Great to see you doin' it, Richard. I hear you loud and clear on the 'why we do this' conflict. Just to kill some of that comfort addiction is a good reason for me. Your edits and humor make your vids fun to watch. See ya down the trail.
Good Morning ! With the Frontiersmen using animal hides. I came up with the idea to use Reflectix under me. But also using a pad. I know that's not roughing it like you are. TAKE CARE..
Got to take care of the fur family first… bring the modern comforts along for them at least! And it never hurts to have a safety backup on hand… how old is Maddy? Aside: when I finally got a friend for our indoor goat and moved her outside, I spent most of the first week sleeping with her in the barn on hay bales in December. Confused the heck out of her new boyfriend when she curled up half under the quilt with me… and she still resents being moved out of the house two years later 😂 nice to see you get the chance to do some riding… it’s been over 20 years since I’ve ridden a horse…
Wonder what Lewis and Clark had for bed rolls? Like You I need more than 1 blanket most of the time. I have been looking into making a Cowboy bed roll. Not sure how authentic those are.
Cowboy bed rolls came along later and were practical because they could be thrown on a wagon to carry them. Back in the day they measured the wool blankets by weight, 3 pound, 4 pound, 5 pound, and if anything mine are bigger than theirs. General toughness was a big factor. I’m still developing my cold tolerance. A few years ago it was much much worse.
Brother, have you given thought to designing a makeshift Bakers Tent to trap your heat and a walled fire pit to direct the heat towards your bed. Just a thought! God bless and keep it up. Great videos!!!
Yes! Haha! I’d like to make one with sides. Like a Baker but not as tall, just triangles added on the sides to block wind. I really was warm enough when the fire was going, it’s when the fires out that it was cold.
I bet youd love my wearable micro tipi design when fully inclosed with a titanium woodstove inside. F the old and the new “official” ways do what works its more about survival and need for preenactment living more than reenacting?
You could shtf preenact more just take the best of the old? Titanium woodstoves are a gamechanger if theyre not those crap foldup ones thst have so many airgaps they cant burn through the night.
Dimesticated rewilders will NEED airtight titanium stoves for our b tch as es to endure the process of fully weening ourselves from the artificial economy 😂
@123Homefree really I’m about to go that way. I want to have the historical camping skill down because I love connecting with history. But especially for winter I’m thinking of adding the few modern things that would make cold camping way easier. I need to see your tipi design.
In the history that I have read the frontiersman didn’t sleep out in cold weather if he could help it. The stories of trappers rolling up in a buffalo/bear robe and sleeping in sub zero weather is mostly legend. Natives pretty much refused to sleep outside in any weather. It’s always good to challenge oneself and endure difficult things so that you know that you can…builds confidence. Enjoyed the video!
I think you’ve missed some of the true accounts. Besides the trappers there’s many travelers who went out with only one or two blankets. Zenas Leonard’s account is a good one of the fur trade era.
Cool video, glad you got back out there and triumphed. The fact that you got to ride and pack out was cool! Editing is looking good! Thanks for sharing your learning process!
Good morning Richard, I love to say that your historic camping videos are a real inspiration for myself. Back in October I spent the night in a friends backyard by a campfire, I used a groundcloth and wool blankets and trying to keep it as historically accurate as I could. Well with the help of a modern small cooler up on the porch to keep cold food cold. 😂 I slept great to say the least, and I owe you and your videos for that!!! I got out of my everyday comfort zone and roughed it. I hope you have a great day and Happy late New Year!!!
Having read Kephart and 'Nessmuk', I appreciate watching folks experiment with the technology. Hiking in like You did restricts what you can carry, making this trek a valuable exercise in practical economy. Getting a big mat of scrub for your "mattress" is smart; a tarp ( or thin oil-cloth ) on the ground, with the scrub on that, and another sheet of canvas, should help trap more air, but would add weight. Thanks for sharing your adventure!
Hmm… that’d be nice if the fire burned a long time. I’m pretty sure they did it that way to fit more guys around the fire. Even so, why the feet and not their heads?
I was thinking a wall would reflect even more heat towards you and may be save some on firewood. 1 of the other channels I track has a metal fold out one that goes 180⁰ around his fire and gets a lot more heat reflected on to himself. The metal would not be period so a stick wall would help. But now that I typed this out I think I get what you are saying. It's more work and tired and cold it's easier to just start a fire and put more wood on it. Sorry I'm a little dense sometimes. Live watching your adventures and learning curve!
