Primitive Living Vs Backpacking

feeds@yuku.com (Tipi Walter) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:15:32 GMT

Bear with me here, I wrote this long rant on a recent backpacking trip when I brought several PaleoPlanet forum thread copies to read and thought I'd share it with you guys.
PRIMITIVE LIVING VS BACKPACKING
There are many "abo" types out there who feel the call of the stone age hunter-gatherer and PaleoPlanet is one website forum devoted to Cro Magnon enthusiasts. Like most "zealots", many have some sort of idealistic cyber-dream to sleep in a debris hut for...

recycled billboard teepee

feeds@yuku.com (panbreaux) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:40:53 GMT

would this type of material be good for a teepee cover? i do a lot of disaster relief volunteering and every place i go we have recycled billboards to use for temporary roofing and tarps. it's tough stuff and can handle years of neglect and abuse. i know of a few houses that have had it on the roof for over 5 years. it should last a very long time if taken care of. at 6-12 cents per square foot and large enough sizes that you could just trace and cut out, making for less sewing. i find...

take apart poles

feeds@yuku.com (panbreaux) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:08:05 GMT

i've been kicking around the idea of acquiring a teepee and the one thing that always comes up with most users is the hassle of transporting the poles. after poking around a i've found a few websites with examples of take apart poles.

i can understand if someone is using solid wood poles and wanting to keep things paleo since using pipe for connectors isn't authentic. but with bamboo poles it would be quite easy to lash the cut ends and install a hardwood peg.

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A frame debris shelter- pic heavy

feeds@yuku.com (svaldrin) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:01:23 GMT

This is my a frame debris shelter I built in my back yard I have slept in it twice now and both time's were cold and rainy around 20 degrees F and so far I think I prefer this shelter to modern tents at least for winter camping. Sorry for the lack in camera quality as our good one got stolen try to get better pics

side view

Teepee Liners

feeds@yuku.com (zeNBowyer) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:18:01 GMT

About to do some winter camping in a teepee, was wondering
what the difference is with and without a floor/liner,
I'm thinking first of all you are going to have to deal
with a lot more insects crawling into the teepee without
a floor,
I was suprised to hear someone say that you needed a liner
in the winter to provide a sufficient flu for a stove,
anyways I was hoping to get some opinions from other
teepee...

Book - Builders of the Pacific Coast

feeds@yuku.com (Prairie Man) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:43:01 GMT

Lloyd Kahn has another great book out , check out the slideshow , WOW ! http://shelterpub.com/_builders/BPC-slideshow.html

Tipi Living

feeds@yuku.com (Nomadic Preacher) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:57:01 GMT

If i wanted to live in a Native American tipi for an extended amount of time. what are the basic things i would need to know?
thanks!

John

Modern Wickiup (pic heavy)

feeds@yuku.com (Profsaffel) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:27:45 GMT

Hi all. I've posted in the primitive archery forum mostly, but I thought I'd share something in here.

About a year ago, I built this wickiup-style primitive shelter out of both natural and modern materials.

Preserve bamboo?

feeds@yuku.com (trad archer) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:44:57 GMT

What would be the best way to cure or preserve bamboo for tipi or tent poles? I made some 22 footers a few years ago but they split and broke up after a few years. Is there a way to preserve them? Thanks

Tiny houses

feeds@yuku.com (Cuddles McKitten) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:29:43 GMT

This isn't paleo, but I absolutely had to share this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbRvsWuWNUM I just think the concept is great.

anyone have any idea where I can live

feeds@yuku.com (BCbud) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:35:08 GMT

I have decided that I"ve had enough of "civilization" and I want to live free in the paradise of B.C. The only problem I have is finding a place to do so. Is there anyone out there that has any idea of how to go about this. I mean there are hundreds of thousands of square kms of pristine wilderness on the west coast but I don"t wanna be hassled after all the sweat and blood lost building a camp, nevermind the law. any thoughts?

TiPi Building

feeds@yuku.com (Fireman26) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:19:03 GMT

Interested in making one for my kids, I think it will be cool for them/us to camp in. I have seen some plans on the internet, but none of them go into enough detail. I guess I need info on a pattern, what material to use etc... Any info will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Jason

My Tyvek Tee Pee or Sami Lavvu

feeds@yuku.com (fiddler49) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:42:18 GMT

My great grandmother was Sami from Norway and I was inspired by some ones post about Sami lavvus/tee pee type shelter so I made this one from Home wrap Tyvek and 9 each, 10 ft long bamboo poles. A true Sami lavvu is usually just a bit wider than it is tall, which makes them excellent in high winds and has a tall door that you can walk right through with out stooping. It's been raining hard for a week now and Ive got the lavvu set up in the yard. With a garbage bag over the hole and poles...

Making a new tipi

feeds@yuku.com (Bad Hand) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:16:08 GMT

I just started making a new tipi this one will be a 17 ft so I can use it on my trap lines. The big tipi I have (22ft) is too big for one person to set up and too hard to find an area big enough for it. I couldn't decide between a 16 ft or an 18ft so I split the difference.

Historic Documentation for Neck Knives....is there?

feeds@yuku.com (Cheshire Cat 58) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:59:20 GMT

After reading all the posts..pro and con of neck knives and the damage they can impose or how handy they are......then the posts that keep saying how historic they are.......How Historic Are They and where? So the question is posed....to answer we cannot use hear say or that is the way I have been taught...we need written or visual First Person information on these knives and the container used on/around the neck. Do we have this?

Linen Tent Treatment Questions

feeds@yuku.com (Kier) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:29:16 GMT

Recently, my sister moved out of state and she had to lighten her load, so she gave me a decent amount of 100% green linen.

I originally wanted the linen to back a few bows with, but there is more than enough for that purpose.

So, I was wondering what I could do with all this yardage of linen, and it struck me that linen had, in a period of history, been used for tents. So I began a web search for linen tents and came across some SCA sites that use them and found about 3...

Native American Shelter

feeds@yuku.com (Leigh) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:01:23 GMT

Hi

Found a site by a young woman doing her Thesis on Native American wigwam structures... how they were made and with what. Pretty neat site. She has an email address if you want to contact her for a copy of the paper. Here's the link...

http://www.uwlax.edu/sociology/Archaeology/students/schultz/index.htm

Leigh

What sort of shelter should I use at Dirttime?

feeds@yuku.com (Christopher P) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:40:35 GMT

As the time approaches, I'm considering how I might camp for the week at Dirttime this year.

Here's a snapshot of the general terrain, taken from the gate to the area...

With sun like this:

And friends like this......

questions about tipis

feeds@yuku.com (pinegrizz) — Sun, 10 May 2009 07:20:04 GMT

I've gotten my ife interested in possibly buying a tipi! We're not sure what size we need for a family of five. We think we could manage in a 16' tipi, though I lean towards a 18' maybe 20'. And then there's my wife's obsession with air matresses. She wants a queen sized one and we're not sure exactly how well a inflatable air matress will get along with a open fire in the middle of the tipi.

Any tips and suggestions are more than welcome!
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Dealing with animal feces

feeds@yuku.com (Panzer Packrat) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:27:46 GMT

Today I was out in the forest and came across one heck of a ready made shelter. It's a rock that has split, then had a large tree grow in the crack, enlarging it. Because of the way it split then shifted, there is a 4 ft wide x 5ft tall by 8 ft deep "cave" underneath it. It's on a hill and has a lot of shale and cracked rock that allows the water to run away. Only problem is it looks like it's the local woodland creature's porta-potty. Animal poo everywhere. I...

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