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The toggles are for when wearing it as a poncho. You join the tarps/cloaks together using cordage through the "button" holes and the grommets. It's pretty simple to do.
The Russian army manual that came with mine, written in Russian of course so thank God for the drawings, show it set more like a low set tent shape. But saying that, What you did works just as good and you're not trying to keep a low profile in a combat zone, even with gun shots going off ;) . I like what you did. Well done.
There are a lot of options for using a raincoat tent: protection from bad weather; equipment for a waterproof sleeping place; transportation of the wounded; disguise; closing the entrance to the dugout, hut, etc. There are known cases of the use of raincoats-tents stuffed with hay for a single crossing of water obstacles
That looked like the way it's supposed to be setup! As long as it works... ur good! Lotsa room inside... prolly warm too... Nice going Brooke! Poor Mayzie... she don't like to stop hiking, huh? She cracked me up hearing her whine like that! Thx for sharing ur shelter adventure!
Nice, and what a fun way to spend the day outdoors and figure out a new shelter! It's fun reading the comments, and I look forward to the Q&A video. Thanks!
I used to have that same exact wood & canvas backpack. It's not overly comfortable. Used it once on a two week trek on the Desolation Wilderness Trail in the Sierra Mountains. The first day, within half a day, climbing up the side of Horsetail Falls, my lower back was bleeding. I didn't let that slow me down though, that trip is still one of my most fondly remembered backpacking trips. I used that same wooden frame while living in the mountains to pack my water in. Removed the pack and tied a 5 gallon jug to the frame, then would hike down to a spring to fill the bottle. That was my water supply for 8 years.
The canvas pack on mine finally got too old and worn so I removed it. I hitchhiked all over the place with it in the 70's. I loved that old wooden frame though and had it for many years. It was so versatile after removing the pack. I added a small shelf at the bottom when I used it for carrying water jugs. You could easily tie things to it that would otherwise be difficult to attach to other pack frames. If I still had it I would probably replace the canvas straps with nice padded ones with a hip belt.
Actually think the beauty in your cloak design is in the versatility. I can imagine a dozen or more ways that system could be set up. Your set up is just as good as any. Great video. Thanks for sharing! Woof Maisie!
Thank you so much for this a few years later. I don't care if it's right or not, knowing I can get two of these with how hard lavvus are to find now, this video is a diamond.
I don't think there's any right or wrong, as long as you end up with something that's going to shelter you. Especially with 2 of these there are so many possible configurations. Yours is pretty cool I must say. What you could also do (I saw this on another channel) is take a long thin toggle about 8" long, tie a rope to the middle and drop it into the arm hole on the back of your shelter, then tie the line out to a tree, or to a stick and guy it down in order to pull out the back and give you a bit more room inside at the back.
One thing I learned as a kid in a WWII army shelter half tent. It's really true that you should not touch the sides of a canvas tent in the rain. My brother and I had to abandon the tent and go inside after we started a dozen dripping leaks. That tent got washed away in the flooding that night. Lol
That cloak is super cool. Maybe this has already been said, I didn't read all of the comments. But I bet if you shorten that stick and move it about a quarter of the way towards the center you'd have a lot more floor room and less wasted space at the head. Also you have a more square opening and no need for a guideline so you could build your fire a little bit closer to shelter.
The East German Zeltbahn was also cut to the same dimensions as other EastBloc/ Warsaw Pact shelters. There is also a rain hood built in one corner like Plash Palatkas but on East German Ponchos [Zeltbahns] all the buttons line up. If you had six, you could build a perfect cube. Camo pattern looks like rain streaks.
Looks good to me! I have an East German poncho that looks almost identical to the Russian ones you have. I wished I had two now. Try setting them up now with one as a tube bed and the other simply as a roof?
I like the rubber toggles as they are strong and not subject to water damage or breaking! Recommend you melt the ends of the para-cord that you are using to complete your shelter! Good video!