In Jeremiah Johnson the movie with Robert Redford they are sleeping in the snow so the dig a ditch, get good coals then cover the coals with dirt. Johnson didn't get enough dirt and woke up on fire! Love the idea but again that's a lot of work on limited calories
@@davidwagner3908 it’s ok, the discussions are how to get ideas. I’m thinking now that a reflector might help the wood burn. Kinda trap the heat a bit so it stays warmer. When I’m up in the mountains there’s wood everywhere and then I’ll try more of this stuff.
@@davidwagner3908 I was thinking of something like that too. There’s dead sagebrush that’s not much work, I could build a really big fire first then put my bed on that spot maybe.
you could build a reflective fire wall with stones or wood facing the shelter to reflect the heat in your shelter. This would also help with the smoke.
The answer to your questions is survival russia ,its a great channel for surviving in extreme cold conditions. You will have to filter through his videos tho. ✌️❤️from Australia
Suggestions as I've been in the exact scenario numerous times. Grab a couple of those mylar survival blankets at the dollar store. Get the cheap ones and after opening fold 1 half and lay out on the ground shiny side up of course. This is the base ground layer for your bedroom. Still pile up a foot if able with what your using it will compress a lot overnight.i see you have what looks like a good quality Swiss army blanket. I lay mine over the debris and use another one with a sleeping bag. As far as the fire you could build a log wall and have your fire in front of it still on front of your shelter a couple feet away. This acts as not only a wind block but a heat reflection device as well. You could also use large rocks or slabs if close by and after they get real warm they work as a hot water bottle. Cudos to you taking care of your dogs. A lot of dog owners have no idea how the cold affects them. Rule is when you are cold they are cold. Faster for senior dogs. I hope this helps. Nothing worse than waking up freezing 🥶 in the morning and trying to build a fire. I can tell you are somewhere in the south. Head up here to northern Minnesota in January for some winter Bush craft practice!!
For me I'd overlap those tarps better so you don't get a breeze blowing on you from there. It looks as tho you have larger, longer pieces of wood behind you so I'd do a long fore to keep you warm for your entire length as well as the dogs. There's a few ways to be comfortable; stay home or bring more stuff. A browse bed is about the best you can do under those circumstances.
It’s too much work to keep the wood burning for a long fire. I had to keep feeding it small stuff just to keep it burning. But also I wasn’t cold with the fire going. I really think if I can do an adequate bed to get me off the ground it’ll make a world of difference.
If you have a 9x9 feet tarp you can tie two same side corners together and stake them into the ground as well as the remaining corners. This will make a triangle. Then use a stick from the inside to prop up the shelter. It will be nice and windproof When I compare europeans to americans. Americans are big humans. They have much greater volume and probably don't cool down so fast. Similar to why a horse can stand cold temperatures better. This is probably why you need so many blankets.
@@OverOnTheWildSide Hi there, It is not exactly the one CI mentioned, but this could be a setup with a bit less condensation and with the heat reflector wall behind the fire, it should send some warmth inside the tarp through the entrance. You have to add some loops to your tarp, but in the bad weather, you and your lovely dogs will be more protected. Cheers to all of you guys from a not so big one from Europe. ruclips.net/user/shortsO-68K3RJls4?si=ldZmO5_UM3VMqfYL
Swell adventure. Few things beat wool blankest and a small warming fire. I see you're using a mucket to cook, how's that working out? I love mine. Where'd you pick up that wool waistcoat? Hell, where'd you get all of that 1800's ensemble?
Yes the mucket is great, I love that it has an attached lid, handle, and bale. Most of my clothes are from South Union Mills- particularly the waistcoat and frock. The boots aren’t correct but the right boots are really expensive so I use these.
