Build a shelter in the woods using materials found locally

“But at some point along the way, you get tired. I know I did, when I built my first one. There's a big difference between making a shelter with 19 other people, and doing it by yourself! I hit the wall when I had covered the whole structure with armloads of leaves, but there wasn't enough debris worked in between the branches. There were holes and openings and lots of empty spaces, where cold could seep in, or where the wind would blow right through, taking away my body-warmed air.”

“I found a forked stick that served as a crude rake, and this allowed me to quickly create a pile of leaves that I stuffed in all the openings. I gathered boughs from a fallen pine that make a soft, sweet bed, and lined it with tall dead grasses I found at the edge of the field. When I slept in this shelter for the first time, it was deeply satisfying.”