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I took this class last year…completely awesome! Dan and his team were excellent, professional and super knowledgeable! I highly recommend this class if ur a beginner OR are looking to become more advanced in ur bushcraft journey! I’m hoping to take the advanced class next!! Great job as usual Dan!
Good tip for all: a few silica stones can be used in place of flint like quartz, quartzite, agate, and chert. These stones are more common in the western states. You can also use these hard stones on your ferro rods as a scraper too, just need the sharp edge.
Many areas of the west where gold mining was thing are simply over run with white quart rocks. They work fine with both steel and fero rods. They don't knap but they work and are easy.
Oh they knap, it’s just that they’re the most (or almost) hellish stone to work with. I’ve been finding nice clean clear quartz crystals but only small ones. I really want a nice chunk of that I feel like it would be decent material
Another great video jam packed with information. I’m not planning to come to one of your classes, yet, but I saved this video so I can watch it again and again. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing.
Here to learn and have fun, its not boot camp! BEST QUOTE FROM AN INSTRUCTOR EVER! I wish I was closer to your school Dan! Id be there taking classes as often as I could! Maybe I can plan a summer trip/class in the future. Thanks for awesome vids!
This woulda been 😂 a great video last year when alot of us came loaded up for Everest with two Woolys strapped to our packs. Great video man, puts a lot of the questions regarding the car and packing in perspective.
Dan- Really liked this Basic Bushcraft Gear Loadout listing for your bushcraft course. Thank you for sharing... got me thinking of basic bushcraft kit qualities and the "less is more" when building skills & techniques so gear items can have multiple uses. You're an excellent teacher... would bet your courses are highly educational and enjoyable. (Hope to attend in the future.) Happy Trails! 🇺🇸 🏕 🌲
Awesome stuff!! I have all of this gear already to get packed up for class. I cannot wait to get back to the Appalachian Bushman school. Such great instructors and people who I think so highly of. Congratulations on 500k subscribers Dan,so well deserved and earned bro so happy for you! Another awesome video as always brother 👍 💪
You'll be glad you did! I don't know how many times I've been out for a drive and have had it turn into a spontaneous mini-bushcraft adventure. Plus it's good to have in case of a vehicle breakdown in bad weather.
I'm not coming but I really appreciate how you are not excessively restrictive when it comes to supplemental and in-case equipment for people who have ever attempted this. My first question always is: what are the averages and temperature extremes I should expect?
Wish I could get to PA and take a class in person, but I was still super-excited to be a part of the first of the online courses. I'm signed up for the other two and can't wait! Question: Does anyone know of any in-person bushcraft courses, similar to what Dan offers, in the IA/MN/WI tri-state region? (Northwest IL would be a possibility also.) Been trying to find something within 2-3 hours of home. :)
I am not prepared at all to take your beginner class. I have the washcloth the Paracord and one wool blanket. My Axe is too short my pack is too big. This will cost me a fortune just to take your beginner class including the cost of the class itself I guess I'm going to have to keep buying gear slowly. Thanks for the video man
That would be an excellent idea for a video: What gear to buy first if you're on a tight budget and can only get one or two items at a time. Also perhaps some advice on avoiding gear that is so cheap that you end up having to replace the item, thus spending more money that if you'd bought the slightly more expensive item to begin with. (I have wasted so much money over the years buying, re-buying, and re-re-buying stuff!)
I did your Firestarter , cotton Circles with the charcoal flood, And wax, Damn thing works fantastic. Nice keep up the great work. Let's say you don't have a compass and you get lost, how do you find your way back? Video.
hi Dude 🌷 I have been a fan, watching you and your work forever. I’m really looking forward to seeing more like this. Lmk if you need any free help!? I love bushcrafting, nature, art , back & bikepacking and I can cook and clean! Take care 🥳 Cheryl
I understand you ask for the 550 paracord and so then ask for #18 bank line. For me though I would take #36 unbraided bank line. Cover more uses with a slightly heavier line.
550 cord has 7 interior stands plus the sheath. #18 twisted bank line breaks down with three strands. Broken down you have three different types of cordage. If you untwist the three straps of #36 you have one type of cordage. Please explain your rationale.
