How I Survive Wet Conditions in the Rainforest
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- Опубликовано: 29 мар 2024
- It's still winter in the Vancouver Island Rainforest and Greg hikes into the wet and stormy woods to test his survival mettle. Facing floods, rain, and snow, he tries to stay warm and find shelter within his soaked environment.
Greg is a self-taught survivalist from Canal Flats, British Colombia, who, since he was a boy, has read nearly every book on the topic. When he is not out in the wilderness, he is a professional dry-waller. He started his first bow drill fire when he was thirteen and spent the next forty years learning bushcraft and studying plants and edibles. He has even developed some of his own survival techniques and is a skilled hunter with both a bow and a slingshot.
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I'm so glad youtube exists for people like Greg. Man is living an adventure and we get to learn so much from his knowledge of the outdoors. So thank you Mr Ovens
The man, the myth, the Canadian legend.
I've been watching you since you played on Alone. I've learned a lot from you. I no longer play in the woods because of an accident that left me in a wheelchair. I still love watching you. I a 56 year old granny.
I'm sorry for you. But thanks for watching
Very sorry to hear that news
What happened
@@rossmccabe3667a Sasquatch got her and broke her back with his masculinity
You have to love him ❤❤❤ this is almost the only honest survivalist left that doesn't "sell out" !
Fr, one of only Bushcraft folk whose biggest sponsor is nature.
So true
That's exactly why I quit watching fowler, he's too pushy with his merch and it's was like watching Rachel ray
This was a good example of "be aware of your surroundings and be ready to adapt". Thx for doing this, filming it and sharing it with us.
You’re freaking silly famous Greg. I had some guests at my sushi bar the other night and we were talking about salmon fishing and I brought you up. They were from Canada and said they knew you and watch your show too. Awesome!🐸🍺🔪🔥
I love your content I want to go on a 30 day survival trip like u did
Tree bark from a half rotten evergreen tree is easy to remove. Placed "cup up cup down" Like a ceramic tile roof, they form a fairly waterproof roof. Then densely folidged branches on top help insulate. Try not to get wet, unless you already have a fire going. Starting a fire when you are dripping wet is nearly impossible!
This is where I live in Vancouver. I really just hope people support this man with some donations. If anyone deserve some money for doing videos it’s this man. Keep up the great work . I swear we have crossed paths in my 46 years of life here. I’m five years sober. I as well have spent years in the bush as well. Love ya man.
Greg, you need to put Fin to work. Carrying a stick is not helping. Get some Saddle bags for him. He's young, he can handle it. Enjoyed your video, thanks Greg!
I love/hate when your high enough and a cloud comes through and absolutely soaks everything.
Aaaah I've been waiting for this all day im finally sat in a hot bath with my cup of coffee and im not moving until I've watched all your video, keep up the great work Greg, much love from Wales UK 💙
Hello from British Columbia Canada ❤😂🎉
Another great video Greg and Finn. This 'adventure' really shows us how difficult it can be to survive with changing weather and temperatures. I'm looking forward to your next fireside chat. Stay safe. Blessings from Ontario.
That's what I'm thinking. It just goes to show you how unpredictable the situations can be, and how to adapt. I think this is a perfect video. May not have been with Greg expected to show us, but, in hindsight, it shows exactly what we needed.
Man goes to show how big having a tarp/(shelter) with you really can make a huge difference. And the lightweight hammocking tarps that can be had for a reasonable price these days. You should have one in every kit.
Turn one of these possible hypothermic situations into a nice day watching the rain out in the woods.
Always enjoy your videos brother, keep on 🤙🏻
Did a trip out to the Olympics in WA last summer, water was the same crystal clear blue like up there on Vancouver Island. The rainforest is ABSOLUTLY incredible! Great video Greg!
Excellent video! Proof that adventures in the wilderness don't always go perfectly to plan. This shows that you have to keep pushing on until you find what works in order to survive. Great lessons, dry creek beds filling, weighing the risks between hypothermia and safety of shelter (tree possibly falling over). I love the rock shelter and I'm glad you got a good night's sleep :)
Dude it's crazy how much your channel has grown. I subscribed when you were at 6k, now you are creeping up on almost 1 million subscribers!!! Keep doing your thing, can't wait to see your next adventures.