Talking dogs. After a couple of decades of owning whippets and similar ultra-lean, short-coated dogs…. - Dogs are tougher than you think. Shivering is a relatively normal way that they use energy to create warmth. It means that they are cold, but not that they are dying from cold. - Draft-exclusion is primary for them. It’s why they tend to dig scrapes or small holes when sleeping in the open. Consider wrapping your bedroll in a tarp or oilskin. - They are a massive source of warmth. Treat them like hairy hot-waterbottles. In other words, get them in under the blanket with you. Humans have used dogs (and vice-versa) like this for millennia. I spent most of last winter sleeping outdoors. Just for the experiment. Our climate is not as cold as yours, but I was able to make myself comfortable on some pretty frosty nights. Wool ex-army blankets. Tarp wrapped around bedroll - I very quickly noticed if it was allowing cold drafts. 2-3 small dogs, terrier or whippet type. Thankyou for sharing….. Peter
Thanks for the input. I wondered if the dog shivering was a serious as me shivering but I wasn’t sure so I aired on the side of safety. The first night I did use my second tarp like a blanket, but the second night I used it in the shelter. It would be interesting to know how much it would’ve helped to the second night.
Maybe some of that whisky they drank back in the day kept them warmer ? Or at least they thought it did. Have read about warmed rocks placed in the bedding to help out.
Yeah haha! Whiskey would help me not care… Yes I have and ReWild University did some good videos on it. The rocks around me explode a lot though so I’m too nervous to heat them.
Thicker blankets, more layered clothing, protect the feet with more bedding layers, eat more calories, better ground insulation or heat the ground with fire coals covered with dirt, use the dog for heat... use your canteen as a hot water bottle. There is an almost endless number of things you might have done to keep warm and make the camp more enjoyable... some like to take a small flute or harmonica to consume time... write in a journal. Make sure you take more than you need.... buy a donkey or llama to carry it if you want... or build a mormon cart. Use work to stay warm... gathering and chopping firewood use to keep us warm in alaska three or four times before it ever got to the fireplace. Its better to keep sweat to a minimum. Cowboys did not go on the trail to freeze their balls off... they worked hard daily mostly from the top of a warm horse, and they fell asleep from exhaustion despite adverse weather. They were hardier than men today and not as couth. To them bad water was brackish... they didnt know about protozoa. Its practically impossible to replicate their lives without putting ourselves in physical or lawful danger. In addition they probably had a different ethic regarding the environment.... perhaps they would rather burn down a forest than get frost bite, or run a herd of buffalo off a cliff for a morsel of food. They didnt have a hospital within 20 minutes... Im sure they took their safety very seriously.... Im with you all the way with experimenting.... but make damn sure you know what the norms were back in the day before your toes turn to ice. You didnt have one but A horse's temperature is normally between 99 and 101F... Thats pretty warm when youre cold... Keep up the good work.... but dont perish from ignorance... Im looking forward to your next vid.... :)
You may have covered it in another video, but how you wrap yourself in the blanket makes a difference. After wrapping yourself in a burrito, you will have 3-4 layers of blanket.
I tried the burrito method the second night but abandoned it and switched in the middle of the night. Here’s an old video I did showing my method. I only used two blankets though this recent trip. ruclips.net/video/dgO5nDMMiPo/видео.htmlsi=u7hqINk2N-oboLAI
Work on learning to make fires that burn slower and longer, like longer logs laying parallel, and don’t waste time cutting short pieces, make sure the dogs are off the ground too, and though down is amazingly light for it’s warmth, you cannot lay on it, it has to lay on you, so I don’t know if it did the dogs much good. Also, any water at all and it’s useless. Those are my tips. Also, never expect to be able to do exactly what they did. They were so much tougher than us, because they spent their whole lives in wayyy rougher conditions…..they also only lived to like 50, so…… I’m also willing to bet that the wool coats and blankets were much thicker than what we usually get.
@@OverOnTheWildSide Yeah, you need a bigger fire, but set up to go slow. There’s lots of videos in different fires that will last a long time, or longer time, and don’t take too much work. You may need to split some wood if it’s damp though. I saw someone mentioned Survival Russia. His channel has tons of stuff for really cold weather. Maybe more than you need, but it’s a start
@jimf1964 that’s really a different thing. My focus is on the bed itself and what it takes to get me off the ground and to sleep warm without a fire. If I use a fire then I can get away with a much more minimal bed. However using a fire all night takes a big supply of dry wood which isn’t really available where I’m camping.