Pretty good. I prefer to set up a ridge Line between trees or poles and drape the tarp etc over it. Puts less stress on the tarp. Ridge Line has a boline on one end and you wrap it around a tree then set the other end around a tree using either a taught line hitch or poor man's winch and use a slip knot to secure it. Then put the tarp etc over it stake it out. You can pinch the ends in if you like. But what you did works.
I knew that would make a good shelter!Nice fire pit also! I think I picked the only place in Tennessee to put my camp where there ain't a rock one! Thanks. ZZ.
My piecemeal research into the practices of Soviet infantry showed that these were issued one to a soldier with stakes and a length of cordage. The idea being that one soldier could set his PP up as a tiny one-person tent, or combine it with others' to make a larger shelter. They would weave the cordage through the button holes along the edges to fasten them together, rather than use the toggles. As there are button holes all the way around, this would be the best way to join multiple PP's. I guess 3.75 years later is better than never. ;) Thanks again for sharing this. :)
Brooke I love your videos your so down to earth. I like your hat, your braver then me I'd be afraid of the Bears would get me. I've had to many close grizzly bear encounters when I was a kid when I lived in Northern BC Canada. I bet your tent is cozy. I always like your videos.
I just remembered, our ponchos and shelter halves had snaps and we could combine them... and as an Infantryman, mine were mostly configured over a hole we had dug... so, the covering was lower to the ground and blended in better...camouflage was important...
I'm not sure being in a hole would work out so well in cold weather or survival situations. You would effectively be in a Cold Sump and it would probably be colder in there than at ground level. Like when you build a snow cave you always make a shelf to sleep on and dig the bottom of the cave out lower for a place for the colder air to sump in. Though I can understand there could be situations where being camouflaged would be more important than comfort.
Actually, cover was more important than concealment...better to be in a hole for protection if bullets or shrapnel is coming your way... A foxhole is the ultimate bugout encampment...sometimes you bugout before you get started digging good...
back in my active days... I always had two ponchos, a hammock, and bug net--- I had the kit tied together, so that I could hang from my track 113 and had sleeping set up done in five min, took just as long to take down(if we had to dig a shooting position, I had under-- and when right beside a 113, concealment was out the door!!) it was in ga, where one had to worry about snakes big time- and fire ants!!!--- no one slept on ground in my unit due to such--- hehe, I remember one Sgt that was new to area, didn't listen and that wanted to be hard core, and thru such a pussy fit when none of us didn't do as he stated was right-- and our first Sgt backed us grunts-- that dude woke up with a water mocosion and fire ants all over him- we had to call a chopper in for him to exac him out of the field!!!--- sometimes the basic shelter is the best!!!!!
I subbed. Hiking in the woods with Lassie, what’s not to like! That cloak shelter looks cool about the same way I set my 10x10 tarp. Plenty of room for me and the dog plus gear. Nice job. Extra points for hauling the big rocks!!
very close to a U.S. army pup tent WW2 era. it was in 2 section, so 2 soldiers would each carry 1/2 of it . to keep the weight down.. It had buttons it... At that time it was made of heavy gauge water proof canvas..It was my first tent I had, I bought it at the Army/Navy store around 1960 ish..
It’s fun experimenting and coming up with new ideas. I have a Polish Lavvu poncho shelter similar to the Russian in some respects. A good straight to the point viewpoint video, thank you.
Looks great.But I would have to A-frame for no center pole to fit 260 lbs of Chabunga in there. But I mostly just know about possums. Love these videos!
Love the sincerity in this video. I'm positive you are not alone in your struggles to figure out how to set up one of those damn things. I will probably be one myself as I have on on order currently. Btw... good on you hefting those big ol' stones around. You are no slouch. Great vid.
Petty cool shelter! I think maybe I will get a couple of military ponchos. I think you are supposed to people in it, because each person would have a poncho.
Hi, good job! One suggestion I have is to use a shorter stick, saw about 6 inches off, then you'd be able to stretch the sides out more for additional room. Play around with the height till you find the happy medium for when you are sitting inside and still have room for your dog and gear. I think you'll be surprised at how much more room you'll gain! :)
I would have made the stick a little bit longer and place it on an angle towards the "wall" of the tent and pull it with the string. or place more sticks like a teepy, after all the poll is just to lift the peak of the tent up, and to give it a form to the tent. so by placing it in an angle, it would help give you more space and it would be out the way. In other words, the center stick does not have to be in the center, but on the side because the strings that you are using, would still give you a tag and pull effect and shape to the tent.
