20 Bushcraft Tips: Heavy Rain & Wet Weather Conditions
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- Here are 20 bushcraft and survival tips for heavy rain and wet weather conditions. It rains on average 159 days of the year here in the UK, so I've honed my wet weather fire lighting skills and adapted a lot of my bushcraft kit to prepare for wet weather conditions. This video features quick deployment shelter setups and fire lighting tips to help you light a fire in the rain.
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Love the channel and I am curious can you use your oiled canvas tarps for a ground sheet or does water come through eventually? I would like to make a ground sheet the size of my bed roll if that would work. Thanks.
During the first lock down, my daughter and I made a small fire from scratch. To do some sausages, & smores. So she could get her fire badge for brownies. She was the only one that got one. She was so happy. All thanks to your videos. Thanks Mike.
Why did you have that puddle building on the tarp at the end of the video?
@@finbarscanlonwolf That is awesome to hear!!! Please say well done to her from me!
@Looney Bin A month or so and they will be live on the site. Sign up to the email newsletter on my site and I will notify there first.
I really appreciate that you did it in the actual weather conditions , instead of just explaining it while the weather was nice.
I'd add that it's good to angle the tarp against the prevailing wind, so the smoke and rain won't blow in on you, and also to check the trees around you for big deadish branches because if the wind is going to blow hard, that's when they're most likely to come down.
Here in the US, Those large dead branches and trees are called "widowmakers".
@@emmitmeyer1368 Yes. True! I was killed by one on Oct. 14, 2019!
@@davidcarothers3311 what're you talking aboot
@@davidcarothers3311 a ghost post!
@@davidcarothers3311 I know the feeling
One more minor tip to building a fire in wet conditions - if the fire is smoking, give it a bit more time and/or oxygen. Once you get a clean, nearly smokeless flame, it's ready for a bit more fuel. Smoke will let you know that a fire is "struggling" a bit.
Thanks for a fantastic and really helpful video. Love the 3x3 m tarp idea. That's just brilliant.
Cheers!
J
Yes I agree, so many folks, not this one so much, try to smother the fire with too much too soon. You have to give it a second or two to bite on the newest additions and then add it in. I also see so many building the fire from all directions at once, they need to choose a shape and keep it and then they can spread it out.
I am a blacksmith, fire is my stock in trade, LOL.
There is nothing more satisfying than the rain on a tarp, a warming fire and the self confidence gained from being able to cope with anything that nature throws at you!
Dutch bushcrafters, fellow victims of the miserable south North Sea climate, appreciate this, thanks :)
Aussie bushcrafters heading into the southern winter appreciate it too 😆
I agree. I was in US Navy y'all get a lot of rain there. Reminds me of Seattle, Washington USA. Though sometime in my State in Texas it seems we live in the rain sometimes for weeks before we see the sun. Of course than th sun come out and it don't rain for months. Damned if you do damned if you don't😂
I'll add us folks over in the Pacific Northwest...wetly appreciated.
@@Iknowonlywhatimtaught Aw shucks, Maggie, thanks that's interesting. I'll be doggone if I don't visit Texas before my time's up yeehaw! Such an interesting area with beautiful landscapes and starry skies
North West Germans, too.
EXCELLENT presentation, perfect English, and no crazy background music!!!!
Honestly one of the most helpful and useful tips and tricks videos I’ve seen. Most helpful for me was how you packed the tarp for a quick deploy and how you kept the firewood.
Cheers!
Yes very nice.
Rode my bike in the Highlands of Scotland last year. One truly miserable day (3 degrees C and horizontal rain) I chose a pine plantation as a likely place to set up camp. At home in Canada, pines tend to grow in nice sandy soil. Big surprise! Pine plantations in Scotland are bogs - just like this one! Too tired to ride on, it took me quite some time to find a relatively dry bit of ground. Thankfully I stayed nice and dry in my wee tent (no exaggeration, it was tiny). On the rest of my ride, if I found a nice place to pitch my tent in the late afternoon - I didn't ride any further; learned my lesson. Oddly enough this little video brought back some great memories.
Approximately 60 years ago I was in the Boy Scout program. One of my Scoutmaster showed me a little trick to facilitate starting a fire in wet weather. That little trick is a short piece of candle about 2 inches long.
