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Dear lily ,I just wish you lived next door and was my best friend. I’m a seventy year old English carpenter, still working,and I love your practical skills ,your accent ,and everything about you !! God bless you in this ridiculous place the world has become. X

I have never watched one of your videos and felt that you "BLAH BLAH BLAH " . you always give your best . You're INSPIRING !!! 😁😁😁

In a survival situation the teepee shelter is the best of all and if you have limited food for energy then it's that type of shelter you have to get built and it doesn't have to be the size of a yurt building, it just has to be comfortable for you and who ever happen to be with , it important you use all material's available from the accident and area around you and its important to leave a hole in the top of the teepee so the smoke can escape. ❤Lilly.

I watch naked and afraid all the time and was completely started by nobody ever put rocks in the fire and then roll them into their sleeping space, people did that in the pioneer days in America. They simply put rocks in the fire as soon as you start the fire and then when you get ready to go to sleep you roll the rocks over to the shelter and they keep you warm all night. When people started living indoors they would put a brick in the fire and then wrap it in rags and put it at the foot of the bed to keep your feet warm all night, they put it under the blankets to keep their feet warm all night.

Any shelter that keeps you warm, dry and safe...is a good shelter

Love your videos! One of most knowledgeable people out there. Thank you!

I have a Collins Gem (pocket size) SAS survival handbook. It's good for a "packable" reference source. Plus I'm an old paratrooper and our motto was; "Pack light, freeze at night." A poncho and some "snivel gear" was all we were packing unless it was an actual arctic operation.

It’s great to see you outside again. I truly miss your videos from the camp.

Your so knowledgeable ❤!!! California here, stay safe! Thank you Lilly!🙏🕊🧂

When I was a teenager and was a Scout I went on an exchange trip with a group of German Scouts. While on the camping part of our trip we were devided into mixed German and British patrols and we undertook various activities together, one of which was a three day canoe trip in individual kayaks. At one of our overnight stops we did not have any tents and instead we had to crawl inside our kayaks and just drape our individual groundsheets over the open cockpits and sleep like that. Dispute being right on the rivers edge we were plenty warm enough so we didn’t even bother to prepare a fire and did all of our cooking on small solid fuel stoves(Esbit was the name of the make.) . At the next day’s stop we were issued with canvas panels that we could either lace together to make 1-2 person tents but no poles, we had to go into the forest and harvest a sapling to hold the roof up. That trip was one of the most unusual summer camps I ever went on as a Scout.

Hey Lilly, have you ever heard of a book called the lost ways ? It's how the American People survived in the old days.. pretty good info.

You Should Always Build an Underground Shelter if the ground Allows it

Prepare for winter, pray for summer.

It's real easy to build a shelter out of packed snow and dig it out and start a small fire inside to melt some snow and let it freeze.If you are in lose dirt dig a trench, start a fire with rocks and then put the hot rocks and coals into the trench and cover with dirt, sleep on it covered with plastic or quick a frame to keep off rain or snow.. putting some pine branches down covered with moss or leaves won't hurt.. Always have some insulation between you and the cold ground.

They don't tell you in the books about what to use when because they figure you should have a brain and be able to figure it out. As for that book you showed, it's good for burning and that's about it. Here's some thoughts from an old guy who's been doing this stuff for over 4 decades. Go take a real course, not a weekend but two to 4 weeks. If only using books look at Camping and wilderness survival by Paul Tawrell. In the situations you were discussing, a wigwam would have been more appropriate and is quick to build. A debris hut is your quickest shelter. Calories are important, but not that important. Learn fasting now and get your body accustomed to going without food. A fire is NOT always the best option, in certain times it will get you killed. Most places in the world you can just walk out, learn navigation by sun and stars. Common knowledge is to find a stream and follow it down. Building a wall reflects heat and blocks wind. Learn what a all night long fire is. The ground will suck the heat from you, stay off of it.

My old lecturer use to be a Marine. They leave them with nothing, on an island for 6 weeks. Some people really die. But they have to be able to survive for a minimum of 6 weeks without anything.

Good points Lilly, thank you! I am adding lock picking to my survival skills, and so far I have picked several locks but it takes practice. Lishi lock pick tools are expensive but work real well. Adding different skills to our survival tool box is a good idea. Lock picks are not heavy or take up much room so a good choice. Take care!

Thank you Lilly, your greatly appreciated. Please stay Strong and God bless you and your family.

Great options for young people, At 74 and with a bad back I would need room for my recliner. Seriously,I would shelter close to home and defend as long as possible. Really no other option for old folks. Thank You for your videos.