Great job. (fun music too) Did you spend the night in it? If I were to change anything with it I would make it lower to the ground and addbmore leaves in and around it that way might be able to stay warm longer, not sure if your goal was to sleep in it.
Another youtube vid shows the double pataka shelter set up. There, a single pataka was used with a single pole with the corners staked out more or less directly to the sides of the pole. Then the second was joined to the 1st at the opening at the pole. So yes, there is quite more ways than one to do a shelter using two of them.
If you dropped the main pole down a little in height, you get even more room! It's a really cool shelter setup. And if Lars of Survival Russia likes it too, it's good to go!
Hi Brooke, love your videos. I wanted to know what the best campfire would be? You always talk about the hard wood is longer burning. What is your favorite and why? Thanks, Leanne from Illinois.
Great video and cloak shelter. New to your channel. I’ve been wanting to make a sort of cloak shelter like the Russian and Polish Lavvu, was waiting to get some good canvas material. I just got a canopy from a gazebo. I’ll be making it an 8x10 tarp cloak. I’ll be doing videos on all types of shelters with it, as well as after I make the shoulder and hood part, I’ll be setting up shelters while I’m wearing it.
By shortening the center post you will have more material to stretch out the tent. maybe enough to close the front flappers. like you said experimentation will present the best combination. I believe that there is a pole kit specifically for that set up. Logcabinlooms (youtube profile name) at one time bought multiple sets of both the cloaks and poles at FleetFarm hardware store in their surplus section. SwissLink the retail surplus webpage also has/has them. They have a youtube channel also. They have been selling stuff off since they are located in the drainage basis of Oroville dam in California. Things have settled out now but there are still some details about that which are in doubt
they are advertized here as Czech. But I think communist block equals communist block. swisslink.com/camping-outdoor-gear-tents-bags/czech-tent-poles.html
nice i enjoyed watching it's great to be out keep up with your vedoes I've just found your videos wish you all the best you take care my friend until next time
Hello, I really enjoyed this video! I'm glad I found you. I watched a few other of your vids too just now & I have subscribed. You have a way about you that draws one in. I will be watching more. Everyone else probably knows your dogs name but I'm new and curious. He or she tries to help you a lot! Cool hat!
Great video. I like that you didn't practise or edit before you filmed. I get subs asking why I do that as well. I think it is good for new bushcrafters to see us fumble our way a bit and get the job done in a realistic way...
Well done Brooke. You had a smug look of self satisfaction after that. I think the two guy lines should be more to the rear, but otherwise, perfect. Did you stay overnight?
hi, just found your channel, liked the set up, however, to make the shelter warmer in cold weather, you should cover the bottom edges with dirt all around.
First of all = You did an AWESOME job. So what follows is simply out of curiosity only, and with much affection and appreciation as well. I'm wondering if you made the tent pole taller and moved the corners in closer, if that would allow you to overlap the two ends of the cloak / cover, and allow you to completely close off the tent for severe weather conditions (cold wind / snow). Again, great video and much appreciated. We always learn something from watching your videos. Stay well. ~ matt (the cowboy viking).
A little less height on that pole would give you a bit more poncho to play with on the ground. if it had rained you'd be able to get the flaps closer together.
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Girl in the Woods always down with plenty of head room... XD
U.S. pup tents have snaps, but you all ready know this.
I love how the dog is pulling up the stakes in the background while you're carving the pole.
The toggles are for when wearing it as a poncho. You join the tarps/cloaks together using cordage through the "button" holes and the grommets. It's pretty simple to do.
Awesome- thanks Lars! Really appreciate that! Hey BTW there's a lot of people who would like me to parody you.... would you mind??? Cheers!
Then, there's the emergency sleeping bag ... you fold up the bottom, with the toggles, then put your feet in it; it becomes a bedroll of sorts...
