Next time, to save some work, use a "V" in a tree to break any wood forearm size or smaller. And the rest just saw through enough to break it the rest of the way. I did a night in 19° F. Under a tarp on a cot next to a fire. I was burning whole logs during the night. The metal cot was hot to the touch. It was warm under there. Happy camping.
bring a fricken tent next time instead of carrying all that extra equipment and spending all that time and effort building that lousy shelter. Not to mention leaving a pile of dead plant material in an unsightly pile
Can we just all take a minute to appreciate his camera angles and all the hassle this caused him, in order to make a edited video for our viewing pleasure. This was brilliant. Be proud sir !
The rule is to gather as much wood as you need, then gather 3 times more than that. Also you don't have to cut it all up, you can put large logs on the edges to dry and smolder.
You video shows just how finicky it can be to create the essential - fire. Most videos show how simple making a fire is but in reality it's so much harder. Aside from actually sourcing out dry wood and processing it the main issue is getting it started. Wind is a factor. As are cold hands. Great job.
Novice at building a fire, but I'll be damned if that isn't the most hearty, gourmet outdoor meal I have ever seen. Phenomenal. You, sir, are an artisan.
Hi Marty , stopped in to watch your video . I'm a hillbilly from Va. I've been doing camping since I was old enough to walk. Couple tips for you. #a Injuns didn't and don't cut and split wood. They just drag them up to camp and burn them , drag up , pull up , a long fire will keep you warmer than a cut and split type campfire. #b Carry zip ties ,big ones little ones , medium , etc. It's faster to zip tie a lean too structure then to tie and do knots. Stronger and a lot less work and time. #c had you put a tarp or plastic sheeting on after you did the pine boughs , you would of been 30+ degrees warmer then no outside tarp. #d A wool blanket on top of the sleeping bag =lots of trapped heat and no chance of a spark ruining that nice sleeping bag. I was taught to always carry a real wool blanket along cold or hot. Lots of uses chair ,cape , etc. A real one like Woolrich etc. will cost you $100 to 500 I hunt for them at yard sales , always looking. I have like #15 real ones now. Lastly always bring a fire poker along as well. As soon as we get a fire going I place it in the fire , A oven mitt on either side of the fire. No animal or human can take burning hot steel on their flesh , it's the ultimate camp protection piece. Red hot steel works. Anyways hope these tips help . Peace.
That was great! Thank you Back in the 1970’s (yes, I’m older than dirt) I attended Adirondack Woodcraft Camp (NY) and one of the mantra’s they instilled in us was: when you think you’ve got enough firewood, double it! That’s saved my a$$ a few times lol
This was fun to watch. I went winter camping only once. It was -10 degrees, and I pretty much relied on my friend to keep me alive. My hands did hurt so much that I couldn’t contribute much to most manual tasks. Then again, part of the problem is that we arrived at the place at night, so that made things much harder. We slept inside tents, and we had some insulation pads for the snow. Watching this video reminded me of that trip. I’m assuming that the small wall you made traps the heat coming from the fire, so it works better than a tent…? This was very fun to watch, I am gonna check your other videos for camping tips.
Wow! De la grosse job! Sur le coup, ça garde bien au chaud de scier autant de bois loll! Quel festin! Un repas bien mérité après tout ce travail. Bravo pour avoir bravé ce froid. Excellent vidéo.
Helpful tip, when processing wood. you typically dont need to split them, unless the rounds are more than 6+ inches in diameter. Wood usually/typically burns about 1 inch in diameter per hour, Depending on the type of wood,. this usually helps in wood gathering in a survival setting when needing to save both time and calories
You can swim In the cold weather But you should have a muscles. Yeah I like snow Better than desert. I hate the hot places . Specially the desert The sand storm is bad is very bad I like to live in cold forest . I like jungle And I like the frozen sea it's so nice I like 90 %
I had a very similar steup last year as well. A few good ideas from the vid: 1 - going for "volume" with the boughs for the roof is probably a good time saver. I used fewer, but kinda tried weaving them as best I could.It works, but it takes a lot of time. Might just be better to dump a bunch and call it a day. 2 - closing the sides with snow instead of wood. I had kind of a falling triangle shape, but still on full size opened, which I tried to close with wall of boughs.again, takes a fair bit of time. prob. best to do just one roof, and close with snow banks. For the fire, you could cut down considerably on wood processing by not bothering with short logs. To warm your whole bodylength, ideally the fire needs to be ~ as long as you are, kinda like you had. I typically lay them down first kinde like you did but I build the fire on top (instead of "in front"), having a few layers of logs in a bit of a pyramid shape. As the top layers burn, they release coals which slowly burn their way down. It has the benefit of lasting very long before needing to be managed. You could more or less build it to last the night, depending on height/wood quality. I think it should be closer to your shelter. I might be old, but I typically cut down stuff at home and pack it "ready to cook" sort of. Avoids having to finess with small things using frozen fingers, getting fingers wet etc. I pretty much cook with gloves on from start to finish.