Hi. Thank you, once again for sharing your knowledge with us. Your words and knowledge are pure gold. Love from Portugal ❤👍

Hi Lilly, excellent video. I found pine needles and branches will not block much of (oops, darn flies) the wind but can be used for the structure. So true about cold feet. I like the large A frame shelter, but the small lean-to shelter to start with. One snowy day, my daughter and I were walking in the woods behind my house, the wet swampy part, I asked her to build a fire to see if she could think of where any dry tinder would be. Took her a minute, but she had the right idea, brush the snow away at the base of the trees to look for dry leaves. Oh, Love the technicolor drawings. Thanks so much. 🙂

Great job, I agree with you. Stay safe. Thanks.

Thank you!

Lilly, already had the small version of the book in the bug out bag. But, on your recommendation in your last video I picked up the large version you show here in this video. There is a lot of great information in both versions, but, the large version is far more comprehensive. Glad to have purchased both. Thanks for recommending it in the first place and for revisiting it here in this video. If you ask 10 people, they will all say they got something different from each of your videos. I have known you for about 18 years now, you’ve never let us down. Please keep up the good work!

Thank you Lilly. We just do not know what may happen these days. The U.S. has had some pretty severe tornadoes, storms with high winds. May God bless you and keep you safe.

Lily you are amazing. Helping SO many with the knowledge you've gotten and learned! I hope you know people have a chance of surviving because so many including you share your time to make everyone aware! God bless you BIG!! Bearhugs from this Wyoming Nana💖

Lilly, we AMERICANS here do it a lot different to keep warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Back in the 18th and 19th century. The Native Americans Tribes, The Sioux, Cheyenne, Pawnee, Apache, Creek, Cherokee all lived in Teepees. Today, we go camping in Teepee tents so the fire place is inside in the middle of the tent and keeps us warm evenly. Just like the horse built up America, these Native American teepees kept the Native Americans warm in the winter and cool in the summer. If I didn't have a teepee tent, I could build one to keep me warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Lilly, if you want to be a TRUE SURVIVALIST, please study The Native American Tribes of America, The Sioux would be preferred, but it's up to you. Thank you for your helpful tips.

I didnt know that about UTIs. What exceptional info! Thank you👍✌️

Hi Lily, been watching you for years. Really enjoy your content and positive mindset and approach. Also, always liked your base camp overnight stays with your pup. Thanks for doing what you do! I’m from Mississippi in the USA. Stay well…

Awesome video. You nailed as usual. I watch all your videos because you are a good teacher. I have learned so much and I thank you. Hope all is well. God Bless you and your family. Stay safe things are changing very quickly and I'm ready because of you including my garden. Thank you for everything ❤️ ♥️ so glad I found you through Nate at CP.

Amazing video! Lots of info that you find nowhere else thank you!!!!!!

Congrats on Naked and Afraid

You are right about underestimating body heat! We live off-grid in an rv, and my husband was away a lot this winter for work. I would have to stay up late enough to make sure that the woodstove would still be going somewhat by the time I would get up in the morning, and i would sleep with three layers, plus socks, plus bathrobe, plus toque and my hood up over top, plus two blankets, plus 2-4 dogs in order to be warm when morning came on nights below -10°c! Luckily our little dog likes to sleep under the blankets down by my feet, she was absolutely critical in helping me keep my feet warm!

Those A-frame shelters can be made to work down to -20C. First point is it's not the same height all along. It should be smaller where your feet are. Second build it out of sticks if you can. Cover it in leafs then use interleaved sticks more leaves then more sticks. The walls should be 15cm thick ay least. Block the feet end with no more than 15cm space all round for your feet and again plenty of dry leaf insulation. The fire should have a small wall to make a convection current to keep smoke away from your shelter. Remember to use plenty on the ground too. the more springy bits of heather over leaf litter are best but almost any bush will do. I slept in one of those for 2 weeks and it was -20 the coldest night. I ended up with a hedgehog and some mice.

The SAS Survival Handbook is one of the best and most iconic books ever written about survival ......... in the "Post Rambo years". It is a superb collection of invaluable skills, all delivered with insufficient context. I remember buying this book as a kid and immediately setting rabbit snares on my next camp, without any knowledge of trapping, rabbit sign, or even rabbits. I absolutely recommend it, but with the caveat that its only useful if you are learning bushcraft and using this as source material. If you honestly think you can memorize that book and survive, you will end up trying to build an igloo in Berlin during the summer. (btw PLEASE do another run of carbon steel APOs!

