Unlike most woods survival skill vids, this guy doesn't need what is essentially a full tool shop carried into the woods to do simple tasks. You know what vids I'm talking about.
Here's another tip for your gear specifically. Get wool insulated gear instead of cotton. Wool will still keep you warm when wet, cotton will not. It can be the difference between life and death if for example; you fall into freezing water.
@@asheelterestini5454 no because any moisture gets on the cotton and the temperatures dip freezing/cooling the moisture down will speed up your way to hypothermia. You want something that can wick away moisture and is quick drying
During the last war, yeah. Stupid to think not getting your shit wet. What a fucking life hack to do what is not normal to human biography. We are broken
lol.. I agree it's good advice if you are putting the rocks directly on the fire, but there is no need to find dry rocks if you are just going to put them into boiling water. The temperature will only get to boiling, so if water is trapped inside it will not boil because it's trapped and the pressure inside the rock will be greater than atmospheric pressure thus having a higher boiling point than the rest of the water that's free in the pot. Also.. by placing the rock in the pot of water it is no longer dry lol. Get whatever rock you want if you are boiling them. If you are heating them higher than the boiling point it's wise to make sure there's no trapped water.
This is how I kept warm when I was camping if I couldn't warm up on my own. I'd wrap them in towels and pop them into my sleeping bag and get in with them. He is so right about using dry rocks every time, and boiling them is important. If you just pop them in or next to the fire, your rocks will accidentally burn through everything.
That's good advice about getting rocks from dry land. When I was a kid I went on a scout camp and some other kids got rocks from the waterline of a river to put around a fire. After the fire had been going for a while the internal pressure build up from the moisture turning into gas caused the the rock to explode. Luckily no one got hurt.
Doesnt matter in this case though cus he's boiling the rocks - the water inside the rocks will never get hotter than 212 F. Same reason if you float a cup of water in a boiling pot of water, the water inside the cup will never boil
No the advice is useless in this case. For boiling you can take rocks directly out of a stream, at 100 deg Celsius the water is no problem at all. Only at a fire it’s a problem, like the boyscouts above have experienced first hand. They can explode violently when they are directly in the flames, it’s like shrapnel from a grenade if the pressure builds up deep inside and has no relief.
If you are going to boil your rocks instead of heating them directly in the fire or in the coals then it doesn't matter if you use river rock or dry land rocks. The rocks will never get hotter than 212°F, the temperature at which water boils. Boiling water never gets any hotter than 212°F which is why you can boil water in a paper bag or a paper cup. Paper burns at 451°F so the water keeps any part of the paper container, bag, cup or whatever, that is touching the water from getting hot enough to burn. The wet rocks will not get hot enough to explode if boiled.
Just put your socks near the fire, it will dry quicker. Same goes for the boots. The time it takes you to find the “right” rocks is longer than drying it.
Learn botany mycology and how to fish and hunt. I fell on hard times and survived for three months just on what I could fish hunt and gather. Bows are better than guns because they're somewhat silent and you can go get your arrows back. Get a hypodermic needle so when you catch worms you can pump air into them. You'll catch more fish when the worm floats at the level the fish are at. Stay safe and stay warm 🫡
If you’re not out in nature, you can just stuff some newspaper into your boots with a little bit sticking out, and set them next to a fan overnight. Works great for drying out ski boots.
Yes, I was thinking the same thing. If you're in the woods and you need them to dry quickly, might be worth the risk. But otherwise, you're really reducing the life of your boots by heat drying them.
This right here, it's a good trick for an emergency though. Better to lose some boots than to lose some toes. I use these little packs of Silica Gel you often get in packaging instead. Alternatively you can buy them e.g. as car dehumidifiers. At home you can quickly dry the packs out in the microwave or oven, outdoors they will dry out in the sun. That way you can reuse them basically infinitely.
@isaiagcampbell488 "runs a decent chance of cracking" No my guy, it WILL crack and ruin leather. you can think of it like bbq'ing your skin in the middle of summer in arizona and never using moisturizer or showering. my leather army boots come with the explicit warning to "never place them near heated objects like radiator ovens, heated shoe racks, heated floors and open fires.
Another tip is to change into dry socks during a brief halt and put your wet socks on your shoulders, underneath your ruck straps. Your body heat will dry them, at least a little. When you go to sleep, if you have no safe heat source at night, place wet clothes on your bare chest in your sleeping bag. It's damp, it's a bit cold at first, it's no fun at all, but your clothes will be drier in the morning.
*The only thing I have to add to this truly excellent survival tip is this: **_Use Any Rock!_* Putting a waterlogged rock *in boiling water* CANNOT make the rock explode, because water boiling in an open pot cannot get hot enough to generate high-pressure steam. But a wet rock directly in the fire CAN be dangerous, so do not do that!
@@finnmcginn9931- Of course, but why in heck would you put a can of TUNA into a fire? Note: Exploding cans of superheated STEW are also , uh... 'entertaining' . 😕
It sounds kinda crazy when you put it’s like that but if it works it works. Sort of like “hey, our airplane is falling out of the sky towards the ground, what should we do? Aim the nose at the ground intentionally so we gain speed!” Sounds crazy, but it’s the way to do it. Well, at least it’s the first step just like boiling rocks.
I did a similar trick with sand. You put sand in a pot, and then you warm it on the fire. It is necessary to mix it so that it warms up evenly. Monitor the temperature so that it is not too hot. To do this, you can drip water and make sure that it does not sizzle. If it is overheated, then you can cool it with water, but you need to pour it without fanaticism, right? Sand in a sock, a sock in a shoe. That's better. It is good to leave it overnight if the shoes were wet. And in the camp to walk in polypropylene slippers :)
@@crinnaCalifornian here too. I learned it from my grandparents, in New Mexico, who took us camping all over the Four Corners states; especially Southern Colorado. Since my grandmother grew up in Mescalero, as her parents owned the general store on the Apache reservation, and my grandfather was a safety engineer with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, I think it's safe to say that they likely learned it from Native Americans as well. ❤❤❤
@@9richy6bram8When we went camping, my grandparents would set several largish rocks around our campfire, which would slowly warm over the course of the evening. Note that they were near the fire; not in it. Right before we went to bed, they would take these rocks, wrap them in towels or other cloth, and place them in the foot of each sleeping bag. It was lovely, especially on a cold and/or rainy night, to slip into the sleeping bag and be greeted with the lovely and long-lasting heat from the rocks. Though in most cases, it would rain overnight, after we went to bed, and be sunny and gorgeous by morning. Wonderful memories. ❤❤❤
When I lived in the woods growing up, we would take campfire rocks, wrapped in a towel, to bed with us during winter to keep us warm..one by our feet, and one to hug...worked great!
