Bath in nature. Do-it-yourself camping bath: all the subtleties of construction

A camping bath is a mobile analogue of stationary structures. The structure is assembled on site from improvised materials or a specialized tent and stove, which can be purchased at stores with goods for outdoor activities. If you are going to make a camping bath with your own hands, you will need to prepare before the event. To do this, you need to familiarize yourself with the installation process and the choice of materials necessary for its implementation.

What are camping baths

There are several options for the execution of a tourist camping bath:

• based on the purchased stove and tent;
• completely made up of improvised means;
• combined from specialized and improvised materials.

The first way to build a camping bath is the simplest, however, it has several significant disadvantages:

• acquisition costs;
• transportation of the overall stove and frame;

The option is suitable for tourists who often go to nature in their own car. If the installation of a camping bath-tent is planned very rarely, then it makes little sense to purchase specialized products.

Attention! It is not recommended to use synthetic tents for the construction of a bath. They are not designed for high temperatures (even if they are refractory impregnated) and can quickly deteriorate, as well as release toxic substances during the heating process. The implementation of a tourist bath is possible from tarpaulin tents.

Choosing a place to install a camping bath

To install a camping bath, you need to choose a place where there will be enough stones to build a stove. The most suitable option would be a forest river, since in such an area you can find stones, materials for kindling and building a structure. The presence of water nearby also plays an important role, thanks to which it will be possible to get steam without any extra effort.

Before you make a camping bath with your own hands, you need to arm yourself with a tarpaulin or plastic wrap, as well as a frame, or make it on the spot from sticks. To build the frame in place, you need to take adhesive tape or twine. An indispensable attribute in every trip is a tourist knife, which does not take up much space, but has a wide range of applications in nature.

How to install a camping bath

To install a camping bath you will need:

• dig a small depression in the sand or earth (it is recommended to lay the bottom with stones);
• install the frame of the future stove and lay stones on it;
• kindle a fire inside the furnace (the fire must be large, since the stones heat up very slowly);
• when the stones heat up and the fire burns out, you need to install the frame of the bath (purchased or home-made) and pull a tarpaulin (film) over it.

Instead of the first two points, you can use a purchased stove for a camping bath.

The frame can be assembled in advance so as not to waste the heat of the stove, and after that you can fix the tarpaulin and start using the bath. It is advisable to pour hot water on the stones, which can be boiled in parallel with the construction.

Attention! Try not to install the stove for a camping bath directly on the ground. Heated stones can begin to burn the ground underneath them, which will lead to the release of carbon monoxide. If the sandy base cannot be found, it is recommended to make a thick cushion of stones under the stove.

In order to make a small bath frame with your own hands, you need to pick up a few elastic branches, fix the bases in the ground or sand and connect them with tape or rope in the middle. It is very convenient to use adhesive tape, as it can be used to fasten small sticks into the desired design.

Wet and especially wet stones, as well as fresh sticks and logs, can break under the influence of heat, so it is recommended to choose dry building materials for the stove. If this is not possible, you need to be as careful and attentive as possible until the stones are completely warmed up. Under the influence of high temperature, the water contained in the stones turns into steam and tries to escape. If there is not enough space for moisture in the gaseous state to escape, the stone will explode due to the high pressure inside. Compliance with such a simple safety rule will allow you to enjoy outdoor recreation without any problems.

Many people prefer hiking and relaxing in the bosom of nature. But some are annoyed by the lack of hot water and washing in the field. A way out of this situation can be a camping bath. Today we will tell you about its device in this article.

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A long stay far from civilization is no reason to abandon its achievements. Inveterate bathers can do without breaking their tradition, as a camping bath is almost the same as a regular bath. We need a steam room - a closed room for procedures, as well as a source that provides heat. Outdoor stores sell collapsible camping baths, even equipped with stoves. But to show a special chic is to organize it with your own hands.

Appointment of a camping bath

Mobile camping baths are ideal for tourists during long journeys, for summer residents whose plot is under construction, for construction teams who are on the road and tied to their object.

Such baths, in addition to their healing effect, allow you to maintain body cleanliness in difficult conditions, contribute to its rest and relaxation. A visit to the bath in field conditions will bring a healthy night's sleep and energize the body for the coming day.

The closed space of the bath, which functions as a steam room, is provided with a fabric or film awning that covers a rigid frame made from improvised or factory materials. Inside this tent is a stove. It can be metal or made in the form of a miniature fireplace made of stones that accumulate the heat of its hearth.