@@OverOnTheWildSide Good point. I was simply looking at how you could sleep warmer. Though my idea of a fire doesn’t take that much work, because they didn’t do these little neat fires, and used long pieces of wood, it would have been prudent to not make a fire at all back then sometimes. I wish I had some useful advice for you, but I’m an easterner, and the vegetation is totally different. We would use pine or spruce branches in older forests as the go to bed. Baring that, we would use dried grass, or even the dry tops of bullrushes etc….but I’m not an expert on that. I do know that wool wool wool so the best thing you can carry with you. Just don’t let it get wet if you can. I’m not an official re-enactor, but I’ve ditched most of my modern materials for clothing and gone to wool, except for the outter layer, but this year I’m going for waxed cotton canvas.
Great to see you doin' it, Richard. I hear you loud and clear on the 'why we do this' conflict. Just to kill some of that comfort addiction is a good reason for me.
Your edits and humor make your vids fun to watch. See ya down the trail.
Thanks Doug!
Heating up rocks by the fire is pretty helpful for drying out boots and gloves
Good Morning ! With the Frontiersmen using animal hides. I came up with the idea to use Reflectix under me. But also using a pad. I know that's not roughing it like you are. TAKE CARE..
Got to take care of the fur family first… bring the modern comforts along for them at least! And it never hurts to have a safety backup on hand… how old is Maddy? Aside: when I finally got a friend for our indoor goat and moved her outside, I spent most of the first week sleeping with her in the barn on hay bales in December. Confused the heck out of her new boyfriend when she curled up half under the quilt with me… and she still resents being moved out of the house two years later 😂 nice to see you get the chance to do some riding… it’s been over 20 years since I’ve ridden a horse…
Awww that makes me think of my goats. Pretty cool you slept in the barn with her.
Maddy’s going to be nine this year.
Greetings from Cornwall England. I really enjoyed your video, working out the problems is great fun, stick at it.
Thank you, and greetings to Cornwall.
Wonder what Lewis and Clark had for bed rolls?
Like You I need more than 1 blanket most of the time.
I have been looking into making a Cowboy bed roll. Not sure how authentic those are.
Cowboy bed rolls came along later and were practical because they could be thrown on a wagon to carry them.
Back in the day they measured the wool blankets by weight, 3 pound, 4 pound, 5 pound, and if anything mine are bigger than theirs.
General toughness was a big factor. I’m still developing my cold tolerance. A few years ago it was much much worse.
Brother, have you given thought to designing a makeshift Bakers Tent to trap your heat and a walled fire pit to direct the heat towards your bed. Just a thought! God bless and keep it up. Great videos!!!
Yes! Haha! I’d like to make one with sides. Like a Baker but not as tall, just triangles added on the sides to block wind.
I really was warm enough when the fire was going, it’s when the fires out that it was cold.
I bet youd love my wearable micro tipi design when fully inclosed with a titanium woodstove inside. F the old and the new “official” ways do what works its more about survival and need for preenactment living more than reenacting?
You could shtf preenact more just take the best of the old? Titanium woodstoves are a gamechanger if theyre not those crap foldup ones thst have so many airgaps they cant burn through the night.
Dimesticated rewilders will NEED airtight titanium stoves for our b tch as es to endure the process of fully weening ourselves from the artificial economy 😂
@123Homefree really I’m about to go that way. I want to have the historical camping skill down because I love connecting with history.
But especially for winter I’m thinking of adding the few modern things that would make cold camping way easier. I need to see your tipi design.
In the history that I have read the frontiersman didn’t sleep out in cold weather if he could help it. The stories of trappers rolling up in a buffalo/bear robe and sleeping in sub zero weather is mostly legend. Natives pretty much refused to sleep outside in any weather. It’s always good to challenge oneself and endure difficult things so that you know that you can…builds confidence. Enjoyed the video!
I think you’ve missed some of the true accounts. Besides the trappers there’s many travelers who went out with only one or two blankets. Zenas Leonard’s account is a good one of the fur trade era.
Cool video, glad you got back out there and triumphed. The fact that you got to ride and pack out was cool! Editing is looking good!
Thanks for sharing your learning process!
Thanks brother!
Do you fold your blanket in the envelope way that gets 3 layers at your feet and 2 on your body? If not that may help you!
I actually did at first on the second night but I was colder. So I switched it to the taco type fold.
