Have you thought about doing a “after the hike video “ a cleaning , maintenance and storage of all the gear you use for hiking and camping , some people don’t know what cleaning products you can or cannot use , this would be a great series to do ! As always, great video can’t wait to see the next one 👍🥓😃⛺️
That's a smart decision not talking politics on your channel, I've seen that debate tear apart friends and even families over who voted for who. It's a shame what the storm did to the forest. I really love watching your videos, I can't wait to see you and your wife out on an adventure in the future.
Great advice, Luke. Being prepared is one thing. Being paranoid is another. There is a fine line between the two. So, each person needs to find that line and remember the definition of 'practicable'.
Luke you never disapoint. I live in the mountians and we prep for 3 weeks every winters without power or the ability to get to town due to snow or washed out roads. This event happens about every other winter. We Hunker down and relax. We play cards and have more family time.
Your dry sense of humor is not lost on me and I agree with your sentiments about all the topics you brought forward tonight. Staying calm, cool and collected is a strength of yours that I wish most people had. You’re a good role model for us all. ⭐️
Thank you, Luke, for another awesome camping video and information. I know that you have plenty of experience doing something you enjoy so much. But been surrounded by predators, it just scares me that you have only a simple tarp to cover where you going to sleep, but that's the mother hen in me. 😊 Again, thank you so much for taking us along. Take care and God bless
As the weather cools and those fogs roll in, it calls to me to take my hammock and gear out again for a little camping. Your camp brings so many enchanted memories! Thank you also for your reviews as well. I have gained in my purchases from your recommendations equipment that are cherished. There are others I desire, and need, yet still.
Luke, love your advice about preparing for realistic vs unrealistic events. It's never made sense to me that people will waste so much money on all those supplies for something so unlikely. It must be mentally exhausting to worry about such things so much so that you'd spend a fortune on it.
I so enjoy your videos because you make them so interesting and can learn new techniques at the same time. I am too old to go camping any longer so I live the life through you . Thank you for taking us along. Stay safe and warm.❤❤❤❤
Hi Luke, this is my first comment here. I find it interesting that you're eating norwegian Real Turmat. I paddled from Bodø to Stad in Norway in 2015. As a celebration of my 50'th birthday. My experience was that the Real meals gave me reflux and simply did not have enough calories. Good for lunch though..So now I'm more in the outdoor boys camp. Real meat, pan bread etc. Cheers from Norway:)
Hey Luke just wanted to say thank you for helping me get some sleep tonight having been ill the previous day. Keep up the good work. Strength and honour
Can you imagine what that forest sounded like when all those trees were uprooting and snapping . I have been in a forest that was frozen and hearing the trees snapping is horrifying .
I’ve been camping in Redwood National Park up in Humboldt County in Northern California. At about 230 in the morning we got a 6.8 earthquake! Those big old growth redwoods crack A LOT when the ground beneath starts to shake and rattle!😅 It was wild to say the least! NQU
I have actually always loved the smell of military surplus gear! From the time I was a kid going into surplus stores, through my time in the Army, and still to this day! It's a unique smell and one that brings back memories from through out my lifetime. To me personally the most iconic smell of all surplus gear is... the poncho! Especially an older one! They just smell so good to me! 😂😂😂
Im sooooo glad you stay clear of politics on this channel because this is Exactly why i come here ... to get away from all that noise and spend some peacefulness with you! Thank you! 🏕
Ive never been to the Green Forest, vut i can say it saddens me so much to see all the damage to one of your favorite places to go. Just understand this, many prayers are still being said for all of you that went through Hurricane Helene. Now is when your motto means so much, STRENGTH AND HONOR!
Good morning Luke. Being 74 years old and being 10 years old during the Cuban missile crisis and listening to the emergency broadcast system tests for most of my childhood I've come up with a fool proof plan for nuclear war. You go find the most structurally sound place in your home, huddle down in a doorway so you have good back support, pull your legsup toward your chest, stick your head between your legs and kiss your @$$ goodbye. Nobody will survive. So, you are right. If you survive the initial shock, what happens next will undoubtedly be worse. The only real survival method is to pray. God bless and have a wonderful day. 👍👍🙂
Been watching your videos for awhile, I like your reviews, like your camping videos more, because I do alot of camping, usually for two nights. Stay safe, I'm a N C boy, been in the woods, all my life
I've learned alot from you over the years and one thing I can pass on is when animals get a little too close for comfort just blast from a whistle and their curiosity tends to go away.
The damaged forest will regenerate as you noted. Glad you had a fun overnight hike and campout. Yes, you had a difficult round trip but likely each time you go there it should be a little easier you'd hope. Thanks for sharing the joy of the campout.
I laughed so hard when Luke said, " enjoy sleeping on top of your food" .😂 I like Luke's suggestions consisting of common sense and caring for others. He's a decent man and I wish him and his family all the best.
