All videos for the tag : Camping (970 videos) - page 74
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Make Yourself Seen. Look at your gear. Evaluate each item for its potential use as a signalling tool. Identify your signalling tools and arrange them so they’re at hand on a moment’s notice. BE FLASHY You can make a highly effective visual signal to aircraft or distant rescuers with a mirror or other reflector on…
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Improvised Camp Lantern (part two) – extremely simple.
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The candle emergency lantern, made of a old tin can, a candle, and a bit of wire for handle, is a device that will be found to be very useful in an emergency. The whole thing was a boxed light, shining ahead like a searchlight.
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This time: Fire-starting with a Fresnel Lens. A Fresnel lens will save on using matches for cloudy days or nighttime while during sunshine you can start a fire for free. The compact and lightweight design of a Fresnel lens along with being inexpensive makes it a perfect addition to your survival kit. The Fresnel Lens…
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Various methods to make water from snow. Demo of “Water Generator” construction & use. Also wet & cold weather firelighting tips. Slideshow of pictures with educational sub-titles, and music. These were taken the same day as my “Update & Survival Commentary” video. Check that one out if you haven’t. I explain my current camera issues…
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This is a demonstration on how to wrap up and get the most out of a wool blanket when camping. I really like to use a single wool blanket for sleeping when temps arent to extreme. It is great to lounge on, wrap up next to the fire, and it is very comfortable to sleep…
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Soldier emergency tinder. Snipers, combat medics, even Mantracker carry the same good fire tinder with themselves. Few of them know it. (repost)
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Demonstration Of A Few Handy Rope Knots For The Outdoors. Also A Signal Mirror Demo, And Other Wilderness Survival Information. Knot tying is a valuable skill to learn. I will post more knot videos in the future. I recommend practicing these until you have them memorized. The 3 knots shown are: -Sheet Bend -Bowline -Clove…
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The purpose of such devices is obvious: uninvited guests should be recognised early, or be scared off. However, I show you a widely unknown device, which I have often used in the Jungle!
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This time: The desert cooker aka Benghazi stove. The ‘Benghazi Stove’ is an improvised cooking stove, consisting of three simple items, Dry Sand, Petrol and an Old Tin Can. The ‘Benghazi Stove’ was innovated by the “Desert Rats” in North Africa, during WW2. Partially fill the Tin can with Dry Sand and then pour either…
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Air has a low thermal conductivity but is very mobile. There are thus two elements that are important in protecting from the cold: 1: stopping the wind from penetrating and replacing the layer of warm air close to the body; 2: setting up a layer of still air which serves as insulation, by the use…
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This time: Finding North from the Great Bear. In the northern hemisphere the North Star (Polaris) indicates the position of True North to within 2°. It is a bright star and can be found by producing a line from the two end stars, or ‘pointers’ of the Great Bear (Big Dipper). The North Star will…
