree to the other about three feet off the ground. Now simply take your tarp and drape it over the string, dividing the tarp. Usually tarp will have metal rings at the corners. Find small 3-4 inch long sticks with forked edges and secure the ends into the ground. Your shelter should be up in minutes and look like this.
Now that that’ s been tackled, let’ s start gathering wood. My rule of thumb is when you think you have enough wood, gather 5 times as much. I would rather wake up with wood left in the morning than be cold during the night because I ran out of wood. Gathering wood does take a lot of energy so work efficiently. You need to start three separate piles. One for tender and very small twigs and sticks, one for small limbs 2-3 inches in diameter, and one for larger logs in the 4-5 inch diameter. For the bigger ones, don’ t worry if they are long. If you can’ t break the wood, just put it on the fire and leave the excess hanging out and feed it into the fire as it burns down. No one said
it has to be pretty. � Gather as much downed dry limbs as possible. Green wood tend to not burn, but after a fire has been going several hours and has really hot coals it will burn, just not as well.
Now that you have gathered your wood, take out your survival knife and start stabbing the ground and dig a hole 2-3 feet in diameter. Dig this hole about 4-5 inches deep. Once again this will take some energy so work at a pace, but a steady one. You’ re not digging for gold. This hole will be your pit for the fire. It will also keep you coals in a
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