What this Survival Instructor is Carrying in Pack During the Winter Might Surprise You!
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- Опубликовано: 10 дек 2020
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Stay in the Woods,
Dan
I just started watching these "coalcracker" Ytubes and I am impressed. As a multi decade instructor, after watching a couple of these so far, it's quite clear this man has intense passion for what he does. I am especially intrigued by his willingness to mention others in his profession and how they have contributed in different ways to his programs. That speaks well for his integrity.
He also has a channel called uco
well said!
I have the feeling that most of these guys out there babling about bushcraft / survival are just narcisistic people who enjoy listening to themselves, are sofa-coachers or tv "stars".
I would not care, but their "advice" might be dangerous for "green horns" that take as granted those pieces of advice!
I do no believe that certain people with overtly obese bodies might run or even walk a couple of miles in harsh terrain or weather carrying the humungous quantity of equipment they show in the videos.
I even have unsubscribed from a few channels as the info was useless or dangerous.
I kept half a dozen real deal guys (and girls) like Josh the grey beard green beret and coalcraker, a nice couple from Alaska, an old timer from Australia and a guy from the US with a very strong southern accent and the girl from the Boulder school in Colorado and Gulrika from Norway...and that's most of it.
I'm a construction equipment mechanic. I keep super glue on my truck and in my bag for moderate cuts that rags and tape wont work on.
Butterfly bandages, superglue, small non stick gauze, and duct tape.... my quick dollar store just in case kit I throw in my guys work trucks when they don’t have anything. Only for “oh... that’s a lot of blood” cause everybody bleeds at some point in the day
i,m in the uk , i work as a carpenter , i,ve used electrical insulation tape on cuts
Quality, when paid for, is certainly understood. I have recently switched to buying better quality myself. Buy once cry once, especially from a company that supports their product.
Thanks for the rundown! ATB, Gary!
I like this dude and i love the passion for gear in this community 😊
you had me at "6 pack of 16oz beers" a man of my own heart. cheers from Texas brother
All you'll need to survive a Texas winter...
Great kit/pack. I would roll your blanket in a poncho before securing it under your pack, for obvious reasons. Also, I keep two inch pieces of soda straw with Vaseline soaked bits of cotton stuffed inside, melt both ends and it's water proof. Need to start a fire: cut a slit in the straw, pull some cotton out and use your farro rod... Need first aid: cut the end of the straw to treat cuts, scrapes, and burns. I keep several in my first aid kit and my fire kit. Also use the straw pieces to carry salt, pepper, garlic, etc. Just be sure to pinch the ends w/needle nosed pliers and melt with your lighter.
Louis Aziz: You’re so right about the value of sealing goods in straws! (My emergency tin has sterile swabs, peroxide, antibiotic ointment, even a few aspirin or emergency backup meds in them.). They’re even great for holding a few fishing flies and then a wrap of line inside the little emergency tin that so many people carry, to prevent those lightweight, tiny flies can from falling right out of the tin without being noticed when something else is being pulled out.
Here in Canada, you always carry an axe, hatchet and or a saw. Nuts if you didn’t. Everyone is worried about “weight” which is nuts as well. Train as you fight, fight as you train. You have to be physically ready for the woods. Be ready to carry what you need.
A tree climber, backpack and a bow or rifle is good for training
If you don't worry about weight, you're a dummy who knows nothing about hiking. Read "Mountaineering: the Freedom of the Hills." I've never heard of anyone carrying an axe while hiking. I've heard of them carrying an ICE axe, yea, but not a wood splitting axe. I mean, if you're driving your truck to a campground and pitching your tent twenty feet from your bumper, then bring an axe if you want. But for real hiking you have to be more weight conscious.
@@profd65 20 years in the army. I know all about weight. Tools you will need, you carry. Period. People who don’t carry what is needed end up needing rescue. Besides, we are talking about winter and in Canada. You’ll be pulling a toboggan with most of the gear. We are not talking about “winter” camping in the mild winter states down south. Here those tools are “absolutely necessary “ . We can and do hit -40 C. Regularly.
