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20 below and a nice little breeze here in mt this morning, 2/24/2023 thanks for your channel ,,good day to stay inside!!

You better tie down that support pole to those saplings!

Thanks for taking us along on another adventure, and giving us another shelter building lesson, it's always a pleasure!

Hi there, "Get-Wood" from Maine here. I know your taking about shelters here but my father, a life long forrester, often said, "There's no such thing as inclement weather, just improper clothing." You reminded me of that when speaking of your current weather situation. I'm really enjoying the builds. Take care both of you.

I hope do you have enough food to comfort your belly. Thought that shelter was pretty nice. I can’t imagine the warmth from the fire you will have built. Thank you.

Rugged and very interesting, always learn more. Only the strongest survived that’s fur sure! Never gave thought to heating a nearby Rock formation.

Hi Neighbor thank you for taking us on your adventure through time

A timely video. I recently ordered a 10' X 16' fly to go along with my wedge. It will make a great tarp for a variety of structures..

I have spent many comfortable nights under a tarp. My current go to is a tarp over a pocket hammock.

You must be at total peace when in the wilds of Ontario, with your knowledge and skills needed to survive whatever may come your way.

Looks like you still have snow,Peter. We had 70° Temps here in PA. yesterday. Not much of winter here this year. Enjoyed all your shelter videos. Looking forward to some more in the forge. Stay warm.

I think to your point, the voyagers, settlers, etc. didn't have weather forecasts like we do. So shelter set up quick was important back then.

Love your episodes and great jacket by the way.

Peter it didn't take long before it was done very basic set up but very effective in bad weather or a long excursion thanks Freddie 😄😎😀👍

And I think life is hard in deer camp. Love the tarp idea.

Have you thought of writing down all of your adventures you and Kathy have taken? I am sure your grandkids would love to read about your travels someday. We have about 10 shoeboxes full of letters my dad and my grandmother wrote each other when he was in the Navy in the Korean War. They are priceless. Maybe you have already journaled or written out some of your adventures. You sure seem to have led full and interesting lives!

Always learn something from your videos plus they are very entertaining, might you do one on winter footwear and how they are made, thank you for sharing your knowledge

Rminds me of the half shelters we used in the Army. You teaed up with someone, each of you would carry one, and when it came time to make camp, you just laced the two halves together, set it up with poles, cords and stakes, and there you were.

Yes, it's my favorite as well! I've even just made a raised bed and put a clear piece of plastic sheeting over me! The fire radiated the heat to me, and I was comfortable all night! I just had to reach out and throw a little more wood on the fire a couple of times!! It was toasty!! You don't want a huge fire or you'll cook yourself!!

Love the Hudson Bay door tag

Thanks for another shelter building Peter 👍

I've been awake about 48 hours , life happens , but I just want to say thank you for making my day again , sleep deprivation is not good , but very wiered in a somewhat good way . Is it natural ?? Oh and this probably my fith time watching this one in a row , I'm tiered and cold right now so it's good night and thank you again .

Aww old friend great as always but to short for me ☹️😂😂😂

Peter, I love the videos and information in them. If you get a chance could you go over your coffee making procedures. God bless and thank you again.

Another great video Peter! Love my oil tarp. 🐾🙏🏻✌🏻

Thanks for another great video and stay warm.

I assume you have read some of RM Patersons books (Dangerous River et al:) and he always used a canvas tarp like yours but it also has a small front addition that could be pulled out for a bit more shelter. I used a copy of that for many yrs with great satisfaction.

Single digits (°F) here in Northern Maine. Watching your videos while planning and designing (in my mind) a small cabin/shanty that I hope to build this spring/summer.

Good morning from a snowing and cold day here in Syracuse NY USA brother and everyone else thank you for sharing your live history videos

Good story.. It keeps you thinking on your feet! I really only ever use a lean-to or it's variants as my shelter in fair weather. Personally... I find that the colder it gets, the more dome shaped my shelter becomes for better heat retention. Thanks for the video...

