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Who builds forts in the forest?

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EricaMN.
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Me and my friend recently built a fairly large tipi with a fire. we made this on an island on the river by my cabin. Anyone else who has made a fort this summer, post em up!

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Aug 15 2011 10:20PM
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soulskier
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pedophiles
Aug 15 2011 10:21PM
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SkiThe603
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you are correct sir
Aug 15 2011 10:23PM
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Sklar
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me and my buddies did some Bear Grylls camping this summer and made a really sweet shelter, ill post pics when i can
Aug 15 2011 10:23PM
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Peter.
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hobos do

remember that thread about the girl living in the tarp by that kid's house? so long ago. the guy had a gnome for his icon though
Aug 15 2011 10:25PM
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1337
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i remember this
Aug 15 2011 10:26PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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me too. gotta find it
Aug 15 2011 10:27PM
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Peter.
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his username started with a t too i believe. lived in NY i believe
Aug 15 2011 10:28PM
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Bart.Man
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2 years ago I went backpacking with a group of friends in the early winter, it was snowy and a good amount of snow was on the ground,, so instead of a tent, we set to on a bad ass shelter. We leaned a bunch of llimbs against a tree, teepee style, lined the outside with pine bows and another layer of sticks, lined the floor with pinebows, a space blanket, and more pine bows, and crammed 3 people in it. It was so warm we woke up in the morning with melted chocolate in the shelter.
Aug 15 2011 10:28PM
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statuswhitegirl
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t3dizzle now tbatt, cant find the thread tho
Aug 15 2011 10:30PM
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Peter.
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there it is. haven't seen him post in a while
Aug 15 2011 10:30PM
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.Hugo.
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My friends and I used to all them time when we were younger
Aug 15 2011 10:32PM
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inactive
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i hope to god you drank your own piss
Aug 15 2011 10:44PM
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Sklar
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no thanks
Aug 15 2011 10:45PM
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.spaghetticat.
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Aug 15 2011 10:49PM
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EC-Skier
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damn right we do













wut? O_o
Aug 15 2011 10:51PM
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Peter.
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yeah it was really indepth, if i recall correctly the girl was decent looking too
Aug 15 2011 10:52PM
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Peter.
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i have no clue, it was a good 3 years ago i think
Aug 15 2011 11:02PM
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TOAST.
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You got to build a snow shelter. Never done it have always wanted to and apparently they are really warm cause the snow doesnt get less than 32 degrees or somthing like that
Aug 15 2011 11:12PM
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Peter.
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bump
Aug 16 2011 1:17AM
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neutralzombie
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not in the forest but i build forts with mattress and blankies.
Aug 16 2011 1:21AM
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Deezy
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i used to, but now i use these tent things. really easy to set up
Aug 16 2011 1:31AM
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emilyiscool
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i love building forts :)
Aug 16 2011 1:33AM
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hellyeaaaah
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Man, you gotta build them in the tallest trees you can find. Tree forts are the cat's pyjamas
Aug 16 2011 1:38AM
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pelle_munch
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threads for old thread.
Aug 16 2011 1:46AM
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EricaMN.
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That was our plan but when we got to the island, there was only saplings haha
Aug 16 2011 2:26AM
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kungfusteeze
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THIS :D Haha. Sometimes with cardboard boxes too.
Aug 16 2011 6:07AM
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neutralzombie
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Aug 16 2011 9:18AM
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Yinzer
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Used to be a nice fort in the glades off gooesbumps at 7 springs.  heard they took it down cause too many people were hot boxin it.
Aug 16 2011 9:50AM
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Nathan_the_G
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i found some homless guys fort in the woods but yeah i made a big fort like that use it playing airsoft too
Aug 16 2011 10:40AM
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Ski_Alot
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i slept in a debris shelter for 3 days /claim?
Aug 16 2011 11:06AM
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WakaShocka
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very true we have a problem with this in my area by our lake
Aug 16 2011 11:20AM
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Huck_Norris
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I make forts like whoa.   

This one is the only one I have a pic of though.  Fits about 4-6 people depending on the people.  The view is nice too and once the snow blows in, we can make a door and seal the sides off igloo style for some insulationand warmth.  Next time I head up I'm hiking up a snowboard bench and some candles so we'll have something to sit on and warm it up with.   

If you know where this is, PM me and I'll overnight you a free high five. 

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this is the view out the front door. 

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Aug 16 2011 11:27AM
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MatteoSmatteo
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dude thats so sick. my uncle did the same thing out of manzanita brush but he uses it as his retreat to smoke pot, read from the bible, and meditate.
Aug 16 2011 1:14PM
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kungfusteeze
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I can't quote Jeniffa$ right now, mobile NS... But I love you Jenny... And your epic forts haha.
Aug 16 2011 3:59PM
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GayWolf420
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I think I might do that with all the trees behind my house. Forts are fucking cool.
Aug 16 2011 4:01PM
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EC-Skier
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same! at this camp

Maine Conservation Camp?
Aug 16 2011 4:25PM
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Sam.Carson
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hahah sounds like a good guy
Aug 16 2011 5:53PM
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theabortionator
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TED MOTHERFUCKING BATTESH!


Aug 16 2011 5:56PM
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EricaMN.
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Damn, this puts mine to shame... I'm hoping to get back to my cabin soon so I can work on making this one bigger. It was pretty sketchy when we built this cause most of the work was done at night and I see bears and cougars at my cabin occasionally. Also to add insult to injury, I chopped through a hornet nest directly behind the fort when I was cutting saplings
Aug 16 2011 6:31PM
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tall_pants
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i built one but then deer knocked it down
Aug 16 2011 6:44PM
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soulskier
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i have this delusion that mods have an "easy button" that makes this kind of stuff a lot easier, bummer
Aug 16 2011 9:09PM
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hoodratz47
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at cmc Leadville me and some guys buitl a fucking long house....   could hold like 12 peeps in it.. and it was all good untill the snow pwnd it.   then it only held like 8 peeps.. but we used to have fires in it.. and drink a shit ton of booze an smoke lots of pot. .   great times...  sorta the same thing..

the house i live in now is my buddys old house so when we were kids we would go to the creek/ goochen  and play and hang and shit.. so we decided to dam up the creek so we could swim.. we had a cool little fort down there so we figured a swiming spot would be fine.. so we dammed up the cluvert at the bottom of the creek and the water rose......     and fuck... it worked very very well. so well that we buitl a dock and a zip line across it.    pretty fucking tits..  but then... when the water was like 4 feet deep( wich took about 2 weeks to fill up..) my buddy and i went down and his dog came with us.. and proceded to piss and shit in the water.... so we unpugged it. and started new..  

during the next fill up.. we came down to check on the water.. and  a fucking racoon had deceded to just die on our dock ....    just a dead fucking coon.     so we cleaned it up and then finaly we go to enjoy our swiming hole...

so yeah i am a fort fucking master.

Aug 16 2011 10:52PM
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technique.
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hey guize! is this it?

https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/250329/page/4/
Aug 16 2011 11:06PM
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sammiedee
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I started building one but haven't finished it yet, might upload pics later
Aug 16 2011 11:44PM
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Relish_man
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I'VE ALWAYS GOTS MYSELF A HUGE TENT PITCHED






IN MY PANTS
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Aug 16 2011 11:52PM
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k-rob
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when my friends and i were younger we used to build forts all over the woods and then other kids would build forts and we'd knock theirs down and theyd knock ours down and i dont have a lot of friends in this neighbourhood now because of that
Aug 17 2011 12:02AM
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