@@grumpyolesilverback7211 You said you always carry an axe in Canada, and it's nuts if you don't. You didn't say you always carry an axe while hiking in the outskirts of Yellowknife in January, and it's nuts if you don't. If you had made the second statement, I wouldn't have objected. Obviously, if you're racing sled dogs, manning a remote weather station, or crossing Manitoba in a canoe, you should probably bring in an axe. You should probably bring all sorts of weird stuff. But if you live in Vancouver BC (which I live near), I call you a fucking doofus if you carry a wood chopping axe on an ordinary hike.
Minnesota has mild winters? Huh, I didn't know that. Half my family's from there and I've visited in the winter a couple of times. I can remember the temperature getting down to -20 F (that's -28.8 C for Canadians) at night. Oh, and which well populated area in Canada hits -40 C regularly? Maybe Winnipeg? Most Canadians don't know anything about those temperatures.
@@profd65 every winter here in Alberta we hit -40. You live in Vancouver? Explains a lot. Did I say Minnesota? No, I said south states. You are a leftist fool. You live in a bubble. A very tiny bubble. If you are in a true Canadian winter and don’t have the proper tool to harvest wood, you are dead. Day hikes are not what is being discussed. Extended, cold weather camping or survival. Here in Edmonton, we have recorded the coldest place on earth more than a few times. I welcome you to try camping light weight during these winters we experience. I won’t mourn your lost but I will celebrate the loss of one more libtard leftist moron that pollutes the world with communist delusions. Have a better day.
Dan, thank you for sharing your thoughts on your kit. We greatly appreciate the straightforward information that you provide. Be safe! - Tennessee Smoky
Dan, thank you for sharing your thoughts on the kit you carry.. We greatly appreciate the straightforward information that you provide, as so many people are in need to learn from real world examples.
Dan, I love what you do on your channel. You are easy to listen to. Please keep doing what you do.
Love all the little bags inside a bag! Super great tips. Can't wait to repack my pack. THANKS!
I have 5 color coordinated bags inside my ruck sack. This allows ease of finding what I need, when I need it. Organization is key to a fluid system. I can find almost everything in pitch black due to practice.
nice to show us what's in your pack.... thanks Dan
Very nice setup. Also, each video confirms why you're my favorite bushcraft instructor.
Add a CAT tourniquet into that kit. A cut or nick to a main artery can cause loss of consciousness in less than a minute and death in under three. Trying to make a TQ is something you probably won’t have time to do. You need to be able to deploy it as fast as possible.
I was literally coming down here to reply this same thing! I would also advise some unscented waxed dental floss and a curved needle incase you have a large gash you need to suture and some Benadryl. Each of those situations can kill you if you're unprepared. You are highly unlikely to need it (honestly I never have), but if you need it and you don't have it, it won't help that you have extra fire starters...
A tourniquet. What an excellent idea.
Great content! Just found your channel a few weeks ago and really appreciated your down to earth knowledge. Keep up the good work.
Was looking foward to this. Notice ur slowly but surely widdling the kit down 2 mostly traditional. Last year was the sleeping bag, sleeping pad, n sil ny tarp. Love the tin cup n copper flask.
Happy Holidays!
Be well, stay safe, and take good care.
As always, great content delivered succinctly and with humor. Keep ’em comin’ man.
I love that little cup. Would be perfect my "5 C's only" bag. What brand is it?
Very educational. Lots of stuff to keep in the tool box.
Excellent way you have items organized. Appears to be the perfect bag of goodies. I am a medical guy and have put together a small bag of essentials, otherwise not much difference between contents. Except for those beautiful small leather bags to keep items organized. Thank you for great video and have a wonderful weekend. Stay safe out there. 👍
don't care if there is already seen stuff, i do like to look at gear and like the sounds of unpacking backpacks. so thank you for doing it anyway :>
I would love to see a review video about the tarp the gum blanket and the wool blanket as a sleeping system.
Great video man very good tip about the putting everything on little pouches inside of the backpack.
Looks great! Thanks for the video.
Great bags and great stuff!
I was waiting for something like this. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing
I love these,great job.Thanks
I love my Filson Journeyman pack. Super happy with it after a year. Unfailing Goods.