Possibly one of the most closely watched elections with the highest integrity so far. A win for all the volunteers who mustered their courage and gave their time. Chicago winters with -27F temps and -48F wind chills and icy roads or deep snows tend to encourage a 3-month supply of freezer and shelf stock. Trips to the grocery store are best limited to one or two bags of fresh produce. Ice on power lines sometimes result in power outages during a wind storm. Comfort and convenience (and coffee addiction) are primary concerns. Preparations are practical efforts for the sake of convenience rather than avoidance of a threat. A true Midwesterner has their year's supply of shovels, scrapers, salt, window insulation and snow blower maintenance ready by Thanksgiving. It's a time of abundance, gratitude and celebration. Christmas lights go up in nice weather but are turned on after Thanksgiving. Minimal white outdoor lights might stay lighted through the dark and stormy days of January, February and March. If you're going to be outside, have fun snow shoeing or crosscountry skiing or s to wedding, not schlepping things in a parking lot. Even though there is no bad weather, only inappropriate clothing, it's easier to stay warm when you're having fun. ☕🛷🏂⛷️🏈🏒⛸️
Cannot imagine -27F.... currently in australia about to head into yet another season of 42C+ (around108F) summer temps! Never gets cold here- can't remember the last time I wore a jumper, even in winter!
You are right. It’s easy for me because I’m 75 years old. I have always told everyone I know that the only time you have is the moment you are breathing. Do what pleases you right now. Be kind. Be helpful. Do what you can do because nobody can do everything. Help others. Smile. It will drive people crazy. 😀 Be happy because stuff happens . My favorite saying … “ it is what it is”. Just make the best of it. I would gladly take you and Susan for my kids. Michael
I found that reindeer meal for $15.95 each plus shipping and live in USA. I googled it. Keep on, keep on enjoying the great outdoors. Thank you for your military service! Yeah, our church sent two semis loaded with many supplies to Asheville one week after Helene. What would benefit Americans is cooking at home and eating healthy meals like organic grass fed beef in place of industrialized meat. Cutting out all soda. Contributes to diabetes which is rampant in this country. We just started eating ground bison. Its good.
I join this prepper group in FB. The things they talk about are crazy. They are prepping for when SHTF scenarios. I scroll through the majority of it and learn from practical advice on how and what to prepare for emergencies.
Im curious about something. Now don't get me wrong, Luke is super knowledgeable and I enjoy watching his channel and I have been doing so for years however, is it just me or is Luke over packing for being in one spot for 1 late afternoon / evening 1 night? Its very important to be prepared yes, but he gets where hes going when its already very late in the day, sets up and unpacks and then is already talking about getting out of there super early in the morning. How is that relaxing? It seems like a lot of work for just 1 night.Plus hes saying how cool it is but waits until it completely dark to light the fire? lol With that said, I do love your videos Luke!☺️☺️
Thanks Luke for some common sense prep advice. My only add would be, stock up on those little 50ml booze bottles. You could trade those suckers for anything. 😂
WOW. Of all the bushcraft channels I have in my subscription catalog, I do believe this is my first American channel. Don't get me wrong; I'm American. But many, many of our home channels bring along a political agenda and/or a lack of rational thinking. I understand that this particular field of interest attracts a certain type of person (like me, but also not like me). That makes it hard for me to settle in on some channels. This results in many that I watch being Canadian, Scandinavian or European. It's so awesome to find a channel like yours on home ground, with our climate, wildlife and resources. So excited to be here, thank you for the hard work!
Luke, I agree with you about prepping. I threw away 25 pounds of rice that was vacuum packed in mylar. The sealed mylar was also sealed in heavy duty food grade plastic buckets with lids in my garage. Upon inspection, I discovered a rodent had chewed its way through to the rice. The rice was defiled with urine and droppings. I now keep only enough food to survive a season. It stores nicely in my rodent free home.
Hi Luke! Can tell this is before the time change back! Have gotten myself one of those stem lights. Very useful already! You are warm and the spiders were cold. My roomate came back from a vacation in Maine with a tick! She was in a vacation home and not camping. So folks, check yourselves whenever you stay somewhere other than your home.
Luke, that tree that fell during the storm at your campsite will now be firewood for you. A simple camping trip is a bag and two sticks to make a fire. You got great gear kind, sir. Love the video of hiking in. Ordered the stove you made coffee with. That little sucker works great in my hunting blind for making a pot of coffee. Not a big pot but a 6 cup pot. That stuff you were drinking is not manly enough for me. I like my coffee to cruise along at 70 mph and then kick the afterburner in up to 100. My dad and uncle taught me how to make coffee a long time ago. Got too old to do the camping you do. My back no longer tolerates the ground. Keep these videos coming my friend. I enjoy them everytime.
Remember folks, 4 1/2 hrs to get to the top. 3 of which was backtracking and camera placement... A lot of work goes into what seems like a simple video.
Somewhere there should be a NOAA track of the wind speeds. They are recorded continuously. Reason I say that the same damage is evident 70 miles west of me in the Red River Gorge area putting the distance at about 250- 270 miles northwest from you. The wind came so fast it either broke the trees off up on them or pulled them roots and all out of the ground and threw them several to many feet away. It had to be high level winds as it crossed the Blue ridge at Mt. Mitchell over 6000 ft high then cross the Clinch, Black and Pine mountains to get there plus a range of 2400 ft high mountains around me. Long way from the coast.
The area around Damascus is returning to normal, but there is still a mobile home and RV in the stream, what we call “straight branch”,just outside the town. Day 50 of chemo and I’m feeling it. 14yr brain tumor warrior.