Sufficient heating of the stones is a prerequisite for obtaining steam for procedures. In order to avoid heat leakage, the camping bath must be airtight.

Requirements for a bath in field conditions

For the construction of the structure, you will need a sketch or drawing of a camping bath, the necessary set of simple tools and compliance with certain conditions on the spot:

• Availability of water. It will be difficult to wash without it. Therefore, to place a camping bath, you should choose the bank of a river, pond, lake or stream.
• The presence of stones for the stove or homemade hearth. Their selection must be thorough. It is advisable to choose a material of the same breed with rounded shapes - pebbles or boulders. One bucket of stones for the stove will be enough, but for the construction of the hearth there should be more of them. Heterogeneous, chipped, flat and layered stones are not suitable for a bath. When heated, they can burst and shatter into fragments, injuring vacationers.
• The presence of thin young trees. Their large branches will be needed to make the frame of a camping bath. The diameter of the finished poles should be 3-4 cm. It is necessary to think carefully about their attachment to each other. In order not to destroy nature, it is better to stock up on racks and crossbars in advance. It will be correct to use aluminum elements from trade tents. They are compact, quick to assemble and light in weight.
• Availability of firewood for kindling a camping bath tent. They will need a lot, since the fire will be maintained for at least three hours to heat the stones. The diameter of the logs should be 10-15 cm, in which case they will completely burn out and give off heat to the stones.

Construction of a camping bath

Procedures can be started immediately after the installation of the structure, which will not take much of your time. Consider how to make a camping bath.

Frame with an awning for a camping bath

The prepared racks of the future camping bath with the stove are connected at the ends until a cube-shaped structure is obtained. For dressings, you can use a rope, tape, etc. The ends of the stakes should be wrapped with cloth, otherwise they will make holes in the awning when it is pulled. If you connect the corners of the roof with poles, then these rigid diagonals will increase the stability of the structure.

You need to take care of covering the frame in advance; it can hardly be found on the spot. As a covering material, you can use an old awning from a “Soviet” tent, a tarpaulin or a piece of plastic film 6x6 m. Modern tents cannot be used as an awning for a bath, because their material does not withstand high temperatures.

When mounting the awning, its joints are glued with adhesive tape, and the lower part of the canvas is pressed with stones and sprinkled with soil. This will ensure the tightness of the structure.

The entrance is carried out in the direction opposite from the stones, but with access to the reservoir - after the steam room you can dive there and rinse. The frame is ready, you can do the construction of the stove.

Stove for a bath in field conditions

First of all, a stove is needed to heat the collected stones. In the presence of its finished frame, it is lined with large stones on opposite two sides with minimal gaps between them. Two sides remain open, they will support traction when burning firewood. Then smaller stones are laid on top and on both sides of the furnace. This will be the "heart" of the steam room.

Now you can start kindling. First, small chips are placed inside the stove lined with stones. With their constant and even burning, the entire cavity can be filled with firewood. The flame of the stove should be continuous and strong for at least 2-3 hours, ideally all day.

In the absence of a finished frame, a platform of large firewood is laid in its place. On it with small gaps is a layer of stones. A fire is kindled, and in the process of burning, the alternate stacking of firewood with the addition of stones is repeated many times until a dense flame covers all the boulders. Such a fire can burn up to four hours, judging by the video and photo of a camping bath with different options for heating its stones.

You can heat the stones for a bath in another way. A large boulder is located in the center of the proposed stove, and the rest of the stones are piled up and piled around it. All firewood is stacked on the resulting pyramid at once, so that they no longer need to be added. When the fire burns out, you can put up a frame with an awning and take a steam bath.

Stones can still be heated over a fire in a bucket or a pre-prepared metal box, and then brought into the bath.

Using the sauna while camping

A ready-made camping bath can be taken in black and white. The main difference between these options is the location of the frame. Black baths are located above the stove or fire, and white ones contain only stones heated on it, which are rolled into the bath-tent with improvised means.

Let us consider in more detail the features of taking procedures in a camping bath:

1. Bath in black. In such a camping bath, ash and coals are raked out of the furnace, and the space surrounding it is filled with water. The finished frame covered with an awning or film is installed over hot stones. Containers with hot and cold water are brought into the tent room. Water can be heated on the same stove. You should not enter such a bath without shoes, since when cleaning the firebox, small coals left on the ground can burn your feet.
2. Bath in white. In this bath, the fire takes its former place, and hot stones from it quickly roll along the prepared path into the frame of the bath. Then an awning is very carefully thrown over it, while the presence in the bath of a person who monitors this process is important in order to avoid damage to the canvas by hot boulders.