The Russian army manual that came with mine, written in Russian of course so thank God for the drawings, show it set more like a low set tent shape. But saying that, What you did works just as good and you're not trying to keep a low profile in a combat zone, even with gun shots going off ;) . I like what you did. Well done.
There are a lot of options for using a raincoat tent:
protection from bad weather;
equipment for a waterproof sleeping place;
transportation of the wounded;
disguise;
closing the entrance to the dugout, hut, etc.
There are known cases of the use of raincoats-tents stuffed with hay for a single crossing of water obstacles
As long as it works for you its not wrong.
That looked like the way it's supposed to be setup! As long as it works... ur good! Lotsa room inside... prolly warm too...
Nice going Brooke!
Poor Mayzie... she don't like to stop hiking, huh? She cracked me up hearing her whine like that!
Thx for sharing ur shelter adventure!
Nice, and what a fun way to spend the day outdoors and figure out a new shelter! It's fun reading the comments, and I look forward to the Q&A video. Thanks!
I used to have that same exact wood & canvas backpack. It's not overly comfortable. Used it once on a two week trek on the Desolation Wilderness Trail in the Sierra Mountains. The first day, within half a day, climbing up the side of Horsetail Falls, my lower back was bleeding. I didn't let that slow me down though, that trip is still one of my most fondly remembered backpacking trips. I used that same wooden frame while living in the mountains to pack my water in. Removed the pack and tied a 5 gallon jug to the frame, then would hike down to a spring to fill the bottle. That was my water supply for 8 years.
The canvas pack on mine finally got too old and worn so I removed it. I hitchhiked all over the place with it in the 70's. I loved that old wooden frame though and had it for many years. It was so versatile after removing the pack. I added a small shelf at the bottom when I used it for carrying water jugs. You could easily tie things to it that would otherwise be difficult to attach to other pack frames. If I still had it I would probably replace the canvas straps with nice padded ones with a hip belt.
Actually think the beauty in your cloak design is in the versatility. I can imagine a dozen or more ways that
system could be set up. Your set up is just as good as any. Great video. Thanks for sharing! Woof Maisie!
Nicely done!! I have been having a blast with these things. There is so much you can do with them!
Cheers from NW PA
I was thinking about you and your pashpalatkas as I watched this.
jlynn thank you! hope you are having a good one!
i love the long hair collie shes so gorgeous
Thank you yes she is my special girl!
Thank you so much for this a few years later. I don't care if it's right or not, knowing I can get two of these with how hard lavvus are to find now, this video is a diamond.
I don't think there's any right or wrong, as long as you end up with something that's going to shelter you. Especially with 2 of these there are so many possible configurations. Yours is pretty cool I must say. What you could also do (I saw this on another channel) is take a long thin toggle about 8" long, tie a rope to the middle and drop it into the arm hole on the back of your shelter, then tie the line out to a tree, or to a stick and guy it down in order to pull out the back and give you a bit more room inside at the back.
You set up a good camp. Simple I like it keep the rain off you back side.
One thing I learned as a kid in a WWII army shelter half tent. It's really true that you should not touch the sides of a canvas tent in the rain. My brother and I had to abandon the tent and go inside after we started a dozen dripping leaks. That tent got washed away in the flooding that night. Lol
Mazie is such a big helper. 🐶
That cloak is super cool. Maybe this has already been said, I didn't read all of the comments. But I bet if you shorten that stick and move it about a quarter of the way towards the center you'd have a lot more floor room and less wasted space at the head. Also you have a more square opening and no need for a guideline so you could build your fire a little bit closer to shelter.
The East German Zeltbahn was also cut to the same dimensions as other EastBloc/ Warsaw Pact shelters. There is also a rain hood built in one corner like Plash Palatkas but on East German Ponchos [Zeltbahns] all the buttons line up. If you had six, you could build a perfect cube. Camo pattern looks like rain streaks.
Maysie is a great helper
Being creative is a gift thanks for shareing
Got the same tent from Poland. I spend some time on seting up and watterproofing the thing, but now I love it!
Cool I've seen those before too!
