We lost our home, years ago, and were outside until December in Ontario. One thing I can say I learned is you need good clothing and good blankets. The other thing I learned is that if you have an emergency blanket, foil, or one those reflective-side tarps you can hang it so that it is vertical and tilted downwards to reflect the heat to you. This will help you stay warm. Dogs help, too, just not when your big ole pitty decides to walk off with the blanket in the middle of the night and curl up in a corner of the tent. God, she was bad for that. Now, the other fun part... add tarps over your tent on the other side. They'll help insulate the tent, and retain the heat in it. I learned my lesson after that. I now own a couple 12'x12' heavy hunting tarps that are camo printed woodland. I do own a wood stove, now, as well. lol Screw that, that wasn't fun, even if livable.
Where in Ontario are you? Do you have shelter? Wait I just read that it was years ago sorry. I was living in the bush for 2 weeks near North Bay, in November, One day could be warm in the next the most unbelievable freezing damp cold ever.
@@magentapilot4576 I'm just a stubborn redneck from Texas. lol We learned from a young age to rig stuff up and make due with what you got. Yeah, it gets too damn cold here. The moisture makes it worse.
Hot rocks between the legs sucks the heat into the body core ( Femoral Artery) You can sub bury them flush with the ground and sleep on them with a buffer of insulation. Hot rocks are a big underrated way to stay warm.
I've done this while camping. Heated rocks and buried about 6 of them with about 3 inches of dort on top. Kept very warm all night while Temps were in the teens.
So true! However it takes a couple of hours to make the stones heated enough. But, when that's done you'll have heating for a night. It's a good thing to rehearse this in good conditions, so everything works when SHTF.
Good point! I take an old ugly brown (colors that don't stain easily) pillowcase with me and old towel. Wrap a hot rock up into it, and snuggle up to it.
@thehuntress8850 I wrapped a hot brick up one time in newspaper and put it in my doghouse to keep them warm. It burned the doghouse down! All the dogs did survive but got really cold that night.
If you are new to bush crafting or survival then you came to the right place. Lilly always delivers great content with useful information. She's practiced everything she preaches and she knows what works and what does not. In a world of bad advice, you'll find none here.
Great advice Lilly. Also, if there are rocks in the area, rocks can be set near the fire, and once warm/semi-hot, can be kept near the body. Plus, don't forget, larg rocks can actually be stacked to form a very effective fire reflector.
When sleeping, in the comfort zone, around the first fire, I would place a minimum of 3ft long branch between me and the edge of the comfort zone. A branch about 2 inches in diameter to prevent you from rolling into the fire in your sleep, whilst still feeling the benefit of the fire. But without risking becoming a kebab 😃👍
There is a case to make for making 2 fires, and stay between them. If you can set up a tarp, line the interior with a space blanket, one of those cheap aluminum coted things that are compact and cheap. It will reflect some of the heat to the side of the body away from the fire. A transparent plastic cheap drop cloth or shower curtain can be used to hang in the opening. Combining the reflection of the space blanket and the green-house effect of the transparent sheet, you get what is called a super-shelter by the late, great, Mors Kochanski.
I know I've watched too many movies showing small circular fires to keep warm , but #SurvivalLilly just taught us the proper way in a survival situation . Also , remember the old saying , “there’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes” .
As someone who remembers the Plainfield tornado and the Joplin tornado I beg to differ. Also I want to know what kind of clothes are you going to haul around when it is 85 F during the late autumn day and it is going to be in the 40's at night.
Getting two sleeping bags and putting one inside the other makes a huge difference. Another trick is to put very hot water in a container and wrap it up with a towel or some other cloth, it will still be warm in the morning.
@annak4045 a hot water bottle with a cover, the cover allows you to get the water hotter than what your skin can take and it also keeps the water from cooling down as fast so it is warm all night.
Also, to prolong your fire, you can lay a damp log on it. It will last hours, especially if you are out hunting and fishing, so that you don’t haven’t have to restart it.
Are you sure? One day at a friend's I had a fire going and he put a big chunk of cold, wet, and green mulberry on the fire. It absorbed so much heat it almost put the fire out. I had to work for hours putting small pieces of dry wood on the fire to heat up the log enough to dry it out.
@@thecaravanham It is more important the log was green. A cured log that has been sitting in the pouring rain will be dry once you shave away about a quarter inch.
I was lucky enough to meet Lofty Wiseman at a Bushcraft show in the UK. Absolute gentleman and hero. We just sat and talked about dogs and family life for 10-15 minutes before he was due on stage. Lovelly guy and incredibly knowledgeable and funny.
If there's more than one person you can take turns sleeping. That way the fire isn't crowded and someone can feed the fire while the other person sleeps. A tarp, even better two traps would be a luxury item and worth carrying, especially in a car along with at least one wool blanket but again two is better. A tarp really makes a difference to shelter.
We are lulled into believing that we must build a circular fire when a straight line fire is more productive. If you have 3 persons, a “T” shape fire might work. Excellent points Lilly!
depends on what you need from the fire ... if it is heat then long and with reflecting surfaces .... if it is to cook .. then round is fine and dandy ... if it is just to purify some water then a twig stove is best ... even what you need changes depending on when and where you are ... sometimes a shelter is more important than a fire ... others the fire is more important and others the food is the important part ... but they all come together in the end ... they are always the top 3 needs ... Food Shelter Fire ...
SOLID advice SistrLilly! Also be alert that you sleep next to fire, have dry logs opposite side so if it flares up or dies down, place in the log. Of course have extinguisher arms reach too!
Last 2 years here in the UK the temp in my house, at the coldest point of winter, has been as low as 7C because I cannot afford to heat it. 64 years old and coronary heart disease you have to love the UK government. On top of that I am paying as much for energy as I did only a few years ago when I could nicely heat my house during the winter's. RIP OFF Britain.
Tape plastic over the windows to lessen the drafts through the windows, unless you have new windows. Find out where the cold areas are and collect foam from packaging and put it up against walls or in your attic that are not insulated or low in insulation There are ways to try and help yourself insulate on a budget, may take a long time but it will help.
You need to sell up and move to Romania like I did. I have to keep my windows open in winter as my wood stoves are too hot from burning too much free wood!
dig a row of pits where you will create your raised bed. Use the two siberian fire lays to heat both sides of some big rocks, at least 6" OD, for half an hour and then put the rocks int the pits. surround each stone with a layer of wood ashes. The ashes will insulate the rocks and slow down th4eir rate of heat loss. Bury some coals and charcoal in your ashes and snuff the flames with ashes or dirt. The coals will stay "alive" for 12+ hours, letting you easily again have flamss when you want them, but needing no more wood . The stones stay warm for many hours. So you stay warm and can get some REAL rest. That's VERY important if you're going to have to stay there more than 1-2 days.