Ive learned a lot of different things from this young man since he popped up in my feed one day!!! I really like this video. I shared it to my daughter because she goes camping all the time. I think its almost time for rainbow over in the Ocala Forest. She NEVER misses a year!!! She just LOOOOOVES going out and cooking for everyone and theres A LOT of people who show up every year. I call them hippies. Hell im an old hippie from years past!!!❤
used to do this to sleep warm in the field in 80s army also had a wool cableknit sweater my wifemade and she would sew into a cover made of 2 army brown teeshirts to keep it clean and uniform compliant.........my first sgt payed her to make him one and change out the tees after each trip to the field
We used heated rocks in a big metal pot to heat up a sweathut. You could often hear them explode inside the pot. Some of those lifted up the lid. The shards can be sharp too
I would suppose it has to do with the water deep inside the rock won’t have enough space to get out (dry out) before the rock is at 100C and when that happens the water trapped inside turns to steam which is much less dense than water, meaning that the inside of the rock expands because the steam can’t be compressed (I believe). I’m no physicist but only interested in physics questions so I’ve read a lot. Doesn’t mean that my though is correct though so take my guess with some grains of salt 😅
there is zero explosion risk if you're boiling rocks like this. The risk increases from zero as you increase the rocks temperature past boiling point, which is impossible if its... boiling
As a bonus, while you are waiting for your shoes and socks to dry, you can chow down on some delicious stone broth! Extra bonus bonus: The more often you reuse the same rocks, the more aroma they will carry!
Are you thinking about that old French story about the soldiers from Napolean's "Grand Armee" who came to a village where the people said they had no food at all? The soldiers then set out to make "stone soup."
Because water evaporates past its boiling point, any water hotter than that leaves the pot. The remaining water will only heat the rocks up to the temperature that boils water. If you put rocks onto a flame, it can get way hotter than that. That's why you boil rocks for this instead of putting them onto a fire.
@@ijustwannaleaveacommentony6511it's good to have it repeated in writing, because a great many people who watch the video won't pay attention, and will decide to skip the boiling water bath, and go directly to the "rocks inside fire will be hot and dry," and end up killing themselves, or other people.
@@vcommandarv5916 Still seems pointless, I'd presume everyone watching content like this is old enough to know that boiling water only heats up to boiling point
C as in Celsius. 100 C is equivalent to 212 F - the boiling point of water. Water can't get hotter that that (unless you apply certain conditions to it) so boiling anything in water would not allow it to get any hotter than 100 C. @@adamallen7070
They won't get hotter than a 2 and 3/16th of a thumb long frog boiled in a concoction of sugary maple tree syrup weighing 4 and 7/12ths of a lion mane (standardized, air-dried in Nebraska) but only if you keep boiling for 11.285368 gasps.
If you're boiling the rocks anyway I dont think there's any risk of them exploding. Also I've had plenty of rocks explode that weren't obviously exposed to lots of water. Red Granite in TX explode all the time when I burn brush piles, these rocks sit in the sun all day and the water almost never. That said everything you have shown is great advice, and proactively avoiding exploding rocks and melted clothes is certainly best practice.
@greg3087 Probably not, most rocks have significant amounts of water. Just ask any volcano. Most volcanism is the result of water released from rocks that lowers the melting point of nearby rocks and rises to the surface. Just because a rock has water doesn't mean it will necessarily pop under heat, it depends on so many possible factors but if your rocks were soaking in standing water for months or years they will almost certainly have picked up extra water and they will pop/explode more.
In a urban environment, newspaper works well. My mom worked at an emergency wintertime shelter for the homeless and learned a lot about how they survived on their own!
Not in a homeless shelter, but I’ve used paper towels stuffed into my shoes. First I squeeze the shoes into the towels and then replace with dry paper towels. It helps wick out the moisture
This is great advice. A technique used by the military here in the U.K. is pretty good. Take of the boots and wet socks and dry your feet and apply foot powder. Put on your waterproof socks (Sealskinz) and put the boot back on. The natural heat will dry the boot pretty well. Make sure the following morning to swap your socks though. Sealskinz are great for causing blisters. If you’re getting in your Green Time Machine (sleeping bag), we put the plastic bags the ration packs came with over the boots to stop you messing up the sleeping bag. It always worked pretty well for me.
Here is an old trick I used in Ranger School to dry out your clothes. Had to do this at night so I wouldn't get caught by the Ranger Instructors. 😊 Take your poncho, chinch it around and under you. Take a can of Sterno cannned heat. Light it between your legs in the seated position. It will become as warm as a sauna quick and dry out your clothes and warm you up. This was in the 1970s when there was no thermal scopes.
also 70s didn't have boot membranes than absolutely get destroyed exceeding 85 degrees Centigrade, old school leather and wool was this durable. Sadly nowadays this video is more of an example how to ruin your gear
@@viesturslinins3676 You can still buy high quality clothing though. For those that cheap out, well that's on them. They should probably just stay home.
@@jonnywilson9117 Agreed, but even 400$-500$ boot range you have to take into consideration manufacturers recommendations. Wool and Trad types are good to go with this hack, ultralight people, like I was couple of years ago not so much(those 12 kilos were so over engineered that leaving my millet or la sportiva "screw it" boots near an open fire would ruin their membrane and living in a country where it rains and dews heavily I can't risk that)
@@ellyrion8173 while membranes and gore Tex is a partial scam I would advise not to abuse your gear like this. If you want to test it buy cheapest and I mean cheapest working boots (Dunlop) with a propietary membrane and test them by getting them wet and then putting one in room temperature and the second one somewhere near a heat source and get them wet again you will see a noticable difference in their ability to be water resistant. Those boots run about 35 EUR monies, which in USA equivalent is around 45 dollars.
This can be a great save but it should be clearly noted that high heat in shoes (above like 40-50C) can be damaging. Almost all shoes use adhesive and layering materials when manufactured and heating them past the adhesives melting point can very well mean the shoes starts to have leaks and separation. If possibly it might be smart to leave the rocks for a while after boiling to lower their temperature to minimize the risk. But I guess if it’s in a crucial situation and you need the shoes dry and you don’t care if they needs replacing soon then go for the full heat ;) Socks would probably not have issues more than maybe some shrinkages but could probably be stretched easily again :)
Elastic can be damaged by heat, as can some synthetic cloth. I think I'd only do this if Needed, & quite carefully. I prefer standing in the sun or, indoors, a bit near the heater. Tall boots can be helped with a section of pool noodle. Gloves do better "blown open" & hung up.
That's a very wide temperature range... I'd say it's more like 70-75C for real shoes/boots, not Crocs. You cant have boots melting on you after a 15 min walk outside in Vegas 😂
Well this only works if you are not melting the plastic in your socks or shoes! Beware of synthetic products because you're hooped if your socks aren't wool or cotton or your shoes are rubber or some kind of foam inside: they'll simply melt.
