I’m 63 years old, & for a few years have been dealing with medical issues. This past year I’ve started doing better & even deer hunted this past season & enjoyed my bounty of the season. I’m really enjoying the survival series, the camaraderie of fellow dispatch. The skills we may know , but never tire of learning, watching & sharing the great outdoors & sharing the aid of our surroundings & survival skills with others. Thank you for reviving & revitalizing my own environment & skill levels. Enjoying your time & videos. Thank you! 🙏
For 13 months my primary shelter was a USMC issue poncho and poncho liner. I had a 3 bag pack that weights 60 lb average for a backrest. Most of the time we would be on terrain similar to on this video. SOP requires fighting holes be dug, its not extravagant but dug right could save your life and skin. You don't do anything on an ambush site, you move in, sit down, hide and waite. Rain is inconsequential,,,except when the rain is so hard you can only see about 3 feet away. You can sleep in this kind of rain. I think doing what this guy is doing is a good thing. He is lacking skills, but screwing up is part of learning. He critiques himself. Going and doing is how you practice your skills. Way before a survival experiment you should have been educating yourself on technique, then apply it in the field test. You must practice all of the techniques to perfection way before the test. Get out, do it,,,thats the classroom out there,,,beware,,,its dangerous,,,you could lose your everything there...
TRY sleeping on a hill that steep sometime! You'll need an extreme sedative. Either find or make a flat spot with your shovel, or use a hammock. I dont get what people have against carrying 10 lbs of the right sort of pack, clothing and sleep/shelter gear. Doing-so makes all the difference in the WORLD, folks.
No kidding. I want that fire for so many reasons but pretty difficult to guarantee that per the circumstances. Don’t know how you do it there. I’d move! 😂
I always carry an ABC fire extinguisher in the vehicle. I'm in rural America with my time in the VFD their may be an entrapment and a fire. Many times I'd beat the truck so I bought my own tools so I could help stage the scene. To make things more efficient when the truck showed up
Just did a test run with my get home bag today, learned a lot. Indianapolis, IN Feb, about 20F, bout 2 inches of light snow last night, 3.39mi. I'm in worse shape than I thought I was, knee acted up. Gonna be adding waterproof socks to my bag. My wool buff saved my bacon. I really regretted not taking my hiking poles as it was slick. My pack is super uncomfortable if I over fill it, had to stow my winter coat, should have know better to bring it, 2 medium layers would have been more than enough.
@@manofthetombs Get out and see what happens, have an adventure! I walked 3.39 miles, and spent an hour and thirty six minutes and learned a LOT and had a great adventure. Don't wait for a perfect day. Pick a day and go regardless of the weather, If you have to "get home" you will have to do it no matter the weather. I have honestly found the days I hiked in the pouring rain/mud/snow to be the ones I learned the most from, and actually to be the most enjoyable just because it was such a crazy different experience. Just get out there and see how it shakes out!
I have noticed for some reason The British especially S.A.S. guys are really good at finding and analyzing tinder and finding it. Perhaps, because they are in constant crazy weather.
The only ex SAS guy I ever talked to about general survival stuff said something similar to the other guy who commented. The secret to mastering whatever (we were talking about marksmanship at the time) was to be the first on the range and finish later than anyone. Said that about most skills we talked about. Another thing I noticed about this guy, he was always interested in what everyone said to him, listened carefully, asked questions and usually took something away from the conversation. Guy was a legend, proved himself beyond most people and was still trying to learn from the people around him.
@@jelkel25 I don't need to know a single thing more about this man to say who ever this is he lives by the same rule I was taught my father, uncles, grandfathers. Which was "A foolish man runs around always talking. But, doesn't listen often. Where as a wise man, listens and rarely speaks" seems easy to live by but it's difficult. I read what you said and believe he to be a wise man. When King Solomon prayed to God and could ask him for anything. What was the one thing he asked for....... Wisedom. Wisedom is great as I have made many bad mistakes wrong mistakes. Horrible ones too. But as I grew older and slowly experienced life and earned the tools to have wisdom, I noticed under no circumstance has wisedom caused pain. Suffering. But has in fact can save a life and was blessed with this first time piece of another's wisedom when I woke in the ICU after following victim to my own foolishness. I was having a challenging day. This made me smile thanks brother.
