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2. Poncho tent - Wikipedia

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   A poncho tent is an extremely popular form of emergency survival shelter. Numerous examples can be seen published in books and on websites including official military manuals. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] These are distinct from other forms of temporary emergency shelter in part because of the improvised use of dual purpose materials.

3. Tarp tent - Wikipedia

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   An improvised tent using polytarp as a fly, folded into two rectangles along its centerline An improvised Forester tent using an 8-foot square tarp, folded into two triangles along its diagonal A loue is a Finnish open tent-like shelter. A tarp tent is a single walled hybrid of a tent and a tarpaulin, generally used in combination with a ...

4. Ultralight backpacking - Wikipedia

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   The lightest tents are single wall, but even some double wall tents are very light weight. Weight can be further reduced by using poncho-tarps, or a bivy sack ("Alpine style") as the sole shelter. [7] Generally as weight decreases, the skill needed to shelter safely increases.

5. Fifteen survival shelters that can save your life - AOL

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   To build the wedge tarp shelter, stake down two corners of the tarp into the wind (not opposing corners). Then tie up a line to the center of the opposite side of the tarp. Tie the remaining two ...

6. Basha (tarpaulin) - Wikipedia

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   The word 'basha' is an Assamese word meaning a 'hut' but this term was adopted more generally for a makeshift temporary shelter by the British military. [2] [3] The Assamese word refers to a range of naturally fabricated shelters made of bamboo and palm materials, but it most probably first entered British Army vocabulary to mean a temporary shelter by Chindits operating behind enemy lines in ...

7. Loue (tent) - Wikipedia

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   Suitable standing tree trunks may be used to suspend the tent if an open campfire is not to be used. This style of ''tarp tent" can best be raised using a scissors-pole assembly. [2] A pole suspension system allows for positioning an open fire in front of the shelter without the risk of damaging tree trunks or roots.