I learned several lessons while tent camping in a snow storm with 5 degree fahrenheit temperatures in an area where fires could not be made. Firstly you don't drink anything after supper. It takes a while for your body to warm up a sleeping bag and you don';t want to have to get up in the middle of the night to relieve yourself. Men can also take an empty 2 liter bottle with them just in case. Putting straw or dead grass under your tent helps retain some heat. Wearing a wool hat to bed helps a lot. Having extra wool blankets to put on top and under your sleeping bag is a great help.
I would agree.. but I'd point out the biggest problem with most people is lack of practice. One really needs to go out and do the things to understand the geometry and various scenarios you might come up against, not just keeping the book on the shelf and not even thumbing through it from time to time. Never make the same mistake once.
Hi Lily. Great information! I sometimes think people forget a few things when it comes to fires and keeping warm and staying warm. Fire needs air to breathe, so placing fire on a cold ground instantly reduces the heat because the ground absorbs the heat. If at all possible, by placing a bed of rocks between the ground and the wood several benefits happens. The fire gets its proper ventilation, heat isn’t lost in the cold ground, heat circulation/distribution is maximized and your fires tend to burn hotter. Plus this also helps from your fires being washed out by water flow from rain. The runoff travels under your fire not through it. The other is knowing where your heating points are on your body. One of the most effective heating points is your feet. People tend to not warm up their feet first. Your feet are the body’s best heat conductors. When your feet are hot you’re hot, when your feet are cold you’re cold. Example, when you’re cold you put on socks, when you’re hot you expose your bare feet. Always warm up your feet first so they can conduct the heat to the rest of your body. Just a couple of quick thoughts I think some people might forget to take in consideration and most survival advice doesn’t point out much. Knowing what the core composition of the body is key. I would love to see you make videos on how to survive in the elements without having all the items you take. Example, no pot or pan, no fire starting equipment, no food or spices to make items. Well the basic challenges you had on Naked and Afraid. Survival skills you’re going to need if you were to get lost in a hike or your car broke down in the middle of nowhere in the winter. Those would be amazing videos.
what you dont have coloured pencils and lego ... poor you .... I always have them ... lego makes a great 3d modeling tool to get shelter ideas and such ... and of course coloured pencils make for pretty pictures or diagrams and maps
Thanks Lilly, that book is great, I have it. By the same author there is a similar book called "Survivor Kid" and as it sounds it is everything survival but written for children, but the book looks very grown up. We always let the grandchildren plat at surviving, and they camp in the woods here, they love it and they are learning so much. Thanks Lilly.
I used to have that same survival manual…I lost it in the Joplin Tornado! Something for everyone to think about, go camping and get experience actually doing this stuff, so you can remember how when you need to.
Hey Lilly- Did you hear about the latest US Dept of Defense directive that came out on Sept 27th 2024? It is "DoD Directive 5240-01". It says they will be giving assistance to law enforcement agencies and other civil authorities to include using lethal force if necessary against Americans. Imagine your own government who people have been indoctrinated to believe "keeps them safe" has a 180 degree policy change so they can now take your life.Needless to say no one should be foolish enough to think the govt is going to help them. Look at what is going on after the torrential rain and then Hurricane Helene that barraged the Blue Ridge Mountains of the United States right now. Homes, streets and bridges never mind people in cars who were trying to escape were washed away. Thousands have died and thousands more are still not recovered. So your survival training may end up needing to be used by more people than you think since people can't count on who we thought and were taught we could count on. However those that need it most don't have access to the internet or a cell phone or land line or even potable water!
Emily,although the Pentagon has denied that it's no cause for alarm,it's being discussed at length with many ' real' Experts quoting that there's more than this that may pose danger to us 'the people ' it's alarming that millions of 'Americans'(?)who backs the demon woman who's a mere puppet who dances to the tune of the unseen powerful . If she reigns,the WHO, via it's new bill signed by almost all country heads will rapidly take over our health ,forbidding anything other that killing doses of pharma poisonous drugs. Also, disturbing is the cast that there's not much interest in your post. Anyway,to introduce some fear into all, d'you folk know that a new company connected to pharma has been set up to scour the land's Healthcare centers to 'harvest' in-demand/extremely costly human organs & in a bid to keep to high targets,they're conniving with Health(s)care workers to grab them off living donors & others patients too. Please peruse my X accounts in my name & Blackddragon000 to see the worst in 🌎 & 🇺🇸 crime rarely exposed. I'll soon be posting proof of the organ robberies in operation now, with, definitely, the blessings of those who issue the directives you brought up.
i go to the the camps and where ever the homeless (or use your pronoun) and teach survival skills and i have a lot of ebook ect i give them on dvd's, thump drives ect and yes they can go to the Library and use the computers that's why there there (ok) so i want to thank you for this video and will teach this as well again THANK YOU.....keep them coming
I learned that before being a teenager. I was raised not with a playground, tennis court, walking path in a park or a entertainment park with rides and zoo animal you can see from a monorail train car . I was raised in the country near huge lakes, rivers, creeks, farmland, hills and forest in Kentucky so the outdoors was and still is a huge part of my life! Years of hunting, fishing, trapping, swimming, camping, hiking, cooking and the biodiversity of the forest, plants, wildlife including knowing what trees I'm looking at for mast crops, tracking and the ability to fix anything but a broken heart. I'm certified as master auto tech in electronics, electrical and the mechanical side of it plus learned carpentry, plumbing, home electrical, masonry plus a host of other skill set's like forklifts, dozers, excavators. So learning about keeping warm and different fire techniques or how to have efficient fires that keep you warm with minimal problems is best when used with a shelter/windbreak of any type to hold the warmth around you instead of getting fried on one side and frostbite on the other side of your body. Using a shelter/tarp/debris to trap heat will also save on the amount of wood you need to burn. If all else fails and no shelter can be had build two fires about 8 feet apart and stay between them. You can adjust those two fire as needed for comfort but it will require more wood so make sure you hunker down in a fuel rich area to maintained your survival fire. You can spend the next day updating a better way to use/build a shelter and a smaller more efficient fire or if you're 100% certain of a pathway out to seek help start walking!!
