Quick Shelter Builder Challenge

Your shelter needs to provide protection from the conditions. Put the construction stages into the correct sequence.

Drag and rearrange the steps into the correct order and let us know how you did in the comments below.

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CRAIG BURR

FOUNDER · SURVIVAL GUIDES UK

I'm Craig, the person behind Survival Guides UK. I created SGUK because I wanted somewhere people could learn real outdoor skills in a practical, straightforward way — from lighting a fire and tying knots to navigation, campcraft and everything in between.

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