Another good one! Am always staking out the bushes for bears when you're chatting😂.. think its ever since the soggy footprints that followed you down the mountain...thankyou for sharing
Well at least you had a bunch of Fur babies to keep you company :) I hurts to see so much damage to the forest. they were saying that there were tornados in that area, it could have been one of those ef4 or 5 tornados with the 150+ mph winds.
I think there's a level of fear --- like, before Luke would make breakfast and enjoy the moments. Now he sips coffee waiting for daylight . I didn't hear no birds ! And to the left of Luke's face... looked like a face with 2 huge eyeballs?! Course my opinion?
@@Mer42eva--I looked where you said, & I saw it too! There definitely was a Big foot standing behind the closest tree by him.(If you look closely, you can barely see the outline of its head. This spot only lasts a moment, though, before it switches to back to luke.) I don't think he was in any danger, though. By the wide set eyes, this one only eats plants.(An Herbafore.) When the eyes are close set, watch out! (This indicated it eats animals!) I think it was just curious, but facinated by him & new he wasn't a threat.
I keep a “self rescue” kit that I feel should get me out of most situations, jump box that doubles as a battery pack, air compressor, and work light. In the case of places where it snows and you have a truck, building out the bed isn’t that expensive to do buddy heater or small butane heater, as long as you have fuel you should be ok if you had to hunker down and wait for help.
Oh, my God, you had me laughing about sleeping on your food with 10 years of preps. I served in the US Navy on attack submarines. For a Med run, we would stock up on food where the #10 cans would take up the passageway and we would put plywood on top of them to walk on. Thanks for the flashback!
I am all with you concerning preparing for disaster. Ppl talk here about having cash at home. Sweden is a very digital country. 80% of seniors(!) Pay digital. If we have cash and the tech system is down, who will start up the cashsystem again? Who keeps change? I keep a very small amount. Lots of skilled techppl will work the hardest to get it going again. I also love sleeping in the fresh air. That walk you did in the forest was something else. Takes a lot of energy. 💪💪💪
Glad you didn’t talk politics, as someone who’s highly engaged and knowledgeable and aware, I’m so tired. Thank you for giving me a real true place to be able to relax. And yes, it was very interesting.
Luke, while we sit (I for sure) on our comfy couches and LEARN from your experiences and suffering, don't ever think you "can't" go on and on about the damage. The fact that you do with VIDEO clips to show it, HAS INCREDIBLE IMPACT on my experience watching your expedition (especially at about 5:30 into it!!). I"m very much an outdoors person and I can see how incredible the "once in a thousand year" storm just whipped up those trees and root balls right out of the ground and threw them everywhere! Amazed you got there at all!!
My preps have been to put aside food before it became more and more expensive. So maybe my family could survive without having to pay exorbitant prices for food and basic supplies. The only preparation I have made for a nuclear war is a pistol and 1 round of ammunition…. If you get my drift. I have coyotes come in very close to my house and sometimes they will keep howling for hours if I let them. I’ve found that a gunshot always quiets them down really quickly. Try it sometime.
I remember the devastation after Yasi, our cat 5 cyclone. We didn’t get a whole lot of rain but the electrical storm afterwards did. Live in far northern Australia so definitely want a tent between the numerous venomous animals and my family/ and I. Remember a friend having a snake underneath his sleeping bag. Idk what sort it was but he took it like a champ. Knew the snake was cold and just slowly got up and moved away from it. The dogs annoyed it enough that it made its way into the scrub
I'm 76 years old and ever since I was in first grade, we were always being prepared for a nuke to hit. We lived about 20 miles south of Los Angeles, but we had not only our fire drills but our drills in case the bomb hit. Ive heard it my whole damn life. I don't even pay attention to it. ! Lolol
iam 80 and y childhood was filled with worry about nuclear war, We had duck&cover drills in school, and educatioal films i class about what to doif you see a flash, get down in a ditch or up aaist the curb in te street, face down, hamds & arms protecting head. and wait fo the shock wave, then get up and run. home. People built fall- out shelters in their back yards and basements if they had a basement. In those early days we did not have the Distant Early Warning, radar- DEW -line on our northern border. We lived in Montana, and had a Ground Observer hut on the prairie away from the town lights. i could see the red light in the hut from my bed room window at night, ad hear the coyotes, too. . Our Girl Scout troop got to visit the hut and even spend time with the volunteer, who watched the sky 24/7 , ID’ed every plane and called it in to an Air Force base somewhere in the area. That all seems rather primitive nowdays, but it was during the cold war in the 1950’s.. Thing is if you are far enough away from the blast zone, you will want to survive -in a fallout shelter.. My sons were in Civil Air Patrol and i was the their unit’s nurse, had a uniform and everything, went to the meetings, All about Civil Defence,- gieger counters, doseimeters, a large book on every aspect of living iand making a fallout shelter, in the basement or crawl space in a home. Radiation concerns came up for those living on the west coast . after the the meltdown of Fukushima. reactor in Japan. yes, there was radiation that reached our area. But the radiation monitors on tall buildings in Seattle, stopped working. so time todust of the old geiger counter and book from CAP days. years before. i am saddened to hear aout nuclear war fears. the best way to deal with fear is information, learn how to protect yourself from fallout , it is the radioactive dust particles that are dangerous, the radiation is only in the dust, it will not contaminate canned food or bottled water as the radationn passes through the containers, and the dust can be washed off.,Communication with Civl Defense authorities is needed if you do not have a geiger counter, like battery radio. tuned to the CD staation. informaion about all this iavailable on line. there are many things you can do to have on hand as a precaution Usually the radioactive half-life of the dust is short, a matter of days or weeks, depending on the bomb type.. Then we can have some peace of mind and get on with our daily life. information is free and is the key. radioactive dust usually has a half life of about 2 weeks, and after about 2 weeks the dust should stop falling. and we can come out of the shelter. But lets pray that we will never have to take shelter. that there will be no nuclear war.. and as Luke says: Strength and Honor. 🇺🇸
Hey Luke great episode as always I don't know if anyone has said this too you but have you ever been attacked by bears, Wolves or any other animals when you are camping?
