The simplest form of emergency shortterm shelter is something
many of us played with during the autumns of our childhoods: fallen leaves.
If you find yourself lost in a deciduous forest in the autumn, it doesn’t take
too much time or effort to create a big pile of leaves, into which you can
slither like a worm. You’d be surprised how much warmth leaves will hold.
Natural hollows in the ground or fallen trees are another form of
emergency shortterm shelter, and work especially well if you can fill them
(and cover yourself!) with leaves. Caves or animal dens also work, but make
very sure they are no longer inhabited.
Crawling like an animal into a pile of forest debris (making a “nest”) can get you through
a night or two.
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