Archive of Category: Backpacking Skills
Snow Shelters That Don’t Collapse: Quinzhee, Snow Trench, and Snow Cave Construction with Ventilation and Entry Design
Snow as a Building Material: Strength, Sintering, and Load Paths Why snow shelters fail in the real world Snow shelters usually fail for boring reasons, not dramatic ones. The roof gets too thin, the shape is wrong, or someone keeps “touching up” the ceiling until it turns into a weak
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Building an Improvised Raft or Flotation Aid: Safe Construction and Ferry Techniques for River Crossings
Deciding Whether a Raft Crossing Is the Right Call Reading the River Before You Touch the Water Before you start gathering materials, decide if you should be crossing at all. Moving water is deceptive: a river that looks “knee deep” can still knock you down if the bottom is slick
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