Take the fire wood ( such as a teepee style lay out leaving an opening into the center for a place to put a burning candle). The candle stays lite while drying out the wet/damp wood.
Not quite as rainy here in Brisbane but a universal tip is to not add too much fuel to the fire in the early stages. Important to have enough wood gathered to get the fire to a stage where it doesn't need to be constantly fed.
Next time we go camping I'll make a featherstick with the boys and see if we can get it going just using the rod.
Great vid! Couple of things I learned the other day. 1. If you allow some gaps at the bottom of the tarp you can have the fire under the tarp (depending on the height of the tarp of course) the gap makes sure the smoke from the fire doesn't go everywhere into the space understanding the tarp. 2. A big industry plastic bag will do the tiny waxed tarp job as well and much cheaper.
although much more rare these days, I like the use & re- use of a waxed cloth. Seems much more woodsmanlike too, that's just me
Spot on!
One thing taught in the military is leave a small gap as it stops the kite effect when the wind picks up. We used our ponchos as a tarp and always worth having. One large double hook bungee cord from the hood to a branch, where there are eye holes at the corners put a bungee with the ball attacked through those holes and peg down. That was for quick set up, the peg and small bungee allows you to have the gap and more flexible with the elastic giving movement. A tarp can be set up when the weather eases. I left the army years ago but both are always in my pack along with cotton wool balls sodium permanganate and small bottle of glycerine which causes a flame when added to the SP. Fire rods can get wet as well
@@salahad-din4114 Yes. Even in pretty high wind, there's a boundary layer next to the ground that's pretty still. I've never noticed rain wanting to blow under a tarp that had a 6-inch gap under it.
Waxed cotton won't melt a hole if a spark touches it.
Someone said that the British created the empire in order to get away from all that rain.
Arguable
@@MehmetMehmet-y8c it's a joke, nerd.
The other rumour is: their food and their women
It’s very true, oh and the taxes
Heyy, it’s not that bad. You just have to learn to swim.
Bro literally today i finished watching your playlist with these tips and now a new video, i'm really happy thank you !
More to come soon! 💪🏻
My best friend and i do an annual 65 mile canoe trip. We take our time and cover the distance in 6-days. The first year was picture perfect conditions, warm days and cool nights. The second however, it rained everyday and poured at night. We had fire 🔥 every morning and every night using these same methods. We didn’t have any birch bark, but we did have plenty of fat wood. 👍 we had good rain gear and it was probably the best year we’ve ever had for fishing on that trip.
Where we used to camp - Kaimai Range, North Island NZ - there would invariably be piles of dead trees or shrubs at the corners of the river so there were always dry dead branches well above ground/water level that could be snapped off for fire lighting. If it was actually raining, the water on those upper branches was generally only on the surface so it wouldn't take much for them to dry off and catch fire.
As someone who grew up in the kind of bush alaska, these videos just feel very familiar and comfortable while providing great information. I appreciate content like this and love to listen to it while I go about my day
Finally a no nonsense very informative wet weather shelter setup and fire making video using one knife and a wooden baton, a tarp and a bit of paracord. Well done you👍
Tired of watching videos of people setting up camp with so many different bits of kit they couldn't possibly have carried it all into camp.
Great video,
thanks for sharing 👍.
Yooo yo yoo Manna, you're Daemn Right😂
That sudden drop in temperature is a very clear sign of incoming rain or hail, especially in the spring. Here in the maritime PNW we get between 30 and 115 inches of rain a year, depending on the local topography and location. When the Lewis and Clark expedition arrived on the west coast of America they were both astonished and depressed by the fact that it rained for nearly their entire time in the area. I love it, both for the green it brings and for the solitude it provides those who can tolerate it. Whenever I visit further inland where it is drier, I am uncomfortable and irritable. Another excellent feature of living someplace so wet is that it seems to limit the number of dangerous animals, particularly insects, spiders and snakes. Yes, we have bears and mountain lions and wolves, but encounters with them are infrequent and usually very manageable. If the UK is as wet as we are here, i think i could be happy there.
Do you ever find you can smell it in the air when it's due to rain.
We are in the Scottish highlands, always seem to get a change of air and the smell when rain is due.