@@johnnottahcal5725 I have also found suffering in practicing. I used to practice 12+ hours a day perform and compete. Sleep 5-6 hours and repeat. I can remember in High School when I was only about 8 hours a day total that I want making any progress. For weeks I kept practicing the same thing. Not until I asked why I hadn't improved in this one challenging piece of music and my teacher said because your not paying attention which I'm not truly practicing. This was 20 years ago about and I've never forgotten it.
Great video mate and good for taking the kids along as well so they can gain real life experience in case they ever find themselves in a situation where they need to apply their knowledge. This stuff should be in the mainstay of school education just like math's and science ,English and reading & writing etc the same with first aid and home cooking too. Stay safe and stay alert.
Great video, brother. I watched jjs video last week. And it looked like it sucked especially towards the end. But a great exercise. Thanks again, brother.
26:33 if the head guy says "on 3" it is on three. 20 + yrs of firefighting/ ems. Its either "on go" or "on 3". Ive also heard on my count. Which has been on go. So, for me its always when i say three, thats when we move. Caviate! When im doing SAR or wildland (basically anytime im not working with people i know and have worked with for a while. I communicate on 3 means move on 3. Communication is alwayskey 😉
Excellent video, as always sir! Just a heads up on smoke grenades. The AFT in its infinite wisdom is now going to enforce certain smoke grenades being destructive devices. Their going after a pull initiated devices. Nothing may come of it but....
Being confortable with discomfort starting calm are the keys in my opinion. That’s a major difference between military and civilian personnel.. training and equipment yes… But consistently being outdoors… tired, dirty, stinkin, and just miserable all the way around…. While still pulling guard duty/radio watch, etc… vs.. civilians doing none of that… comfort with being uncomfortable… Comfort is your enemy! Via Karl!!🇺🇸
I've read all sorts of tales of Scottish Highlanders making shelters out of their great kilts and surviving just fine in open harsh environment with very little natural resources.
Consider that the largest fish caught on the Appalachias should be proof of the positive effects which migrations had on the surrounding environment. Hydroelectric dams took away the moistness necessary for life to thrive on this 3/4 water globe 🌍🌎. 75% of migratory sea life species (birds included 😉) has declined within the last 50 years. I'll link a video underneath this proving mass amounts of mussels (which don't swim) in Alabama(middle of the United States) and I'm sure you'll understand that this country's waterways we're not only drinkable, but likely more mineral rich than "vitamin" supplements. ❤ Have a good one brother
Can you please make a video on how to survive inside of a communist concentration camp seeing as how it is pretty clear most Americans are planning to surrender (many enthusiastically) to communist russia china iran north korea etc when they invade? Thanks.
Have you built a reliable community and tested your limits with them?
I’m 63 years old, & for a few years have been dealing with medical issues. This past year I’ve started doing better & even deer hunted this past season & enjoyed my bounty of the season. I’m really enjoying the survival series, the camaraderie of fellow dispatch. The skills we may know , but never tire of learning, watching & sharing the great outdoors & sharing the aid of our surroundings & survival skills with others. Thank you for reviving & revitalizing my own environment & skill levels. Enjoying your time & videos. Thank you! 🙏
The holy trinity of survival is “Stay clean, dry, and injury free”. If we can accomplish that, all other priorities will come so much easier. 🔥✌🏻🔥
For 13 months my primary shelter was a USMC issue poncho and poncho liner. I had a 3 bag pack that weights 60 lb average for a backrest. Most of the time we would be on terrain similar to on this video. SOP requires fighting holes be dug, its not extravagant but dug right could save your life and skin. You don't do anything on an ambush site, you move in, sit down, hide and waite. Rain is inconsequential,,,except when the rain is so hard you can only see about 3 feet away. You can sleep in this kind of rain.
I think doing what this guy is doing is a good thing. He is lacking skills, but screwing up is part of learning. He critiques himself. Going and doing is how you practice your skills. Way before a survival experiment you should have been educating yourself on technique, then apply it in the field test. You must practice all of the techniques to perfection way before the test. Get out, do it,,,thats the classroom out there,,,beware,,,its dangerous,,,you could lose your everything there...
