建造 大雨野外“廁所”露營

Hello, my old friends Hello, world ones Here I am back at my nemesis This old stone hut This is my third attempt here Trying to have a successful sheltered night Using this hut with a tarp for a roof Will I succeed? Or will I scurry back to my car in the middle of the night With my tail between my legs Let's find out Grim So the first time I attempted this I used a DD super light Which just got ripped to shreds on the rock And I bailed It keeps trying to take off like a parachute Oh dear Oh The tarp's gone The second time I used a really heavy canvas tarp That didn't rip But it let water through And it was pretty miserable to be honest I've been up without anything at all I feel pretty rough So let me show you what I've got this time I've got my DD multi cam 3.5 by 3.5 So this is bigger than the first one I tried And it's going to be a bit stronger Because the first one was a super light And I'm hoping because it's a bit bigger And will have a bit of extra flappage I can put that over the door here To try and stop the rain coming in the doorway Because that's been a problem every time I've tried this Whether it will rip upon the rocks Along the top or not I don't know It may do But I've got some cloths and stuff To put over any sharp bits Along the edges to try and stop it ripping Then I've got lots of pegs, skyline, cordage And delta ground anchors And then This My ridiculous big extending pole Just great for warding off predators Like this one So what I'm thinking is I'm going to use this to create a pitch So put it up in the middle So that the rain water will run off The tarp instead of pooling in the middle That's the plan Whether it will work Is yet to be seen Right let's go, I've got about 5 hours of daylight This is Stone Hut with a tarp Round 3 Before I start wrestling with it out there What am I supposed to do with that It's 3 guy lines I'm not even going to entertain it I'm going to cut them off And replace them with paracord Here we are Inside Got to fix up all these sides now Progress up To keep the rain from coming in through the door Couple of issues though I've already got a rip And Found the back I've sort of misjudged it so There's not a lot of material At the back but It seems to be anchored in Pretty securely By Every attachment point I think it's probably The most attachment points I've had on one of these things so far So Yeah Now we just wait and see I suppose Nice and dry in here though So in the end I didn't use these because the ground's too rocky I can't get them in the ground And I've decided not to use My little cloths on The rough rocky bits Because they are expecting this to fail In the middle of the night And I don't want them getting scattered everywhere Making a mess Trying to find them in the dark So I'm not going to bother What all these will be What do we reckon Is this one going to work I don't think it is I don't know Right I have just changed into my lovely warm clothes I'm sitting in my sleeping bag I'm not overly confident To be honest with you I'm expecting a midnight bail I mean if this rips And starts stucking around I'm just going to get up and go Because I don't want to be getting in and out of the bag Getting soaked and stuff Which just wouldn't be a good idea So all my clothes are wet My posh waterproofs That I've been wearing Didn't keep the water out So when we do go I'll just have to put my wet clothes on top of my bed clothes Yeah that was really really Hard work Every time I do this I forget how horrendous It was the last time But you know I suppose If this one works It will be nice to say that we did it successfully Third time lucky This is definitely The most sheltered one I've done so far Really promising It's having that door covered Absolutely lashing down on it So the rain's not coming in from that direction So it is mid January At the moment So I've made life quite difficult for myself Doing this today Because the nights are so long So we've got 15, 16 hours I don't know exactly what it is And it's not just that I've got a long night in here It's that this tarp needs to hold up For a really long time I didn't really consider that When I decided to do this in January It's never my day Yeah and it's not just the tarp either It's that the guy lines Because they're all held down with rocks Eventually it just soars through them Hopefully I've got enough guy lines on That they'll all sort of work together And support each other It's 6 o'clock And so far Everything Is holding in place This pole in the middle did slip once During a big gust And I just popped it back And it's been fine Got a ways to go yet though But I don't know A little bit more hopeful now Than I was earlier That this might hold up I don't think I'm ever going to have The really dry Cosy Little night in a hut That I always imagined with this place But so far This has been a really good shelter And if I can get through to the morning With the roof on And get a fairly decent night's sleep I'm going to call this a success It's only half 8 But I'm feeling a bit dozy So I might try and get some sleep Hopefully this roof Will still be here in the morning Laying right next to my pole here If it falls down in the night I'll just whack it back up And go back to sleep I feel quiet for a bit now Cos this has been going for hours And not budging We'll see Good morning Welcome to this beautiful Dark January morning Where my roof is still on And I have successfully Camped in the stone hut With a tarp I'm warm and dry I've had a nice rest I just can't believe it I have finally done it I think the difference on this one Is having the bigger tarp That's allowed me to have this lovely Lip over the front Stop the rain coming in It's kept me lovely and dry And no rains come through here Of course you get condensation On the roof And when the wind blows That condensation flicks off All over you But that can't be helped It's not leaked or anything Like the canvas tarp did All the extra guy points Around the edge Because it is a bigger tarp So it's really held down In lots of places The guys are in place still It's amazing This pole Which has given it a nice pitch So the rain just runs off And it also holds it Nice and taut as well And being a stronger tarp Than the first one I used The first one's super light This one's a bit more robust It's still taken one for the team Of course it's ripped in quite a few places But they're only little rips It's not gone all the way through Like the first one did And ripped into pieces Oh yeah got some nice rips going on there Yeah look Oh wow look at this That's a nice one Sorry tarp So I guess I can finally Put this one to bed now When I had the idea for this Stone hut with a tarp thing I didn't realise Just how difficult It was going to be Now I mean It's been absolutely horrendous But it's also been Really wonderful you know Yeah I'll miss this little hut But I'm really pleased to have done it So I guess that's it It's all over Just goes to show I suppose Persistence pays off Just keep going Even if it feels nightmarish at the time Thank you for everything It's like the end of an era Maybe I'll be back