Thankfully, we don’t need any help surviving a zombie apocalypse.
However, we do need help in real-life situations- like being thrust into natural calamities and extreme weather conditions.
Now, if you are someone adventurous and found yourself lost in the middle of the freezing wilderness, you might find this simple life hack very useful.
It’s a life-saving tip worth knowing.
Scablands Scavenger
That’s what the man’s YouTube channel is called and according to him, his channel is all about, “General outdoor adventure. No over-the-top outlandish spectacles, just a guy who enjoys the outdoors and all things related to that.”
In this video, he showed his viewers how to build a simple emergency shelter to survive the cold winter in case they need to stay overnight in the open.
“If you end up getting caught out in bad weather while out in the field and have limited resources this style of shelter can be made with no tools, and little skill. Just build it small and use as much material as you have energy to gather, the more you get the warmer you will be,” he wrote in the video’s description.
The Arid Scablands, also known as the Channeled Scablands, is a unique and distinctive landscape located in eastern Washington State in the United States.
The region is characterized by a lack of vegetation, a dry climate, and extensive basalt formations resulting from past cataclysmic floods.
So, it’s a barren wasteland.
During winter, the Arid Scablands experience colder temperatures compared to other seasons, although the severity of winter weather can vary from year to year.
The average winter temperatures in the region range from lows of around 20°F (-7°C) to highs of around 40°F (4°C).
However, it’s important to note that temperatures can drop below freezing, and occasional snowfall can occur.
Sounds like a real challenge, especially to those who are not so good during the cold season.
Overnight stay in the freezing open?
Worry not, this man’s got your back.
With little to no resources at all, you might say finding, let alone making your makeshift shelter is impossible. Well, this is where your resourcefulness will go full throttle.
The man also shares it’s not safe to tuck yourself in between cliff bases. Why? Because heavy snow might end up pushing rocks on top of you and that’s obviously not a good thing.
The Channeled Scablands doesn’t really offer much to campers like bamboo, fern, or large trees.
So, this skillful man said in the video that you need to look for thick bushes of bulrush plants that are about 2.5 to 3 feet tall.
Thankfully, lowlands are blessed with it.
Basically, when the snow falls on bulrush plants, it makes them bend over to such a position that looks like an arc or tunnel.
That’s exactly where you want to build your makeshift shelter, or what he referred to as a “sleeping bag”.
Let those hands do all the work.
All you have to do is slide your arms into the thicket where you want to make your space and use them to push the bulrush aside.
Your tunnel will form in no time.
The space doesn’t need to be very wide because it would defeat the purpose of you making a sleeping bag to survive the night.
It needs to be at least wide enough for you to go in and deep enough to fit your entire body from head to toe.
Additionally, to make your shelter warmer, you could also add piles of dry grasses and more bulrush plants.
Just put thickly lay the grass inside your shelter to dense it up for a warmer feel and the dried-up bulrush plants on top as an additional roof to protect your head from the cold outdoor temperatures.
Can you guess what he did next?
The man also recorded himself for 24 straight hours while staying inside his makeshift shelter to test its efficiency.
See how it’s done and just how effective it is in the video below!
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