@@ianBRJ Well I don't these manufactured products these days-- especially foam in the insoles-- to not have a melting point below 100°. It's not worth it to ruin your shoes out in the middle of nowhere and then what are you going to do: try and make the rest of your journey or your camping trip or hike in bare feet? Pretty much nobody in developed countries can handle that kind of wear and tear on your bare feet if your shoes are toast. Literally 😂 And don't even get me started after all that you run into wildlife of some sort and have to run for your life!
There are no plastics in shoes/clothing that can melt anywhere near as low as 100°C, but polyester and some other materials may deform somewhat over 80°C.
All quality boot manufacturers advise against drying boots with direct heat. If you're in a situation where you need to do this... sure. Your foot health is most important.
I went camping with my family once and we put lots of rocks around the campfire, waited for them to heat up, and put them in our pockets and called them 'hot rocks' to keep warm. This reminds me of that haha!
This is s great idea. Ive been an avid backpacker and outdoor explorer my entire life. Ive picked up many tips and tricks along the way. This is a new one for me to add. Id use it on cold icy mornings too. Thanks bro
awesome tip in case I ever go camping again. I've camped out enough over the summers of my childhood to last 18 lifetimes, so until then, I will catalog this tip accordingly.
I wish I had known this when I was a teen. We would use rocks from beside the fire to warm up our sleeping bags. I burnt two towels and two sleeping bags that way!
You're supposed to dig 4 or 5 holes six inches deep and then put the heated rocks in the holes and cover them up. You then lay your sleeping bag over the buried rocks. You will stay warm all night😊
Good call. People think that putting rocks around is to prevent the fire from spreading. Which it may or may not. Because we see it in movies. The majority of people on the planet don't know that they act as heaters
@@aewhatever you can make a rock wall by the fire to radiate the heat bavk towards you as well... you can also learn a lot of these tips and tricks watching Naked and Afraid.
Boiling the rocks also keeps them cleaner so you aren't introducing dirt and heavy ash in your socks and gloves. Fine ash isn't horrible, since it will absorb smells, but heavy ash can be very abrasive.
every now and then I see you giving free info like this and I feel grateful for youtube in these moments, and most of all people like you. This isn't just entertaining, so thanks
Don't do that. If you boil them, the water inside them boils, too. And they become grenades. Even "forest" rocks can have enough moisture in them to explode. At least wear some eye protection. You don't fuck around with this. Not with this.
As a child in the 80's, we learned lessons the hard way. My brother, my cousin and I were camping overnight in the back 40 of the farm. We made our firepit out of limestone from the creek. About 2 hours after starting our fire the first exploded. I estimate that it was the equivalent of a half stick of dynamite or a 4" titanium salute. Even after dousing the fire, 2 more blew. The concussion deafened us and removed us from our feet when that first stone blew and buried a piece of lava hot rock into my shin. Good times.
I once dried my favorite pair of shoes in a wood-fired oven that had been heated earlier that day. I forgot about them until the next day-they went in size 48 (14 US) and came out size ~44 (10.5)... They were the comfiest pair of shoes I've ever owned. 😭
My brother when we were kids slept next to the fire and left our unlces plastic watch next to him between him and the fire when we woke up hours later the whole watch had melted Lol
I wish I saw this video before my camping trip last summer where I dumped out of my canoe and had to deal with wet socks and shoes for the next two days because it was humid and raining non-stop.
@@niviera7807 No it wouldn't. You can keep yourself dry easily enough when it's raining. But drying your clothes/shoes while it's raining is a lot harder.
I was going to reference a Frog & Toad storybook about Stone Soup… But for some reason I felt that I needed to google it first, to make sure I’m remembering it correctly… and of course I can find no record of a Frog & Toad book about Stone Soup. So now I’m caught in this Mandela limbo, wondering if I’m the only one who remembers that book… That aside, thanks brother for just being chill & grounded. And thanks for teaching the importance of river stones vs regular earth stones. That’s pretty key for any camper who wants to build a campfire near a river. So tempting to make a fire ring with those round stones…
I love how the last step is "set them by the fire" which will dry them on their own. Setting them up on sticks or rocks elevated close to the fire will dry them better because youll get more airflow. Hot rocks or not, if theres poor airflow in the boot, it isnt drying. Source: camping for many many many years
You cannot boil rocks with water in them anywhere near enough to make them pop. Just can't get hot enough. However, if you use rocks with trapped water as your fire ring, of theyre in the pit, they will explode like popcorn. We actually had rocks do that on a hunting trip. We were nowhere near water and there was no reason to believe they were wet. We had to use dirt to shield us from the rocks popping. Haha!
I’m not sure I agree. The double boiler analogy doesn’t work because it’s above the boiling water and has the ability to shed some of its heat. A rock all the way at the bottom of the pan can get to 100c. The fact part of it is touching the bottom of the pan might allow it to get that 1 extra degree if it was left in long enough. It would take a long time though because transferring heat to the center of an object is really hard when there is only 1 or 2 degrees difference. So the bottom of the rock being 101c would probably take days to get the center to 100c. But I think it is still possible.
@@ecospider5 A totally valid argument. However, have you ever worked with copper water line? It is nearly impossible to sweat copper line that has water in it. The line has to be drained in order to get the copper hot enough to properly sweat it and get the solder to migrate. The presence of water prevents that. Now, I've never dropped a big rock into a pan full of water and tried to make it pop, so you could be completely correct. I do think there would have to be some very specific factors to make that happen though. Like, a big rock with enough flat surface area to remove water from underneath it, and a VERY hot fire that's not usually possible from a camp fire. Water is a very good at drawing heat from things quickly. So, even if not probable, maybe also possible. Lol...
@@ecospider5 Even if the rock got to 101C, the steam pressure would barely be above 1atm. Compare that to heating a rock to say 300C in an open fire where the pressure would be closer to 100atm. Search for steam pressure charts on google. It takes a lot of internal pressure to explode a rock so there really isn't any risk at around 100C.
I don't want the only reply here to be a brainless quip. The issue isn't that your hands or feet are cold right now, but that when your gloves, socks and shoes are wet, you will be cold constantly and if you manage to barely keep warm, it will sap your body's energy. If you dry off now, then afterwards or tomorrow when you hike, ski or climb you will be miserable. Being wet on your upper body isn't necessarily that dangerous, but your extremities are more exposed due to being lower temperature in general as well as being much slower to warm up due to the lower blood circulation. I sometimes find I will be opening my jacket layer to vent excess heat from my torso even while my hands and feet are numbing from cold. For hands and feet, the watch word is prevention, and dry clothes is one of the most crucial preventative measures. Another tip is to change into dry socks during a brief halt and put your wet socks on your shoulders, underneath your ruck straps. Your body heat will dry them, at least a little. When you go to sleep, if you have no safe heat source at night, place wet clothes on your bare chest in your sleeping bag. It's damp, it's a bit cold at first, it's no fun at all, but your clothes will be drier in the morning.
Seems the quip got deleted, so I gotta point out I was referring to another comment here saying "Why not just go sit at the fire you just built to stay warm". Was not, in fact, referring to @rootatlogic5216 as a brainless quip.