TRY sleeping on a hill that steep sometime! You'll need an extreme sedative. Either find or make a flat spot with your shovel, or use a hammock. I dont get what people have against carrying 10 lbs of the right sort of pack, clothing and sleep/shelter gear. Doing-so makes all the difference in the WORLD, folks.
I’ve learned that finding tinder in bad conditions suuuccks so better if you can store some for that day.
❤Really great info and a fun video!!
I have the same "suffering builds bonds" mentality. Great video.
I used to give myself 2hrs for fire and shelter in the worst possible Pnw weather never got a fire but totally succeeded in shelter. Warm and safe 😊
No kidding. I want that fire for so many reasons but pretty difficult to guarantee that per the circumstances. Don’t know how you do it there. I’d move! 😂
Wonderful follow up Jaso. Thank you All
Glad you enjoyed it!
Really good video. Its nice when we teach the kids how to survive.
It was awesome. I wish I were there. As Mike Glover says 'to be comfortable to feel uncomfortable' 😊
Not all wool blankets are equal. Please tell me exactly where I can get the same blanket.
My fav episode. TY to the group. Looks like you had fun.....
I always carry an ABC fire extinguisher in the vehicle. I'm in rural America with my time in the VFD their may be an entrapment and a fire. Many times I'd beat the truck so I bought my own tools so I could help stage the scene. To make things more efficient when the truck showed up
Just did a test run with my get home bag today, learned a lot. Indianapolis, IN Feb, about 20F, bout 2 inches of light snow last night, 3.39mi. I'm in worse shape than I thought I was, knee acted up. Gonna be adding waterproof socks to my bag. My wool buff saved my bacon. I really regretted not taking my hiking poles as it was slick. My pack is super uncomfortable if I over fill it, had to stow my winter coat, should have know better to bring it, 2 medium layers would have been more than enough.
Excellent! You rawk!
Seriously! So many of us (yes, me also) don't actually test what we have. Thank you. I want to do that very thing now.
@@manofthetombs Get out and see what happens, have an adventure! I walked 3.39 miles, and spent an hour and thirty six minutes and learned a LOT and had a great adventure. Don't wait for a perfect day. Pick a day and go regardless of the weather, If you have to "get home" you will have to do it no matter the weather. I have honestly found the days I hiked in the pouring rain/mud/snow to be the ones I learned the most from, and actually to be the most enjoyable just because it was such a crazy different experience. Just get out there and see how it shakes out!
@@manofthetombsget out and test it. I only hiked 3.39 miles took me an hour and 39min. Learned some invaluable things.
@@jonathanrogers9961 20F is cold. Is that an average for Indy for this time of year? How low a temp are prepared for?
I have noticed for some reason The British especially S.A.S. guys are really good at finding and analyzing tinder and finding it. Perhaps, because they are in constant crazy weather.
Practice makes perfect or suffer til you do. 😂
The only ex SAS guy I ever talked to about general survival stuff said something similar to the other guy who commented. The secret to mastering whatever (we were talking about marksmanship at the time) was to be the first on the range and finish later than anyone. Said that about most skills we talked about. Another thing I noticed about this guy, he was always interested in what everyone said to him, listened carefully, asked questions and usually took something away from the conversation. Guy was a legend, proved himself beyond most people and was still trying to learn from the people around him.
@@jelkel25 I don't need to know a single thing more about this man to say who ever this is he lives by the same rule I was taught my father, uncles, grandfathers. Which was "A foolish man runs around always talking. But, doesn't listen often. Where as a wise man, listens and rarely speaks" seems easy to live by but it's difficult. I read what you said and believe he to be a wise man. When King Solomon prayed to God and could ask him for anything. What was the one thing he asked for....... Wisedom. Wisedom is great as I have made many bad mistakes wrong mistakes. Horrible ones too. But as I grew older and slowly experienced life and earned the tools to have wisdom, I noticed under no circumstance has wisedom caused pain. Suffering. But has in fact can save a life and was blessed with this first time piece of another's wisedom when I woke in the ICU after following victim to my own foolishness.
I was having a challenging day. This made me smile thanks brother.
@@johnnottahcal5725 I have also found suffering in practicing. I used to practice 12+ hours a day perform and compete. Sleep 5-6 hours and repeat. I can remember in High School when I was only about 8 hours a day total that I want making any progress. For weeks I kept practicing the same thing. Not until I asked why I hadn't improved in this one challenging piece of music and my teacher said because your not paying attention which I'm not truly practicing. This was 20 years ago about and I've never forgotten it.