I do live it when it's warm and we get that torrential rain. Not sure why but I prefer that to the light misty rain that gets you down to the skin
I've always wanted to visit the PNW United States ever since I discovered that the Native Americans of that region were the only natives who built fixed, permanent shelters, and yet they had no need to cultivate crops or keep livestock.
This is a great video! Tons of useful tips. Although I will say "Heavy Rain" has a completely different meaning here in the Southeast US
And in Australia. Bushyboy Oz.
That's what I was thinking. East Coast Canada here and "heavy rain" basically means anything without a ceiling above is now a lake lol.
Even from the UK I would not call that heavy rain. It is little heavier than drizzle.
Rain doesn't show up well on camera so the downfall might be heavier than it appears. In movies, they have to use massive sprinkler arrays just to get the rain to be visible at all.
@@ResoluteGryphon I was judging more by the noise and the sight of the rain on the stream.
What a gem of a human you are. What a precise way of teaching advising and making a compact video. Bravo. Well-done
I love that the tarp is so small and lite! This looks like a great idea for parents going on a walk with kids too. Creating a small shelter fast if fantastic! Even going to a park this could be useful.
yep they are great to have on hand . keep the ridgeline attached with prussic loops for quick deployment . that plough nose setup he used is the quickest and you only need one anchor point . if you have two trees you can quickly set up an A frame or diamond frame tarp setup if you need more room, and its not to windy . Those DD tarps are well worth the money very durable and totally waterproof without being to heavy or bulky
I always take mine bushwalking and kayaking . they are great for shade too
Conversely you could just go back to the car and go home.
@BK-gq8ij so we bike everywhere with the kids, we live in the Netherlands not the US. Biking 20 minutes through the rain to go home isn't fun. Besides in the summer it only rains for 10 to 20 minutes if it's a summer storm. I'd rather just stay dry then continue having fun with the kids at the park.
It's also been a few months so we do take a 3×3 thin tarp with us and set it up for shade most of the time at the park. We set up a line between 2 trees or a sign and a tree or what ever we can find to make a simpleshelter. We put a pick nick blanket underneath too. Then the kids have a shade area to snack or rest. We haven't been in a rain situation yet though because this summer was cold and wet so the days it rained we raining all day so we stayed home.
It’s not small. He just set it up this way. I have the same tarp.
@@simoninkin9090 it's small enough to fit in the side pocket of the bag. It's about the size of a big water bottle.
I remember when TA Outdoors started. I was going through some horrible times, It was then I watched some of his videos, and they gave me confidence to go outside again. Once in the woods, I felt out of place, second time felt secure, third time, i had a camp with a hot meal. Thank you 🫡
Great video especially for up and coming bushcrafters. I found this information so beneficial, thank you from Adelaide, Australia as rain is rain no matter where you live on this planet.
Glad you enjoyed it.
I have a tarp a bit bigger than that one that I set up over my Hammock and / or Tent. The Hammock is a great way to sleep off the ground
I'm amazed at how good this video is, so many small tips that you normally don't think about, and you always explain why you do things the way you do. GREAT video!!!
I just love watching the art of fire lightning, from collecting resources to the actual chill out time!
Well done. I really liked the quick shelter setup. Very efficient, and comfortable. I live in a temperate rainforest n coastal SW Washington, USA (where the Columbia River enters the Pacific.). Over my years I’m well familiar with the challenges of lighting a fire under damp, wet, sometimes snowy conditions. I’ve found getting a beach warming fire going with beachcombed wood and a cold wind blowing some of the most challenging. As you so capably demonstrated, success lies in the preparations. Thanks for another great clip. Be well. Safe journeys. Happy trails!
Lifelong Scout here: Very nicely done! In my own experience the worst possible condition is heavy sleet that just sticks to everything and just stays there while melting.
If it piles up, it makes treacherous footing. All around worst conditions.
This is awesome. Just moved to Tennessee where it constantly rains from california where it never does. Been struggling lighting fires while camping because everything is wet. Gonna try some of these tips
One trick I was taught to better direct your "blow" to get the fire going is to piinch your thumb and forefinger on both hands together. Then bring the tips together to form a diamond shaped hole. Hold against your mouth and blow towards the heart of the fire. You get a far stronger, and better directed, jet of air.
KATON: KOUGAKYUU NO JUTSU!!
