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- Now that I have beaver,
we're gonna build the permanent shelter
just a little farther over. I'm gonna check that out today.
I think in the later months,
that warmer shelter will be key.
I think I'm gonna start knocking down
a couple trees a day
to start putting around my wikiup--
that's like a teepee structure.
I'm gonna go for this one right here.
Main reason is it's tall and straight.
And secondary, it opens up more light to my shelter area
for winter, so kinda wanna thin out forest
or think about what you're doing,
not just cut what you need.
I always wanna just live in a wikiup, or teepee--
Native-inspired.
And it's a very easy-to-build shelter.
It's very energy-efficient,
as long as you build it the right size.
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Meaning, the size that you can stand up in
so you're not bent over all the time.
At least a diameter of 14 to 16 feet
across the bottom.
And anything smaller than that,
and you end up fatiguing your back
for a long time.
Got it wrapped up there for today.
Sleep long.
Storage.
Cooking.
Entrance.
Probably gonna take me a week to get it sealed in,
and that's weather permitting, of course.
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Planning to put the tarp around,
then more beams on top of the tarp
to kinda tighten that tarp up.
We're just gonna start experimenting
and see what does and doesn't make sense.
With this kind of shelter,
I actually don't need the bottom
totally sealed by the tarp.
I just need this a foot and a half off the bottom
just so that moisture goes to the ground.
Eh, that's a little more homey,
just that little adjustment.
We're in the ballpark of what I like.
We got our work cut out, but you just do a little at a time.
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All right, back in action.
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Lotta work on just the lower half.
I'm getting pine boughs up
to create some dead air space,
and seal this structure.
There it is, there's my day of work.
Pretty good, right?
That's in case I want to bring my stove out, right here.
Gonna keep that open.
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Nice space.
Bigger than I would normally build,
but for the long-term, gives me room to get around,
get moving, and we're just gonna put
a little door right here where I'm at.
It'll be kneeling height, so just above my head here.
And the rest'll be sealed.
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Okay.
We are going to work on building the air channel
into the fire pit.
But I think I'm gonna just trench this out right here,
and we need to create a nice air flow in,
and it'll come in under this rock here.
So this fire can pull air from underneath
and go up.
Straight up and out the top.
It's, like, perfect.
Like a chimney.
This is my dream house right here.
Wikiup teepee in the woods.
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