We should definitely be drinking year round! 😂
Gee man, I love my olive Filson journeyman bag...and I received my second one in tan yesterday...I just love those bags (and with import fees to my country they get really expensive...)
But I have an understanding wifey...
This would be a very basic early to mid fall weekend set up for my area of northern Ontario, we usually bring along a small hatchet or a machete as my area can get quite dense alder or evergreen also handy for shelter builds . I carry a much larger pack in winter and have done a fair amount of camping in -20c to -30c , which necessitates more gear and always a second set full of clothing .. sweat and moisture is deadly at those temps . A simple lean to or tarp is all that is needed for shelter . 3 to four ft of snow is a great insulator and easy to build snow shelters with 👍🇨🇦 great stuff keep up the great work .
Great kit.
I like ur kit, I use the rucksack/haversack system. I like the traditional way. Gonna have to get a cap like that. Thanks for this video, was very helpful. Alan Rice.
I purchased a used Isle Royal Jr from Frost River a number of years ago and it's a solid pack for sure, but I think I need to take a look at Filson for a smaller, lighter weight pack like the one you have there. Thanks for showing us the gear, always fun to see what you and others are stompin' around the woods with.
I do CW re-enactments and have a canvas painted haversack. Use a wool blanket, painted canvas ground cloth and gum poncho to sleep with. Never get cold or hungry.
Great video you should do a video on using different items for a trivet it's what I use instead of survival stoves
You just made me go to the UCO website and order that spork! :-)
Love your videos, you live in Pennsylvania, I live in Maine, I surrounded by woods, dont spend enough time there, you have crazy weather, it scares me driving, if I'm driving west to Chicago , Buffalo to Erie is crazy in winter, going south,84 to 81 in winter I always hit snow in mountains in winter! Still your videos are instructional, take care!
Good video. Like the little bags to sort stuff. I think you have a Filson Journeyman Backpack. Got the same one but in army green or otter green. It's been my everyday work bag for the past couple year. Used and abused for still going strong.
I'm glad to see you carrying the UCO sweetfire tablets. They burn really well and I think something like them are an essential piece for a fire kit incase you need to get a quick fire going in a pinch!
Thanks for the video...nice
Love this .. great makes me feel good about the things i have stashed everywhere! do you have a recipe for that Firestarter ??
Ive kinda been doing the same thing with the pouches. I noticed every piece of kit seems to come with a pouch, and not all of them need one. An old sleeping bag bag is now my food bag. A guy line bag is now holding plenty of extra lines/cordage.
That is a cool shelter I will have to look that up there got to be 100 ways to built a shelter with that type of set up
Love this!
Wow dan, I always like seeing your gear vids. Very simple and to the point. I honestly think you have the best load out that I’ve seen on RUclips. I based mine off of yours. Anyway good vid.
We share the same 1st name and ideas good job Dan
Good choice on the Olights.
Great load out! I tend to over pack. Bad habit. Lol
Ok I love this channel and Dan is the man. That's said anybody catch the irony of him thinking the light made that hat look bad...
😏😏🤣🤣🤣
Love the backpack!
🦅🌲thank you for sharing🌲🐻🌲
Great kit look... Appreciate your point on med kit... But i would say... Given using sharps and the potential for a bad cut with axe knife etc... I think a military heavy bandage (field dressing) would be a hugely sensible thing to carry along with wound seal sutures... Also in emergency can be used as fire starting cotton wool.. I think it could just save yours or another life from bleeding out from bad sharps accident
I like it all...
That is a nice camping kit.
haversack, gum blanket, tin cup, wool blanket, beard--do you do Civil War reenactments? Your geared up for it.
And where did you get the clip on head lamp?
Looks like an O-light. They have tons of options on their website
@@zacharypool Thanks. You're right it's an Olight I3T EOS 180 Lumens Dual-Output Slim EDC Flashlight. Got it from Amazon for $19.95.
Mine is a leather bottom Jansport Bookbag I bought in 1981, At Uni Ark L R bookstore, yes 1981, I have had to repair it, just a few times, twice due to dog chews, It's old, it has been coast to coast with me, Don't leave home without it. Still carry my old trusted solar calculator....Oh and my cell phone doesn't have a GPS. I saw the what If I get lost video.. funny.
just found your channel , love the content and love your sense of humor lol.