You have built this one in past videos, one was in front of huge rock. Glad Kathy wasn't caught up in that tent you would have had to fetch her out of the river to. Be safe out there.

Single-digit temperatures here in eastern Washington state. Quite the story, Peter, and another excellent video.

So, I moin's the toim wen me and a forestry student wuz drivin' a pickup in a radio shadow where none of yer hi tech radio gadgets would work, so they didn't! An what's d'yer know, but we sinks in a bottomless muskeg what fer opened up beneath us when we wasn't lookin'. So, the truck were stuck, right good B'ys. And we wuz 25 km down a logging road with no more supplies than what I carried in my cruiser's vest, which were Baker's sweet chocolate and Campbells instant chicken noodle soup. And we had to hoof'er out. But, we spent a night lyin' down around a fire wit no shelter. Coz we gets 'er stuck late in the day. What I didn't know before eating it was how bad that chocolate wuz, but as would luck have it, I didn't share it with my partner, good on me! Ya's hafter use yer imagination a little, so you do, to imagine the pipe clearing effect of ancient chocolate on a man's innards. Now, it's not in my nature, so it ain't, to exaggerate none fer effect, but picture a hydraulic line fulla chocolate milk blowin' like ol' Faithful to the sounds of my pitiful screams, all night long such that I were jest a l'il dry by morning, so I wuz. And I walked the whole way in caulk boots designed by the Marquis de Sade for maximum agony on a gravel road, so's I did. We slept wid no shelter, on the ground, so we did, and it jest goes tuh show! Wedder it's a wind blowin' yer tent away or bad chocolate blowin' yer guts out, loif goes bedder wid a good shelter over yer head, as this Ottawa Valley lad can tell ya's, so I duz.

Nice and atmospheric video. I like it. 👍 bushcraft

Always enjoy what you build for shelters. Everyone needs a wool blanket or two Nothing like them. Thanks for taking us along.

Every reenactment I go to I bring a wool blanket wrapped in an oiled cloth big enough to make a lean-to (or other arrangements) shelter if the weather is not great.

Hi Peter, Heck of a story but that's how it usually goes. I really enjoyed the shelter series you put together. Take care See ya on the next adventure!

I love that shelter! I’m going to add triangles to the sides of my tarp. Your videos are so enjoyable to watch!

Great job and video Peter, love the stories as well. And you did a great job also Kathy

nice shelter,i made one back in 1980 and used at mt man events.

Peter is was 84F here yesterday. I would have traded you a bit of it if you asked. It sure made cutting wood a royal pain in the butt! I do have all the trees down, now it's just bucking them up and hauling them out for splitting. It's February so temps SHOULD be in the 50-60F range, NOT 84! It has moderated a bit today, but since I have 75% of the one tree bucked up and hauled out I'm taking a day of rest. Tomorrow I'm hitting the lake to see if the crappie are biting!

THANK YOU

I couldn't help but to chuckle when you was tell about the tent flying away and then having to retrieving it, but i would guess you had a tarp for backup on your Yukon river trip

Thank you for another great video. I understand the concept of using the rocks as a natural firepit that will continue to radiate heat after the fine dies down. But I have a hard time grasping that your fire will give off enough heat, in winter, to keep a person warm from such a distance, especially with just a wool blanket and no way to make a reflector to direct the heat towards the mostly wide open 'lean to'. Hmmm ... perhaps I have a hard time grasping this because I am always cold, lol. Thanks again and take care.

Love your clothes!!!

