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While you wait for rescue, where should you set up a tent or tarp?

Put it where air and ground rescuers can see it.

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  1. Under the thickest brush
  2. Inside a narrow ravine
  3. Where rescuers can see it ✔

Why: A shelter can double as a signal. If conditions are safe, make its location obvious from the air and from the ground.

Huh, didn't know that: If your shelter is hidden, like a snow cave, tie spare clothing to tree branches to mark it.

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Answer: Where rescuers can see it. A shelter can double as a signal. If conditions are safe, make its location obvious from the air and from the ground.

  1. Scouting America Wilderness Survival Pamphlet filestore.scouting.org/filestore/Merit_Badge_ReqandRes/Pamphlets/Wilderness%20Survival.pdf
    Set up tents and tarps where they can be seen from aircraft and by rescuers on the ground.
    Checked 2026-10-09.

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