All videos for the tag : Backpacking (162 videos) - page 6
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Aboriginal Living Skills, Ecosa Orientation Course www.ecosa.org Taught by Cody Lundin, founder and director of the Aboriginal Living Skills School, this is a three-day course in which Cody takes the Ecosa students backpacking in the wilderness of Northern Arizona. This intensive course is a transformational experience that sets the stage for our baseline understanding of…
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Making the very simple but very effective Buddy Burner!
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Sudden over at bplite.com came up with a really great way to load the stove. Let’s call it the “Sudden Technique” I did another video right after making this one that shows the load of twigs being top lit using Indian Grass as tinder.
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At 7 lb 4oz this kit is around 4 lbs lighter than my prior backpacking set. It’s good for 3 season camping and is relatively complete and safe. (btw, it’s a Heineken, not a Tyvek beer can!) Addendum (3/16/15): I’ve stopped using beer cans as boiling billies because they’re all lined with plastic, which can’t…
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The other day I received a Suunto A-10 from This past weekend my son and I were out checking on the deer feeders. So I thought it was a good time to check out this new compass.
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– This is a video response to Dave Canterbury’s videos about how to start fire with all wet material. I preface the video saying that I mean no disrespect, I’m just answering a question he wasn’t asked yet. Basically, I’m showing if everything, even your tinder, was soaked howto get flame and keep your fire…
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I got a lot of good ideas and comments on my naturally cooled shelter. I decided to take all the Youtube viewers comments and apply them all into one shelter. This is a first time try out for “our” experimental tarp shelter
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Part 2 of my Winter camping sleep gear. In this episode, I go over my cold weather hammock gear and why I choose it, how I dress for hammock sleep and how this gear is multi use.
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This video covers 2 basic urban survival tips that discuss how the freeway numbering system can help tell you what direction it runs and also touches on a common grid system layout for planned cities that has streets run east and west and avenues run north and south. This is not standardized in all cities…
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This is a requested video of what in my opinion, I would carry in a long term wilderness bug out situation. Lots of short term bags, a longer term bag is completely different.
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“Stove Secrets” (E6) – How to make a pocket sized wood burning stove that is very effective, ultra compact, and burns both natural materials as well as Esbit or other fuel tabs. This homemade wood burning stove, made with a good ol’ Altoids Tin, not only breaks down to make for an easily portable &…
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I have been asked many times to show my machetes and talk about them and my opinions on them. I use all of these machetes in camping, bushcrafting and wilderness trips so they are tried and tested. I talk a little about sheaths lanyards and some chopping techniques at the end.