Lilly, I ordered this book on your recommendation. I ordered it from Amazon. I already have the pocket sized version in my bug out bag. Thanks for another great video. Ich liebe dich. Auf wiedersehen!
Good advice. I built a lean-to shelter once and it took me a lot longer than I thought it would. At the time, I had an axe, but no saw. After that experience I started carrying a saw with me on any hike lasting more than a few hours.
@Survival Lilly the SAS survival hand book is a very good book but as a former member of the SAS you need to practice these techniques and get used to them. These techniques do work.
Thank you Lilly. That was great information. I would like to see survival channels address the direction to set up a shelter or tent and fires. I never see anyone talking about positioning with consideration of blowing rain or cold chilly wind blowing right in your face. This can be a misery as well. Keep educating us, we sure need this sort of information. 💚
Danke for all the effort you put into your videos. I experienced a great deal of the scenarios, ten years of boy scouts, many moons ago of course! I hope to purchase one of your knives in the future. Happy trails to you Lilly
Great info Lilly! From someone who's been there, done that. Thank you for sharing what you learned the hard way! I learn a lot from your videos. Stay happy and warm!
I've curled up under a yucca plant during a snowstorm in Texas when I was in the Army without a fire (yuccas have broad leaves that grow straight up, then curve over towards the ground creating an umbrella shape). I did have my uniform, a jacket and gloves, a wool blanket, helmet, and my weapon. I slept like a baby. The added benefit is I was not visible to anyone who might walk through the area. The point here is you can also use leaves and plants to cover yourself or to stuff inside of your clothes to create insulation and keep a layer of warm air between your skin and the outside air. That, coupled with a fire, and building or using a natural wind break - like I did with the yucca - can concentrate the heat around your body. It doesn't have to be fancy or take a lot of time to do; just take advantage of your environment.
You can dig a pit like a small trench around a tent outside then put wood etc in it and then you have under floor heating around your tent! If you want the heat for longer you can put spare tiles over the flames when they are smaller to keep the heat in for longer.
That's why you should try to make a swedish nying. It's a kind of logfire, which burns slowly for a long time, and is stretched. Also it's good to have a reflector in front of the fire, så the heating reflects towards the one who's lying down.
I have that book. 2 versions. 1 the format like you and 1 pocket version. But the pocket version I have taken page by page out and I laminated them. 4 pages per A4 laminate. So it's better waterproof. When you have to make it in the outdoor with a paper book it will get destroyed rapidly.
Having lived my younger years up near Prince George B.C. and surroundings...I would build a Siberian long term stacked log fire with ( if you had more than one person...) 2 lean-to shelters facing the fire. Make them good and tight...have had wolves digging around the back of my shelter before....make sure you have a rifle.
I watched an interesting video on Facebook this morning where a man draped reflective material over the back of a lean two and then a sheet of plastic formed a complete tent so one side of the plastic was exposed where you could see through it. There were small openings that allowed a little air movement through the tent then he built a fire in front of the clear side of the tent. The heat from the fire penetrated the plastic and the reflective material behind him bounced the light heat back at him. It was 20 degrees F outside yet the temps in the tent rose to 100 F. He showed the temp differences on camera. It worked beautifully. The trick is learning the distance between the fire pit and the tent lean two you built. Try it and make a video if you find it useful so others have a clue.
That one works fine; back reflects heat back into the shelter and plastic foil keeps wind out of the shelter but let heat pass through .I did smth similar with my camping tent few years ago 😉😀
I'm retired military and a combat veteran. I've read quite a few survival guides and the SAS Guide is head and shoulders above the rest! I have the soft cover copy as well as the pocket size guide.
First: i really hope your time in Nuevo Mexico was a fun time for you. I did not know you were on the show IN MY HOME STATE!! I hope you had some green chili dishes and other New Mexican cuisine. I also hope the Juniper and Pinon wood was helpful. The San Miguel wilderness is defiantly a harsh environment. I live southwest of there in Sandoval County and have a huge amount of open space that is even more unforgiving than there. to the fire aspects: I am glad you are hitting on this and would love to see more on how and why fire does what it does. Many people do not understand the behavior of fire and how heat (radiation) functions. Learning to direct the heat and to create heat bubbles is a skill that is more advanced but defiantly worth learning. Please put up more on fire! As we say here: "Que Bueno!"
I heard this story relayed from a concentration camp survivor. I can't vouch if it was real or from a work of fiction, but the survivor said that the guards would periodically start bonfires in the prisoner's yard during the winter. He observed that the prisoners that got close to the fire and took advantage of the warmth did not fare well in the long run, because when the fire died out, their bodies had to transition back to enduring the cold again, and that by itself put them at a disadvantage to those that just endured the cold the whole time. This has some sense to it. I wonder if it is true.
Wenn mehrere Menschen dicht beeinander liegen und das Feuer geht aus, dann liegt derjenige, der zunächst von dem Feuer profitierte am Rand und kühlt aus. Dann ist es besser mittendrin zu liegen. Ich habe solche Geschichten aus Lagern in Russland gehört.
I love your channel and your content. Just for fun I had gone to the Olympic national Forest to camp last week. I was there for 3 1/2 days while I had sheltered through my van. It was still very cold at night I believe about 20°F. I learned many lessons having never been able to camp before I missed out on the outdoor school as a kid. I’m going to take your lessons to heart and learn so much more about survival especially given that we have no idea what’s coming up in the next decade all this really helps me feel connected with our ancestors, I feel more human for having learned the struggle and the work that goes just in maintaining a fire processing wood and having it ready for the next day. And how critical it is that you cannot spare 1 ounce of daylight and it’s usually best to be up just before daylight if possible, I also learned a lot about fire making that next time I would like to try it from scratch as I used a lighter
I totally love every video I have seen so far, especially this one. Everything you've said is so close to fact, you could almost say it was scripture. I have experienced both successful attempts and failed attempts at fire and shelter. More fails than success in the beginning. So when she talks of the failed attempts, it really hit home.
Being a mariner, our survival courses also pointed out NOT to make fire, because it draws people around it, but gives very little warmth around. And people just keep staring at the flames..... Better to manage the warmth in other ways. Fire is great for cooking and signaling.
The whole obsessive fire thing is deeply flawed! Correct selection of clothing and lightweight shelter items are the only thing that will save you! Light a fire and lay or sit next to it and then have to feed it all night long? It just doesn't work! An emergency shelter should take minutes to create not hours!