I got to hand it to you for being the survivor that you are and showing how you do it regardless of the situation. Kudos to you
Loved this, Greg. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and adventures (and stories) with us all..!! Can't wait for your next Campfire Chat.
There's always something we can learn from all your videos. I value them highly. Thank you for enduring all this for the sake of teaching skills that could save lives in a survival situation. Much respect to you! 😀
I’m glad you show people, who want to explore to bring something for protection. We’ve lost great people who trust wild animals to much
Absolutely SUPER video Greg!!!!!!! Really great information. I make my children watch your videos. Such superb safety information and all sorts of options you cover. You really are saving lives Gregs. Thanks so much for sharing with us!!!!
Smart man with the steaks, pocket knife, and lighter. Seriously no point in suffering in such a beautiful place. You gotta have a good time, and it doesn't detract at all. Thanks Ovens!
Love seeing your Videos right in my back yard. We live on Vancouver Island
Right on!
Yeah buddy 🐸
Great video Greg. The creek rising as it did was perfect for you to be able to warn of the hazards of setting up too close to one. Look forward to your next adventure!
Fowler be like let me pull this giant tent and Wood stove out of my back pack.
I'm convinced now that two ALL TIME essentials for me on any survival trek will be a rolled-up plastic tube tent in each front pocket!
I am a fan of yers. this is a fine adventure I will watch it again
you are the most real woodsman these days. IMHO:
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The rising creeks bit is amazing.
Whoopee!
I love this. Most people don't get how wet things get and how erratic the coastal rainforest can be. It's one of my favourite places to train! Thanks for sharing it with the world. Oh, and it can rain for months straight, not just a week
Greg--You warm my heart
Good job on finding shelter, Gregg!
The man.the myth
the legend. I was very happy to meet you on my short lunch break while i was working in calgary ,i hope I didn't bother yours.
I told you I would watch and comment on your video we had a short introduction at the shell in calgary before you headed west.
myself and family love watching your videos.
You my man are an inspiration.
I would love to take a trip and have some adventures with you. If you ever find yourself in the kootnays come by for a visit and I could show you some great spots. I'm also a island raised man and have done alot out there.
Cheers Mr Ovens. Let's do some stuff!!
It just goes to show you how unpredictable the situations can be, and how to adapt. I think this is a perfect video. May not have been whst Greg expected to show us, but, in hindsight, it shows exactly what we needed.
Love watching your adventures Greg. I bought a ferrol rod because of you.
I've learned to survive, as best I can, in case there is ever a problem.
Thank you for taking us along. Hello to Finn 🐕
As a Canadian Native myself. I used to watch Outdoor Boys as my go to outdoor vids, until I came across the one and only Ovens Rocky Mountain Bushcraft! Everything from the land, and to the accent, is all so familiar as a fellow “Neechie”.
I myself wasn’t blessed with a teacher of the outdoors. I am currently in the process of self-teaching on the lands, have just received my PAL and I am saving up for a 7mm to get my first buck.
This is a passion I want to/look forward to pursuing in the future, and most of my early knowledge (incredibly enormous knowledge) is coming from ORMB! Miigwetch
A wonderful forest, melting snow and ice, a gurgling stream... I look forward to such an experience
When I was a child I was obsessed with building forts and shelters. I feel like one very old child still..
I appreciate you showing us the different survival situations and what type of shelter area to look for and what to build. Fire being first makes sense Greg. Happy you found a shelter under the rock overhang and did get your fire going and nice one at that. Impressive video Greg and yes sometimes things dont work out in a certain area for the shelter but you looked for another area and it worked for you. Thanks for this .
Greg. I'm so glad you're making more videos. ❤️ 🙏 ❤️
I love your videos !!!! It's something positive to watch when I'm going through the situation I'm going through!
Every week I look forward to another ootdoor adventure with my favorite Canadian!
GREG is Soo Awesome!