Hey Luke, regarding hemochromatosis... Did you ever think, put 2 and 2 together and think your knees hurt from all that knee breaking of branches? Its gotta be bruising the inside and thats blood, therefore iron...
Adult stage deer ticks become active every year after the first frost. They’re not killed by freezing temperatures, and while other ticks enter a feeding diapause as day-lengths get shorter, deer ticks will be active any winter day that the ground is not snow-covered or frozen. This surprises people, especially during a January thaw or early spring day. Remember this fact and hopefully you’ll never be caught off-guard.
I understand about making a video but watching your effort to get over the downed tree (1:10), only to end up on the side where the camera had already been placed, was (probably) unintentionally funny. But I like your videos anyhow. Just was funny.
I’m glad you won’t talk politics, I had to stop watching a channel when the person started doing that. I watch for entertainment and education and that’s why I like channels like yours. I have to agree with you about not preparing for a nuclear war. Even the rich that have bunkers don’t take in consideration what they will be surviving to. Vegetation and everything else will be destroyed. So I can say I rather not survive. I’ll spend my money on living now. Besides, humans will fight over food when it’s scarce and I can’t see having to stand guard over my food either.
For the prepper. Friend of mine did just that. Built a building bought the food about ten years back. You need any stop by and get some. Fuel, gen set all kinds stuff. It ain't happened yet and the spoil date is coming up. Spent at least a 100K USD ten years back, double or triple that now.
If you like Real turmat you should try their Pulled pork. Its doing circles around the reindeer stew. Its considering their best tasting meal. I tasted all meals they have many times and agree! Also really good is Chicken curry and pasta bolognese. The reindeer stew taste alot of ”freezedry” and its pretty blend buts ok. Love youre videos!!! Robert-Sweden
Have you thought about doing a “after the hike video “ a cleaning , maintenance and storage of all the gear you use for hiking and camping , some people don’t know what cleaning products you can or cannot use , this would be a great series to do ! As always, great video can’t wait to see the next one 👍🥓😃⛺️
I AGREE WITH @iamgroot8631! I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW YOU MAINTAIN AND STORE YOUR GEAR TO PREVENT MOLD ETC
Luke could you bring Susie on a adventure together please
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Not what the channel is about. This channel is about drinking coffee!!!
@ yep , and good times 👍
That's a smart decision not talking politics on your channel, I've seen that debate tear apart friends and even families over who voted for who. It's a shame what the storm did to the forest.
I really love watching your videos, I can't wait to see you and your wife out on an adventure in the future.
The convid was worse and the poison fax.
Luke, wise response! This is why your channel is so good .. no hype, no bullshit .. just good old common sense and sensibility. Well done!
Great advice, Luke. Being prepared is one thing. Being paranoid is another. There is a fine line between the two. So, each person needs to find that line and remember the definition of 'practicable'.
"Practicable"
Thanks!@@nealmacdonald8191
Hey Luke, 100% Service Connected Disabled Veteran here. Theres more than a few of us that like the surplus smell, lol
Thank you for your sacrafice... From another Vet. And have a great Veterans Day.
I agree I did 21 years from 03-24 and I like it in a weird way too.
I don’t even think he repllies to his followers
@@Hero10838 He reads comments when he's camping.
If you don’t care for it, vinegar/ water soaked in a 5 gallon pail gets that smell out. Works well.
“When I said simple, I meant it “. Continues to unpack chair and fire pit …..
I love everything about this 😀
Luke you never disapoint. I live in the mountians and we prep for 3 weeks every winters without power or the ability to get to town due to snow or washed out roads. This event happens about every other winter. We Hunker down and relax. We play cards and have more family time.
Another nice and peaceful trip Luke.Thanks for bringing us along.
Luke, love your common sense approach to life. Thanks for the camping trip!🌲⛺️🌲
Your dry sense of humor is not lost on me and I agree with your sentiments about all the topics you brought forward tonight. Staying calm, cool and collected is a strength of yours that I wish most people had. You’re a good role model for us all. ⭐️
20:11 😂
Very much enjoyed indeed, Luke. Good to see you out there. Thank you, and be well yourself!
Loved the sound of the forest waking up
Luke, your idea of "super, super simple" is what i call "shoot, I coulda not carried half this stuff 4 miles!" 😂 haha love it!