IF you dont know to use the one way projected heat of a Siberian fire lay and lay BETWEEN two of them, so that you get warmed from both sides. You also have to know how to make the alternative Swedish fire torch, so that you can ignite the ends of the Siberian's logs when all is wet. Both of these fire lays will burn green, wet wood and rain cannot put them out yt hss vids on them. No, you do NOT need 8ft long, 8" OD logs for an effective Siberian fire lay, either 4 ft long and 4" OD will work, but you'll need 10x as many of them for as long of a burn-time. as you'll get with the bigger logs Drive 4 tall stakes and stack 2-3 of the 4" OD logs between the stakes, forming a "wall" Lay the ends of your Siberian burn logs over this "wall" You dont want your wall logs to burn, so plaster the fire side of them with a 3" thick layer of mud.
Another way to keep warm is to build the lean to shelter, or use a reflective tarp over rope to create a lean to, with a fire reflector, AND carry clear 6 mil poly plastic big enough to cover the front and open sides of the shelter. That way you can still get the heat from the fire into the shelter and the poly helps keep the heat in making the shelter much more of a survival shelter.
Real world information . Few know about this concept . Your head wants to keep warm in spite of the feet freezing . Thank You for making me know this . At 73 probably be staying home in my nice warm bed . At 21 went Winter camping in the connecticut lakes . We had rated -50 degrees fahrenheit rated sleeping bags with a fire outside the tent . String tied so only my nose was out to breath . On the third night it went down to -35 degrees F (no wind child rating ) . Do not know about you but I am leaving (did not want to be a wimp but this was getting life threatening -there were 3 of us ) All agreed and I was not laughed at .
Sound advice. Survival can become very difficult in certain circumstances. I also believe that one’s mindset is a key part of it too. Without the strong will to survive, failure comes easily. Thanks Lilly for sharing your experience and thoughts on this
solo camping last spring & temp dropped unexpectedly overnight so I took hot bricks frim firepit and put inside pairs of socks to keep my feet warm - was pretty toasty
Saw your latest video where you are sitting in the car talking about the European economy. Today I woke up and my angels guided me to start looking into survival books. It is time to not mess around anymore. Then I saw a few videos and then found your video. I love syncronocities. I live in Austria. So I thought I could learn much from you if you live in Germany and understand a womans point of view. So I am subscribing. I just want to share, regarding this video, I am indigenous and I have been to sweat lodges. If I had to survive in the wilderness I would recreate a sweatlodge but not as hot. I would create a rounded shelter with branches and leaves and mud or place wool blankets and canvas on top if possible. I would create a hole in the earth in middle of the shelter. Outside I would make a fire and put good size rocks, the right rocks that dont blow up on you, in the fire. I would do research on how to build a wigwam or a sweatlodge. Also, I would not do too many hot rocks as they do in a sweatlodge but enough for a group to stay warm and cozy through the night. Then you would not have to worry about the "blue zone."
As always good points Lilly, thank you! Listening to my Uniden digital police scanner is interesting, it lets you know what is happening and where so you know where to avoid.
I am not sure if anyone tells you this daily, so I will say it today: You are a complete GEM. I'm a Mom and Grandmother. I hope yours are very very proud of the wonderful gem you are today.
Hi Lilly~ this is great info. My immediate thought is this: Can’t we make an. “L” or “V” shaped long fire to accommodate? Or even make 2 long fires? If there is ennough wood around wouldn’t it make sense to build a larger ( but safe & protected) fire ? What about creating a windbreak to help hold the heat ? Would any of those ideas work?
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We lost our home, years ago, and were outside until December in Ontario. One thing I can say I learned is you need good clothing and good blankets. The other thing I learned is that if you have an emergency blanket, foil, or one those reflective-side tarps you can hang it so that it is vertical and tilted downwards to reflect the heat to you. This will help you stay warm. Dogs help, too, just not when your big ole pitty decides to walk off with the blanket in the middle of the night and curl up in a corner of the tent. God, she was bad for that. Now, the other fun part... add tarps over your tent on the other side. They'll help insulate the tent, and retain the heat in it. I learned my lesson after that. I now own a couple 12'x12' heavy hunting tarps that are camo printed woodland. I do own a wood stove, now, as well. lol Screw that, that wasn't fun, even if livable.
Where in Ontario are you? Do you have shelter? Wait I just read that it was years ago sorry. I was living in the bush for 2 weeks near North Bay, in November, One day could be warm in the next the most unbelievable freezing damp cold ever.
Oh man. Im from Ontario. Bloody cold there. You are super human ❤❤❤ and you're right, insulate and use body heat. It does work!
@@magentapilot4576 I'm just a stubborn redneck from Texas. lol We learned from a young age to rig stuff up and make due with what you got. Yeah, it gets too damn cold here. The moisture makes it worse.
@@top6ear Yeah, this was years ago. 14-ish, I think. We've been in the same place for 11 years now. The weather here has turets. lol
Praise His Holy Name.
Thank you for the practical tips.
Hot rocks between the legs sucks the heat into the body core ( Femoral Artery)
You can sub bury them flush with the ground and sleep on them with a buffer of insulation.
Hot rocks are a big underrated way to stay warm.
I've done this while camping. Heated rocks and buried about 6 of them with about 3 inches of dort on top. Kept very warm all night while Temps were in the teens.
So true! However it takes a couple of hours to make the stones heated enough. But, when that's done you'll have heating for a night. It's a good thing to rehearse this in good conditions, so everything works when SHTF.
Good point!
I take an old ugly brown (colors that don't stain easily) pillowcase with me and old towel. Wrap a hot rock up into it, and snuggle up to it.
@thehuntress8850 I wrapped a hot brick up one time in newspaper and put it in my doghouse to keep them warm. It burned the doghouse down! All the dogs did survive but got really cold that night.
@@grannyanniesfarm4972 Not that hot, and not i paper. Reasonably hot, and cloth.
If you are new to bush crafting or survival then you came to the right place. Lilly always delivers great content with useful information. She's practiced everything she preaches and she knows what works and what does not. In a world of bad advice, you'll find none here.
Dont forget hot rocks. Heat up rocks that can later be moved in to a required position. (Thermal mass storage)
An underground vertical chimney for a fire in a deeper pit will heat the ground area so it’s like a big hot rock.
@@blessedthistle1.414 great if one has the means to dig.
do not use river rocks they explode
@@Danny-sq1ym The explosions will keep you warm.