I heard this. But I now use a telescopic pipe for blowing into fires (buy it online). Works magic in winter.
100% this. Don’t buy pipes to do what your fingers can do already.
@@paddor I prefer not to inhale too much smoke. A pipe allows being further from the fire. Of course I could do without it as well..
🌧☔🏔 Your insight into the relationship between temperature drops and rain or hail is fascinating! It's intriguing to learn about the varying levels of rainfall in different regions, like the maritime PNW. The historical context of the Lewis and Clark expedition's experience with constant rain showcases the unique weather patterns of the area. Your love for the rain and its effects on the environment and solitude is inspiring. It's interesting to consider how living in a wetter climate may limit encounters with certain dangerous animals. Exploring bushcraft tips for heavy rain and wet weather conditions would be valuable in such environments.
Great video and Great tips!
I live in Labrador Canada, and I always use a raft or plateforme when creating fires. In winter, with snow/ice on the ground the raft or plateforme will help greatly to reduce moisture and help the heat to be reflected towards the top of the fire.
I had a survival teacher told be to keep some of that bark in a ziplock bag on myself to reduce the « contamination » by moisture from my own sweat when I travel in wet environments for long distances.
Keep up the great work!
Brilliant video! Great to see someone actually doing in adverse conditions rather than just telling!
An excellent video with some good advice. I've camped beneath many rainstorms using just a tarp!
It’s so beautiful in the forest when it’s raining. And there is so much water which you can filter and use for drinking and cooking, so nice!
With the right equipment it’s the best experience ever!
07:20 also reliable method is having some smoke , if it raises it is low pressure, of it's keeping low and in level it is high atmoshperic pressure and it shall rain. Rembered that back in the days when Bear Grills was super popular 😂
This really is one of the most wholesome and informative channels on RUclips. Bravo Mike!!
Great video. Love the deployable tarp. “Snappy makes fire happy,” is the rhyme I use when teaching scouts how to prep a fire.
This was great man! Seriously one of the best videos I've seen out there of the basic theory of fire preparation and getting started with wet wood.
BEST video ever about starting a fire! Congratulations!
I'd love to see a video about coping with the wind! I often find this harder to deal with than the rain. It flattens my tarp, and the noise from tarp flapping away stops me from sleeping! I'm always convinced it's about to cave in or blow away
Set up low.
wind sheild using dead bits of trees and bushes anything close by even a 2 foot sheild would make a huge difference
Did enough of setting up hoochies in wet weather out bush in the Australian Army.. home comforts for me.
Such an enjoyable episode. In my experience, most tarp shelters work well, but sometimes the wind changes and it can start blowing water under your tarp which can be very unpleasant in some designs.
That's why I thought it was quite unusual that he attached the tarp so far up the tree
@@neovo903 Yeah while it rain a decent amount in this video, there really is not much wind.
Being in thick forest means you aint gonna get a lot of or even any wind
All great tips. I'm impressed you bothered to wait for a front to come in and film.
The amount of precious knowledge you give us is just incredible. Every explanation is clear and well filmed. Great job! First time watching your channel, instant sub! Thanks a lot !
I've watched a bunch of videos but I like that you explained everything so it was easy to understand plus the closeups of the how. Good content. Thanks
Excellent presentation! Instructive and memorable.
Great explanation of using a feather stick for fire lighting technique, thanks.
Terrific video. Very impressive that you did all this in rain. (I loathe videos where someone sits looking at the camera and just talks about it, but never does it.) A couple of months ago I was in the Philippines doing a hike with some Filipino army rangers (who train American soldiers in jungle survival). They demonstrated making a fire using bamboo. The first thing I noticed is the length of dry bamboo they carried was unlike almost all the bamboo in the forest which was either green or rotting. Second as they set up their friction they shaved a small pile of 'dust' or feathers from the surface of the bamboo. Then he compressed this pile. This increases the fuel to oxygen ratio. An important step. While teaching science I tried fire starting with sticks and a pump drill. The very first time I got a short lived ember. Then it was months all I got was smoke. These rangers could've turned any of that into fire. Compressing the fine shavings was the trick. They started blowing on what didn't look like embers to me, just smoke, but it caught.
