Chapter 5

Shelters

TYPES OF SHELTERS

PARACHUTE HAMMOCK

5-30. You can make a hammock using six to eight gores of parachute canopy and two trees about 4.5 meters (15 feet) apart (Figure 5-8).

Figure 5-8. Parachute Hammock

Survival index

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