If you are at home with electric there are such things as boot driers you can buy which circulates warm air in them. Worth your while! Also sitting them upside down on your floor furnace registers work.
Water in stone heated to boiling- the transition temperature from liquid to a gas. The gas has more energy, pressure the higher the temperature ( for water: above °212F. Expansion pressure inside a semi solid container causes an explosion when that container fails to hold the expansion pressure. Not sure however I think it is called Charles's law...
this is really cool because keeping things dry is very important for your health! I can imagine alot of guys going out without this sort of knowledge and then getting infected by some bacteria or mould that has built up!
No matter how long you simmer them, they never get soft enough to eat
And the award for best comment goes to...
Hahahahaaaa!
You’re supposed to start them in cold water like a potato
Конечно нельзя, он же с них кожуру не снял 😂😂😂
Yup he should have put salt
its rocks
If someone attacks you while your socks are drying, you have an improvised weapon.
1d4 + STR bludgeoning damage
Be prepared at all times✌️
@@opus5770guess I better take the Tavern Brawler feat
with the flame enchant
Hot rocks hit different than pop rocks.
So that's what the Rock is cooking.
How come you wasn't on an hour ago to correct me before I posted it?! 😫😖 now it's ruined 😭
Totally not ruined because I hollered when I read you response 🤣🤣🤣@@chickbowdrie4750
Now you know!
I wonder what it smells like
YESSSSSS
Unlike most woods survival skill vids, this guy doesn't need what is essentially a full tool shop carried into the woods to do simple tasks. You know what vids I'm talking about.
What? I bring a full CMC tool and 1 MHz laser with me every time I hit a state park.
No, please do elaborate
Truth 😂
I don't.
Well, guy had an IKEA pot so he defo has something.
I love the obligatory two clicks from the improvised tongs
Gotta make sure they work. XD
Came to comment the same thing lol
Lmfaoo dude you're a legend
Carcinization at work right here
And just like that, I asked myself... Why do I do that 😭
That’s pretty smart. Wet socks only set you back an hour this way, and not a whole day.
its rare to see something so useful on youtube. Rare since downvote button was nerfed....
I wish I could smell them. He could drain the sweat and smell over me
I never thought of this. I once got soaked near sunset and hung my cloths out to "dry". The next morning everything was frozen solid.
At that point u could just bang off the ice and should be fine to use em. It's honestly faster to freeze dry em like that.
@@death00124😂 They're still soaked and now near freezing.
@@PitViperAAit would depend on humidity
@@death00124😂😂😂😂
I find they sometimes taste better frozen, so honestly it's up to you I guess 🤷♂️
Here's another tip for your gear specifically. Get wool insulated gear instead of cotton. Wool will still keep you warm when wet, cotton will not. It can be the difference between life and death if for example; you fall into freezing water.
Synthetic fibres are the best...
When winter camping, was always told “Cotton kills”
cotton or linen next to the body, then silk then wool. layers of natural fibers to keep you warm.
@@asheelterestini5454 no because any moisture gets on the cotton and the temperatures dip freezing/cooling the moisture down will speed up your way to hypothermia. You want something that can wick away moisture and is quick drying
Also wool will wick away the liquid cotton will keep it on your skin (wool blankets = non sweaty sleep)
"How was the camping son?"
"We boiled some rocks."
Ever heard of a game called "Dungeon Crawler: Stone soup"
Great advice. Keeping socks and shoes dry is so important.
During the last war, yeah. Stupid to think not getting your shit wet. What a fucking life hack to do what is not normal to human biography.
We are broken
Go Barefoot!
@@Joini50 kinda hard when it's -20 degrees outside
@@atom8248kinda hard when there is pointy plants around, and plenty of sharp rocks too (mountain)
Got to look after your feet!
I will say, the "don't get wet rocks" tip was the most invaluable piece of info for me. Ty!
Absolutely!
It’s not a real concern, the rocks just like pop open it’s not an explosion
Samoans have been cooking with river rocks for at least 2000 years
@@DMIsREALmost of the times. But if you get 'lucky' its more like a Rock grenade
lol.. I agree it's good advice if you are putting the rocks directly on the fire, but there is no need to find dry rocks if you are just going to put them into boiling water. The temperature will only get to boiling, so if water is trapped inside it will not boil because it's trapped and the pressure inside the rock will be greater than atmospheric pressure thus having a higher boiling point than the rest of the water that's free in the pot. Also.. by placing the rock in the pot of water it is no longer dry lol. Get whatever rock you want if you are boiling them. If you are heating them higher than the boiling point it's wise to make sure there's no trapped water.
This is how I kept warm when I was camping if I couldn't warm up on my own. I'd wrap them in towels and pop them into my sleeping bag and get in with them. He is so right about using dry rocks every time, and boiling them is important. If you just pop them in or next to the fire, your rocks will accidentally burn through everything.
"There Are Rocks in My Socks!" Said the Ox to the Fox by
Patricia Thomas. Best book I ever read 😂
alright dork whatever
Lumpy old, clumpy old, bumpy old rocks.
@sharpdressedcat230😂😂
@sharpdressedcat230👀😳🤣🤣🤣 Oh my!
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That's good advice about getting rocks from dry land. When I was a kid I went on a scout camp and some other kids got rocks from the waterline of a river to put around a fire. After the fire had been going for a while the internal pressure build up from the moisture turning into gas caused the the rock to explode. Luckily no one got hurt.
*BREAKING* 10 Boy Scouts Decapitated by Exploding Rocks"
Wild headline
Doesnt matter in this case though cus he's boiling the rocks - the water inside the rocks will never get hotter than 212 F. Same reason if you float a cup of water in a boiling pot of water, the water inside the cup will never boil
Currently resisting the temptation to file this info away under "stuff I must try"
No the advice is useless in this case.
For boiling you can take rocks directly out of a stream, at 100 deg Celsius the water is no problem at all.
Only at a fire it’s a problem, like the boyscouts above have experienced first hand.
They can explode violently when they are directly in the flames, it’s like shrapnel from a grenade if the pressure builds up deep inside and has no relief.
Funny thats where i learned NOT to grab rocks from the stream was in boy scouts lol. They told us why and even showed us
If you touch a rock before the rock gets a chance to get ready, they are actually very very soft. But they are always on guard 😁
gotta be extra sneaky.
lol
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If you are going to boil your rocks instead of heating them directly in the fire or in the coals then it doesn't matter if you use river rock or dry land rocks. The rocks will never get hotter than 212°F, the temperature at which water boils. Boiling water never gets any hotter than 212°F which is why you can boil water in a paper bag or a paper cup. Paper burns at 451°F so the water keeps any part of the paper container, bag, cup or whatever, that is touching the water from getting hot enough to burn. The wet rocks will not get hot enough to explode if boiled.