It looked like you use the met hod I use for staking my rain fly. Twisting the stake into a loop and pushing it into the ground. No tying, no adjusting. Rainflies have one advantage over tents in weather, they're all triangles. Tents are generally 'bubbles' to get more room. But this bubble will move around a lot in wind. My DIY rainfly in a storm with blowing wind in Connemara barely moved. So my method like yours, is super efficient. Strings attached to the fly at some grosgrain (nylon ribbon) loops. Nothing stronger. But all set up so if I don't need to stretch out a guy line I can just insert the stake in the loop, twist it around to secure it, then push it into the ground. Those heavy duty reinforced corners on your piece of waxed canvas are overkill. I used silnylon and 1" (25 mm) grosgrain. If I sewed 6" (15cm) reinforcing strips to the sil nylon on either side of the loop it would never tear or pull away.
Another plus for a rain fly -- there's no 'floor' so there are always 360° of emergency exits -- I cook inside my rainfly. My Jetboil sits on the ground, not on my ground cloth.
And rainflys are better in rain. They shed water. Tents are like my Goretex jacket. Terrific, especially when it might rain. If it IS raining, I want to have on a rubber or cheap plastic rain jacket and sleep in my rain fly.
I live in California - very flammable - so when I camp (just over nighters mostly) I never make a fire, don't even bring my stove. I'll try to remember to bring matches, just in case. I'll drink cold instant coffee, usually don't even bring food. But I'm usually not out for more than a day. The only lesson from me is,: a campfire is not a requirement. A good night's sleep and not feeling miserable (wet and shivering) when you hike out are the key goals.
Very good video,good tip regarding not putting to much wood on too early.mistake I've made too often.Thankyou.
Perfect timing with this video. We’ve had tons of rain here in Oregon 🇺🇸. Love your content! 👍🏻❤️
Awesome!
Yooo Manna, Y'all need MacDonald n Cola cola very Sweet Meals
When I come to a brew or meal break, if its raining I deploy the tarp first then I can take my time in the dry. If not it's stove lit and a pot of water on for a brew. If I'm using my Trangia burner with my Firebox Nano by the time the water is boiling my tarp can be up and out of any wind, or late rain. I very rarely go to the bother of making a fire. It's intrusive on the ground and attracts visitors better than any flare! But my Trangia and Nano is brilliant as a main stove, and you don't need to collect wood, wet or dry!
A really good video full of good tips thank you. 👍
Awesome content, man. I live on Vancouver Island, Canada and we get like 200+ days of rain a year, easily. This is super useful information to me, I would love to see more rainy/storm/oceanside camping tips and tricks. Trying to get in touch with the primitive survivalist inside me. Have most of my gear and can't wait to get the fook out there with my trusty dogs and mother nature. Liked and subbed!
OK, I have quite a bit of outdoor experience (mostly in dry sunny areas, and certainly not in wet soggy areas), yet I still learned something new today. Thank you!
New subscriber now!
Great video. I would love to have only 159 days of rain, I have 202 days of rain in Ireland.
I envy you, here in Mexico I only get 40 days of rain. And it's hot. Like really hot. And there are no natural trees anywhere in site
@@peternickerson2911 ok, that's like hell to me. I'm not made for heat and would melt. I will keep the rain and soggy ground.
@@DaveRyan It's not terrible if you have good AC. And we have a big garden we water every day like crazy. But if you poke your head inside the garden you can almost imagine that your in a forest and everything is green and beautiful. I'm only joking. I love it here. People are amazing but it is pretty hot
Thank you for shedding light on the incredible lengths bushcrafters go to in preparing their firewood.
Would love to see your next steps for preparing the ground of your shelter for extended stay and sleeping with the ground being that satuated. I would imagine failing to secure a good base would be a direct path to hypothermia and things like pneumonia in a survival situation. Would also love to see you recommended KIT/load out for a survival situation in bad weather
a good sleeping mat is an absolute must for any situation. keeps you off the ground and provides a ton of insulation, makes even sub-zero f somewhat bearable as long as you have a good enough bag. Even hammock camping, if its cold out then youre completely surrounded with cold and its pressed together so the insulation is worse, but putting a pad in there helps it a ton
Excellent video. Glad i do somthings rigjt. Most important....make sure you have a tarp, water and a few snacks are really all you need till weather breaks.
