Camping Alone In The Desert- Making An Agave Tarp Shelter, Desert Bushcraft 

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That's my favorite way to camp, under a tarp and stars, when there's no one around except me and nature.

Concerning the firewood: brings back the one thing my 6th grade teacher always beat into our heads when we were out in the desert with him, "Keep your name out of the newspaper." Seemed like there was always a page 2 article about some industrial grade window-licking idjit that would get sidewinder bit or scorpion stung while hiking, and have to walk 10 miles in the dark before they could get help. so - good job keeping your name out of the paper.

Stylish videos that are grounded in something we commoners can enjoy. What's not to like? Great job.

Finally someone desert camping!! Thank you. So many other channels are always up north in the forest with 100ft tree's and rivers where 80 degrees is considered hot😂well we don't have that here in the desert areas and good luck trying to find tree's big enough to hang a hammock. Please do more desert camping themed videos. Thanks again.

Wish you prayers on healing up. I'm watching old vids. I love it. thank you so much.

You'll need a bigger bowl. But if u want spicy and not have to worry about adding seasoning. At any Walmart in the Asian section there is a Korean thing called shin ramen. Red or black. I prefer the red. I know I say you're not a noodle guy but it's good brother. Portable, quick, high caloric density, and really good. ALSO props for mentioning char cloth as modern. Wish other bigger survival channels had as much common sense and knowledge as you.

There just isn't enough desert 'survival/bushcraft' videos out there so thank you James for doing what you do! The agave stalk - you made good use of them although they're not always around. BTW - I've heard Kangaroo rats kill scorpions so consider them an ally!

"People weren't burning their rags or ripping there shirts!!" 😂 sooo true always some insightful genius in your videos as always James great adventures!!✊️🔥✌️💚

Next time you don't have a blanket just dig you a trench fill it with rocks build fire over it and when it's time for bed cover it back up and sleep on it you be warm all night

How creative, neat bushcraft tips Take care Nice peaceful camp.

James I have never question your authenticity while being outdoors safety is always key to survival. I enjoy your videos and love these desert trips I live in Colorado and my mountains are my home would love to see some of your adventures over here some time take care God bless❤

Nice video, that hot pepper type originated here in Central America I think, it was here 30 years ago. Known as: Jalapiña Negra for the black color in especially the green stage. Whats most interesting about it, is it has an unusually good flavor, and isnt just hot. To grow peppers from seed, best to use really ripe peppers, and dry the seeds in wood ashes, so they will sprout consistently. in the wild, birds eat the peppers and seeds go thru their digestive tract before sprouting. the ashes have lye that mimics that effect. Pepper seed just dried has poor germination rates, and that variety is open pollinated. So you can plant from the seed in them. On your chilly night, I suggest you get a Milspec poncho liner. They started in the Vietnam era, and were a GI favorite and are still in production even for the civilian market. Usually camouflage, have tie strings on the side edges, light weight nylon cloth, and synthetic fiber fill. They weigh almost nothing, compress tight, and will keep you warm at summer night temps. I have a couple, one I use for bedding every night, and another in my bug out pack stuff. I think if you try one, you will be happy dog...

These are my favourite type of videos you produce. You’re learning and we’re learning right there with you. Keep it up 👍🏽

Great overnighter James! And that Agave is pretty fascinating stuff. Thanks for taking us along!

Cool desert adventure man, thanks for bringing us along. Didn't know that's what agave looked like. Loved the improvised shelter frame.

Nice relaxing camping video thanks James God bless

It's good to see you getting back to basics. A few years ago I stumbled upon the use of scissors in the cooking process. No cutting board needed and a good excise to buy another multitool that has a great pair. May You Stay Well and Happy

Great video, James! Loved how you got close to the kangaroo rat. I lived most of my life in the Sonoran desert and the only time I got close to one like that was right after a big flash flood and I found it stuck up in a bush, half drowned. I took it home, put it in a box with some rags to dry out and when it came to, it latched onto my finger and wouldn't let go. Fortunately, I was wearing a leather welding glove. So, I took it out to where I found it and shook it off.

Your camping videos always give me a calming peace. Thank you.

Of hundreds of survival videos I have watched, this Guy is one of the very few people that I would consider going out into the desert wilderness with!

I injoyed your video especially the music, the music reminds me of Carlos Santana

I learned a lot from this video. Only seen wood burning used to make canoes back in the day, never thought to use it to make a bowl. And the char tinder out of agave was pure genius. Thanks for adding these to everyone’s tool belt!💪🏻

Thank you brother for another great video!!!!❤

Thumbs up for being honest about the firewood.