Good morning Richard, I love to say that your historic camping videos are a real inspiration for myself. Back in October I spent the night in a friends backyard by a campfire, I used a groundcloth and wool blankets and trying to keep it as historically accurate as I could. Well with the help of a modern small cooler up on the porch to keep cold food cold. 😂 I slept great to say the least, and I owe you and your videos for that!!! I got out of my everyday comfort zone and roughed it. I hope you have a great day and Happy late New Year!!!
Thanks Morg, I appreciate hearing that! And glad you got out and kept it authentic.
Having read Kephart and 'Nessmuk', I appreciate watching folks experiment with the technology. Hiking in like You did restricts what you can carry, making this trek a valuable exercise in practical economy. Getting a big mat of scrub for your "mattress" is smart; a tarp ( or thin oil-cloth ) on the ground, with the scrub on that, and another sheet of canvas, should help trap more air, but would add weight. Thanks for sharing your adventure!
I heard somewhere about the guys in the civil war sleeping with the fire towards there feet never tried it myself though.
Hmm… that’d be nice if the fire burned a long time. I’m pretty sure they did it that way to fit more guys around the fire. Even so, why the feet and not their heads?
Maybe there feet got cold faster? I’m not to sure either but good video
Heat rock up put under your blankets or heat corn meal in (bags) stick in blankets
Or dig out your bed build long fire in it with rocks to heat them then clover with dirt and put browse
I was gifted a Yak wool blanket. It's really soft and warm.
I wonder if the Navajo blankets are thicker.
Yak wool sounds nice.
It's about just living the natural way! Death to synthetics. But Look on all the bright sides! One love!
Build a wall on the opposite side of the fire to reflect the heat towards you?
I seen them out of all kinds of materials.
I could, however when I had the fire going I was warm.
I was thinking a wall would reflect even more heat towards you and may be save some on firewood.
1 of the other channels I track has a metal fold out one that goes 180⁰ around his fire and gets a lot more heat reflected on to himself.
The metal would not be period so a stick wall would help.
But now that I typed this out I think I get what you are saying. It's more work and tired and cold it's easier to just start a fire and put more wood on it. Sorry I'm a little dense sometimes.
Live watching your adventures and learning curve!
In Jeremiah Johnson the movie with Robert Redford they are sleeping in the snow so the dig a ditch, get good coals then cover the coals with dirt. Johnson didn't get enough dirt and woke up on fire! Love the idea but again that's a lot of work on limited calories
@@davidwagner3908 it’s ok, the discussions are how to get ideas. I’m thinking now that a reflector might help the wood burn. Kinda trap the heat a bit so it stays warmer.
When I’m up in the mountains there’s wood everywhere and then I’ll try more of this stuff.
@@davidwagner3908 I was thinking of something like that too. There’s dead sagebrush that’s not much work, I could build a really big fire first then put my bed on that spot maybe.
you could build a reflective fire wall with stones or wood facing the shelter to reflect the heat in your shelter. This would also help with the smoke.
The answer to your questions is survival russia ,its a great channel for surviving in extreme cold conditions. You will have to filter through his videos tho. ✌️❤️from Australia
But does he talk? I have a hard time watching the channels that don’t have any talking.
I answered my own question, I’m watching his 7 survival tips video right now.
@@OverOnTheWildSide he talks alot
Suggestions as I've been in the exact scenario numerous times. Grab a couple of those mylar survival blankets at the dollar store. Get the cheap ones and after opening fold 1 half and lay out on the ground shiny side up of course. This is the base ground layer for your bedroom. Still pile up a foot if able with what your using it will compress a lot overnight.i see you have what looks like a good quality Swiss army blanket. I lay mine over the debris and use another one with a sleeping bag. As far as the fire you could build a log wall and have your fire in front of it still on front of your shelter a couple feet away. This acts as not only a wind block but a heat reflection device as well. You could also use large rocks or slabs if close by and after they get real warm they work as a hot water bottle. Cudos to you taking care of your dogs. A lot of dog owners have no idea how the cold affects them. Rule is when you are cold they are cold. Faster for senior dogs. I hope this helps. Nothing worse than waking up freezing 🥶 in the morning and trying to build a fire. I can tell you are somewhere in the south. Head up here to northern Minnesota in January for some winter Bush craft practice!!