Awesome skills🌄
I love bushcraft videos. They always end happy and warm with a good fire going.
This is the First Time I came across your videos. You are an excellent educator/teacher in bushcrafting. Simple and straightforward information and instructions in a very clear voice with the use of less expensive basic equipment. Greetings from the land Down Under, Sydney. Subbed.
I do go out in the bush often, and use cheap but reasonably made equipment and materials We do not have much rain but always prepared as much as you are as there is no network connections unless you use sat phones. I do the same way in lighting fires and looking for kindle, but you explain well! Cheers
Yes, yes I did enjoy that. I will never go and do it again myself (hunting with dad in the new Zealand bush when I was young was enough), but I like watching someone else do it.
This is surprisingly useful for Germany too. Thanks!
Learnt new skills I'm never gonna use ever💯🔥🙏🏽
As others have said, great to see it done for real in the rain. Like the quick tarp set up, going to try that out soon. Just like to agree that it is important to have enough of all sizes of fuel before you light your fire. Thanks for sharing.
Nice used to keep a army bivi tarp with a mylar blanket taped to the inside for such occasions, between that and a poncho I got to stay dry more often than not. Adding a small square of tarp to the day bag now , top tip thanks 💪
This sort of weather is one of the reasons I have a camp pack ready to go. Mind healing sleep.
Well done. I learned many of these tips as a Boy Scout many, many years ago, but your presentation and knowledge of your surroundings is excellent.
Wow the begining of this videi he explains the difference of wet, and green wood vs. dry usable.wood. Here inthe US we call the dry wood "squaw" wood. because the native Americans used it from up on thetrees thus it is dry!. GOOD JOB!!. This was the first time I have seen some one who knew what to do . As a former scout master I used to teach this. My scouts and I used to have a contest who could start a fire the fastest. Thumbs up!
Being from the PNW videos like these are essential
Beeing al alone in nature, living of what nature give's you. Its a dream❤
I want to do this buschraft tips. Thanks, Mike
Thanks for the great video, sir. I enjoyed it very much, as usual.
Thanks for that tip at the end about letting the flame rise above the previous wood pile, I’ve always had a problem with smothering the flame. This was a simple remedy
As long as you are carrying firesteel, I suggest that you bring some homemade tinder as well. The easiest one I know is lint. Each time you use a dryer, the lint filter of your dryer has to be cleaned. There is enough lint each time you do this to make a very nice ball of lint. The lint compresses into a very small ball, and it will catch fire under almost any conditions unless you are trying to light the fire under hard rain. If you want to be sure, you can take this lint and roll it around in paraffin or wax. You can carry 20 of these lint balls in a small, flat tin, or in a ziplock bag. Also, while i always have firesteel, I also carry a small waterproof butane torch. With a torch and a lint ball, you can start a fire under almost any conditions. Do I know how to make a featherstick and all that? Yes. But sometimes you don't have to go 100% primitive if you also have handy technology.
the 2Go Trifecta has full double zippers and lots of tie out loops, so it can be used as a canopy/rain-catch. It can also be worn as a poncho If it starts raining too hard, or the brush is all too wet to move thru, all I have to do is set up the hammock, zip the bivy the rest of the way closed and wait out the storm. The XL size bivy is big enough to let me don the netting while staying inside of it. Because I dont need heavy clothing, sleeping pad, sleeping bag, poncho, tarp, ground sheet, or a large frame-pack, I"am saved 2 gallons of bulk and at LEAST 8 lbs of weight.
Well done. Very informative and detailed. The most complete video I’ve seen on the subject. Thanks.
Awesome video.
Thx.
I'd add a poncho, if only because we always had rain gear to pull over ourselves and gear... And I learned to appreciate the instant dry cover, while setting up larger shelter, and working outside the shelter,
Ie, gathering wood for a fire, if a storm catches you off guard... 9:18
Thanks. preparing the firewood and keeping it dry before the rain starts is key
04:08 There’s a list of stuff and things we do as humans that gives me that mmmmmm satisfying feeling. Splitting small bits of wood this way is on that list!
Nice video presentation.
This kind of knowledge should not be allowed to die.
I like the way you make use of the pocket deploying the tarp.
I, as an old timer, would advise you to take care of you hands.
Snapping twiggs will take it's tole.