These last 2 videos have been an absolute blast to watch Greg! Right on! 👍👍
Fin has the best life any dog could ask for
Looking surprisingly fresh in the morning there. Right on! 🙂👍
Always a Thumbs up before I even watch
I'm sure we all learned a great deal from this video. I, for one, am grateful for it. Many thanks, Greg.
33:17 sasquatch watching you in the background, hehe. I've seen three cougars on Vancouver Island so far, one came down to the San Juan river for a drink, watching us the whole time, no threat. I saw one up while up in the mountains near Strathcona Park as it was getting dark - that one was huge and it was unusually dark brown in colour - it was moving pretty fast and in the dusk I thought it was a deer until I saw its long tail.
Great video Greg 👍👍 Thanks for being in the chat and answering questions 💯
Sometimes the best comes from unplanned! Thanks Greg and team!
Love this but it never gets old when you do a catch and cook. Whether it's a grouse, squirrel, mushrooms, or fish. Please include those with your videos.
I've learned that the best way to get a good strong fire in with damp wood like that is to build a small fire and then stack logs around it in square shape. That will act as sort a chimney and create an upward draft over the fire. It burns hot even with wet wood and you can keep feeding it from the top until the side walls dry out enough and catch fire too which you can then pile into the fire.
The bush looks so nice when it’s all wet but I kinda don’t enjoy getting wet and having all the little stuff stick to me.
You’re doing it for all of us! Thanks buddy :)
Keeping it simple. The best survival chanell on yt.
when in the desert or the woods and forests always look for something on the high ground first and foremost. Flash flooding can take your life it's never worth the risk it's the first thing i learned when i was 6 going out learning wilderness survival. A shelter should be safe being you may end up sleeping in it. I'm glad the weather came along and showed those watching what can and does happen. You didn't plan it, but Nature jumped in and taught a valuable lesson. I giggled when you said... "things aren't going according to plan". I thought, that is what a survival situation is, some thing you didn't plan.🤣🤣🤣
Your surroundings are gorgeous!! I do enjoy watching your videos Greg!
Keep them coming!! 💚🌿
That's how a real survival situation can happen. Good adaptation to your situation.
in my pack is an honest to God Doan's bar. If you mix the magnesium scrapings with wood scrapings, it never fails to ignite dry wood shavings. Either split a small log in order to access the dry center, or shave off the wet exterior, so that you gain access to the dry center of the log. If you make a 4-log alternative Swedish fire torch, it will burn green wet wood, if need-be. The only dry wood necessary is the shaving in the empty center of the Swede-bundle. Such a Swede will always ignite a Siberian fire lay, even if the Siberian's logs are wet and green. The Swede dries itself out from the inside and the Siberian dries out its logs as they burn from one end. Neither fire lay can be extinguished by rain, once they get going well. You can shield the Swede with your body or poncho as you get it burning-well. Because the Siberian undercuts the protruding ends of its logs, coals fall down under those ends and the rain can't get to them.
I'm rooting for your one million subscriber level. Let's get there real soon.
Привет, я из России ваше видео очень хорошие вы чудесный человек душевный. Было бы очень замечательно если вы бы попробовали выжить в нашей среде. ❤❤❤
Always waiting for new videos! Love your content! Keep up the good work!
Way to go Greg! You’re a better lesson than what I see on social media
"I got moss to dry...i got stuff to do.." Greg is awesome
I'm very glad to see that you're making your challenges easier!! I love learning from survivalist like yourself. But I don't want to see you suffer for our entertainment!! I want you to enjoy yourself while you do it :)
Mr. Ovens 😊 I was wondering if you and Fowler will do another camping/survival episode?😊 I don't know why but you and fowler make great TV😉😁 thanks👍
Probably will get buried but you, and Les Stroud are my 2 favorite survivalist just wealth's of knowledge
Loved Les till he went all Bigfoot and exposed himself for the fraud that he is.
Ah, brings back memories of Scouting as a child, needing to start a fire in the rain.
Ontario forests are different from BC, but fire in the rain is always the same. A challenge.
Things didn't go to plan - but that just made it more interesting
Good to see you are still at it ,stay safe Greg,!
