[[File:Pole tarp and rope shelter 4855.JPG|thumb|300px|right|Use a tarp for the platform as if building a litter]] As a more comfortable alternative to using continuous lashing to attach cross bars, you can instead use a tarp as a platform. It is constructed the same way you would build an improvised litter (stretcher) as described in the [[AY Honors/Basic Rescue|Basic Rescue]] honor. If you have a tarp, you will also probably have enough to stretch it over the platform as well creating walls and a roof to keep the weather at bay. {{clear}}