My family did this when I was a child. It works remarkably well to fight off the cold at night.
Great advice Lilly. Also, if there are rocks in the area, rocks can be set near the fire, and once warm/semi-hot, can be kept near the body. Plus, don't forget, larg rocks can actually be stacked to form a very effective fire reflector.
When sleeping, in the comfort zone, around the first fire, I would place a minimum of 3ft long branch between me and the edge of the comfort zone. A branch about 2 inches in diameter to prevent you from rolling into the fire in your sleep, whilst still feeling the benefit of the fire. But without risking becoming a kebab 😃👍
And I have that book. It's decent 👌
Awesome video Lilly! So many people don't know the time it takes you to do these videos. Keep up the outstanding work 👍
There is a case to make for making 2 fires, and stay between them. If you can set up a tarp, line the interior with a space blanket, one of those cheap aluminum coted things that are compact and cheap. It will reflect some of the heat to the side of the body away from the fire. A transparent plastic cheap drop cloth or shower curtain can be used to hang in the opening. Combining the reflection of the space blanket and the green-house effect of the transparent sheet, you get what is called a super-shelter by the late, great, Mors Kochanski.
Good advice
I remember that Cody Lundin made one on the first episode of Dual Survival and it blew Canterbury’s mind.
Smart!
I know I've watched too many movies showing small circular fires to keep warm , but #SurvivalLilly just taught us the proper way in a survival situation . Also , remember the old saying , “there’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes” .
As someone who remembers the Plainfield tornado and the Joplin tornado I beg to differ. Also I want to know what kind of clothes are you going to haul around when it is 85 F during the late autumn day and it is going to be in the 40's at night.
Getting two sleeping bags and putting one inside the other makes a huge difference. Another trick is to put very hot water in a container and wrap it up with a towel or some other cloth, it will still be warm in the morning.
Hot water bottle
@annak4045 a hot water bottle with a cover, the cover allows you to get the water hotter than what your skin can take and it also keeps the water from cooling down as fast so it is warm all night.
Also, to prolong your fire, you can lay a damp log on it. It will last hours, especially if you are out hunting and fishing, so that you don’t haven’t have to restart it.
Are you sure? One day at a friend's I had a fire going and he put a big chunk of cold, wet, and green mulberry on the fire. It absorbed so much heat it almost put the fire out. I had to work for hours putting small pieces of dry wood on the fire to heat up the log enough to dry it out.
@@Daeva23I guess it maybe the difference between a damp log and a cold wet log ;-)
@@thecaravanham It is more important the log was green. A cured log that has been sitting in the pouring rain will be dry once you shave away about a quarter inch.
Soak logs in wood?
I was lucky enough to meet Lofty Wiseman at a Bushcraft show in the UK. Absolute gentleman and hero. We just sat and talked about dogs and family life for 10-15 minutes before he was due on stage. Lovelly guy and incredibly knowledgeable and funny.
This is an awesome video, incredibly valuable info!
If there's more than one person you can take turns sleeping. That way the fire isn't crowded and someone can feed the fire while the other person sleeps.
A tarp, even better two traps would be a luxury item and worth carrying, especially in a car along with at least one wool blanket but again two is better. A tarp really makes a difference to shelter.
We are lulled into believing that we must build a circular fire when a straight line fire is more productive. If you have 3 persons, a “T” shape fire might work. Excellent points Lilly!
depends on what you need from the fire ... if it is heat then long and with reflecting surfaces .... if it is to cook .. then round is fine and dandy ... if it is just to purify some water then a twig stove is best ...
even what you need changes depending on when and where you are ... sometimes a shelter is more important than a fire ... others the fire is more important and others the food is the important part ... but they all come together in the end ... they are always the top 3 needs ... Food Shelter Fire ...
SOLID advice SistrLilly! Also be alert that you sleep next to fire, have dry logs opposite side so if it flares up or dies down, place in the log. Of course have extinguisher arms reach too!
Last 2 years here in the UK the temp in my house, at the coldest point of winter, has been as low as 7C because I cannot afford to heat it. 64 years old and coronary heart disease you have to love the UK government. On top of that I am paying as much for energy as I did only a few years ago when I could nicely heat my house during the winter's. RIP OFF Britain.
Tape plastic over the windows to lessen the drafts through the windows, unless you have new windows. Find out where the cold areas are and collect foam from packaging and put it up against walls or in your attic that are not insulated or low in insulation
There are ways to try and help yourself insulate on a budget, may take a long time but it will help.
You need to sell up and move to Romania like I did. I have to keep my windows open in winter as my wood stoves are too hot from burning too much free wood!
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Pvc-plastic it should be. @@terrylazurko2476
@@darinmullins4770 Hogwash, this is what 14 years of Tory government plus Brexit results in!
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dig a row of pits where you will create your raised bed. Use the two siberian fire lays to heat both sides of some big rocks, at least 6" OD, for half an hour and then put the rocks int the pits. surround each stone with a layer of wood ashes. The ashes will insulate the rocks and slow down th4eir rate of heat loss. Bury some coals and charcoal in your ashes and snuff the flames with ashes or dirt. The coals will stay "alive" for 12+ hours, letting you easily again have flamss when you want them, but needing no more wood . The stones stay warm for many hours. So you stay warm and can get some REAL rest. That's VERY important if you're going to have to stay there more than 1-2 days.
I learned several lessons while tent camping in a snow storm with 5 degree fahrenheit temperatures in an area where fires could not be made. Firstly you don't drink anything after supper. It takes a while for your body to warm up a sleeping bag and you don';t want to have to get up in the middle of the night to relieve yourself. Men can also take an empty 2 liter bottle with them just in case. Putting straw or dead grass under your tent helps retain some heat. Wearing a wool hat to bed helps a lot. Having extra wool blankets to put on top and under your sleeping bag is a great help.
I would agree.. but I'd point out the biggest problem with most people is lack of practice. One really needs to go out and do the things to understand the geometry and various scenarios you might come up against, not just keeping the book on the shelf and not even thumbing through it from time to time.
Never make the same mistake once.
And people underestimate the time it will endure to be prepared for a night in the cold.
Hi Lily.
Great information! I sometimes think people forget a few things when it comes to fires and keeping warm and staying warm.
Fire needs air to breathe, so placing fire on a cold ground instantly reduces the heat because the ground absorbs the heat. If at all possible, by placing a bed of rocks between the ground and the wood several benefits happens. The fire gets its proper ventilation, heat isn’t lost in the cold ground, heat circulation/distribution is maximized and your fires tend to burn hotter. Plus this also helps from your fires being washed out by water flow from rain. The runoff travels under your fire not through it.