For a good rest in a camping bath, you can stock up on a couple of brooms in advance; in the field they are not steamed out, but simply soaked in cold water. When heating water to moisten hot stones, plants can be added to it for aroma: juniper, needles or lingonberry leaves. They will complement the healing effect of a camping bath with a pleasant invigorating smell.

Finally, some helpful tips:

• Hot water should be poured over red-hot stones, as cold liquid can cause their destruction.
• The camping bath has a drawback - a lower soil temperature. Therefore, the base must be covered with a rug, a layer of dry earth or needles with leaves. At the same time, you can put a sunbed, a bench or a stool in the tent.
• The readiness of the bath for procedures can be checked by splashing water on the stones. If the steam filled the space with mist, this means that the stones have cooled down, and you will not be able to take a steam bath. Rise of steam up says otherwise.

How to build a bath in field conditions - look at the video:

If it is possible to take additional cargo with you on a hike, a bath in the field comes out quite comfortable. The need to keep the body clean people realized in time immemorial in all parts of the earth. The peoples in those distant times were divided into nomads and settled. Accordingly, the baths were used in the field, or were stationary.

A bit of history

Baths were discovered during archaeological excavations of ancient structures of the Aztecs and Incas.

In ancient Greece, baths are complex engineering structures with aqueducts and central heating. Arab and Turkish baths have been famous in the world since ancient times.

During excavations in ancient Egypt, the remains of structures recognized as baths were discovered. They were two-story buildings. On the first floor there were devices for heating water, on the second - washing rooms and pools.

In ancient China, the use of the bath was elevated to a cult. In the legends and myths of China, hot water and steam, in addition to their direct purpose, helped in the fight against evil spirits.

The use of the bath is mentioned in the deciphered sources of the ancient lost civilization of the island of Crete.

In general, no particular nation or even continent will be able to claim copyright for the use of the bath.

Mobile baths are also an ancient invention. Even the Greek historian Herodotus in his works mentioned such a bath in which the Scythians soared. In those days, nomads covered the frame of poles with felt.

The field bath can be roughly divided into the following three groups:

• marching;
• marching suite;
• mobile.

Bath camp-Lux

Hiking option

This is a do-it-yourself bath from improvised means in extreme conditions, which is very easy to build. The expedition of Dmitry Shparo for more than seventy days in the most severe conditions of the polar winter moved towards the North Pole. Having reached the goal, they arranged a bath in the tent. According to the participants of the expedition, this was one of the most vivid impressions.

Our climbers Balyberdin and Myslovsky also used the experience of polar explorers. Several days of tension at the limit of human capabilities in rarefied mountain air during the ascent to Everest. And the invigorating steam of a camping bath. How to make a bath in nature, they knew for sure.

The design of a camping bath is very simple. Put up a tent, in its absence - a hut of branches. Stones are heated in a fire. Heated stones are dragged into the prepared room, “just add water” and the steam room is ready.

The choice of stones must be approached with all seriousness. They must be free of cracks and not emit harmful substances when heated, otherwise a do-it-yourself bath will not turn out to be complete.

How to make a luxury camping bath

Need an awning or polypropylene film. The rest is done by hand. The poles for the canopy are cut on the spot. A small hole is dug, under the size of the hearth and on the bayonet of a shovel in depth. A hearth is built from large stones.

The requirements for stones are the same. Hot stones with cracks, when water hits them, can scatter into fragments and damage the awning. Harmful substances released during heating of some stones will spoil the smell and pleasure of the bath.

Such a bath differs from a simple camp one in that the hearth is heated to the desired state, and then a frame of freshly cut poles is built around it. Then the frame is covered with a pre-stored awning. Everything, the bath is ready.

Mobile option

A camp sauna and a mobile sauna are two very different things. If a camping bath is made from improvised means, then a mobile bath is a high-tech product. In its production, the most modern materials and innovative design solutions are used. But the principle itself is the same. This is a tent. It consists of a frame and an awning.

In the 21st century, a special fabric is used for the awning. It is polyester or its equivalents. The design of the tent provides for a door, ventilation openings, sometimes windows, a hole for a chimney in a fireproof version. The door, as a rule, can be closed from the inside and outside.

