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Originally Posted by tenderfoot  cut down a pine tree (so it is on its side but not all the way on the ground ie still half attached to the stump) and then cut out the branches on the bottom till you fit inside the cavity and line with an emergency blanket. nice and warm and cozy. easy to if you have a good sized axe. you may even be able to fit a buddy.  |
I would really worry about the security of a freshly cut tree landing in a way that allowed it to stay partially hung, thus creating the cavity you speak of. It would be my fear that such a tree might shift in wind or just from stress on whatever it landed on, and come crushing down on me in the middle of the night. At least a blow-down that has been there a while is probably more secure and has shifted all it is likely to do before you started messing with it to finish it as shelter. I have a real aversion to taking shelter under any trees that might come down, either whole or in parts, and try very hard to avoid that situation when building lean-to's and such.