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That is why they often train in Wales as it's so wet they're all the time😊
God bless Maggie pup! ❤️
Great video mate and good for taking the kids along as well so they can gain real life experience in case they ever find themselves in a situation where they need to apply their knowledge. This stuff should be in the mainstay of school education just like math's and science ,English and reading & writing etc the same with first aid and home cooking too. Stay safe and stay alert.
Best video ever. "Rain Doctor"
Great video, brother. I watched jjs video last week. And it looked like it sucked especially towards the end. But a great exercise. Thanks again, brother.
Thanks Jason, great video!
Bark insulates , good R value . I have curled around tree and stayed warm enough 😊
Would been cool to hear from all the participants too
Absolutely great video explanation at the end! 👏
Thanks for the video!
You're welcome!
26:33 if the head guy says "on 3" it is on three. 20 + yrs of firefighting/ ems. Its either "on go" or "on 3". Ive also heard on my count. Which has been on go. So, for me its always when i say three, thats when we move. Caviate! When im doing SAR or wildland (basically anytime im not working with people i know and have worked with for a while. I communicate on 3 means move on 3. Communication is alwayskey 😉
Excellent video, as always sir! Just a heads up on smoke grenades. The AFT in its infinite wisdom is now going to enforce certain smoke grenades being destructive devices. Their going after a pull initiated devices. Nothing may come of it but....
Awesome information and application. Thank y'all for sharing this. 👍👍
Thank you for the video
You’re welcome
Great Video Guys ! TAKE CARE..
Thanks! You too!
Awesome content
Thank you 😊
You're welcome 😊
sharing
good info here.
Thanks for watching!
Love how the dog just layed there lol
I wish you were my neighbor. You would get tired of me trying to learn from you!!
Great video and I learned somethings ❤
Awesome! Thank you!
Being confortable with discomfort starting calm are the keys in my opinion. That’s a major difference between military and civilian personnel.. training and equipment yes… But consistently being outdoors… tired, dirty, stinkin, and just miserable all the way around…. While still pulling guard duty/radio watch, etc… vs.. civilians doing none of that… comfort with being uncomfortable… Comfort is your enemy! Via Karl!!🇺🇸
I've read all sorts of tales of Scottish Highlanders making shelters out of their great kilts and surviving just fine in open harsh environment with very little natural resources.
See ya on the next one
That dog at the end
The word of the day is SUFFERING. LOL
MAGGIE MAAAAAY!!!!
That's not a bad test but the boys could see it didn't count by the county's and best save up if they are going outward❤
Proof that survival is more mindset than skill...
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Yall call this training, i call it camping. Great to see the kids out there doing the things tho.
I think the difference is that this includes training with tasks to be completed in individual groups.
First to the comments 👊🏻🔥👊🏻
Sweet! Way to go! 🤜🏽🔥🤛🏼
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Loved the teaching the youth! ❤
@@jasongarling20I believe the children are our future 🎶😂
@FueltheFires Thanks JJ... now that song is stuck in my head! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬👊🔥👊
I don’t want to alarm you but you have a black widow on your cap
Consider that the largest fish caught on the Appalachias should be proof of the positive effects which migrations had on the surrounding environment. Hydroelectric dams took away the moistness necessary for life to thrive on this 3/4 water globe 🌍🌎. 75% of migratory sea life species (birds included 😉) has declined within the last 50 years. I'll link a video underneath this proving mass amounts of mussels (which don't swim) in Alabama(middle of the United States) and I'm sure you'll understand that this country's waterways we're not only drinkable, but likely more mineral rich than "vitamin" supplements. ❤ Have a good one brother
Maggie is staring into the camera "Do you hear this dummy? He should have stayed under the barn with me!"
Everyone should just carry the oh 💩kit👊
easy peasy lemon squeezy
2nd
Cowabunga.!
Is that a actual flag your sitting on?
Lol. We gonna lie to each other
Can you please make a video on how to survive inside of a communist concentration camp seeing as how it is pretty clear most Americans are planning to surrender (many enthusiastically) to communist russia china iran north korea etc when they invade?
Thanks.