Great stuff, I liked the info on additional uses for agave.

I enjoy your shows!! You are in nature, enjoying yourself and demonstrating simplicity!!

In desert areas like this there are usually a lot of rattlesnakes. Be careful !

For me, a little meat, chiles, corn, tortillas, pico, and avocado are good for cooking under the stars with brazas. I've been meaning to get one of those titanium mini grills for meat. The chiles tatemados are good. You can throw elotes on the brazas, too, and nopal pads, when they're in season. I would make room for a can of beans. Coffee with maybe instant oatmeal in the morning... I like it when you hear that one coyote start singing before the rest join in. There are coyotes in San Diego County where I grew up.

The black raven I like that man , Thanks for sharing

Another great video brother, very relaxing and the air traffic wasn't even a put off, wouldn't have even noticed it if you hadn't said anything....Quervos music is so relaxing to listen to that it drowns out anything else so that you don't even notice...just pure peaceful.

My favourite way to camp is solo and under a trap. Thank God I keep my cooking spot and food spots are in different directions and over 50 meter part from where I sleep. Last year I had a bear come though.

That leather hat band looks good on the straw hat.

one of the most important things I carry for cold weather sleeping comfort is a Merino Wool cap....you lose a LOT of heat thru your head....Amazon has them....getcha one , you'll love it

I really enjoy your videos, especially with the music. Keep doing what you do man.

Awesome, informative video as always brother!

That never ending struggle to get the jagged rocks outta your sleep spot is a constant in the southwest. It always seems like one of them manages to slip by and I am always glad when I have a foam mat with me (and regret it when I don't). I never figured agave would hold up like that. Very cool.

Question, with an open shelter like that, how do you prevent waking up with a snake, scorpion or other creepy crawlies crawling on you? Also, funny story, seeing you eat that roasted jalapeno reminded me of a time when I was a kid and my dad cooked some steaks on the grill. He had grown some jalapenos in the garden and picked three to roast in the coals. We sat down to dinner and my mom mentioned that her pepper was really mild, hardly any heat. My dad tasted his and said the same thing, so naturally I assumed mine would be pretty mild as well and just bit the whole thing off the stem and started chewing. The heat from their peppers must have somehow migrated to mine while roasting! 😂 To this day I think that was the hottest pepper I have ever eaten and yes, I tasted theirs afterward to see if they had been messing with me and theirs were indeed very mild.

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A wonderful and informative video, thank you an Cuervo for all you guys do!!!!

Great video, James! I like that you are open and honest about things. Practicing skills. Not pretending you're perfect. Very cool.

Spent 4 years at Ft. Bliss…never got to have a fire though 😂😂😂. We’d use those flower stalks to camouflage our tracked vehicle, tie one to the antenna to disguise it. We always slept on top the track to avoid the tarantulas, scorpions, rattlesnakes, and coyotes. I miss the dark skies, stars, the Milky Way.

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Nice video .

Love your honesty. Refreshing.

When shopping for jalapeños always go for the ones that are veiny and have cracks in them.....they turn out to be the spiciest.

Star Kissed makes small packets of chicken and tuna in siracha flavors that really add to both pasta and rice ready to heat and eat many flavors, great camp food.

HellToTheYeah Brother great use of the agave stocks, it's pretty cool making that char with the agave inside. 😊

I'm in Kingman Az. , love camping in the Desert .

What a great video! Definitely one of my favorites. Using the Agave to make shelter was cool but discovering the inner portion of the agave stock is punk wood that you can turn into char material, that was freaking awesome! Hopefully the bowl or cup turns out. Thanks for the cool adventure and thanks to Cuervo for the cool music!👍

I JUST MADE SOME KNORR SPANISH RICE A BIT AGO FOR BRKFST..ADDED GREEN ONION BUNCH. AND CUT UP 3 FARMLAND HAM STEAKS AND SOME BLK PPR..AWESOME SIMPLE INEXSPENSIVE MEAL..ABOUT 2 MEALS FOR ME..

Nice video James . Thanks . Use of agave is cool !

There it is, again another awesome video. Thank you for being honest about going to your truck and getting firewood. A lot of RU-vidrs would've tried to get away with that without saying anything so-called cheating. Also those coyotes in the background fuckin awesome! That piece of wood that you were burning to make a bowl look to be elm to Me. Damn good idea to make char with the agave punk, works perfect.