Man I hope I remember these tips when the grid goes down
Write them down. Keep a journal. That's what I'm doing. I've got 3 notebooks full of survival tips.
@@Rideca74 you know what, this is some good advice I’m going to start doing this even if people think I’m crazy for it 🤣
@@Rideca74 then u can use them to start fires 😌 nice
Just put your socks near the fire, it will dry quicker. Same goes for the boots. The time it takes you to find the “right” rocks is longer than drying it.
Learn botany mycology and how to fish and hunt. I fell on hard times and survived for three months just on what I could fish hunt and gather. Bows are better than guns because they're somewhat silent and you can go get your arrows back. Get a hypodermic needle so when you catch worms you can pump air into them. You'll catch more fish when the worm floats at the level the fish are at. Stay safe and stay warm 🫡
If you’re not out in nature, you can just stuff some newspaper into your boots with a little bit sticking out, and set them next to a fan overnight. Works great for drying out ski boots.
Don't even have to use fan... Most Slavic countries know and use this "trick"
I shove a blow dryer in there on low heat and switch the boot every so often
@@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 i need to know what this is
@@yevgeniyaleshchenko849why is trick in quotations
news... paper? I haven't heard those words together in years
If you have leather boots, let them dry slowly (aka don't put them close to the fire). It runs a decent chance of cracking the leather. Just an fyi.
Yes, I was thinking the same thing. If you're in the woods and you need them to dry quickly, might be worth the risk. But otherwise, you're really reducing the life of your boots by heat drying them.
This right here, it's a good trick for an emergency though. Better to lose some boots than to lose some toes.
I use these little packs of Silica Gel you often get in packaging instead. Alternatively you can buy them e.g. as car dehumidifiers.
At home you can quickly dry the packs out in the microwave or oven, outdoors they will dry out in the sun. That way you can reuse them basically infinitely.
Thank you
Kinda feel like if ur out roughnecking in a nice pair of leather boots .. extending their life span isn't on yr mind lol
@isaiagcampbell488 "runs a decent chance of cracking" No my guy, it WILL crack and ruin leather. you can think of it like bbq'ing your skin in the middle of summer in arizona and never using moisturizer or showering. my leather army boots come with the explicit warning to "never place them near heated objects like radiator ovens, heated shoe racks, heated floors and open fires.
Another tip is to change into dry socks during a brief halt and put your wet socks on your shoulders, underneath your ruck straps. Your body heat will dry them, at least a little. When you go to sleep, if you have no safe heat source at night, place wet clothes on your bare chest in your sleeping bag. It's damp, it's a bit cold at first, it's no fun at all, but your clothes will be drier in the morning.
Was just complaining about my wet workboots this morning, and this pops up in my feed. They really are listening to us, folks.
Sure they do. But, did they listen for your words or minds?
Good point@@redwood_shores
I've never been hiking a day in my life and this showed up for me.
@@redwood_shoresComplaining suggests words spoken out loud. Perhaps English is your second language?
@@vaska1999 Yes, sir. Though I can easily imagine complaining as a form of unclear whining, mumbling whatnot.
*The only thing I have to add to this truly excellent survival tip is this: **_Use Any Rock!_* Putting a waterlogged rock *in boiling water* CANNOT make the rock explode, because water boiling in an open pot cannot get hot enough to generate high-pressure steam. But a wet rock directly in the fire CAN be dangerous, so do not do that!
I would think if you boiled a wet rock you're simply adding more moisture to your boots.
The video didn't use an open pot though.
It’s technically putting cold water on a hot rock that can be dangerous
A can of tuna can be dangerous if it ends up directly in the fire. Getting hit with steaming hot fish at supersonic speed leaves a lasting impression.
@@finnmcginn9931- Of course, but why in heck would you put a can of TUNA into a fire? Note: Exploding cans of superheated STEW are also , uh... 'entertaining' . 😕
This is why normal folks call us crazy. “Boots got wet, huh? Time to boil some rocks!”
It sounds kinda crazy when you put it’s like that but if it works it works.
Sort of like “hey, our airplane is falling out of the sky towards the ground, what should we do?
Aim the nose at the ground intentionally so we gain speed!”
Sounds crazy, but it’s the way to do it. Well, at least it’s the first step just like boiling rocks.
I did a similar trick with sand. You put sand in a pot, and then you warm it on the fire. It is necessary to mix it so that it warms up evenly. Monitor the temperature so that it is not too hot. To do this, you can drip water and make sure that it does not sizzle. If it is overheated, then you can cool it with water, but you need to pour it without fanaticism, right? Sand in a sock, a sock in a shoe. That's better. It is good to leave it overnight if the shoes were wet. And in the camp to walk in polypropylene slippers :)
They make nice bed warmers too
You might live in Suomi?
@@smallfaucet i wish, I'm from California. I learned the hot rocks in your bed trick from a native American friend.
@@crinnaCan you explain how to use that technique please? I have never heard about either to dry the shoes or to warm up the bed.
@@crinnaCalifornian here too.
I learned it from my grandparents, in New Mexico, who took us camping all over the Four Corners states; especially Southern Colorado.
Since my grandmother grew up in Mescalero, as her parents owned the general store on the Apache reservation, and my grandfather was a safety engineer with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, I think it's safe to say that they likely learned it from Native Americans as well.
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@@9richy6bram8When we went camping, my grandparents would set several largish rocks around our campfire, which would slowly warm over the course of the evening.
Note that they were near the fire; not in it.
Right before we went to bed, they would take these rocks, wrap them in towels or other cloth, and place them in the foot of each sleeping bag.
It was lovely, especially on a cold and/or rainy night, to slip into the sleeping bag and be greeted with the lovely and long-lasting heat from the rocks.
Though in most cases, it would rain overnight, after we went to bed, and be sunny and gorgeous by morning.
Wonderful memories.
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When I lived in the woods growing up, we would take campfire rocks, wrapped in a towel, to bed with us during winter to keep us warm..one by our feet, and one to hug...worked great!
Feral.
we did the same. I'll never forget the warmth and the smell.
a deadly pillowfight
lol@@telavia577
Yep.or burry hot ones and sleep in top.
What a great tip!!! Awesome!!! Knowing what to do, can save your life! Rocks can also warm your bed like they used to do for centuries!:)
Ive learned a lot of different things from this young man since he popped up in my feed one day!!! I really like this video. I shared it to my daughter because she goes camping all the time. I think its almost time for rainbow over in the Ocala Forest. She NEVER misses a year!!! She just LOOOOOVES going out and cooking for everyone and theres A LOT of people who show up every year. I call them hippies. Hell im an old hippie from years past!!!❤
Bless you
What is rainbow??
Mmm... rock soup.
bussin
Yum
My favorite
We made that in school
Rock lobster 🦞
This guy rocks
Underrated comment 😆😆😆
HAH!
