A useful part of any hiking, camping or survival kit is a poncho; in a rainstorm they can be invaluable for keeping you dry, but if you have the right type of poncho, you have a survival tool for many different purposes.

For example, a military-issue or survival-style poncho with grommets can be used to collect water, store food above the ground to keep it from critters, as ground cover, distress signal, duck blind, sun blocker, trail marker and much more.

Another way you can use a survival style poncho is for a quick survival shelter, and you have many options as to the type you construct.

The video on the next page will cover nine different ways you can use your survival style poncho to build a survival shelter.

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