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101 Camping Out Ideas & Activities
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REED HUTS
You can make both the pyramid hut and the gabled hut out of reeds. Reeds have the advantage of being rainproof and very warm as well. To be sure, you do need a great many reeds to make a good covering. The method you use depends on whether summer (green) or winter (dried) reeds are available. If you have pliable summer reeds, take a handful with the cut edges toward the top and the tips pointing down, and bind them, once again starting
Summer reeds
Winter reeds
at the bottom, over the first horizontal support, under the second, over the third, and so forth. Since the fresh reeds shrivel quickly and leave gaps, dry winter reeds are much better. Gather bundles of reeds by the armful, tie bunches together at the end, and then fasten them on the framework of the hut like roof shingles, pushed close to each other and overlapping. Huts covered with dead leaves or reeds dry out quickly in the
sun and become parched. Therefore, it is dangerous to have a fire in the hut or even to light a fire nearby.
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