Tarp lean to

What you need

• A tarp, 8 by 10 or bigger
• 25 feet of paracord
• Six pegs, or six stakes you carve
• A knife

How

1. Put your back to the wind. Pick a spot with nothing dead hanging over it.
2. Run a ridge line between two trees at chest height, tight enough that it hums when you flick it.
3. Lay the tarp over the line so the back wall drops all the way to the ground behind you.
4. Peg the back edge down hard.
5. Pull the front edge out and up to about 45 degrees and peg it.
6. Bank the back edge with snow, moss or deadfall to cut the draft.
7. Build the fire out front, past the drip line, so the heat bounces off the back wall onto you.

Watch for

Notes

If the tarp is small, drop the ridge line to knee height and sleep with your feet to the fire.