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used to do this to sleep warm in the field in 80s army also had a wool cableknit sweater my wifemade and she would sew into a cover made of 2 army brown teeshirts to keep it clean and uniform compliant.........my first sgt payed her to make him one and change out the tees after each trip to the field
Sounds like you have a good lady taking care of you, sir. Hope you have many more years together.
@@normallyChallenged she was
@@robertbrodie5183 It is the kindest of us who are taken too soon. My condolences, I'm sure you will be together again one day.
that sound like a keeper
Great story and greater wife! Thanks for your service. 😊
This is really interesting. Very handy to know. I also never knew about rocks exploding!
I found out the hard way. Using wet rock for a fire pit.
@@argenisarteaga5285did you get hurt? How bad was the explosion?
@@faaltugyan614 I wasn’t injured, but definitely startled.
@@argenisarteaga5285 oh ok thanks so not like pieces of rock flying at you or your face at high speed or something
We used heated rocks in a big metal pot to heat up a sweathut. You could often hear them explode inside the pot. Some of those lifted up the lid. The shards can be sharp too
The exploding rock info was very helpful... been wondering about that for years... Thanks
I don't see why they would explode unless all the water boiled out of the pan and the temperature rose well above 100C.
I would suppose it has to do with the water deep inside the rock won’t have enough space to get out (dry out) before the rock is at 100C and when that happens the water trapped inside turns to steam which is much less dense than water, meaning that the inside of the rock expands because the steam can’t be compressed (I believe).
I’m no physicist but only interested in physics questions so I’ve read a lot. Doesn’t mean that my though is correct though so take my guess with some grains of salt 😅
there is zero explosion risk if you're boiling rocks like this. The risk increases from zero as you increase the rocks temperature past boiling point, which is impossible if its... boiling
“And the broth is flavorful too!”
Boiled rocks in urine for a rich broth.
Stone Soup!
the steamed socks are a delicacy
As a bonus, while you are waiting for your shoes and socks to dry, you can chow down on some delicious stone broth!
Extra bonus bonus: The more often you reuse the same rocks, the more aroma they will carry!
Are you thinking about that old French story about the soldiers from Napolean's "Grand Armee" who came to a village where the people said they had no food at all? The soldiers then set out to make "stone soup."
Thats actually useful and a brilliant idea, I have never heard of before... thank you!
Because water evaporates past its boiling point, any water hotter than that leaves the pot. The remaining water will only heat the rocks up to the temperature that boils water. If you put rocks onto a flame, it can get way hotter than that. That's why you boil rocks for this instead of putting them onto a fire.
yes that's what he said in the video
@@ijustwannaleaveacommentony6511it's good to have it repeated in writing, because a great many people who watch the video won't pay attention, and will decide to skip the boiling water bath, and go directly to the "rocks inside fire will be hot and dry," and end up killing themselves, or other people.
@@ijustwannaleaveacommentony6511 yeah but he didn't explain why they don't get as hot, this comment does and it's cool
Right. Just like what he said in the video.
@@vcommandarv5916 Still seems pointless, I'd presume everyone watching content like this is old enough to know that boiling water only heats up to boiling point
We used to do this when I built trail!! Your boots will be dry in 5 min! Awesome tip dude!
Nice tip! Boiling them guarantees they won't get hotter than 100 C
C? Can you simplify in American?
C as in Celsius. 100 C is equivalent to 212 F - the boiling point of water. Water can't get hotter that that (unless you apply certain conditions to it) so boiling anything in water would not allow it to get any hotter than 100 C. @@adamallen7070
They won't get hotter than a 2 and 3/16th of a thumb long frog boiled in a concoction of sugary maple tree syrup weighing 4 and 7/12ths of a lion mane (standardized, air-dried in Nebraska) but only if you keep boiling for 11.285368 gasps.
You have perfectly described the Imperial measuring system! @@vivvpprof
@@adamallen7070 14 football fields
Very good idea.
Blessings everyone everywhere and always
If you're boiling the rocks anyway I dont think there's any risk of them exploding. Also I've had plenty of rocks explode that weren't obviously exposed to lots of water. Red Granite in TX explode all the time when I burn brush piles, these rocks sit in the sun all day and the water almost never.
That said everything you have shown is great advice, and proactively avoiding exploding rocks and melted clothes is certainly best practice.
Maybe it was due to air pockets inside them?
@greg3087 Probably not, most rocks have significant amounts of water. Just ask any volcano. Most volcanism is the result of water released from rocks that lowers the melting point of nearby rocks and rises to the surface.
Just because a rock has water doesn't mean it will necessarily pop under heat, it depends on so many possible factors but if your rocks were soaking in standing water for months or years they will almost certainly have picked up extra water and they will pop/explode more.
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@@amosbackstrom5366asking a volcano
@@ashwood2455 it will answer if you come correct
Thank you so much for all these wilderness videos. Extremely cool and niche information. You are doing more than you know :))))
In a urban environment, newspaper works well. My mom worked at an emergency wintertime shelter for the homeless and learned a lot about how they survived on their own!
Not in a homeless shelter, but I’ve used paper towels stuffed into my shoes. First I squeeze the shoes into the towels and then replace with dry paper towels. It helps wick out the moisture
But this method is pretty cool if all you have is a pot and water and a fire :)
@@dilettanter Agreed!
This is great advice. A technique used by the military here in the U.K. is pretty good. Take of the boots and wet socks and dry your feet and apply foot powder. Put on your waterproof socks (Sealskinz) and put the boot back on. The natural heat will dry the boot pretty well. Make sure the following morning to swap your socks though. Sealskinz are great for causing blisters. If you’re getting in your Green Time Machine (sleeping bag), we put the plastic bags the ration packs came with over the boots to stop you messing up the sleeping bag. It always worked pretty well for me.
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At work I used to use paper towels. Two thicknesses of paper towels inside work boots will keep your feet dry for at least an hour.
Such wealth of information.
Thank you
Here is an old trick I used in Ranger School to dry out your clothes. Had to do this at night so I wouldn't get caught by the Ranger Instructors. 😊 Take your poncho, chinch it around and under you. Take a can of Sterno cannned heat. Light it between your legs in the seated position. It will become as warm as a sauna quick and dry out your clothes and warm you up. This was in the 1970s when there was no thermal scopes.
also 70s didn't have boot membranes than absolutely get destroyed exceeding 85 degrees Centigrade, old school leather and wool was this durable. Sadly nowadays this video is more of an example how to ruin your gear
@@viesturslinins3676 You can still buy high quality clothing though. For those that cheap out, well that's on them. They should probably just stay home.