Love it! Shelter + fire. Now I can look for videos on how to handle any fierce wild animals that may show up.
It's just turning spring here in NZ and I can't wait for the warm weather again, it was great watching this.. thanks..
thanks Clarke!
Looks good to me! I have an East German poncho that looks almost identical to the Russian ones you have. I wished I had two now. Try setting them up now with one as a tube bed and the other simply as a roof?
You are one hip chick, as it takes a special drive to REALLY get interested and involved in Soviet militaria-you go girl!:)-John in Texas
I like the rubber toggles as they are strong and not subject to water damage or breaking! Recommend you melt the ends of the para-cord that you are using to complete your shelter! Good video!
thanks for watching!
OUTSTANDING - true pionneering spirit by brave.......very enjoyable to watch.
Pretty good. I prefer to set up a ridge Line between trees or poles and drape the tarp etc over it. Puts less stress on the tarp. Ridge Line has a boline on one end and you wrap it around a tree then set the other end around a tree using either a taught line hitch or poor man's winch and use a slip knot to secure it. Then put the tarp etc over it stake it out. You can pinch the ends in if you like. But what you did works.
I knew that would make a good shelter!Nice fire pit also! I think I picked the only place in Tennessee to put my camp where there ain't a rock one! Thanks. ZZ.
My piecemeal research into the practices of Soviet infantry showed that these were issued one to a soldier with stakes and a length of cordage. The idea being that one soldier could set his PP up as a tiny one-person tent, or combine it with others' to make a larger shelter. They would weave the cordage through the button holes along the edges to fasten them together, rather than use the toggles. As there are button holes all the way around, this would be the best way to join multiple PP's. I guess 3.75 years later is better than never. ;) Thanks again for sharing this. :)
Brooke I love your videos your so down to earth. I like your hat, your braver then me I'd be afraid of the Bears would get me. I've had to many close grizzly bear encounters when I was a kid when I lived in Northern BC Canada. I bet your tent is cozy. I always like your videos.
Thanks Deb! No griz encounters for me to date, but lots of blacks. Always on my mind tho! Appreciate you watching!
Love your channel and all your adventures with Maisy...great hints advice ☺☺☺
I just remembered, our ponchos and shelter halves had snaps and we could combine them...
and as an Infantryman, mine were mostly configured over a hole we had dug...
so, the covering was lower to the ground and blended in better...camouflage was important...
I'm not sure being in a hole would work out so well in cold weather or survival situations. You would effectively be in a Cold Sump and it would probably be colder in there than at ground level. Like when you build a snow cave you always make a shelf to sleep on and dig the bottom of the cave out lower for a place for the colder air to sump in. Though I can understand there could be situations where being camouflaged would be more important than comfort.
Actually, cover was more important than concealment...better to be in a hole for protection if bullets or shrapnel is coming your way...
A foxhole is the ultimate bugout encampment...sometimes you bugout before you get started digging good...
Keith: That makes sense :>
back in my active days... I always had two ponchos, a hammock, and bug net--- I had the kit tied together, so that I could hang from my track 113 and had sleeping set up done in five min, took just as long to take down(if we had to dig a shooting position, I had under-- and when right beside a 113, concealment was out the door!!) it was in ga, where one had to worry about snakes big time- and fire ants!!!--- no one slept on ground in my unit due to such--- hehe, I remember one Sgt that was new to area, didn't listen and that wanted to be hard core, and thru such a pussy fit when none of us didn't do as he stated was right-- and our first Sgt backed us grunts-- that dude woke up with a water mocosion and fire ants all over him- we had to call a chopper in for him to exac him out of the field!!!--- sometimes the basic shelter is the best!!!!!
Always wise to watch the locals and follow what they do.
I subbed. Hiking in the woods with Lassie, what’s not to like! That cloak shelter looks cool about the same way I set my 10x10 tarp. Plenty of room for me and the dog plus gear. Nice job. Extra points for hauling the big rocks!!