Thank you, Luke, for another awesome camping video and information. I know that you have plenty of experience doing something you enjoy so much. But been surrounded by predators, it just scares me that you have only a simple tarp to cover where you going to sleep, but that's the mother hen in me. 😊 Again, thank you so much for taking us along. Take care and God bless
As the weather cools and those fogs roll in, it calls to me to take my hammock and gear out again for a little camping. Your camp brings so many enchanted memories! Thank you also for your reviews as well. I have gained in my purchases from your recommendations equipment that are cherished. There are others I desire, and need, yet still.
Luke, love your advice about preparing for realistic vs unrealistic events. It's never made sense to me that people will waste so much money on all those supplies for something so unlikely. It must be mentally exhausting to worry about such things so much so that you'd spend a fortune on it.
Well said Luke. Scare tactics are wasting so many lives. Live life to the fullest. Thanks for taking us on an amazing adventure. ❤
“Enjoy sleeping on top of your food! “ Best statement ever 😂
best outdoor channel on the internet
I so enjoy your videos because you make them so interesting and can learn new techniques at the same time. I am too old to go camping any longer so I live the life through you . Thank you for taking us along. Stay safe and warm.❤❤❤❤
Luke always bringing some levity in contrast to all the fear pron content that's out there.
Hi Luke, this is my first comment here. I find it interesting that you're eating norwegian Real Turmat. I paddled from Bodø to Stad in Norway in 2015. As a celebration of my 50'th birthday. My experience was that the Real meals gave me reflux and simply did not have enough calories. Good for lunch though..So now I'm more in the outdoor boys camp. Real meat, pan bread etc. Cheers from Norway:)
Hey Luke just wanted to say thank you for helping me get some sleep tonight having been ill the previous day. Keep up the good work. Strength and honour
Can you imagine what that forest sounded like when all those trees were uprooting and snapping . I have been in a forest that was frozen and hearing the trees snapping is horrifying .
So loud! Terrifying.
I’ve been camping in Redwood National Park up in Humboldt County in Northern California. At about 230 in the morning we got a 6.8 earthquake! Those big old growth redwoods crack A LOT when the ground beneath starts to shake and rattle!😅
It was wild to say the least!
NQU
I have actually always loved the smell of military surplus gear! From the time I was a kid going into surplus stores, through my time in the Army, and still to this day! It's a unique smell and one that brings back memories from through out my lifetime. To me personally the most iconic smell of all surplus gear is... the poncho! Especially an older one! They just smell so good to me! 😂😂😂
Im sooooo glad you stay clear of politics on this channel because this is Exactly why i come here ... to get away from all that noise and spend some peacefulness with you! Thank you! 🏕
I like that Luke keeps a nicely packed reserve parachute ready just in case!!
Ive never been to the Green Forest, vut i can say it saddens me so much to see all the damage to one of your favorite places to go. Just understand this, many prayers are still being said for all of you that went through Hurricane Helene. Now is when your motto means so much, STRENGTH AND HONOR!
Good morning Luke. Being 74 years old and being 10 years old during the Cuban missile crisis and listening to the emergency broadcast system tests for most of my childhood I've come up with a fool proof plan for nuclear war. You go find the most structurally sound place in your home, huddle down in a doorway so you have good back support, pull your legsup toward your chest, stick your head between your legs and kiss your @$$ goodbye. Nobody will survive. So, you are right. If you survive the initial shock, what happens next will undoubtedly be worse. The only real survival method is to pray. God bless and have a wonderful day. 👍👍🙂
Army vet and somehow that smell you describe from the tarp is cathartic really good video looking forward to the next one
Been watching your videos for awhile, I like your reviews, like your camping videos more, because I do alot of camping, usually for two nights. Stay safe, I'm a N C boy, been in the woods, all my life
I've learned alot from you over the years and one thing I can pass on is when animals get a little too close for comfort just blast from a whistle and their curiosity tends to go away.
The damaged forest will regenerate as you noted. Glad you had a fun overnight hike and campout. Yes, you had a difficult round trip but likely each time you go there it should be a little easier you'd hope. Thanks for sharing the joy of the campout.
I laughed so hard when Luke said, " enjoy sleeping on top of your food" .😂 I like Luke's suggestions consisting of common sense and caring for others. He's a decent man and I wish him and his family all the best.
Common sense, hard headed, and I totally agree!
Absolutely!
My favorite when the video has animals near camp 😊
They are imported.
Possibly one of the most closely watched elections with the highest integrity so far. A win for all the volunteers who mustered their courage and gave their time.
Chicago winters with -27F temps and -48F wind chills and icy roads or deep snows tend to encourage a 3-month supply of freezer and shelf stock. Trips to the grocery store are best limited to one or two bags of fresh produce. Ice on power lines sometimes result in power outages during a wind storm. Comfort and convenience (and coffee addiction) are primary concerns. Preparations are practical efforts for the sake of convenience rather than avoidance of a threat. A true Midwesterner has their year's supply of shovels, scrapers, salt, window insulation and snow blower maintenance ready by Thanksgiving. It's a time of abundance, gratitude and celebration. Christmas lights go up in nice weather but are turned on after Thanksgiving. Minimal white outdoor lights might stay lighted through the dark and stormy days of January, February and March. If you're going to be outside, have fun snow shoeing or crosscountry skiing or s to wedding, not schlepping things in a parking lot.