Great job on your camp. A lot of people don’t know how much work is involved in something like that. I know it was tiring to process all that wood by yourself. Good scenery and good food. Cool video my friend 👍🏻👍🏻
My rule of thumb in the winter is to always make a fire first before shelter. Give yourself a heat source to work in to warm up my hands. I’m military, so unless it’s raining only in tactical or search & rescue operations do I make shelter first
Thanks for a proper winter camping video! Great job on the shelter too! I’ve been wanting to do that for years but we can only use dead or downed wood here, so the location needs to be ideal. I’ve camped to -15 F a few times. Lord knows what the windchill was. I use a mountainsmith tarp. It’s great for winter. Lots of space and can dig down into the snow. We cannot have fires in the ADK high peaks lol, so we just go to bed early. It can be peaceful and rewarding if you are prepared. Great video!
Even once you get a good fire it is easy to accidentally let it go out while you are sleeping. Your body just wants to sleep to try to fight the cold. And your hands and face can get beat up in the cold just like it can in the sun.
One observation. When I build fires in the yard, I often place longer pieces of wood on the fire, allow them to burn through in the middle, and then place the shorter pieces on the fire. 4 foot pieces of 2-inch diameter wood would have cut your sawing by one half.
Life outdoors makes you appreciate life indoors. With all the luxury that comes from having a home. Something not everyone would be able to say. Running water, a toilet, a warm bed. Thats why I like being outdoors, to enjoy life more with a roof over my head! All people are not blessed with that.
instead of processing all that wood down to wood stove length ( ridiculous) just burn it down, pulling the wood into the fire as needed, you got over 200 degrees out in front of the shelter to angle the longer sticks out away from your bed area. save energy and time. you always gather more wood than you think you need just in case you do need it, hoping you leave a small pile the next morning. nice camp.
Great video. I saw a similar shelter on dual survival. The significant difference is that they had a mylar blanket behind them and clear plastic between them and the fire. Mylar reflects the heat and the plastic held it in.
My favorite one yet! Only thing I may have done differently is cut the logs a little longer to heat more of your body. Brother those were some cold temps and you killed it!! Bushcraft Marty should stay lol!!
@@Cyprus_Is_Greek Not thinking before speaking is impossible. However, to answer your question, look at rainforest and city 30 year Timelapse’s. How could we possibly have more trees now than ever?
I slept overnight on the prairies in minus 22 celcius, no fire. Great sleeping bag and a snow hollow. The hatd part was getting out of that sleeping bag and putting clothes on in the morning. Learned my lesson there, put the clothes in the bottom of the sleeping bag
You have such excellent long logs. It was possible to make a nadya. With a shift for the second half of the night and not bother with adding firewood at all.
Great video Marty. Thank god for packable shelters eh! Imagine if we all made shelters like these instead of packing in tents or tarps. Fun to do a couple times but there wouldn’t be much brush left if this was the norm
For the future add a log wall (or whatever you wanna call it) to the other side of the fire to reflect the heat back to you. Wanna get all the heat you can to stay warm.
Awesome 👍 One thing I've learned the hard way is get a fire going before processing wood and your arms aren't like jelly😅 I've had a few panic moments where my hands didn't cooperate and almost couldn't get a fire going 😳 Good stuff Marty 👏
Besides heat,, I guessing the fire was important from a psychological aspect as well? Great video man, camping in such brutal condition will boost your confidence in wildlife tremendously 🙏🔥❄
I watch many solo night sleepovers with just a shelter like yours which I may add does little for sheltering. A tarp IMO would be a better go also saving all that energy in cutting wood. But what I found that most bushcrafters do not do is build a Siberian fire. This would be a perfect setup for what you have. That fire would keep you warm all night and very useful for cooking/BBQ. Another thing most do not report while winter camping is that you need to eat fatty foods to keep the metalbolism going. Any how good video as I was just passing through. oh another thing.. Drinking cool, not hot, water is best for rehydration
I enjoyed watching the your video. I am Korean Bushcrafter. I envy the environment where you can use fire in the mountains. In Korea, the law prohibits the use of fire in the mountains. So, it is difficult to do a bushcraft camping.
@@martymorissette the time you save you could maybe fly a small drone over head to give people idea of what the wilderness you hiked into looks like or maybe make a more complex meal and show prep or a bunch of other things that you find interesting and would want to show is. Just an idea.. I liked the video but I'm.old and look for the easy way to do things. 😆
@@awoodward37 you would have to process all the wood right away while battery is still good. Or bring one of those little 4 pound batteries with solar panels to recharge it.
Loved it Marty, Grand Video indeed. i have so much interest in Winter camping and would love to see a star style or any other style of a long time burn fire design in real world actual filmed performance. Even if a year from now, please consider it. Thanks, ... Mike.
I would chop less wood and use time to gather more logs and limbs. Build a fire then lay some logs & limbs on the fire. The fire will burn them in half and thus saving you some labor.
Couper du bois à 16'' fait du sens si on a un poele qu'il faut fermer la porte. Dans un feu de camps, des longueurs de 60 pouces sont facilement utilisable. On peut couper du petit bois pour allumer le feu mais le reste doit se faire le plus "sans efforts" possible. Les heures de clarté doivent servir à ramasser du bois au loin et la tâche de couper se fait à la noirceur. Pour le reste, beau vidéo. Merci