Thanks for the invite, I’d love to camp in all the states someday.
And good info thank you, particularly the sentiments on dog care, it’s appreciated.
For me I'd overlap those tarps better so you don't get a breeze blowing on you from there. It looks as tho you have larger, longer pieces of wood behind you so I'd do a long fore to keep you warm for your entire length as well as the dogs.
There's a few ways to be comfortable; stay home or bring more stuff. A browse bed is about the best you can do under those circumstances.
It’s too much work to keep the wood burning for a long fire. I had to keep feeding it small stuff just to keep it burning. But also I wasn’t cold with the fire going. I really think if I can do an adequate bed to get me off the ground it’ll make a world of difference.
Maybe try a canvas bedroll over and under you with the wool blankets. Should keep some heat in and the breeze out.. Good luck.
If you have a 9x9 feet tarp you can tie two same side corners together and stake them into the ground as well as the remaining corners. This will make a triangle. Then use a stick from the inside to prop up the shelter. It will be nice and windproof
When I compare europeans to americans. Americans are big humans. They have much greater volume and probably don't cool down so fast. Similar to why a horse can stand cold temperatures better. This is probably why you need so many blankets.
That sounds like an A frame setup.
@@OverOnTheWildSide no it is a fully enclosed pyramid. A frame has one or two open sides
@@CelestiallyInclined I can’t picture how you’d do that. Is there a video of that setup?
@@OverOnTheWildSide Hi there, It is not exactly the one CI mentioned, but this could be a setup with a bit less condensation and with the heat reflector wall behind the fire, it should send some warmth inside the tarp through the entrance. You have to add some loops to your tarp, but in the bad weather, you and your lovely dogs will be more protected. Cheers to all of you guys from a not so big one from Europe. ruclips.net/user/shortsO-68K3RJls4?si=ldZmO5_UM3VMqfYL
@@nacelyzivot thanks! I like that. I need to get a bigger tarp so I can try it.
Swell adventure. Few things beat wool blankest and a small warming fire. I see you're using a mucket to cook, how's that working out? I love mine. Where'd you pick up that wool waistcoat? Hell, where'd you get all of that 1800's ensemble?
Yes the mucket is great, I love that it has an attached lid, handle, and bale.
Most of my clothes are from South Union Mills- particularly the waistcoat and frock.
The boots aren’t correct but the right boots are really expensive so I use these.
Talking dogs.
After a couple of decades of owning whippets and similar ultra-lean, short-coated dogs….
- Dogs are tougher than you think. Shivering is a relatively normal way that they use energy to create warmth. It means that they are cold, but not that they are dying from cold.
- Draft-exclusion is primary for them. It’s why they tend to dig scrapes or small holes when sleeping in the open. Consider wrapping your bedroll in a tarp or oilskin.
- They are a massive source of warmth. Treat them like hairy hot-waterbottles. In other words, get them in under the blanket with you. Humans have used dogs (and vice-versa) like this for millennia.
I spent most of last winter sleeping outdoors. Just for the experiment. Our climate is not as cold as yours, but I was able to make myself comfortable on some pretty frosty nights.
Wool ex-army blankets.
Tarp wrapped around bedroll - I very quickly noticed if it was allowing cold drafts.
2-3 small dogs, terrier or whippet type.
Thankyou for sharing….. Peter
Thanks for the input. I wondered if the dog shivering was a serious as me shivering but I wasn’t sure so I aired on the side of safety.
The first night I did use my second tarp like a blanket, but the second night I used it in the shelter. It would be interesting to know how much it would’ve helped to the second night.
@@OverOnTheWildSide I like your work. Keep learning and keep posting. 👍
Outlaw camping sent me to your channel
Awesome, thanks for checking it out, hope you like it.
Maybe some of that whisky they drank back in the day kept them warmer ? Or at least they thought it did. Have read about warmed rocks placed in the bedding to help out.
Yeah haha! Whiskey would help me not care…
Yes I have and ReWild University did some good videos on it. The rocks around me explode a lot though so I’m too nervous to heat them.
smarts knowing when stop digging turn around fact is not worth it make one mistake only takes one
Thanks, I have to remember I’m out there to learn not accomplish. That makes it easier to decide to play it safe.