Even though there is no bad weather, only inappropriate clothing, it's easier to stay warm when you're having fun. ☕🛷🏂⛷️🏈🏒⛸️
Cannot imagine -27F.... currently in australia about to head into yet another season of 42C+ (around108F) summer temps! Never gets cold here- can't remember the last time I wore a jumper, even in winter!
You are right. It’s easy for me because I’m 75 years old. I have always told everyone I know that the only time you have is the moment you are breathing. Do what pleases you right now. Be kind. Be helpful. Do what you can do because nobody can do everything. Help others. Smile. It will drive people crazy. 😀 Be happy because stuff happens . My favorite saying … “ it is what it is”. Just make the best of it. I would gladly take you and Susan for my kids. Michael
Very true. Never had a grandad growing up but someone like you would have been great (lol now 60y).
I found that reindeer meal for $15.95 each plus shipping and live in USA. I googled it. Keep on, keep on enjoying the great outdoors. Thank you for your military service! Yeah, our church sent two semis loaded with many supplies to Asheville one week after Helene. What would benefit Americans is cooking at home and eating healthy meals like organic grass fed beef in place of industrialized meat. Cutting out all soda. Contributes to diabetes which is rampant in this country. We just started eating ground bison. Its good.
I join this prepper group in FB. The things they talk about are crazy. They are prepping for when SHTF scenarios. I scroll through the majority of it and learn from practical advice on how and what to prepare for emergencies.
Im curious about something. Now don't get me wrong, Luke is super knowledgeable and I enjoy watching his channel and I have been doing so for years however, is it just me or is Luke over packing for being in one spot for 1 late afternoon / evening 1 night? Its very important to be prepared yes, but he gets where hes going when its already very late in the day, sets up and unpacks and then is already talking about getting out of there super early in the morning. How is that relaxing? It seems like a lot of work for just 1 night.Plus hes saying how cool it is but waits until it completely dark to light the fire? lol With that said, I do love your videos Luke!☺️☺️
But then it wouldn't be entertaining for us if he didn't put so much into it, he works hard for us 😊
@@lindab6421 I completely agree 😊 He does work hard for us! ❤❤❤
Simple and true. Relaxing and mello channel. I like it.
There were preppers in the hurricane that had stockpiles of gear! And it got washed away!
So nice to have a raised fire, thans Luke for this great video
Thanks Luke for some common sense prep advice. My only add would be, stock up on those little 50ml booze bottles. You could trade those suckers for anything. 😂
Thanks for bringing us along. The camping season is here!
Great episode Luke I like you talking better than no talking.
WOW. Of all the bushcraft channels I have in my subscription catalog, I do believe this is my first American channel.
Don't get me wrong; I'm American.
But many, many of our home channels bring along a political agenda and/or a lack of rational thinking. I understand that this particular field of interest attracts a certain type of person (like me, but also not like me). That makes it hard for me to settle in on some channels. This results in many that I watch being Canadian, Scandinavian or European. It's so awesome to find a channel like yours on home ground, with our climate, wildlife and resources.
So excited to be here, thank you for the hard work!
Just as you mentioned navigating, i was thinking how hard the trek must be... It all looks so..... Horizontal. Lol
Luke, I agree with you about prepping. I threw away 25 pounds of rice that was vacuum packed in mylar. The sealed mylar was also sealed in heavy duty food grade plastic buckets with lids in my garage. Upon inspection, I discovered a rodent had chewed its way through to the rice. The rice was defiled with urine and droppings. I now keep only enough food to survive a season. It stores nicely in my rodent free home.
I love your philosophy. Thank you, Luke.
Hi Luke! Can tell this is before the time change back! Have gotten myself one of those stem lights. Very useful already! You are warm and the spiders were cold.
My roomate came back from a vacation in Maine with a tick! She was in a vacation home and not camping. So folks, check yourselves whenever you stay somewhere other than your home.
Well said Luke in addressing a lot of the "fear porn" out there. 👍🏻❤️
YOU HAVE A FANTASTICALLY REALISTIC OUTLOOK ON THE EVENTS THAT EACH OF US MAY POTENTIALLY FACE IN THE FUTURE.
Exactly what I said before you said it! Too old to sleep on the ground. Yes!
Luke, that tree that fell during the storm at your campsite will now be firewood for you. A simple camping trip is a bag and two sticks to make a fire. You got great gear kind, sir. Love the video of hiking in. Ordered the stove you made coffee with. That little sucker works great in my hunting blind for making a pot of coffee. Not a big pot but a 6 cup pot. That stuff you were drinking is not manly enough for me. I like my coffee to cruise along at 70 mph and then kick the afterburner in up to 100. My dad and uncle taught me how to make coffee a long time ago. Got too old to do the camping you do. My back no longer tolerates the ground. Keep these videos coming my friend. I enjoy them everytime.
Remember folks, 4 1/2 hrs to get to the top. 3 of which was backtracking and camera placement... A lot of work goes into what seems like a simple video.
Awesome camping trip. Loved it. Thank you so much.
Somewhere there should be a NOAA track of the wind speeds. They are recorded continuously. Reason I say that the same damage is evident 70 miles west of me in the Red River Gorge area putting the distance at about 250- 270 miles northwest from you. The wind came so fast it either broke the trees off up on them or pulled them roots and all out of the ground and threw them several to many feet away. It had to be high level winds as it crossed the Blue ridge at Mt. Mitchell over 6000 ft high then cross the Clinch, Black and Pine mountains to get there plus a range of 2400 ft high mountains around me. Long way from the coast.