The frame is assembled from light and durable duralumin, sometimes titanium, tubes. Assembly, as they say, is intuitive. In some models, a cable is missed inside the tubes of the frame and you cannot insert them in a different way. In others, the tubes are connected by hinges and it is enough to fix the clamps.

The stove is designed specifically for a field bath. Designs from different manufacturers have several common characteristics. It is light weight and spark proof. Often the stove has a built-in water tank and a heater, into which it is enough to simply add stones.

The awning of the tent spreads out on the ground. The arcs of the frame are inserted into the grooves under the zipper. All zippers are fastened, the stove is put in and the bath is ready.

Mobile baths are available in configurations from 2-3 people, to army options for dozens of people. Russia is the undisputed leader in the production of such products. Other countries only produce mobile toilets and showers.

A field bath, made in nature with your own hands, will bring maximum satisfaction to the body and soul.

When we talk about a bath, we first of all understand not only that this is an opportunity for high-quality bathing, but also that it is a huge health benefit. Going on a hike, we know for sure that we get rest, strengthen our health, and recharge ourselves with energy. And if there is a camping bathhouse made with your own hands, then all the beneficial effects increase many times over.

Why do you need a camping bath

In conditions of a long trip, sometimes problems arise in order to wash up. But if you imagine that you can go to bed not only clean, but also relaxed and exhausted after visiting an excellent bathhouse. The difference will be felt immediately, and your rest at night will allow you to fully spend the next day.

Do-it-yourself camping baths come to the aid of those under construction. In addition, it is an excellent option for construction teams that are permanently attached to the construction site.

What does a bathhouse look like?

There are no fundamental differences between this design and the usual bath: you will need to organize an enclosed space that functions as a steam room and make a stove for such a camping bath. Sometimes a special stove is not used in the conditions of a hike, and using stones, something similar to a fireplace is built, where a fire is made.

Stones are later placed in such a fireplace, and the main task is to heat these stones to the temperature necessary to obtain the required amount of hot steam.

They try to use rounded stones, because of the fragility of flat and layered ones. When heated, they become covered with cracks, fragments are formed that scatter to the sides, which can lead to damage to others. Therefore, two options are possible here: stay away when heating stones, or there is another, more civilized way - to buy either a finished stove, or the entire structure.

In addition to the stove, there is a frame that is covered with some kind of material that prevents heat leakage. In order for the heat to be constantly present while in the bath, firewood must be constantly thrown up.

Ready-made constructions of a camping bath

When it comes to ready-made ones, it must be said that the choice is quite large. You can buy only a tent for organizing a hiking steam room or complete with a stove. There are only awnings, without a frame, which is assembled independently.

After acquiring a ready-made kit right away and if the stove is included, then there will be no problems associated with organizing a steam room in the so-called field conditions. True, the price will be much higher.

The only negative is that all the elements, although they are as light as possible, are still not easy to wear. Therefore, a vehicle is required. Although for builders or summer residents it will be an ideal option.

It is possible to purchase a special awning, knowing that on the spot you can find material for the frame or it can be a sauna tent, complete with a frame.

Be that as it may, it is quite convenient, because the tasks of keeping warm are much easier to solve, since such awnings perfectly keep the temperature. After the construction of the stove, a full-fledged steam room is obtained - warm, cozy and, most importantly, hermetically sealed.

Making a camping bath

So, you are faced with the task of how to make a camping bath with your own hands. There is nothing complicated, the first thing is to clearly plan what actions we perform and what materials will be needed.

We prepare material for the frame

For mounting the frame, racks are required, which can be carbon fiber or aluminum. Wooden poles can be used, especially if it is in the forest, but they are not reliable and short-lived. Also, wood is a combustible material, so you have to constantly monitor this.

Tip: It is very convenient to use the ready-made racks included in the four-person tent kit. There is an opinion that they do not withstand the "bath" temperature, but it is known from practice that these materials are safe and relatively durable.

We prepare covering material

If the purchase of a special awning is not planned, then it is possible to use ordinary wide polyethylene. When buying it, you must not make a mistake when calculating the dimensions.

It is necessary to perform calculations, starting from an area of ​​\u200b\u200b6x6 meters. This amount of film is enough to make a steam room that can accommodate 6 people.

Ambient conditions

1. Firewood. A camping bath is placed where firewood is present in large quantities. For a bath, dry firewood is most suitable, the diameter of which is not more than 15 cm. Thick logs will burn badly.
2. Stones. Must be prepared in advance. For one call, you need about a bucket of stones. The stones should be rounded, those that have chips, impurities of other rocks, layered or flat should be immediately rejected.