Great video ! I like the minimalist approach using sticks instead of prefab stakes and pole-Looks good!:)-John in Texas
very close to a U.S. army pup tent WW2 era. it was in 2 section, so 2 soldiers would each carry 1/2 of it . to keep the weight down.. It had buttons it... At that time it was made of heavy gauge water proof canvas..It was my first tent I had, I bought it at the Army/Navy store around 1960 ish..
wow another great set up young lady !!!
It’s fun experimenting and coming up with new ideas. I have a Polish Lavvu poncho shelter similar to the Russian in some respects. A good straight to the point viewpoint video, thank you.
Looking good. Artists like to say that one has to know when to put the brush down. If it works for you, then it's done. Cheers.
Very awesome,Blay,blay! Get it done ,get on a train!
Looks like a great trip!
yep thanks for watching
Sweet tarps i think they just need a little adjustment but definitely a great option
Looks good to me Brooke. Love the music...perfect3
Single post shelter, very nice.
You are absolutely adorable!
thank you
Looks great.But I would have to A-frame for no center pole to fit 260 lbs of Chabunga in there.
But I mostly just know about possums.
Love these videos!
I think you did a great job!
I liked your set up. Great vid, Brooke:)
Love the sincerity in this video. I'm positive you are not alone in your struggles to figure out how to set up one of those damn things. I will probably be one myself as I have on on order currently. Btw... good on you hefting those big ol' stones around. You are no slouch. Great vid.
Thanks Scott Ewing!
Petty cool shelter! I think maybe I will get a couple of military ponchos. I think you are supposed to people in it, because each person would have a poncho.
Hi, good job! One suggestion I have is to use a shorter stick, saw about 6 inches off, then you'd be able to stretch the sides out more for additional room. Play around with the height till you find the happy medium for when you are sitting inside and still have room for your dog and gear. I think you'll be surprised at how much more room you'll gain! :)
hey thanks much!
what a cleaver idea on this. loved the video.
I'd rather be inside the shelter than sitting out in the cold, fire or no fire. ☆You did that well
Thanks Christopher!
I would have made the stick a little bit longer and place it on an angle towards the "wall" of the tent and pull it with the string. or place more sticks like a teepy, after all the poll is just to lift the peak of the tent up, and to give it a form to the tent. so by placing it in an angle, it would help give you more space and it would be out the way. In other words, the center stick does not have to be in the center, but on the side because the strings that you are using, would still give you a tag and pull effect and shape to the tent.
👍 Collie named Tammy was my nanny in the 60’s. Best damn dog breed. Cheers!
If it's draught free dry and your happy with it, then it's been put up too perfection, enjoyed it very much looks cool 😎, take care Liam 😉
Thanks much Liam!
Girl in the Woods your welcome
looks like plenty of room for you and your good lookin pup
You're cloak gear is cool 😎 I like it! Thanks for sharing
If you have 4 plash palatkas... you can make a 12x12 shelter... and close it off... sealing out the elements.
She did a good job
thank you!
Great job. (fun music too) Did you spend the night in it? If I were to change anything with it I would make it lower to the ground and addbmore leaves in and around it that way might be able to stay warm longer, not sure if your goal was to sleep in it.
3:21 Doggo: "My stick!" 😆
I think it is one of those If it keeps the weather off it is set up correctly things.
Haha. Awesome video. Love how you're learning, like we are. 👍🏻
thanks!
Again.... love your videos. Nice job!
Thank you!
I would be curious to see if it's waterproof. You should do an overnighter in it.
great video and love your dog there really great I miss mine
Thanks for sharing! I really enjoyed it
Another youtube vid shows the double pataka shelter set up. There, a single pataka was used with a single pole with the corners staked out more or less directly to the sides of the pole. Then the second was joined to the 1st at the opening at the pole. So yes, there is quite more ways than one to do a shelter using two of them.
noted
My dad had one of those from when he was in Korea.
wonderful sister good job i loved your vid hope you make more God bless you
If you dropped the main pole down a little in height, you get even more room! It's a really cool shelter setup. And if Lars of Survival Russia likes it too, it's good to go!
Haha, he was doing a video wrapped up in his plas paltka.