@@viesturslinins3676I was just wondering this actually - I've got some altberg issued boots that specifically advise against being dried out quickly
@@jonnywilson9117 Agreed, but even 400$-500$ boot range you have to take into consideration manufacturers recommendations. Wool and Trad types are good to go with this hack, ultralight people, like I was couple of years ago not so much(those 12 kilos were so over engineered that leaving my millet or la sportiva "screw it" boots near an open fire would ruin their membrane and living in a country where it rains and dews heavily I can't risk that)
@@ellyrion8173 while membranes and gore Tex is a partial scam I would advise not to abuse your gear like this. If you want to test it buy cheapest and I mean cheapest working boots (Dunlop) with a propietary membrane and test them by getting them wet and then putting one in room temperature and the second one somewhere near a heat source and get them wet again you will see a noticable difference in their ability to be water resistant. Those boots run about 35 EUR monies, which in USA equivalent is around 45 dollars.
I didn't cook enough, the stones are still hard. Boots stuffed with stones are the best food on a hike!
Не факт. Всегда еще можно пожарить в бульоне из расплавленной стали.
This can be a great save but it should be clearly noted that high heat in shoes (above like 40-50C) can be damaging. Almost all shoes use adhesive and layering materials when manufactured and heating them past the adhesives melting point can very well mean the shoes starts to have leaks and separation.
If possibly it might be smart to leave the rocks for a while after boiling to lower their temperature to minimize the risk.
But I guess if it’s in a crucial situation and you need the shoes dry and you don’t care if they needs replacing soon then go for the full heat ;)
Socks would probably not have issues more than maybe some shrinkages but could probably be stretched easily again :)
Good job, it's exactly the commentary I've been looking for. It should get more likes - the viewers need to be aware of this
Elastic can be damaged by heat, as can some synthetic cloth. I think I'd only do this if Needed, & quite carefully. I prefer standing in the sun or, indoors, a bit near the heater. Tall boots can be helped with a section of pool noodle. Gloves do better "blown open" & hung up.
That's a very wide temperature range... I'd say it's more like 70-75C for real shoes/boots, not Crocs.
You cant have boots melting on you after a 15 min walk outside in Vegas 😂
Rocks do not explode because they have soaked up water, they explode from having pockets of air inside.
Well this only works if you are not melting the plastic in your socks or shoes! Beware of synthetic products because you're hooped if your socks aren't wool or cotton or your shoes are rubber or some kind of foam inside: they'll simply melt.
The rocks wont get above 100⁰C, thats why the u put it in the water
@@ianBRJ Well I don't these manufactured products these days-- especially foam in the insoles-- to not have a melting point below 100°. It's not worth it to ruin your shoes out in the middle of nowhere and then what are you going to do: try and make the rest of your journey or your camping trip or hike in bare feet? Pretty much nobody in developed countries can handle that kind of wear and tear on your bare feet if your shoes are toast. Literally 😂 And don't even get me started after all that you run into wildlife of some sort and have to run for your life!
They’re hot rocks, not lava. You’re not going to melt synthetic fibers with a rock boiled for ten minutes
He did remove the foam insoles before stuffing in the rock-filled socks.
There are no plastics in shoes/clothing that can melt anywhere near as low as 100°C, but polyester and some other materials may deform somewhat over 80°C.
All quality boot manufacturers advise against drying boots with direct heat. If you're in a situation where you need to do this... sure. Your foot health is most important.
I was thinking that, but like you say, shortens the life of your footwear but extends the life of your feet.
@@anthonywood7420 So how much longer more will my feet survive after i die?
you know they're done when they float to the top
I went camping with my family once and we put lots of rocks around the campfire, waited for them to heat up, and put them in our pockets and called them 'hot rocks' to keep warm. This reminds me of that haha!
This is s great idea. Ive been an avid backpacker and outdoor explorer my entire life. Ive picked up many tips and tricks along the way. This is a new one for me to add. Id use it on cold icy mornings too. Thanks bro
awesome tip in case I ever go camping again. I've camped out enough over the summers of my childhood to last 18 lifetimes, so until then, I will catalog this tip accordingly.
I wish I had known this when I was a teen. We would use rocks from beside the fire to warm up our sleeping bags. I burnt two towels and two sleeping bags that way!
You're supposed to dig 4 or 5 holes six inches deep and then put the heated rocks in the holes and cover them up. You then lay your sleeping bag over the buried rocks. You will stay warm all night😊
Good call. People think that putting rocks around is to prevent the fire from spreading. Which it may or may not. Because we see it in movies. The majority of people on the planet don't know that they act as heaters
@@aewhatever you can make a rock wall by the fire to radiate the heat bavk towards you as well... you can also learn a lot of these tips and tricks watching Naked and Afraid.
Boiling the rocks also keeps them cleaner so you aren't introducing dirt and heavy ash in your socks and gloves. Fine ash isn't horrible, since it will absorb smells, but heavy ash can be very abrasive.
Boiling the rocks is genius! 212° is hot enough to dry but not hot enough to burn.
I love that God provides a solution to almost any issues in nature.
Yo not sure if you see this comment but ur content is fuckin GOLD keep doin what you do brotha
every now and then I see you giving free info like this and I feel grateful for youtube in these moments, and most of all people like you. This isn't just entertaining, so thanks
Reminds me of stone soup the old book! Very cool trick though!😊
Loved that book! People getting along.❤
Finally. Thank you for the RIGHT rocks to use.
If you boil them, you CAN use rocks from a stream or river bed. They will never go above boiling point so will never explode due to steam forming.
Don't do that.
If you boil them, the water inside them boils, too. And they become grenades.
Even "forest" rocks can have enough moisture in them to explode. At least wear some eye protection. You don't fuck around with this. Not with this.
Genius thinking. I'll have to use this one!
You can also use sand, heat up in a pan dry. Pour the sand in and it will heat/dry from the inside. No water needed to heat up.
Then you just have sand fucking everywhere
I'm a young girl who's never been out camping and always spends time at home, Yet I love to watch these!
And the rocks in your socks/gloves keep them from blowing into the fire or away.
Another brilliant idea, my friend, thank you for sharing this. 😊
love all the info you give, much love and respect Michael Lee Probst Sr.
As a child in the 80's, we learned lessons the hard way. My brother, my cousin and I were camping overnight in the back 40 of the farm. We made our firepit out of limestone from the creek. About 2 hours after starting our fire the first exploded. I estimate that it was the equivalent of a half stick of dynamite or a 4" titanium salute. Even after dousing the fire, 2 more blew. The concussion deafened us and removed us from our feet when that first stone blew and buried a piece of lava hot rock into my shin. Good times.
I love little useful tips like this. Thank you. 💐🏆
I once dried my favorite pair of shoes in a wood-fired oven that had been heated earlier that day. I forgot about them until the next day-they went in size 48 (14 US) and came out size ~44 (10.5)...
They were the comfiest pair of shoes I've ever owned. 😭
My brother when we were kids slept next to the fire and left our unlces plastic watch next to him between him and the fire when we woke up hours later the whole watch had melted Lol
I’m thinking of quitting my job and selling my house and just living in the bush. You have inspired me
You will be fkd up
Keep your day job boy scout.
Как же я рад, что ютуб порекомендовал мне этот канал!
Спасибо!