1. Water. Well, if the bath is built on the banks of a reservoir or river, you can swim in cool water. If there are no such conditions, you still have to stock up on water.

We build a camping bath

As already mentioned, this is not difficult, and the instruction showing how to build one of the options for a camping bath looks like this:

• A fire is made and with the help of spears and a crossbar a bucket of stones is arranged above it, the volume of the bucket is selected according to the principle - the more the better. It is necessary to heat until the stones turn red or turn on intuition. Washing water is also heated here.

• Prepared racks are taken and a frame is assembled from them, not far from the fire. You can tie the corners with a rope or tape, thereby constructing a cube that does not have a bottom, or a hut.

Tip: The ends of the poles should be covered with some unnecessary cloth so that they do not tear the film.

• A film is stretched onto the resulting frame, glued with adhesive tape in places of overlap. At the bottom, he clings to the ground and falls asleep.
• A bucket of stones is transferred inside the resulting room, water is brought in there, and you can wash.

The second option may be the so-called "black bath". In this case, a special do-it-yourself stove is made inside the frame for a camping bath. It is made in the form of the letter P, above it, using rods or thick wire, a box or pyramid is made, in which stones are placed.

Caution: Such a furnace is not safe, as it must be carefully monitored, because materials can burn or melt.

After the stones are heated to a high temperature, they wait until the firewood burns out completely, ventilate the room, pack and wash.

• In the process of heating, the stones can crack badly and, accordingly, fragments can scatter from them. Therefore, we must be careful.
• It is advisable to water the stones with hot water so that the water begins to evaporate almost immediately. Cold water can cause cracking.
• A do-it-yourself bathhouse on a hike has a drawback: a low temperature near the surface of the earth, and indeed the surface itself. Therefore, under the feet it is necessary to lay some kind of rug or a layer of dry earth.

Conclusion

Summing up, we can say that a bath in field conditions is a necessary thing, and you can do it yourself. We found out how to do this, detailed information can be obtained on our portal or by watching the video in this article.

Speaking about the bath, we mean not only the possibility of a high-quality wash, we are talking about health. Going on a hike, we also go for rest, health, beauty and energy. So, a bathhouse on a hike is health squared! And how to strengthen it? The only option is a mobile bath. Here's how you can get it, we'll talk ...

Who needs camping baths and why?

Remember how you bathe on a long hike: after a whole day of outdoor activities (from which, by the way, you get tired more than from hard work), you find the first body of water that comes across, set up camp next to it and put yourself in order, as God wills. Sometimes, it happens, you have to go to bed hastily washed. No pleasure. Now imagine that you have the opportunity to lie down not just clean, but relaxed and exhausted after a good bath. The difference is huge! And you will feel it right away! How you rest at night determines your entire next day. Draw conclusions ... Often, camping baths help summer residents who do not have the opportunity to build a full-fledged building. It is also a great option for a construction team that is “tied” to an object near a reservoir for a long time. In general, if you know the price of a good rest, take care of your health and love a steam room, then, of course, a mobile bath is for you.

What does a camping bath look like?

The design of the building almost does not differ much from the usual: you will need an enclosed space that functions as a steam room and a stove for a camping bath. Sometimes, in field conditions, they do not use a special stove, but build something from stones that resembles a fireplace in which they make a fire. Stones are then placed in it. The most important thing is to heat these stones enough to get the right amount of hot steam. If such a home-made “oven” is installed, then they usually try to find rounded stones for it, because flat and layered ones can crack. Scattering in different directions, fragments of stones can injure others, therefore, while warming up the bath, it is better to stay away or go another, more “civilized” way - to purchase a finished stove, and possibly the entire structure.

While the stoves for camping baths heat the stones, you need to build a frame of poles. You will need four vertical posts, four more poles for connection from above. Four diagonal poles will hold the "walls" and two more - the "ceiling". Having assembled the frame, you need to cover it with plastic wrap - this will be a kind of warming of the steam room, the cracks must be carefully closed. This will be the wig. To take a steam bath, you have to constantly throw firewood. Don't count on high temperatures either. So, this is a labor-intensive, but “one-time” option. It is better, of course, to make something more reliable and durable, or still splurge on the finished design. Read more about all this.

Ready camping bath: what, why and how

As for ready-made mobile structures, there is a choice. You can buy just a tent for a mobile steam room or together with a stove. There are also separate awnings that do not come with a frame: you will have to assemble it yourself.