It is gorgeous to see looked like a great night next one james

Well done!

Love this so much. Thank you for the video.

Great Video!

and great sound track! Cuervo Negro's music is great

This was a real treat ! Thank you! Beautiful video

Junkyard Fox I never saw a campsite like this before in the desert took out the tarp made a tent out of it that was awesome

Good Video!!

Great vid, thanks for sharing!

Awesome video 💯

Being in the open like that id just be worried about spiders and scorpions.

Cool video. Thanks for sharing.

Hey James! Great stuff! Love the music! Of course, I love all your camping videos, your catch and cooks etc, I also love the "Just hangin' out with Cuervo" videos. Love the solo camping bushcrafty stuff, this one is a favorite! Say hi to Cuervo for me!

Cool dude, cool video, cool tunes. Cool.

Great campout! Nice new spot as well

Very nice James! Love these adventures 🤠

Hey....... I recognize those mountains. Good work

At first I thought you were going to just sleep on the rocky ground.. i would have changed places too, if my vehicle was shot up! I don't if they're easy to find in the Paso, but there are some really good Indian food packets (ready to eat) sold at HEB in Austin these days. Those, salmon packets, and a big box of saltines are a decent minimal (or no) cooking option. Love the coyote sounds. Glad they didn't attack your face while you slept. Those fumes coming off the wood - in WW2 they had some vehicles that ran (fueled by) on the vapors from wood.

Great video James....👍👍👍

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I like the longer videos.

Lookin good man keep the adventures commin

Nice spot, I learned a lot

great video and music

love your videos!

Great video ❤

James, first of all , thank you for being transparent and real about your video. We can't have you going and getting bit or worse by trying to impress us by night-looting firewood or other goods. If anything you showed us how pre-planning is impoprtant when trail riding! Good point to pick up dry firewood. It is free, light, and optimal in case of a break down if you dont have kit available. I always enjoy your videos and desert camping as I am in Albuquerque and go out quite a lot to forget the city! Keep up the good work man, you and Cuervo are amazing and and examples of our freedoms we still have. Get out there! - Greg

James, for best success with a burnt out container, try making something called a trencher. Think of it as a medieval soup plate. That section of log you had would have been perfect, but, instead of burning from the top, you would split that log in half longways and burned in the trencher from the split side. This gives you a shallow walled, wide dish that can serve as either bowl or plate. A trencher was designed to hold a piece of bread and have a simple stew or what would have been called porridge scooped over it, which would have been something like dried legumes or peas cooked down with a bit of stock for flavor. The shape lends itself very well to that type of eating.

i love it

Cool video junk yard.

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Great video! Keep up the good work bud

Great stuff James, thanks for bringing us along. Good spot on the agave char wood! Best wishes from a very stormy England 👍

Loved the literary quote. Too much wind most times for open flames around here. Thanks for sharing yours.

Fantastic video. One of your best! I live in your area and I can't wait to take my young son out camping and teach him a bunch of the things I've learned from watching your channel. Keep up the good work.

I've been watching stealth camping videos for like 4 years now. I look them up all the time and YT never suggested this channel to me until recently! Too bad cause I've been enjoying your videos. At least you have tons I've never seen available so i can binge watch them!!

Good stuff! I visit my elderly parents every week and while I’m there I always drive the property and fill my truck with fallen oak limbs. Sitting at home now staring at a fire 🔥 🎉

Love your videos and adventure.. You are the coolest ❤

We love these desert videos. How about one in the summer when the fire danger is high? How to build a fire when it might be dangerous but freezing at night? Really enjoy the materials you teach about. We made cactus pear jam....yum. Also made a drink with them too. We like to camp on our own property....lazy eh? Ribera area....up on the bluff not by the river. Too bad.

Hi James, the wood you were using for the bowl is Ironwood

Always look look forward to your uploads, looks like an awesome time. And like they say, one man's trash is another man's treasure. Nice use of the beer can to make char material.

Amazing video! I stumbled across this as a recommended video and am so happy that I did! Its awesome watching videos on bushcrafting in the desert areas. Definately gotta binge watch your other videos!!! Also, love the Townsends spice tin!

Thanks!

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“I need to get to sleep so I’ll just watch for a few minutes.” 41 minutes later… “We’ll that was an awesome camp out.” By the way, I actually like the planes flying over. I always find that comforting when I camp out.

Great video, very nice way to challenge yourself and practice some skills. Cheers👊