In the old days when the term was first brought into use in the Adirondack Mountains, it was just that, a bunch of spruce branches leaning against a tree. At any rate, they are common features in the eastern American wilderness regions.
See this link about lean-tos on the Appalachian Trail http://www.appalachiantrail.org/hiking/hiking-basics/camping-shelters The Adirondack Mountains in NY State have lean-tos as well. I've stayed in lean-tos many times in my younger days. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adirondack_lean-to List of lean-tos: http://cnyhiking.com/AdirondackLeanTos.htm On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Steve Doerr <doerr.step...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 01/04/2014 02:01, Dave Swarthout wrote: > > Fly mentioned shelter_type just now — another type of wilderness >> accommodation is a basic shelter called a lean-to, a rough three sided, >> roofed shelter, open to the elements on one side. >> > > That's an odd use of the word 'lean-to'. Yes, a lean-to is a three-sided > structure, but it's only a lean-to if it 'leans' against another structure > which effectively supplies the fourth side. A free-standing lean-to is a > contradiction in terms! > > -- > Steve > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > -- Dave Swarthout Homer, Alaska Chiang Mai, Thailand Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
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