Лучший канал в теме из тех, что я знаю
This is a great tip. Never seen this idea before
I wish I saw this video before my camping trip last summer where I dumped out of my canoe and had to deal with wet socks and shoes for the next two days because it was humid and raining non-stop.
Get water shoes put your boots or shoes and socks in a waterproof bag. It's what I do on my kayak camping trips. Granted this tip is really neat.
Well it would be kinda pointless to dry your socks and boots if it was raining nonstop
@@niviera7807 No it wouldn't. You can keep yourself dry easily enough when it's raining. But drying your clothes/shoes while it's raining is a lot harder.
Swamp foot! been there...
I was going to reference a Frog & Toad storybook about Stone Soup… But for some reason I felt that I needed to google it first, to make sure I’m remembering it correctly… and of course I can find no record of a Frog & Toad book about Stone Soup. So now I’m caught in this Mandela limbo, wondering if I’m the only one who remembers that book…
That aside, thanks brother for just being chill & grounded. And thanks for teaching the importance of river stones vs regular earth stones. That’s pretty key for any camper who wants to build a campfire near a river. So tempting to make a fire ring with those round stones…
It was a Disney "Little Golden Book" story with Mickey as the protagonist.
I definitely remember that book as well as some of the illustrations
There was a story- maybe not it's own book- called Stone Soup. It was all edible except the stones
I love how the last step is "set them by the fire" which will dry them on their own. Setting them up on sticks or rocks elevated close to the fire will dry them better because youll get more airflow. Hot rocks or not, if theres poor airflow in the boot, it isnt drying. Source: camping for many many many years
Cool tip! I was an avid camper for years and this certainly would have been useful. ❤
That’s actually really clever. Boiling the rocks also means you kill any potentially bad stuff pn the rocks and the dirt will fall off in the water
You cannot boil rocks with water in them anywhere near enough to make them pop. Just can't get hot enough. However, if you use rocks with trapped water as your fire ring, of theyre in the pit, they will explode like popcorn. We actually had rocks do that on a hunting trip. We were nowhere near water and there was no reason to believe they were wet. We had to use dirt to shield us from the rocks popping. Haha!
This is the comment i was looking for, its like trying to get the inner water of a double boiler to boil. It just wont do it
I’m not sure I agree. The double boiler analogy doesn’t work because it’s above the boiling water and has the ability to shed some of its heat. A rock all the way at the bottom of the pan can get to 100c. The fact part of it is touching the bottom of the pan might allow it to get that 1 extra degree if it was left in long enough.
It would take a long time though because transferring heat to the center of an object is really hard when there is only 1 or 2 degrees difference. So the bottom of the rock being 101c would probably take days to get the center to 100c. But I think it is still possible.
@@ecospider5 A totally valid argument. However, have you ever worked with copper water line? It is nearly impossible to sweat copper line that has water in it. The line has to be drained in order to get the copper hot enough to properly sweat it and get the solder to migrate. The presence of water prevents that. Now, I've never dropped a big rock into a pan full of water and tried to make it pop, so you could be completely correct. I do think there would have to be some very specific factors to make that happen though. Like, a big rock with enough flat surface area to remove water from underneath it, and a VERY hot fire that's not usually possible from a camp fire. Water is a very good at drawing heat from things quickly. So, even if not probable, maybe also possible. Lol...
@@ecospider5 Even if the rock got to 101C, the steam pressure would barely be above 1atm. Compare that to heating a rock to say 300C in an open fire where the pressure would be closer to 100atm. Search for steam pressure charts on google. It takes a lot of internal pressure to explode a rock so there really isn't any risk at around 100C.
Thanks for sharing theses tips!!
This man will survive a zombie apocalypse.
Wonderful advice, wet socks are true torture
Lol.. I thought you were going to make STONE SOUP... if you ever heard of that.
At the very least you have stone broth when you're done
are you referring to the children's book? that book was rad
The Rock and Sock connection is a great team
That's great logic cuz the rock is likely gonna be near 200F when you use it and it's not that dangerous but it is highly effective.
Dang this is one of the best tips I’ve seen in awhile, this could save some toes and fingers
I don't want the only reply here to be a brainless quip.
The issue isn't that your hands or feet are cold right now, but that when your gloves, socks and shoes are wet, you will be cold constantly and if you manage to barely keep warm, it will sap your body's energy. If you dry off now, then afterwards or tomorrow when you hike, ski or climb you will be miserable. Being wet on your upper body isn't necessarily that dangerous, but your extremities are more exposed due to being lower temperature in general as well as being much slower to warm up due to the lower blood circulation. I sometimes find I will be opening my jacket layer to vent excess heat from my torso even while my hands and feet are numbing from cold. For hands and feet, the watch word is prevention, and dry clothes is one of the most crucial preventative measures.
Another tip is to change into dry socks during a brief halt and put your wet socks on your shoulders, underneath your ruck straps. Your body heat will dry them, at least a little. When you go to sleep, if you have no safe heat source at night, place wet clothes on your bare chest in your sleeping bag. It's damp, it's a bit cold at first, it's no fun at all, but your clothes will be drier in the morning.
Seems the quip got deleted, so I gotta point out I was referring to another comment here saying "Why not just go sit at the fire you just built to stay warm". Was not, in fact, referring to @rootatlogic5216 as a brainless quip.
Their gonna be a brainless, toeless, and fingerless quip... I'm just picturing dumb and dumber with tongue stuck to ski lift@@DraugSatan
I saw a woman this summer boiling rocks and I was hella confused at first so I had to ask and yeah this works
You are a wellspring of tried and true woods craft. God be with you!
Which boots are those
Merrell Moab 2
Ones for your leg hands....
They're his boots
@@lasercat538beat me to it
@@matthewdorricott4514’which’ not ‘whose’
I love this ideas…on a normal day my son comes in with wet shoes, I feel like this will work better then the dryer.
If you are at home with electric there are such things as boot driers you can buy which circulates warm air in them. Worth your while! Also sitting them upside down on your floor furnace registers work.
AND you won't have to worry about a dirty dryer 💕
Explode?! 😮
Yes....yes.... EEEXXXPPPLLLLOOOOOOODDDDEEEEEEEEE
Water in stone heated to boiling- the transition temperature from liquid to a gas. The gas has more energy, pressure the higher the temperature ( for water: above °212F. Expansion pressure inside a semi solid container causes an explosion when that container fails to hold the expansion pressure. Not sure however I think it is called Charles's law...
this is really cool because keeping things dry is very important for your health!
I can imagine alot of guys going out without this sort of knowledge and then getting infected by some bacteria or mould that has built up!
This man is literally preparing us for the Zombie apocalypse
A gay zombie apocalypse
That's impressive 👏 GGS
What kind of boots ya got there?
Looks like Merrell moab 2
Thanks from Washington DC. I live in the city but love these videos. If I ever get a vacation in the countryside, I’ll be ready. 🙂