Over next few weeks I'm planning a hikking trip. I want to make a free standing shelter without taking advantages of anything that mother nature has to give me. I think that building it would be fun but I have no idea how to test it. I mean preferably I would love to sleep in it overnight but this is not possible. I know that I will pass by this shelter many times in the future since I'm planning on building it few clicks from my fav hiking route so I will see how it holds up. Any ideas on how to test it in a hurry? I'm sorry but bunch of 5 yos are not available for the job at the moment.