I am in bushcrafter and survivalist with a more modern twist. A lot of the items you carry reminds me of my Civil War re-enacting gear. Gum blanket, oil cloth, haversack, and a tarp for a shebang. (Shelter)
Love this. Just started watching you today. Do you have a list of the things in your bag, so that newbies like me can research them?
Dryer lint in a ziplock bag. Takes a spark really well.
that flashlight hat combo is next level swag
Assuming cooking pot is in camp and not personal gear. Still nothing to address wound closure/bleeding or chemlight/strobe for night beacon. People get tired and clumsy weekend camping and using knives. I do like the gear shown, just missing a few key items for me.
I would like to pick your mind for Boy Scouts. Great videos.
Copper is very good for water and for us drinking it🤗👍🏻
I'd like to know more about that. I have heard that copper water bottles are very healthy, but I don't know exactly why. Does the water taste like metal, or does it turn green from having water in it all the time? I love the look of flasks, but they must be nearly impossible to clean the inside really well if they do turn green/patina. I have also heard that copper is similar to silver in the way that colloidal silver works. Maybe I need to do some research on this.
very good video
I'd think you'd do well in the Russian doll business. (y'know- dolls in the doll, in the doll) There is one other container you didn't mention - your pockets, or whatever is on your body- a paracord necklace for instance which is where I attach a whistle, small flashlight, and small cylindrical airtight, waterproof lighter around my neck. Also on my body a backup compass (mostly to shoot a reverse azimuth if I go off trail), energy bars, POCKET knife, on the belt a Mora with cordage, canvas needle, duct tape, reflector tape and dental floss (for teeth and repair) . . . but that's just me.
Have you tried the Council Tool saddle axe yet? It's a double headed hatchet two different bevels one for carving one for heavier work. Made in USA looks like good quality.
Be sure to test metal cups. Mine decided, after awhile, to leak at the rivets and drip down to put out my propane flame.
Not surprised.
Jan Sport does the same thing on backpacks!
😎👍nice stuff
Love the hat! I want one!
Very nice 🤠
You have a good survival gear. the blanket and extra fire starting equipment gets thumbs up as does extra flashlight one thing I want to mention is most of the time you may have second person or others taging along or dog imagine that and have little 'extra' ie. dog bowl begging strips for dog bigger tarp cup extra clothes throw in some packets of instant soup bag of powder milk but this means more weight my backpack is 15 lbs. I can carry it. ( it is hard - but nothing worthwhile is easy ) oh I also carry axe and bear spray
You forgot your t6zero! Lol I love your videos
I live in the desert southwest of New Mexico. I wonder if you have ever done any bushcraft as I have only found one guy on RUclips that does this in the deserts of Texas. I feel like if I would ever have to get my family and I out of town I would most likely go to the desert to get away. But I enjoy your RUclips channel very much!
I keep my bic lighters (2) in prescription bottles. One with the striker up, the other with the striker down. Also for bow drill fires a pvc pipe cap(1-1/2”) is a good bearing block.
Nice rucksack
I can’t blame you for using a Filson backpack since those things are made to last. That thing has seen more life than most of its kind.
I like to carry extra of everything in different bags just in case I lose a bag or drop a bag.
tell me about those great-looking shirts/ jackets you wear. Awesome info, great videos. Thanks for the info!
I usually spend my week deciding what gear to pack. Throw it together on Thursday. Friday after work I head to the woods. Gear is different every trip.
...I have just bought my Filson bag and, although with import fees for my country it topped to almost the double (700$) I am just loving it.Being in my mid sixties, the 23 to 27 liters capacity is the sweet spot.
Though not always agreeing with opinions or material, the philosophy and the results are basically the same.
Congratulations and keep the good work!
I like my coyote Filson Journeyman so much that I bought another one in olive...I'll use the tan for summer and the olive for winter...it's better for camouflage and I keep the content more adequate for the time of the year, and in an emergency I have a spare bag to handle for another person.