Thank you lilly

I had no idea that cold feet and legs could lead to UTIs... that could be very bad, leading to kidney infection and sepsis untreated. How does one treat UTI in the bush without antibiotics??? Cold weather camping even WITH a sleeping bag, feet can get very cold still, even with extra socks. Sheesh. I know some people take heated rocks from the fire and put them near their feet sometimes.

Lilly - Look at Tepees & Yurts, especially for winter conditions.

You are such a good person. Keep it up

Dug outs with good drainage, you can incorporate a stove into the mud. Commonly known as foxholes. You can also dampen smoke evidence with a long chimney. Ref: true WW2 survival story occupied territory.

Thank you for sharing this much needed information Lilly!

Thanks for another excellent video. Informative and interesting as always.

Good info. Thanks Lilly

Great information, friend. Keep doing the things.

Awesome. I took a survival course through a scouting group over 5 years of Februarys here in Pennsylvania and can relate to what you are saying. Excellent information. It takes so long to drag in leaves for insulation. Knowledge is power. Thanks. Things don't always go as expected. It is so difficult to start a fire in the snow.

I would use a lean to, style shelter.. I would also recommend a good wind break, then you don't have worry too much about wind direction.. you can keep the wind to your back and not worry about sparks coming into your shelter.

YAY!!! So happy to see a new video from you!

Thank you Lily, great video.

Great info Lily Thanks :)

Excellent information Lilly :)

The SAS handbook comes in two sizes. The one like you have and another that is much smaller so it can fit in a backpack.

A sheet of strong plastic tied over the tent stops dampness and rain.

Nice . Reynato Werneck , from Brazil - Vitória ES

Love the shelter videos. The A frame is nice cause you don't need any tools to build it. They all have there cons. Getting forest debris under your body is extremely important. ❤

Lilly boulders can also be your friend! you build a fire in front, and the boulders reflect heat! but doesn't work if it is raining, cause it can kill your fire!

I've never understood the concept of 1 fire unless it's for cooking/boiling only, warm on 1 side cold on the other build 3 or 4 smaller fires and setup in the middle, and as far as survial goes if your staying one place make your fire with thermal mass in mind

Build a circle shelter around your fire. Sleep together naked and roll sides every hour If wind changes so can you. Cheers from Canada

Body heat works iF two people don't mind sleeping under the same blanket..

A tee-pee would be best, raise the floor with a layer of rocks or dirt covered with brush or grass, stack branches vertically around frame, make it thick, a small fire can be safely built in the tee-pee, don't forget the opening at the top😊

Good observations, Lilly. Good video.

Thanks Lilly

Good video. Nice to see you talking about survival again.

Another great video, thanks young lady!! 🤙

I have yet to find a sleeping bag that works in REAL winter conditions on the ground. I've spent serious money on these things, but without a mat of some kind, my body has always gotten cold. My favorite shelter is a Teepee. You can build it rather quickly, and if you make sure the top is open, and use a Dakota fire pit, it stays warm. A Teepee shelter, using vines and branches day one, and continuing to build each day has worked for us in below 30°F weather in the mountains of NC. {Mind you, I wasn't alone}... I'm more concerned with stealth shelters and staying warm than I am with building something to survive till found... I have a feeling, we in the US may need this skill, especially those living in cities who have never tried this before...

Makes lots of sense. I like the progressive improving of the shelter !

Good Vid. 1) maybe put some rocks in the fire that can be put under you while u are sleeping. 2) Maybe build a Fire in your sleeping area. then put it out. throw dirt over it and sleep on top of it. having rocks in that for that u got hot before. 3) Then build another fire out side your sleeping area for night. 4) Hot Rocks can keep u warm at night under your bag or in your bag depending on bag and temp of rocks.

Wow you’re the best survival partner anyone could have Lily you amaze me with the knowledge that you have about survival the military taught me but you are the bomb

Lily, this is really excellent, thank you! I would really like to see how you would go about actually building one of these longer-term shelters. Cheers!

The Queen of the Super Shelter. One of your first videos I watched several years ago 👍🏼

Great video Lilly

I've built a rock shelter with peat moss but give me a Quincy in minus 30s any day with an evergreen floor. Thank you for a very interesting video young lady 🐻 75+🍁 Manitoba hunter Yorkshire expat. PS maybe close the ends but leave vents at the apex open.