In the early '60s boy scouts we made Swedish torches camping in boggy areas.
One nice feature, of them, is their mobility.
One will burn, even if the base is submurged.
It mitigates wire in a kit.
Any cordage will do.
Thanks.
Good viewing 👍 Can't beat the good ol' British weather 🌦️🌦️
I like to watch outdoor videos or bushcraft videos from time to time. What strikes me again and again is the degree of ridiculousness that is already being practiced in this field. For example, knives are presented and subjected to tests, tons of gimmicks, tools and other rubbish. When you're in a situation where you really have to survive in the woods, you're lucky to even have a knife. The peak is then the so-called survival videos in which steak and vegetables are then fried, chopped on a thick oak board with some strange cleaver... as if you were carrying something like that with you. In a word, a lot of this is just bullshit. I can only express my personal opinion but THIS video is one of the few videos that is really 100% bullshit free. No constant chatter, no strange product placements but tight, informative and very good. Thanks for that!
Excellent demonstration of skills.
In our dry season in the southeast United States, I gather pine needles and pinecones. Where I am is heavily populated with conifer trees with yield the needles, cones and fat wood (resin heavy dead wood). One needs to learn their geography and what resources are available and when. This is still very good information, however.
I’m on Vancouver island Canada too.. Clayoquot biosphere (one of the wettest places on earth)
Your video was one of the best I’ve seen.. 100% spot on.
Always good to test your emergency fire skills!
But when at home I use a tiger torch & propane, even with that it can be a challenge.
P.s Summer is extremely opposite, very , very dry & dangerous.
I have not been camping for at least 60 years but from 8 years old to about 15 years old I went camping every summer. My father had a 20’ square tent with a 10’ centre pole and 6’ sides. It slept the family of four very comfortable. In the summer it used to rain in the afternoon most days and when we set up the tent it was my job and my brothers job to dig a small trench around the tent and maybe 10’ downhill to direct the rain water away from the tent. It worked I don’t rememberer rain ever coming into the tent underneath the walls. I do remember as the tent was woven canvas not to touch the wet canvas as it would promptly leak. Those were great summer holidays. The beach about half a mile and the birds in the bush going crazy every morning and evening. No snakes no wild animals. In fact except for the possible danger of getting lost there was no danger. Many years later I checked and the massive dense bush I remember was only about an acre.
Nice trick with the backpack, but heres another tarp tip. Don't do the birds beak, do a regular lean to first but keep in mind the shape you want the tarp to get into after, do a large lean to first, but angle that over your pile, do this on the opposite side to how you want the tarp to be. Get you're fire going under the lean to, on the second support of the tarp you then remove the quick release and pitch your tarp from there to the other side.
And or, if you also pack tinfoil, drag it out using the tinfoil as a base layer first. Tin foil will probably rip unless it's turkey wrap but means less faff with the tarp, but even the faff with the tarp, it's much better protection than the canvas over your head.
This is such a good video! Not another clickbait title with a list of blatantly obvious (or incorrect) "secrets". Just detailed, correct, carefully explained information.
I have no trouble lighting fires and getting them to the stage of happily devouring thumb-width stick, but I really struggle to get them from there to accepting thicker wood (e.g. small branches and split logs) so that I don't have to keep feeding them small sticks constantly. It would be great if you could do a video on that!
I use cotton balls soaked with Vaseline to start fires. They light instantly with ferro stick sparks.
For long lasting fire starting I use paraffin-soaked rolled newspaper. I tie the rolled newspaper in one inch sections with cotton cord and saw between teh ties with a hacksaw or saber saw. Then I put them in a coffee can of melted paraffin and make sure they are thoroughly soaked before using tongs to extract them to cool.
Absolutley the best movie about outdoor living. Your are so good at explaining. You are a great teacher!
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This is a great video because my area is very wet and I needed tips
Oh very good. Clear, right length, excellent demonstration of technique.
I love to watch your videos. You are a. Great teacher and I appreciate your knowledge base.
Wonderful shots mate! What a sharp focus.
Now that's a video I respect!
I love your tip for stuffing your tarp in a pocket. I definitely will give you that edge for setting up in the rain.
very good tips, the one thing I would add is the importance of minding which direction the wind is coming from before setting the tarp so that your shelter doesn't become a funnel.