The other is knowing where your heating points are on your body. One of the most effective heating points is your feet. People tend to not warm up their feet first. Your feet are the body’s best heat conductors. When your feet are hot you’re hot, when your feet are cold you’re cold. Example, when you’re cold you put on socks, when you’re hot you expose your bare feet. Always warm up your feet first so they can conduct the heat to the rest of your body.
Just a couple of quick thoughts I think some people might forget to take in consideration and most survival advice doesn’t point out much. Knowing what the core composition of the body is key.
I would love to see you make videos on how to survive in the elements without having all the items you take. Example, no pot or pan, no fire starting equipment, no food or spices to make items. Well the basic challenges you had on Naked and Afraid. Survival skills you’re going to need if you were to get lost in a hike or your car broke down in the middle of nowhere in the winter. Those would be amazing videos.
Using the colored pencils and LEGO figure the mother side of you is showing. I love it.
what you dont have coloured pencils and lego ... poor you .... I always have them ... lego makes a great 3d modeling tool to get shelter ideas and such ... and of course coloured pencils make for pretty pictures or diagrams and maps
Thanks Lilly, that book is great, I have it. By the same author there is a similar book called "Survivor Kid" and as it sounds it is everything survival but written for children, but the book looks very grown up. We always let the grandchildren plat at surviving, and they camp in the woods here, they love it and they are learning so much. Thanks Lilly.
This is very helpful and we all thank you. Take care and post more of these videos in the coming months.
I used to have that same survival manual…I lost it in the Joplin Tornado!
Something for everyone to think about, go camping and get experience actually doing this stuff, so you can remember how when you need to.
I got that book about 40 years ago without it i wouldn't know polar bear liver contains a lethal amount of vitamin A 😮
Hey Lilly- Did you hear about the latest US Dept of Defense directive that came out on Sept 27th 2024? It is "DoD Directive 5240-01". It says they will be giving assistance to law enforcement agencies and other civil authorities to include using lethal force if necessary against Americans. Imagine your own government who people have been indoctrinated to believe "keeps them safe" has a 180 degree policy change so they can now take your life.Needless to say no one should be foolish enough to think the govt is going to help them.
Look at what is going on after the torrential rain and then Hurricane Helene that barraged the Blue Ridge Mountains of the United States right now. Homes, streets and bridges never mind people in cars who were trying to escape were washed away. Thousands have died and thousands more are still not recovered. So your survival training may end up needing to be used by more people than you think since people can't count on who we thought and were taught we could count on. However those that need it most don't have access to the internet or a cell phone or land line or even potable water!
But thousands for illegals!
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Emily,although the Pentagon has denied that it's no cause for alarm,it's being discussed at length with many ' real' Experts quoting that there's more than this that may pose danger to us 'the people ' it's alarming that millions of 'Americans'(?)who backs the demon woman who's a mere puppet who dances to the tune of the unseen powerful .
If she reigns,the WHO, via it's new bill signed by almost all country heads will rapidly take over our health ,forbidding anything other that killing doses of pharma poisonous drugs.
Also, disturbing is the cast that there's not much interest in your post.
Anyway,to introduce some fear into all, d'you folk know that a new company connected to pharma has been set up to scour the land's Healthcare centers to 'harvest' in-demand/extremely costly human organs & in a bid to keep to high targets,they're conniving with Health(s)care workers to grab them off living donors & others patients too.
Please peruse my X accounts in my name & Blackddragon000 to see the worst in 🌎 & 🇺🇸 crime rarely exposed. I'll soon be posting proof of the organ robberies in operation now, with, definitely, the blessings of those who issue the directives you brought up.
i go to the the camps and where ever the homeless (or use your pronoun) and teach survival skills and i have a lot of ebook ect i give them on dvd's, thump drives ect and yes they can go to the Library and use the computers that's why there there (ok) so i want to thank you for this video and will teach this as well again THANK YOU.....keep them coming
I learned that before being a teenager. I was raised not with a playground, tennis court, walking path in a park or a entertainment park with rides and zoo animal you can see from a monorail train car . I was raised in the country near huge lakes, rivers, creeks, farmland, hills and forest in Kentucky so the outdoors was and still is a huge part of my life! Years of hunting, fishing, trapping, swimming, camping, hiking, cooking and the biodiversity of the forest, plants, wildlife including knowing what trees I'm looking at for mast crops, tracking and the ability to fix anything but a broken heart. I'm certified as master auto tech in electronics, electrical and the mechanical side of it plus learned carpentry, plumbing, home electrical, masonry plus a host of other skill set's like forklifts, dozers, excavators. So learning about keeping warm and different fire techniques or how to have efficient fires that keep you warm with minimal problems is best when used with a shelter/windbreak of any type to hold the warmth around you instead of getting fried on one side and frostbite on the other side of your body. Using a shelter/tarp/debris to trap heat will also save on the amount of wood you need to burn. If all else fails and no shelter can be had build two fires about 8 feet apart and stay between them. You can adjust those two fire as needed for comfort but it will require more wood so make sure you hunker down in a fuel rich area to maintained your survival fire. You can spend the next day updating a better way to use/build a shelter and a smaller more efficient fire or if you're 100% certain of a pathway out to seek help start walking!!
Thank you Lilly 👍🏻 God Bless 🙏🏻 Appreciate you always my friend 🫶🏻
Lilly, I ordered this book on your recommendation. I ordered it from Amazon. I already have the pocket sized version in my bug out bag. Thanks for another great video. Ich liebe dich. Auf wiedersehen!
Good advice. I built a lean-to shelter once and it took me a lot longer than I thought it would. At the time, I had an axe, but no saw. After that experience I started carrying a saw with me on any hike lasting more than a few hours.
@Survival Lilly the SAS survival hand book is a very good book but as a former member of the SAS you need to practice these techniques and get used to them. These techniques do work.
Thank you Lilly. That was great information. I would like to see survival channels address the direction to set up a shelter or tent and fires. I never see anyone talking about positioning with consideration of blowing rain or cold chilly wind blowing right in your face. This can be a misery as well. Keep educating us, we sure need this sort of information. 💚
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I have that book and I love it. It tells you how to fight and kill an octopus!
ok, how?
You need the hard-cover edition for that.