Just what I needed 😊
The area around Damascus is returning to normal, but there is still a mobile home and RV in the stream, what we call “straight branch”,just outside the town. Day 50 of chemo and I’m feeling it. 14yr brain tumor warrior.
You keep fighting,,I do know that’s easy for me to say that,, I feel you’re working,, I’m so proud of you. You can do it.
Thank you for your comment. I’ve been fighting against the tumor in my brain, ever since waking from a coma in 2010.
Presumably not Syria, where is your Damascus?
Ah, the ole trusty knee ax saw.
Lol, not in Syria. Ironically, I do have a degree in Middle Eastern Security Studies. The Damascus I referenced is located in SW Virginia.
Another good one! Am always staking out the bushes for bears when you're chatting😂.. think its ever since the soggy footprints that followed you down the mountain...thankyou for sharing
Well at least you had a bunch of Fur babies to keep you company :) I hurts to see so much damage to the forest.
they were saying that there were tornados in that area, it could have been one of those ef4 or 5 tornados with the 150+ mph winds.
I think there's a level of fear --- like, before Luke would make breakfast and enjoy the moments. Now he sips coffee waiting for daylight . I didn't hear no birds ! And to the left of Luke's face... looked like a face with 2 huge eyeballs?!
Course my opinion?
@@Mer42eva--I looked where you said, & I saw it too! There definitely was a Big foot standing behind the closest tree by him.(If you look closely, you can barely see the outline of its head. This spot only lasts a moment, though, before it switches to back to luke.) I don't think he was in any danger, though. By the wide set eyes, this one only eats plants.(An Herbafore.) When the eyes are close set, watch out! (This indicated it eats animals!) I think it was just curious, but facinated by him & new he wasn't a threat.
Oops! In my last sentence above, I meant knew, not new. Incidentally, seeing that Bigfoot so close, made me a little nervous for Luke, anyway.
It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.
I can’t unhear it. Love your videos.
I keep a “self rescue” kit that I feel should get me out of most situations, jump box that doubles as a battery pack, air compressor, and work light. In the case of places where it snows and you have a truck, building out the bed isn’t that expensive to do buddy heater or small butane heater, as long as you have fuel you should be ok if you had to hunker down and wait for help.
Hi Luke, can you do an episode on what to put in your hiking back pack. It would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
I love your channel it’s great!!thank you for sharing 💙
thank you LUKE for being down to earth.
Oh, my God, you had me laughing about sleeping on your food with 10 years of preps. I served in the US Navy on attack submarines. For a Med run, we would stock up on food where the #10 cans would take up the passageway and we would put plywood on top of them to walk on. Thanks for the flashback!
I am all with you concerning preparing for disaster. Ppl talk here about having cash at home. Sweden is a very digital country. 80% of seniors(!) Pay digital. If we have cash and the tech system is down, who will start up the cashsystem again? Who keeps change? I keep a very small amount. Lots of skilled techppl will work the hardest to get it going again.
I also love sleeping in the fresh air. That walk you did in the forest was something else. Takes a lot of energy. 💪💪💪
So sorry the storm made such a mess. Thank you for sharing.
Another great video. Stay safe. Looking forward to deep Susie camping again.
When I’m in the wild my head doesn’t hit the pillow in the bush…before I’m asleep…loved the wild…
Love the new music intro, Luke. Keep up the great content. Strength and honor.
i agree with you luke, if it happens it happens nothing you can do. but like he said if it happens just hope you go with the first wave.
Hey man your doing just fine, you've given wise answers to those who ask sutch questions. STRENGTH AND HONOR!
The trusty tarp is the way to go. 100+ setups so a lot better than a tent
Glad you didn’t talk politics, as someone who’s highly engaged and knowledgeable and aware, I’m so tired. Thank you for giving me a real true place to be able to relax. And yes, it was very interesting.
Luke, while we sit (I for sure) on our comfy couches and LEARN from your experiences and suffering, don't ever think you "can't" go on and on about the damage. The fact that you do with VIDEO clips to show it, HAS INCREDIBLE IMPACT on my experience watching your expedition (especially at about 5:30 into it!!). I"m very much an outdoors person and I can see how incredible the "once in a thousand year" storm just whipped up those trees and root balls right out of the ground and threw them everywhere! Amazed you got there at all!!
My preps have been to put aside food before it became more and more expensive. So maybe my family could survive without having to pay exorbitant prices for food and basic supplies. The only preparation I have made for a nuclear war is a pistol and 1 round of ammunition…. If you get my drift. I have coyotes come in very close to my house and sometimes they will keep howling for hours if I let them. I’ve found that a gunshot always quiets them down really quickly. Try it sometime.
I remember the devastation after Yasi, our cat 5 cyclone. We didn’t get a whole lot of rain but the electrical storm afterwards did. Live in far northern Australia so definitely want a tent between the numerous venomous animals and my family/ and I. Remember a friend having a snake underneath his sleeping bag. Idk what sort it was but he took it like a champ. Knew the snake was cold and just slowly got up and moved away from it. The dogs annoyed it enough that it made its way into the scrub
Awesome video, glad you and your family is OK.