Thicker blankets, more layered clothing, protect the feet with more bedding layers, eat more calories, better ground insulation or heat the ground with fire coals covered with dirt, use the dog for heat... use your canteen as a hot water bottle. There is an almost endless number of things you might have done to keep warm and make the camp more enjoyable... some like to take a small flute or harmonica to consume time... write in a journal. Make sure you take more than you need.... buy a donkey or llama to carry it if you want... or build a mormon cart. Use work to stay warm... gathering and chopping firewood use to keep us warm in alaska three or four times before it ever got to the fireplace. Its better to keep sweat to a minimum. Cowboys did not go on the trail to freeze their balls off... they worked hard daily mostly from the top of a warm horse, and they fell asleep from exhaustion despite adverse weather. They were hardier than men today and not as couth. To them bad water was brackish... they didnt know about protozoa. Its practically impossible to replicate their lives without putting ourselves in physical or lawful danger. In addition they probably had a different ethic regarding the environment.... perhaps they would rather burn down a forest than get frost bite, or run a herd of buffalo off a cliff for a morsel of food. They didnt have a hospital within 20 minutes... Im sure they took their safety very seriously.... Im with you all the way with experimenting.... but make damn sure you know what the norms were back in the day before your toes turn to ice. You didnt have one but A horse's temperature is normally between 99 and 101F... Thats pretty warm when youre cold... Keep up the good work.... but dont perish from ignorance... Im looking forward to your next vid.... :)
You may have covered it in another video, but how you wrap yourself in the blanket makes a difference. After wrapping yourself in a burrito, you will have 3-4 layers of blanket.
I tried the burrito method the second night but abandoned it and switched in the middle of the night.
Here’s an old video I did showing my method. I only used two blankets though this recent trip.
ruclips.net/video/dgO5nDMMiPo/видео.htmlsi=u7hqINk2N-oboLAI
Work on learning to make fires that burn slower and longer, like longer logs laying parallel, and don’t waste time cutting short pieces, make sure the dogs are off the ground too, and though down is amazingly light for it’s warmth, you cannot lay on it, it has to lay on you, so I don’t know if it did the dogs much good. Also, any water at all and it’s useless.
Those are my tips.
Also, never expect to be able to do exactly what they did. They were so much tougher than us, because they spent their whole lives in wayyy rougher conditions…..they also only lived to like 50, so…… I’m also willing to bet that the wool coats and blankets were much thicker than what we usually get.
This fire was burning so slow it would stop unless I put small stuff on it to keep it going.
@@OverOnTheWildSide Yeah, you need a bigger fire, but set up to go slow. There’s lots of videos in different fires that will last a long time, or longer time, and don’t take too much work. You may need to split some wood if it’s damp though.
I saw someone mentioned Survival Russia. His channel has tons of stuff for really cold weather. Maybe more than you need, but it’s a start
@jimf1964 that’s really a different thing. My focus is on the bed itself and what it takes to get me off the ground and to sleep warm without a fire.
If I use a fire then I can get away with a much more minimal bed. However using a fire all night takes a big supply of dry wood which isn’t really available where I’m camping.
@@OverOnTheWildSide Good point. I was simply looking at how you could sleep warmer. Though my idea of a fire doesn’t take that much work, because they didn’t do these little neat fires, and used long pieces of wood, it would have been prudent to not make a fire at all back then sometimes.
I wish I had some useful advice for you, but I’m an easterner, and the vegetation is totally different. We would use pine or spruce branches in older forests as the go to bed. Baring that, we would use dried grass, or even the dry tops of bullrushes etc….but I’m not an expert on that. I do know that wool wool wool so the best thing you can carry with you. Just don’t let it get wet if you can. I’m not an official re-enactor, but I’ve ditched most of my modern materials for clothing and gone to wool, except for the outter layer, but this year I’m going for waxed cotton canvas.
@@jimf1964 a waxed canvas layer of clothing? I’ve been thinking of trying some of that.
Kinda sounded like owen wilson in that first part 0:44
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King size wool blanket wrap around ur feet then ur body
I did that on the second night but it was worse. I do know the technique though.
No offense but they were a tougher bunch , it too lot of grit back then , and they didnt know the comforts of today ,they just lived it
No offense taken, I agree, a lot of their ability was just plain being tough.
@@OverOnTheWildSide yessir