@@hellraiser666666with a spear with a trident and a flashlight, I used to hunt them as a kid in Cyprus
@@BadlydrawnBen just wait for the tide to go out and find them in the rocks ect no big deal got good $$ at the sf wharf
I consumed quite a bit of content on the topic and I've never seen this tip before. Brilliant!
Danke for all the effort you put into your videos. I experienced a great deal of the scenarios, ten years of boy scouts, many moons ago of course! I hope to purchase one of your knives in the future. Happy trails to you Lilly
Thanks lilly. Shtf coming to 🇺🇸 soon. 😢 pray and prepare for anything. 🤷♀️
Thanks, Lilly!
Always look forward to your videos.
God bless you!
Great info Lilly! From someone who's been there, done that. Thank you for sharing what you learned the hard way! I learn a lot from your videos. Stay happy and warm!
I've curled up under a yucca plant during a snowstorm in Texas when I was in the Army without a fire (yuccas have broad leaves that grow straight up, then curve over towards the ground creating an umbrella shape). I did have my uniform, a jacket and gloves, a wool blanket, helmet, and my weapon. I slept like a baby. The added benefit is I was not visible to anyone who might walk through the area.
The point here is you can also use leaves and plants to cover yourself or to stuff inside of your clothes to create insulation and keep a layer of warm air between your skin and the outside air. That, coupled with a fire, and building or using a natural wind break - like I did with the yucca - can concentrate the heat around your body. It doesn't have to be fancy or take a lot of time to do; just take advantage of your environment.
Wenn viel Schnee liegt und es Bäume mit weit herunterreichenden Ästen gibt, kann man es sich darunter
bequem machen.
You can dig a pit like a small trench around a tent outside then put wood etc in it and then you have under floor heating around your tent! If you want the heat for longer you can put spare tiles over the flames when they are smaller to keep the heat in for longer.
Great video Lily, as usual. From southeast Texas
Thanks Lilly , youre sent from God ! ❤🙏
I would buy the SAS book but i already have it. 😁
Keep it coming girl, we love you out here !❤
That's why you should try to make a swedish nying. It's a kind of logfire, which burns slowly for a long time, and is stretched. Also it's good to have a reflector in front of the fire, så the heating reflects towards the one who's lying down.
Thanks Lilly for going over this skill that many wouldn’t think of in an emergency situation - bug out. Love your work! ☮️&🌱
Thank you, Lilly, much appreciated advice and even more relevant for everyone in these uncertain times.
I have that book. 2 versions. 1 the format like you and 1 pocket version. But the pocket version I have taken page by page out and I laminated them. 4 pages per A4 laminate. So it's better waterproof. When you have to make it in the outdoor with a paper book it will get destroyed rapidly.
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Having lived my younger years up near Prince George B.C. and surroundings...I would build a Siberian long term stacked log fire with ( if you had more than one person...) 2 lean-to shelters facing the fire. Make them good and tight...have had wolves digging around the back of my shelter before....make sure you have a rifle.
If you don’t already, you should run your own groups/training classes - you are an excellent teacher
What a great video. I have camped in the woods and built many fires but had no idea about the "comfort Zone." Thank you for posting.
Actually you need protection from cold in the ground. You should have some kind of madras under you made from long grass or similar material.
I watched an interesting video on Facebook this morning where a man draped reflective material over the back of a lean two and then a sheet of plastic formed a complete tent so one side of the plastic was exposed where you could see through it. There were small openings that allowed a little air movement through the tent then he built a fire in front of the clear side of the tent. The heat from the fire penetrated the plastic and the reflective material behind him bounced the light heat back at him. It was 20 degrees F outside yet the temps in the tent rose to 100 F. He showed the temp differences on camera. It worked beautifully. The trick is learning the distance between the fire pit and the tent lean two you built. Try it and make a video if you find it useful so others have a clue.
Called a super shelter. Saw that shelter made on the show duel survivor with Cody and Dave
@@supramby Thank U for propping me up. I couldn't remember all of the details
That one works fine; back reflects heat back into the shelter and plastic foil keeps wind out of the shelter but let heat pass through .I did smth similar with my camping tent few years ago 😉😀
That's the content I subscribed for, awesome stuff!
I'm retired military and a combat veteran. I've read quite a few survival guides and the SAS Guide is head and shoulders above the rest! I have the soft cover copy as well as the pocket size guide.
From northern Wisconsin... Hey.... Love you Lilly ... Thanks .
Just found your channel Lilly thank you,great to see a woman taking the lead in this field 💫take care 🥰🙏🏻
Thanks Lilly👍👍👍👍👍
First: i really hope your time in Nuevo Mexico was a fun time for you. I did not know you were on the show IN MY HOME STATE!!
I hope you had some green chili dishes and other New Mexican cuisine. I also hope the Juniper and Pinon wood was helpful.
The San Miguel wilderness is defiantly a harsh environment. I live southwest of there in Sandoval County and have a huge amount of open space that is even more unforgiving than there.
to the fire aspects: I am glad you are hitting on this and would love to see more on how and why fire does what it does. Many people do not understand the behavior of fire and how heat (radiation) functions. Learning to direct the heat and to create heat bubbles is a skill that is more advanced but defiantly worth learning.
Please put up more on fire!
As we say here: "Que Bueno!"
I heard this story relayed from a concentration camp survivor. I can't vouch if it was real or from a work of fiction, but the survivor said that the guards would periodically start bonfires in the prisoner's yard during the winter. He observed that the prisoners that got close to the fire and took advantage of the warmth did not fare well in the long run, because when the fire died out, their bodies had to transition back to enduring the cold again, and that by itself put them at a disadvantage to those that just endured the cold the whole time. This has some sense to it. I wonder if it is true.
Wenn mehrere Menschen dicht beeinander liegen und das Feuer geht aus, dann liegt derjenige, der zunächst von dem Feuer profitierte am Rand und kühlt aus. Dann ist es besser mittendrin zu liegen. Ich habe solche Geschichten aus Lagern in Russland gehört.
Thanks!
