How to make a tepee - It's easy!

[steevo]

Tie 6-8 longish poles together at one end (the top), raise the rough structure upright and spread the poles evenly apart. Digging small holes for the pole bases will stabilize the structure. Cover with canvas or other material; use small branches and overlapped leaves if nothing else is available.

http://www.solareagle.com/PREP/TEPEE.GIF
http://homeschooljourney.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/232.jpg

[hunter77]

Tie 6-8 longish poles together at one end (the top), raise the rough structure upright and spread the poles evenly apart. Digging small holes for the pole bases will stabilize the structure. Cover with canvas or other material; use small branches and overlapped leaves if nothing else is available.

http://www.solareagle.com/PREP/TEPEE.GIF
http://homeschooljourney.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/232.jpg

nice work steevo, if the tp is tall enough you can place apeice of ducting ln the middle of the poles to act as a chimney so you are able to have a fire:)

[tomahawk]

Tie 6-8 longish poles together at one end (the top), raise the rough structure upright and spread the poles evenly apart. Digging small holes for the pole bases will stabilize the structure. Cover with canvas or other material; use small branches and overlapped leaves if nothing else is available.

http://www.solareagle.com/PREP/TEPEE.GIF
http://homeschooljourney.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/232.jpg

What would you use to cover it with?. Are they British Weather proof?.

[hunter77]

What would you use to cover it with?. Are they British Weather proof?.

waxed canvas woul do the job v well:):)

[tomahawk]

waxed canvas woul do the job v well:):)

I actually lived in one for a while in cornwall with an oddball that suffered from OCD (Long story). It was covered with tarps that were not exactly waterproof and all I had to sleep on were two manky straw bales. All in all that experience wasn't pretty.

[hunter77]

I actually lived in one for a while in cornwall with an oddball that suffered from OCD (Long story). It was covered with tarps that were not exactly waterproof and all I had to sleep on were two manky straw bales. All in all that experience wasn't pretty.

poor you:( a bet it was a clean wig wam though:D

[phildee3]

Tie 6-8 longish poles together at one end (the top), raise the rough structure upright and spread the poles evenly apart.



You've obviously not done it.
This doesn't work.
You must start with a tripod, then lay the other poles in.

full instructions here:
http://www.tipis.co.uk/tipis.htm

[lookfar]

Yeah there's defo a knack to getting it right, it looks easy to assemble but takes a bit of time to do properly.

I love tipis, you can't beat em with the firepit in the middle, what more could you want? Think I could quite easily live in one (although not like the one you lived in tomahawk, that doesn't sound too good, I'd want more than tarps & straw, lol:))

[phildee3]

Yeah there's defo a knack to getting it right, it looks easy to assemble but takes a bit of time to do properly.



It takes time to learn to do it properly,
and to practice a few times,
but once you've learned it can be done quite quickly.

[phildee3]

Digging small holes for the pole bases will stabilize the structure.



Big mistake!
If anything, the base of the poles should sit on a slight rise.

[scatlond]

Can it withstand burning aviation fuel.

[steevo]

Thanks for your replies (except for Phildee who just lies to criticize).

No I have not made a tepee but it will work. Cos it just common sense. I have cross referenced these tepees in my survival books and they say the same thing. I am not saying that I blindly trust the survival books, but like I say, it's just common sense really. But if you aint got none of that then dont bother.

You can cover the teppe in bark too.

In the LONG term, you could build a more sturdy tepee but in the short term, you NOW know how to build one. You can now make your own shelter in the forest (or in your garden :D).

Tepees would keep you alive. It may be uncomfortable, but if you cant handle nature then you need to toughen up a bit, I'm sorry to have to tell you :p Your other option is FEMA death camps.

[phildee3]

Thanks for your replies (except for Phildee who just lies to criticize).




My posts on this thread are absolutely meant to help people!



No I have not made a tepee but it will work.



No it will not.
I had one once, which I lived in for over a year,
and have erected several others - dozens of times.

If you're not prepared to do it properly, you're wasting your time.
If you want to throw something together quickly in an emergency, a bender is the way to go.

(except for steevo, who knows everything).

[phildee3]

Why dont you start a new thead YOURSELF on how to REALLY build a tepee THE CORRECT WAY ?



Because it's already been written up as thoroughly as I could do it myself.
I posted the link in message no. 7.

[scatlond]

chill out Guys its only a tent.:)

[phildee3]

chill out Guys its only a tent.:)



You've obviously not put one up either -
or lived in one.

[jonas parker]

Is the small white one in the picture a "pup-teepee"? :p

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