I burned a new jersey trying to stay warm by a fire in a vacant lot in the city, but you've got to respect the power of nature to take care of itself. No maintenance required! During 2012, there was a foul smell along the streams and a white mold on the ground. At first I thought it was meth labs, which could've been in a few places, but the white mold on the ground was foul too.
It’s gotta take effort to not only survive, but to simultaneously take care of a dog and, much harder, maneuver cameras around and find good shots and stuff, RESPECT!
Your great Greg. Your kind, humble and know your stuff in a big way. Thanks for your videos
I feel your pain. I live in western Washington State in the Cascade foothills. Its just like Vancouver Island. I have spent hours building a fire hot enough to dry out more wood. I have found that alder that the bark is falling off of burns best and wild cherry bark is great fire starter. A lighter is a must though. I keep those cheap pocket sized emergency blankets in jacket pockets because there are so few things that can keep the rain off. Building the biggest possible fire seems to be what always saves me. I have literally dryed my socks on a forked limb before. I am so glad you found a nice overhang. What a blessing in such a wild, living place. I love my soggy homeland. I have webbed feet you know.
I like learning from you Greg, while I’m warm and dry in my living room. I’d love to be able to be out there with you and Finn, the stories and lessons we could learn in person, around the campfire would be priceless
I’m from Vancouver island!! So crazy I started watching you a couple days ago.
Sleep is important but heat is life. When Finley dries out perhaps you to can curl up together. Amazing how much heat is generated that way.
That's a genuine overnighter let's say 😁😉. I come from a very wet region in Austria, nearly same forrest like you have. Everything is soaking wet. And I really see how difficult it is even for you to get a fire going. These spots are golden if you can find then. We habe a lot of caves here and there if you know where they are... And also very dangerous if the caves get flooded at time. Really cool video ey
Man! Greg, thank you so much for doing your thing and sharing it with us.
Great video Greg.ya dealt with what nature threw at you,that’s how ya survive.thats what you’ve been teaching us all along.thanks for bringing us along 😊☮️
I love that we have a guy like this here in bc
Really appreciate the VI scenario. The rain is a challenge for sure!
Fantastic video mister 🤠
I was in a rainforest you amaze me woodsman.
Sounds so peaceful
Man gettin a fire goin in the damp n rain aint easy i just tried n failed.Was a cold windy night..love your vids man full of cool info
Wonderful video, hello from France.
I wear Wiggys net longjohns any time it's below about 50F. They help quite a bit with venting away my sweat. When I wear the camo nets-bugnet suits as longjohns, I can walk ok at 20F, or sleep ok at 30F. I keep the polypro longjohns and the shemagh in a third drum-liner. That way, if I somehow do get soaked, I can shake the water off of the bivy and its "envelope', remove the wet clothing, dry off with the shemagh, don the longjohns and the bivy (worn as a poncho) Then I can move (if need-be) to some place where I can have a bit of shelter from rain-wind, and dry out my clothing. If it's not raining heavily, it will pay me to twist/wring the clothing out to dry it a bit making it less heavy to carry and less likely to soak whatever else it touches.
Great job on the shelter. Flexibility is survivability 👍
Great REAL video!
Stay safe and keep having fun!
I think I would feel a little safer in the woods with Finn by my side. And with two steaks between us! Totally awesome. Of course you’d be there too Greg. Thanks!
Springtime in the Rockies!
Thanks so much for sharing!! Amazing Bushman!! Love it!! You inspire me!! Enough devices … mountains are calling me!! Keep up the great videos and enjoying the Wild!!
This reminds me of the TV series ‘Alone’. Surviving on Vancouver Island isn’t easy!
O.G Greg
One of your best videos.
Another great video beautiful scenery and glad to see finn the happy dog🦮😊 you are the survivalist guru 😃🏞️thanks for sharing greg.🌿❤
So nice to see content being made on the Wet Coast. Our island rains for six months of the year, so it makes it a whole different ball game.
Great show brother
Ill say it again if im ever alone in a storm i would want Greg with me!
I love to watch him and learn so much from Greg. Thanks for that