Great hat
surprised at the lack of the 1st aid kit. its one thing that i pack that is imo, a waste of space and energy carrying, but i wouldnt want to be without it for that one time it will be needed
Yeah. If you need imodium or a tylenol just once, you'll carry it from now on
deth502 I never carry a 1st aid kit. I’ve got an extra T-shirt for wounds, my belt/rope, etc is my tourniquet, and a splint is easily made from a branch. I don’t consider Aspirin and Imodium first aid. Ive spent more time hunting, camping, climbing I the outdoors than just about anyone. I was an emergency worker for 34yrs and I’m comfortable with not carrying a kit. If things are BAD, we would do what we can, and paddle out.
Pills and bandaids are not emergency items.
@@urbansherpa hmmm. Interesting perspective. I appreciate your input.
@@urbansherpa no way you would use belt as TQ it simply doesnt work
TheHuma999 It most certainly would when you use a stick as a winder. Slip a (green) stick under the rope/belt as a windlass, twist for tension, and secure.
Believe me. It works.
Check out Zebralight headlamps. Better color rendering, more out the front lumens, and better runtimes. We use them as caving backup lights
I have curved heavy needles, a few in my sewing box. I'm putting at least one and a thimble in my knapsack. I'm also going to repurpose all the free with makeup cosmetic bags I have accumulated to organize my kit. Thanks much. I also have one of the cloth surgical masks I made in there in case I see a bear wearing one to keep me safe from covid19.
Dan don't get rid of that Pack Buddy you'll never find another one . ( I been Lookin )
My minimum equipment is always my head, a knife, a small axe, foldable saw, survival kit with emergency blanket/sterile needle and firestarter kit, which consist of fatwood, a large ferrocerium rod and a lighter. I carry a bottle with an aluminium cup beneath it for cooking. And then I add whatever I need, like cooking kit, oven, tarp/tent, sleeping bag. But the most important thing to bring with you is the ability to stay calm, think, plan and act when something happen. I'm not that into weight, it's more about ruggedness and trust since we can expect freezing temperatures, hail and rain during summer.
Nice video, as always! :-)
What I don't understand what good is such a small (or perhaps big but thin?) wool blanket in winter. I'm thinking it is small because of it's size when packed.
Love the copper flask where can I get one of those?
I found out you can sew with dental floss.
Easier to thread the needle too.
Adding to my bag asap...great idea
Keep your teeth clean, repair your clothing, stitch up a wound and it's fairly strong. You could tie up an emergency tarp or whatever with a few layers. One container of floss contains quite a bit of it as well. Great idea.
Waxed floss!
just don't get the mint kind, my entire bag smells like peppermint now :)
50 yards on a tiny roll and strong enough to build a shelter. Never leave without it.
wow you are sleeping warm, for me that would be a 30 or 40 Fahrenheit blanket, and I am not known for being a luxury camper^^
And by the way, using ethanol and ethanol burner, you can share the same fuel.
Is that wool/gum blanket really enough for you down to 20°?
Back in the day I would use my Army Poncho and Wool Blanket combo, maybe down into the '50's but after that I used a down bag and when it got down into the 30's those down bags they gave us got cold.
I've had a North Face -20 bag since 1985 (I humped it in Korea) and it has never let me down. Even wet.
I was today years old when I learned that the 'S' needle exists.
Same here! And you don't even get these on Amazon in Germany. Or probably the German name is different ... couldn't figure it out yet. :)
I have about 10 sail needles in my packs and I like them. Yesterday I bought one S needle. All I can say is wow, these are the real deal. They punch through anything. If you don’t own one, or two you can pick one up at Tandy leather.
😂 same
Love yer work by the by, wanna send a new ferro stick an a bottle of windage, where do I ship it?
Looking at the wool blanket on your website, and just wondering where it's made?
Hi dan would you have any heavier cutting tools if you went off in the woods overnight or would you be happy with wat u got with having to keep fire going alnight , I know lot people trimming their cutting tools down these days axe etc?
God Bless everyone!!!! Jesus Loves you all very much!!!!
I'd toss in a pair of leather work gloves, especially when you have to knock the snow off of the tree you're converting to Firewood.
I have polypropylene gloves with nitrile coating on the gripping palm side. They are tough and dry super-fast.