If you buy a ready-made kit right away with a stove, then you won’t have a problem to take a steam bath “in the field” at all, but it’s advisable to have some kind of vehicle: it’s not so easy to carry a tent and a stove on yourself, even if maximally lightweight. But this is an ideal option for summer residents and builders.

You can simply buy a special awning in the hope that in the place where you are planning a vacation, there will definitely be poles for the frame. You can also buy a tent-bath, in which the frame is already provided. In any case, this is convenient: the problem of heat loss is much easier to solve, since these awnings hold steam very well, unlike plastic film. Only the stove for the camping bath will remain. Having correctly built it, you get a full-fledged steam room - warm, cozy and, most importantly, hermetically sealed.

How to make a camping bath: features

If you have firmly decided that you need a mobile bath with your own hands, feel free to build it. There is nothing difficult in this. How to do it? You will need the following materials and conditions:

frame

Racks are needed for the frame. Carbon fiber or aluminum are fine. Take ready-made racks from a 4-person tent. It is believed that they may not withstand the "bath" temperature, but practice shows that these materials are quite safe and relatively durable. You can, of course, use wooden poles, but they are unreliable and quickly fail. In addition, wood is a combustible material, and you constantly have to worry about safety.

Covering material

If you do not buy a special awning, then take the usual wide polyethylene. When buying, make sure not to make a mistake with the size of the piece. Calculate it based on the fact that the area you need to cover is 6X6 m. This amount of material is enough to build a steam room for 6 people. Some of our practical compatriots have adapted to use old banners as a covering material. You can try too. The main thing is not to take risks and do not put up a standard awning from a modern tent, otherwise you will quickly say goodbye to it, but Soviet-era canvas tents can withstand temperatures very well.

Conditions:

Firewood

You need to put a mobile steam room in a place where there is an abundance of firewood. Moreover, for the bath you will need dry firewood with a maximum diameter of 10-15 cm. Do not harvest logs that are too thick.

stones

They also need to be prepared in advance. For one run, you will need approximately a bucket of stones. Get more - good. Pick up large rounded boulders. Carefully inspect the finds: stones with chips and impurities of other rocks, flat and layered, do not take in any case. If it was not possible to collect the required number of large stones, take smaller pebbles.

Water

A camping bath is being built on the shore of a reservoir. If necessary, organize a dam in advance so that you can swim normally.

Step by step instructions for building

Stage one

Lay firewood on the ground in one layer, and a layer of stones on top. Light a fire. When it flares up well, lay the second layer of firewood, after which - again stones. The procedure for throwing firewood and stones continues until all the collected stones are in the fire. After that, just keep a good flame going. The fire should give a good heat.

Stage two

Take the prepared racks and set them crosswise. Collect the frame near the fire. If you decide to use poles, then they should be 3-4 cm thick. Using a rope, adhesive tape or electrical tape, build a cube without a bottom or a hut out of them, covering the ends of the poles with a cloth so that they do not tear the polyethylene.

Stage three

When the stones in the fire turn red, it's time to set up the tent. Take a shovel or long thick sticks and roll stones from the fire into the frame. The ideal option is to dig a hollow for them in advance so as not to drive all over the camp. When all the large stones are under the frame, remove all the small fragments and spill the “path” along which they rolled with water. So you will save both the future tent and your own legs. Next, cover the frame with a film, avoiding the place where the stones were placed. Press the edges to the ground with pebbles, logs, you can sprinkle with sand. The wig is ready. From the opposite side of the hill of stones, make an entrance.

If you are satisfied with a camping bath in a black way, then the frame and awning can be placed directly above the fire. In this case, you won’t have to roll the stones anywhere, but the fire is prepared a little differently. You can build something like a furnace with the letter P, put a box with stones from rods or thick wire over an ordinary fire, or build a structure like a pyramid with a large boulder in the center. Keep in mind: such a bath is less safe, so constantly make sure that the materials do not burn or melt.

Some nuances of a camping bath

Remember: stones crack when heated. So try to stay away from them. But there is good news: when you water them, they no longer scatter into fragments, so you can safely bathe. You can draw conclusions about how high the temperature in the steam room is by observing the steam. If it rises in a hot wave, then the temperature is high, you can steam for a long time. And if the steam spreads throughout the tent in a thick fog, then this entry is the last one. The disadvantage of a camping bath is in the relatively low temperature near the ground. In order not to catch a cold, spread a rug or dry grass under your feet. Take care of your health!