Excellent, love story about your tent😁. Simon 🇬🇧👍

W O W...WHAT a story! Seems 2 prove the point that heaven is watching us and likes a bit of levity now and again! Suuuuuuure proved your point about the ability to build a shelter.It's allllll in the 'attitude'. One day an old Irish farmer was about to plow his field and a storm came up and he had to quit as it began to pour. He came back in the house with little reaction but to say; "It's a miserable day. Thanks be to God." ADAPTABILITY...now there's the key! Man always has 2 battle the climes. I wonder if 'many-a-dream' were not of places more temperate, when having to war against the elements . I find Pioneers quite 'fearless', perhaps because of all the experiments they HAD TO attempt in order to learn/survive. Plato fits well here 2 explain them; "Courage is knowing what not to fear." I thank U good Peter, 4 all U teach us...and U dear Catherine, 4 all U so artfully show us! Health and God Bless! :)

Don’t count on it - smoke always follows me, no matter where I am around the fire!

Appreciate your efforts and dedication! Multi purpose and basic. I have a Whelen shelter, it was my first. But for it's size and the rigging, it only serves one purpose. I like the fact that the basic tarp can have a variety of uses. To store and pack in your other necessities. And can be set up in more than one fashion. Thanks again and keep your powder dry.

Me and some friends went up into Canada canoeing to do some fishing and enjoy the clean air. First day was great made good time traveled about 8 miles on water and across portages then it started to rain and every day after it rained and the wind blew we didn’t bring much food was planning on eating fish but they didn’t like the rain either so no fish. After day three we were wet to the bone everything was wet and hungry saw some seagulls was half tempted to catch and eat them but no luck 😂 we tried to paddle back to starting point but it was so windy that with three of us paddling the wind was making it impossible to go anywhere finally day 6 sun came out wind stopped and it was like thank you God fish started biting and got a fire going finally dried out most of are stuff and got some of the best tasting fish I’ve ever had. You know when your really hungry everything tastes better. That was the last time I’ve gone on a trip with so little gear we survived but was far from fun.

Found your channel two days ago and must have watched 25 or more videos since. Love it. From Waterloo Ontario. Hope you didn't get that ice storm.

Fast & easy as stated. What happens if the wind changes direction 180 degrees & now into the shelter along with the fire. Quick relocation in the cold?

Do you ever treat your wool with Lanolin? I bought a mixture from Finland and it’s like conditioner for the fibres, but also really gives wool back some of its water repellency. And the tarp, it looks like a pretty light weight for a cotton tarp. Where did you get it and how is it water proofed?

Scary loosing your tent like that

If you happened to be in the part of Western Ontario that lost power I know you will survive. Thanks for sharing.

I notice in your camp videos that you carry two blankets. To keep you off the ground or snow you lay down pine branches then a blanket. When sleeping on the snow does the pine branches and blanket keep you from getting cold from ground and snow under you?

I was wondering if maybe you would consider doing a video with more details about your tarp? It seems perfect for solo trekking. Anyway, just a thought I had.

That would not take to long to construct... about 1/2 hour maybe a little longer ? 750 mile long WOW ... never did that but , when I was younger my friend and I wanted to take " Old Town canoe " for month long place to nowhere . We had to work ... That is a quick and nice set up .... would save your life !

Here in the states we call that a bakers tent

how much does it weigh,and do you wrap your blanket in it and carry on a tumpline or pack style?

Good video as always may I ask how long have you been doing the 18th century living oh and more we bit on history

What does the HB stand for on the door to your cabin?

what are the dimensions of your tarp and the side pieces,and did you waterproof it yourself or did it come that way?

There seems to be a lot of shelter value in a woolen tarp.

Another good video, Peter. Though it's a wee bit of technology it seems the human has to depend on something. We will never be able to lie down in the snow and tuck our tail around our head or chase down a rabbit and catch it with our fangs. Seems to me that man is an unnatural fluke, weaker, slower, limited eyesight, limited smelling ability. No natural insulation to speak of. Looks to me as if we humans would have a little more humility.

You know historically there is no evidence fir a man on foot to carry a tarp. The materials to make a tarp were expensive. Typically the only time a tarp was available was with pack animals and then the tarp was actually used to wrap the goods being carried. You need to go read the actual historical literature.