Corporals Corner shows how to build heat retaining sleeping structures. 🙏🏼☀️
A sheet metal reflector greatly improves the efficiency of your fire and reduces the amount of fire needed
we have that book in our "library"
thank you 🌱🌷🌱
I love your channel and your content. Just for fun I had gone to the Olympic national Forest to camp last week. I was there for 3 1/2 days while I had sheltered through my van. It was still very cold at night I believe about 20°F. I learned many lessons having never been able to camp before I missed out on the outdoor school as a kid. I’m going to take your lessons to heart and learn so much more about survival especially given that we have no idea what’s coming up in the next decade all this really helps me feel connected with our ancestors, I feel more human for having learned the struggle and the work that goes just in maintaining a fire processing wood and having it ready for the next day. And how critical it is that you cannot spare 1 ounce of daylight and it’s usually best to be up just before daylight if possible, I also learned a lot about fire making that next time I would like to try it from scratch as I used a lighter
Got it. Lean-to-shelter. Thx.
I have never seen this addressed before in any bushcrafting pods! Great information and thank you!
Great info Lilly...I totally agree, thanks for putting this out there...atvb...woods
I totally love every video I have seen so far, especially this one. Everything you've said is so close to fact, you could almost say it was scripture. I have experienced both successful attempts and failed attempts at fire and shelter. More fails than success in the beginning. So when she talks of the failed attempts, it really hit home.
Being a mariner, our survival courses also pointed out NOT to make fire, because it draws people around it, but gives very little warmth around. And people just keep staring at the flames..... Better to manage the warmth in other ways. Fire is great for cooking and signaling.
The whole obsessive fire thing is deeply flawed! Correct selection of clothing and lightweight shelter items are the only thing that will save you! Light a fire and lay or sit next to it and then have to feed it all night long? It just doesn't work! An emergency shelter should take minutes to create not hours!
a bob i'll take door 2 with paper or cardboard, or cattail top fluff or long grass and that's to go thank you
IF you dont know to use the one way projected heat of a Siberian fire lay and lay BETWEEN two of them, so that you get warmed from both sides. You also have to know how to make the alternative Swedish fire torch, so that you can ignite the ends of the Siberian's logs when all is wet. Both of these fire lays will burn green, wet wood and rain cannot put them out yt hss vids on them. No, you do NOT need 8ft long, 8" OD logs for an effective Siberian fire lay, either 4 ft long and 4" OD will work, but you'll need 10x as many of them for as long of a burn-time. as you'll get with the bigger logs Drive 4 tall stakes and stack 2-3 of the 4" OD logs between the stakes, forming a "wall" Lay the ends of your Siberian burn logs over this "wall" You dont want your wall logs to burn, so plaster the fire side of them with a 3" thick layer of mud.
Another way to keep warm is to build the lean to shelter, or use a reflective tarp over rope to create a lean to, with a fire reflector, AND carry clear 6 mil poly plastic big enough to cover the front and open sides of the shelter. That way you can still get the heat from the fire into the shelter and the poly helps keep the heat in making the shelter much more of a survival shelter.
What an important lesson to learn! Thank you! You are awesome.
Thank you, Lilly! I do have this book, but need to practice more. I don't get out as much as I'd like to.
Really good information Lilly, You presented it very well,
Hot topic! Heat rocks for a rock bed. Buried "hot rocks" n coals and adiquote dirt..
Thanks, Lilly🌇🌇!
Wow! Great presentation and logic. Thanks so very much!
Thanks Lily! You’re the best!
Real world information . Few know about this concept . Your head wants to keep warm in spite of the feet freezing .
Thank You for making me know this . At 73 probably be staying home in my nice warm bed .
At 21 went Winter camping in the connecticut lakes . We had rated -50 degrees fahrenheit rated sleeping bags with a fire outside the tent . String tied so only my nose was out to breath . On the third night it went down to -35 degrees F (no wind child rating ) .
Do not know about you but I am leaving (did not want to be a wimp but this was getting life threatening -there were 3 of us )
All agreed and I was not laughed at .
Sound advice. Survival can become very difficult in certain circumstances. I also believe that one’s mindset is a key part of it too. Without the strong will to survive, failure comes easily. Thanks Lilly for sharing your experience and thoughts on this
Excellent video, thank you.❤
Well good on you for trying to help these peps, I’m sure some of it will sink in. Cheers keep up the good work 😎
Outstanding video!!!
Thank you Survival Lilly
Thank you, Lilly.
Very nice, Lilly. Thank you.
Great lesson, and the SAS survival guide is an excellent reference! Thank You
solo camping last spring & temp dropped unexpectedly overnight so I took hot bricks frim firepit and put inside pairs of socks to keep my feet warm - was pretty toasty
Good help. Thanks Lilly. 👍
Saw your latest video where you are sitting in the car talking about the European economy. Today I woke up and my angels guided me to start looking into survival books. It is time to not mess around anymore. Then I saw a few videos and then found your video. I love syncronocities. I live in Austria. So I thought I could learn much from you if you live in Germany and understand a womans point of view. So I am subscribing. I just want to share, regarding this video, I am indigenous and I have been to sweat lodges. If I had to survive in the wilderness I would recreate a sweatlodge but not as hot. I would create a rounded shelter with branches and leaves and mud or place wool blankets and canvas on top if possible. I would create a hole in the earth in middle of the shelter. Outside I would make a fire and put good size rocks, the right rocks that dont blow up on you, in the fire. I would do research on how to build a wigwam or a sweatlodge. Also, I would not do too many hot rocks as they do in a sweatlodge but enough for a group to stay warm and cozy through the night. Then you would not have to worry about the "blue zone."
I know this. You are right. People need this.
Excellent content! Thank you! 👍👍👍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😀💕🍀🌸
As always good points Lilly, thank you! Listening to my Uniden digital police scanner is interesting, it lets you know what is happening and where so you know where to avoid.
Your workbench is awesome. Could you do a vid on organizing preps and resources? Many times I know I have a thing, but can't find it.
Good book to have! I've learned quite a bit ! 👍
Definitely knew this info lilly. Thanks...
The British SAS Survival Handbook… It was 30 years ago I bought this book 📕 and read it every day … twice on Sundays 💪🏻👁️❤️
Great video Lilly!
I am not sure if anyone tells you this daily, so I will say it today: You are a complete GEM. I'm a Mom and Grandmother. I hope yours are very very proud of the wonderful gem you are today.
She is a 'keeper'!
Agree always learn some new each video
Hi Lilly~ this is great info. My immediate thought is this: Can’t we make an. “L” or “V” shaped long fire to accommodate? Or even make 2 long fires? If there is ennough wood around wouldn’t it make sense to build a larger ( but safe & protected) fire ? What about creating a windbreak to help hold the heat ? Would any of those ideas work?
Thanks I learned a lot! 😁
Thanks for the information, I never would have thought of that. Greg- Palm Bay Florida.