If you get a Rite in the Rain book you're going to need the pen that goes with it. The paper is coated and regular pens don't work. Pencils and Sharpie kind of work but aren't ideal.
I’m a little curious. When you say bank line, I’m not sure if you mean tarred marline or net twine. I have both, but I’m not sure bankline is in the vernacular in the PNW.
There are other rocks other than flint that produce sparks. Hard, dense stone works fine. As long as you can get a sharp edge, you'll get sparks. I've had success with a variety of different types of rock.
Thank you! Very informative. I don't want to sound like a weenie. Debris blankets...I get it, hypothermia in an emergency situation can be lethal. That said....ticks?
I was stationed in Arkansas for 5 years and loved it there. We used to spear fish alligator gar at night on the Red River and also loved the camping there. If you haven't seen "Kelly Hays Hikes" channel, check her out
Depends on the stone, personally in my area and many parts of the country don't have an abundance of knapable stone, strikers work with lumpy quartzite and other hard stones.
A carving axe is not specifically needed. Just an axe sharp enough to do a bit of carving. The lessons concentrate on using you axe as a primary cutting tool for most tasks in camp. Your belt knife should be left for finer tasks and as a secondary. The axe is more robust and can take more abuse.
Do you ever actually camp out, as I can't remember ever seeing you in a genuine overnight or multi-day camping scenario? Lots of short instructional videos, classroom style stuff, but I get the impression that you go home to a comfortable bed and a home cooked meal at night. So basically a do as I say and buy from me type of soft sales approach for much of the videos.
This is far from an SRO class. His approach seems more of a glamping approach to bushcraft. Traditional kit only when it’s convenient. Either do it 100% traditional or don’t. His stuff is way overpriced for what u get.
He was in Alone and made it deep into the show, he knows what he is talking about. He always gives you cheap alternatives, never says you must buy this from me.
@@barnaclebill1615 I guess 'traditional' is a little vague. But do you not approve of leaving the knife behind and lteaching to cut with just an axe ( the flint also ?)
Survive...? Even hammock camping with 11 ft hammock? Not being a smart ass.. I promise.. just curious... of your teaching style? The why of it is what I'm trying to say?!. I reread and it sounds like I'm bashing you, but I promise I'm not. Let's say I have a Pathfinder hammock.. 10ft. With bug net. Still need oil cloth tarp? On top of d&d 3x3?
Not shame on me sir...I'm 75 and sickly. I'm trying to learn about saving my life and learning what equipment I need for my survival kit. I have upgraded several times as I learn what is crap and what will really help me in a survival situation. Shame on you instructors for leaving us older people out of your instructions. In an emergency situation, we are left to our own devices if in an emergency. At my age I have a lot of experience in life that is useful. I've never camped. At my age, I have a lot of experience in life that I call common sense. CDC recommends elderly and disabled people use a wheeled case rather than a backpack that most of us older ones cannot carry. At this point, I have more than you do. I know most people won't listen to the authorities who want each man, woman, and child to have thier own kit. I will be able to share some things. Not that I feel obligated to support some idiot that I've tried to convince to take care of thier own. That has been the case more than I care to say... Everyone thinks they know more than you. I didn't get to this age without learning everything first. So I love your common sense channel, but, it's not shame on me.I was raised in the woods, and still need to learn a lot, not shame though. That's for the young ones that think they have nothing to learn from you. I need to know things for my age group. I'm not forty any more. Keep teaching us the common sense stuff you've been showing us. I've always liked to be prepared for anything. A peek in my purse would show you that my late husband depended on me to care for both our needs on trips and meetings. I was born in Binghamton, NY, not far from PA. We ate wild plants and animals and Dad depended on me, the youngest to learn and I did. I still can and cook from scratch, unlike my neighbors in the senior apts where I now survive, I mean live...lol. I'm watching you....I'm learning.🙃😄.. oh yeah, Dad needed me to learn because Mom left him with 6 kids to raise...I'm the youngest..only one of them is still alive.
So ? ....... the man is teaching a class about bushcrafting ...ie enjoying your time out in the bush with simple tools and techniques. No one asked what you like to carry or your EDC . That would be likengoing to a carpentry class and saying Hammer? ....my car keys are more likely to be in my pocket than a hammer .