Thank you for all this information I truly enjoy your content. Sending Love ❤

Hello Ladies & Gentlemen, I hope everyone is in the Blessings and Peace of God and Jesus. Lilly, each video of yours posted is better content than the other, a high level of REAL information, no clickbait, no exaggerations or anything, everything with a lot of sensibility, responsibility and simple language. I made a comment on the video in which you mentioned the possibility of leaving Austria, and I mentioned that in the extreme south of Brazil, there are cities that speak German, and have German architecture, events, and characteristics, where many speak the language, it could be interesting for you, especially because the southern region of Brazil, especially one of them, is very strong in agriculture and the seasons are well balanced. PS: Here in Brazil there are deaths due to reactions to the flu vaccine, this vaccine has been around for at least 23 years, it was reasonably stable. In 2018, 2019 and especially in 2020 because of C19, I DID NOT TAKE IT, only taking one in 2021, and I DID NOT TAKE IT ANYMORE. Everyone stay with God and Jesus.

I would like for you to look into the coal bed shelter with a A-frame shelter built over the bed after you've covered the coals with dirt it's similar to the way our homeless people here in the USA sometimes find heated concrete to sleep on keep doing what you're doing with your videos and sharing your experiences you will be saving someone's life I just wanted to give you more ideas to help you expand your knowledge from my experiences

In The Wilderness..."Shit Happens..."

Top notch Lilly as always Thumbs up 👍🏼

great job on the video !

It's nice to give commandos a quick refresher. Those special forces blokes are so forgetful. It's probably a better idea to learn how to select better government. But, you do you.

Really dig your channel Lily, much love from Southern California USA

Thank you Lilly

Thank you so very much. I love your videos🙏🥰. I feel the need to ad a very basic information of survival... when we have a second person and we have a reasonable communication with eachother, it is important to sleap TOGETHER, I mean like holding eachother touching each others torsos and legs. Ideally be covered together with something ( ❤the very light silver gold survival blanket is good too) Especially if the one person is weak. Becouse for some reason in this case the body heat has greater value and our wortm breath helps too. Carefully heating at the fire some stones and than putting them at our feet or where needed(covered to dont burn) My grandma would give couple of worm breathes through the blakets to get me warm in the winter ❤

I would also say think of building a raised cot bed with lashing two long branches perpendicular with end spacers. The heat transfer is worth the calory expense, the "lean to" needs a wind wall for the fire so that the fire will not get pushed around if the wind picks up.

Lilly, thanks for the inspiration. I always thought that, if I found myself in a survival situation, I would build a Shawnee wegiwa. I once read that they could build one in less than an hour. Very handy if time is precious. I doubt that I could work that fast, but the design is simple, and local materials are all that's required.

Another good video. I really like employing a fire reflective surface. Stick, small logs vertically arranged so create an updraft of the fire and reflect heat towards the occupant of the lean to. The fire in the A frame type structure accomplishes the same reflection of heat. A vent or one end of the roof slightly taller so smoke flows out and awayz

Thank you for sharing very informative and also good information as welll.

❤ just make sure you carry in your BOB 2 construction grade trash bags. Use one for the bottom of your body and one to go over your top. This holds all your body heat in and helps to keep you warm. Smaller trash bags can be stuffed with leaves and used as bedding so you aren't on the ground. If you have a whole box of trash bags, you can stuff them and use them as a wall or barrier around you to block wind. Can be used as a tarp to keep the rain and elements from your body.

Lilly, you hit the nail on the head. Military "FM" books are basic information for soldiers. However, the information is way to general.

verry valuable information and thanks for drawing it all out that made it very clear

An airliner will have LOTS of food trays as well as plenty of blankets and bottled water, plus all those snack foods the stewardess passes out. It is unlikely you'll be one of the 'only' survivors, and if most are killed, the chances of you being unhurt are pretty slim.....

Great video, I really appreciate your channel and the effort you put into it. Thank you very much!

God bless you Lilly Lady😊

I hope my old butt doesn't find itself out in the wild but thank you for teaching me something new, I had not really thought about heat placement in a simple shelter

Your shelter is limited by the amount of time, materials available, light available and energy you want to spend making it, plus if you have a dog named Aimee you will be busy enough as it is.

I didn't understand how to build the lean-to shelter. Perhaps you should expand on that (maybe build one for us?) in an upcoming video.

From Canada……Good practical knowledge you’ve shared.

Thanks Lilly.😎👍

Danke Lilly! Wie immer ein superinformatives Video! Liebe Grüße aus Thüringen!

In a high rain fall area the lean to will not keep you dry , dosnt matter about the fire if you are always wet . Also in most areas the wind direction changes between day & night .

good stuff Lilly