Good solid advice Luke! Thanks for your common sense approaches!
I'm 76 years old and ever since I was in first grade, we were always being prepared for a nuke to hit. We lived about 20 miles south of Los Angeles, but we had not only our fire drills but our drills in case the bomb hit. Ive heard it my whole damn life. I don't even pay attention to it. ! Lolol
iam 80 and y childhood was filled with worry about nuclear war, We had duck&cover drills in school, and educatioal films i class about what to doif you see a flash, get down in a ditch or up aaist the curb in te street, face down, hamds & arms protecting head. and wait fo the shock wave, then get up and run. home. People built fall- out shelters in their back yards and basements if they had a basement. In those early days we did not have the Distant Early Warning, radar- DEW -line on our northern border. We lived in Montana, and had a Ground Observer hut on the prairie away from the town lights. i could see the red light in the hut from my bed room window at night, ad hear the coyotes, too. . Our Girl Scout troop got to visit the hut and even spend time with the volunteer, who watched the sky 24/7 , ID’ed every plane and called it in to an Air Force base somewhere in the area. That all seems rather primitive nowdays, but it was during the cold war in the 1950’s.. Thing is if you are far enough away from the blast zone, you will want to survive -in a fallout shelter.. My sons were in Civil Air Patrol and i was the their unit’s nurse, had a uniform and everything, went to the meetings, All about Civil Defence,- gieger counters, doseimeters, a large book on every aspect of living iand making a fallout shelter, in the basement or crawl space in a home. Radiation concerns came up for those living on the west coast . after the the meltdown of Fukushima. reactor in Japan. yes, there was radiation that reached our area. But the radiation monitors on tall buildings in Seattle, stopped working. so time todust of the old geiger counter and book from CAP days. years before. i am saddened to hear aout nuclear war fears. the best way to deal with fear is information, learn how to protect yourself from fallout , it is the radioactive dust particles that are dangerous, the radiation is only in the dust, it will not contaminate canned food or bottled water as the radationn passes through the containers, and the dust can be washed off.,Communication with Civl Defense authorities is needed if you do not have a geiger counter, like battery radio. tuned to the CD staation. informaion about all this iavailable on line. there are many things you can do to have on hand as a precaution Usually the radioactive half-life of the dust is short, a matter of days or weeks, depending on the bomb type.. Then we can have some peace of mind and get on with our daily life. information is free and is the key. radioactive dust usually has a half life of about 2 weeks, and after about 2 weeks the dust should stop falling. and we can come out of the shelter. But lets pray that we will never have to take shelter. that there will be no nuclear war.. and as Luke says: Strength and Honor. 🇺🇸
Hey Luke great episode as always I don't know if anyone has said this too you but have you ever been attacked by bears, Wolves or any other animals when you are camping?
Im ex mil, and as soon as you mentioned the smell of the tarp, i could smell this video 😂
Luke you wake up so early if it were me out camping I'd sleep for a few more hours 😂
Hey Luke, regarding hemochromatosis... Did you ever think, put 2 and 2 together and think your knees hurt from all that knee breaking of branches? Its gotta be bruising the inside and thats blood, therefore iron...
The fire base is what was a surprise to me. I think it is great. Never seen one.
All that destruction, hope the animals out there are ok.
Best sleep ever=Cold nose, warm toes!
Love to see the chair and table come out…oh man! I could smell and taste that coffee…..my heat in my seniors unit I never let it above 62 degrees….
Great watch nice one Luke
Do the forest wardens monitor the wildlife?
Adult stage deer ticks become active every year after the first frost. They’re not killed by freezing temperatures, and while other ticks enter a feeding diapause as day-lengths get shorter, deer ticks will be active any winter day that the ground is not snow-covered or frozen. This surprises people, especially during a January thaw or early spring day. Remember this fact and hopefully you’ll never be caught off-guard.
I understand about making a video but watching your effort to get over the downed tree (1:10), only to end up on the side where the camera had already been placed, was (probably) unintentionally funny. But I like your videos anyhow. Just was funny.
I’m glad you won’t talk politics, I had to stop watching a channel when the person started doing that. I watch for entertainment and education and that’s why I like channels like yours.
I have to agree with you about not preparing for a nuclear war. Even the rich that have bunkers don’t take in consideration what they will be surviving to. Vegetation and everything else will be destroyed. So I can say I rather not survive. I’ll spend my money on living now. Besides, humans will fight over food when it’s scarce and I can’t see having to stand guard over my food either.
For the prepper. Friend of mine did just that. Built a building bought the food about ten years back. You need any stop by and get some. Fuel, gen set all kinds stuff. It ain't happened yet and the spoil date is coming up. Spent at least a 100K USD ten years back, double or triple that now.
Well said brother ✌️
You are the realest you speak the truth, thank you
If you like Real turmat you should try their Pulled pork. Its doing circles around the reindeer stew. Its considering their best tasting meal. I tasted all meals they have many times and agree! Also really good is Chicken curry and pasta bolognese. The reindeer stew taste alot of ”freezedry” and its pretty blend buts ok.
Love youre videos!!!
Robert-Sweden
Under most every one of those pulled out stumps is a bear, mountain lion or snake den potentially. This can have significant changes to the area.