Hi Brooke, love your videos. I wanted to know what the best campfire would be? You always talk about the hard wood is longer burning. What is your favorite and why? Thanks, Leanne from Illinois.
Great video and cloak shelter. New to your channel. I’ve been wanting to make a sort of cloak shelter like the Russian and Polish Lavvu, was waiting to get some good canvas material. I just got a canopy from a gazebo. I’ll be making it an 8x10 tarp cloak. I’ll be doing videos on all types of shelters with it, as well as after I make the shoulder and hood part, I’ll be setting up shelters while I’m wearing it.
sweet sounds great
I like it I think you did a great job
By shortening the center post you will have more material to stretch out the tent. maybe enough to close the front flappers. like you said experimentation will present the best combination. I believe that there is a pole kit specifically for that set up. Logcabinlooms (youtube profile name) at one time bought multiple sets of both the cloaks and poles at FleetFarm hardware store in their surplus section. SwissLink the retail surplus webpage also has/has them. They have a youtube channel also. They have been selling stuff off since they are located in the drainage basis of Oroville dam in California. Things have settled out now but there are still some details about that which are in doubt
they are advertized here as Czech. But I think communist block equals communist block. swisslink.com/camping-outdoor-gear-tents-bags/czech-tent-poles.html
nice i enjoyed watching it's great to be out keep up with your vedoes I've just found your videos wish you all the best you take care my friend until next time
Right on thanks Ellis!
Hello, I really enjoyed this video! I'm glad I found you. I watched a few other of your vids too just now & I have subscribed. You have a way about you that draws one in. I will be watching more. Everyone else probably knows your dogs name but I'm new and curious. He or she tries to help you a lot! Cool hat!
looked like a great tent . it would work with my -15 degree f sleeping bag with my -50 degree bag tucked in the first lol I hate being cold
: ))
My Dog LOVES to help me with work too! Cute Puppy! I subbed. :) :) :)
I love what you are doing keep up the great work and videos
thank you
Nice set up and camp! Enjoy the fire!
Hey thanks much! Cheers
Great video. I like that you didn't practise or edit before you filmed. I get subs asking why I do that as well. I think it is good for new bushcrafters to see us fumble our way a bit and get the job done in a realistic way...
Yeah cool thanks!
Well done Brooke. You had a smug look of self satisfaction after that. I think the two guy lines should be more to the rear, but otherwise, perfect. Did you stay overnight?
hi, just found your channel, liked the set up, however, to make the shelter warmer in cold weather, you should cover the bottom edges with dirt all around.
what is your collies name, such a pretty dog.
Maysie
First of all = You did an AWESOME job. So what follows is simply out of curiosity only, and with much affection and appreciation as well. I'm wondering if you made the tent pole taller and moved the corners in closer, if that would allow you to overlap the two ends of the cloak / cover, and allow you to completely close off the tent for severe weather conditions (cold wind / snow). Again, great video and much appreciated. We always learn something from watching your videos. Stay well. ~ matt (the cowboy viking).
What I'm attempting to describe is more of a "square" or "diamond" shape, if that makes any sense. Sorry if it doesn't
PS: I like the way you set it up overall = as it makes for easy access and has lots of room
Yeah I'm sure it would be great to set it up that way!
that's the first Trapper Nelson pack frame I have seen on a outdoor camping video.i have a couple but just use them on day hikes.
love them
Looks great
Thumps up for sure. Good job
Hi brooke did you ever try a brown tarp for a shelter you can have a windproof rainproof shelter ?🐸i love your show
Nice set up and fire. I like your set up. When you going back to Alaska? Any big adventure plans in the next year?
A little less height on that pole would give you a bit more poncho to play with on the ground. if it had rained you'd be able to get the flaps closer together.
yep thanks much
Great job...
Thank you!
Wondelfull video.
Thanks.
Greetings from Spain.
Girl in the woods is awesome
Well all I can tell ya is I'm Russian & I would have a hard time to:) But looks like ya got it! Pretty cool:)
just found this channel very fun
Appreciate that- thanks for stopping by!
I had one from Poland, it was heavy as a lead diving boot
Where did you ourchase your lavvu?