@@solidsnakesimulation666 Annnnd you don't know what you are talking about..... Chronic anxiety or anxiety disorder is a very real thing and this mentality that people should just man up is the EXACT same thing people said about Shellshock- it's more common name is PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder. Anxiety is not some new fangled word for babies cosplaying as adults.... My advice for you, fact check something before you post. You may find yourself making a fool of yourself.
@@ChadZuberAdventures of course it was worth it! your videos are always informative and also a good entertainment. i like how it was almost the same route with only 2 days difference, but the nature was F you, i have different plans XD that windy scene in the tent was like a scene from a catastrophe/horror movie scene. something like that happened with me too, so i know that it looked really bad inside the tent, but outside was just a normal windy night xd anyways, it was a really good video, and i think i learned a lot from it. thank you, and keep up the good work!
@@StaySynth3tic It was the exact same route. Only difference was that I spent the night in different locations on the route. And the wind was stronger the second night.
It's always sobering to remember all the weight you have to carry in camera gear so you can bring us such wonderful views and document your trips. Thank you.
Your trials with the nylon tent remind me of a medieval society training event where I was camping just a couple hundred yards off the sand at Long Beach, WA. I had a similar low-profile dome tent, but a windstorm blew up and literally started moving my tent along the grass of my friend's beach house lawn, *with me & my gear inside it* (not a small woman, either!), despite the fact I had staked it down thoroughly. There were too many of us to be accommodated in the house so we weren't supposed to go inside, but I hadn't come in my own car and my driver friend refused to wake up (heavy sleeper) so I couldn't take shelter in her van, so I had to sit in the living room and apologize profusely to our hostess when she finally woke up. I showed her the broken shock poles, the ripped corner of the tent...and it still chaps my hide that she wasn't sympathetic to the fact a freak windstorm had sprung up when the weather had not predicted anything of the sort, and that I didn't have a car that I could access to shelter inside. I looked her flat in the eyes and asked, "So you'd far rather I suffered outside in the gale winds with no shelter, than just let me sit quietly in your living room, not bothering anyone, not making any sounds? ...Does that seem very chivalrous? Because it doesn't feel like it to me." That silenced her. (Medieval society, you're supposed to be reasonably hospitable & kind, and this was a reasonable thing to expect in the middle of a freak gale windstorm. Especially from a woman who was purported to be a pillar of our community.) When the others got up, I downplayed her discourtesy in the face of adversity, and just told everyone my tent literally dragged me several yards before I could finally rescue myself. My driver friend apologized for sleeping like the ded, and I told her I was just glad her tent hadn't suffered the same. The next year at the same event, I had foot-long quarter inch bar stock for my tent stakes, and people were making fun of me for using those as anchors, including the homeowner, and I just looked her in the eye and said, "I wouldn't want you to feel you *had* to be discourteous *again."* That shut her up, thankfully.... She was a good woman in many ways, but in that one instance, this wasn't me just lounging because I was lazy or cold, I literally had no safe place outside. Seeing your own suffering brought it all back to me. I'm just glad *you* didn't get dragged several yards across that gravel!
I would have been so angry with her. My tent didn't move much. But in addition to my own weight there were two rocks inside as well as about 50 pounds in the backpack. I learned my lesson. Always build an adobe hut!
Looks like you had quite the adventure :) glad you didn't lose anything to that wind, I thought for sure those solar panels would be in another dimension by morning.
You, and Chad for that matter, should look into some reindeer hides, I think elk would work too. Their hairs are more capillary like than cow hair so they hold in a TON of heat very very well and for a long time. They are perfect for cold weather camping.
Glad to see you back at it Chad, its been a while and im sure i cant speak for many others... but we have missed you man! I cant wait to see your return to the Hut, new huts, etc etc. Not gonna lie id love to see you, and maybe Primative Technology, expand the "settlement" with more huts in more locations. Just really round out the locations to have more livable space but also different build styles based on local materials.
I'm sorry for my absence online. I have been very busy with the harvest season and gathering materials for a new hut. I think I will start building in December. Harvest season for acorns and stuff ends at the end of the year too so after that I will be pumping out a lot more videos.
Regarding the tent, that’s what guy lines are for! …And real tents. Also, modern backpacking gear usually doesn’t involve a full power station, etc. Cool video though.
@@ChadZuberAdventures guide lines attach on the middle parts of the tent to stop the inside from blowing inwards by putting tension on the outside. You can makeshift them with a pebble, rope and a peg for the ground. Put the pebble in the material so it creates a button and wrap it around it, drag it out to the ground and put it into the ground (Or weigh it down or tie it down)
That's some very rugged terrain. Quite an endurance test. Only if that cave was larger, you'd have a better shelter. Thanks for sharing this. Cheers, Chad and God Bless! ✌️
The first one was funner because I spent some time looking for fossils. The morning of the second part was way too windy. The wind just ruined the experience.
great vid. i like the idea of a comparison. though is it not easier to just use a GoPro camera on your head than carrying the camera in your hand all the time. it would also look more immersive.
на камере присутствуют битые пиксели. это видно хорошо на 9:39 и это печально. Техника работает в экстремальных условиях, но выдаёт красивую картинку))
hey Chad! I have always wonder, you as someone who is primitive, what would you prefer? a modern tools and accessories or primitive? and do you often follow the recent technological developments?
I am fascinated by the primitive ways. But I do like a good knife. That's a real time saver. I don't follow the technological developments. They really don't interest me. And they always have a dark side.
I was always curious - isn’t it warmer to cover with fur inside, rather than outside? Space between fur will keep warm air, and on the other side, there’s no fat layer under the skin to provide isolation, if covering by skin to skin
Although there is some people to that kind of terrain and landscape after a sleepless night because of strong wind and failling tent I feel like the last thing I'd want to see in the morning would be that rocky barren wasteland, also carrying over 30kg of equipment going uphill on uneven ground sounds brutal, you're one strong and tough fellow Chad
Camp trails is good for calm weekends with the kids in a groomed setting, Park, campgrounds ect. Best to use a high end for the real stuff. I use a north face rated eighty mph wind still flops around some but won't blow apart. In a open place like that i would always try and put something between me and the prevailing winds even if there calm because that can change in a matter of min.. great video keepemcoming
Yep, and here it changed quite fast. It was so calm and beautiful at sunset. I was expecting a really nice night but nature had other plans. I was given this tent ten years ago. I didn't have funds to invest in another tent so away I went with this one. Hahah.
I have been there done that several times in a tent. And after the last...never again! A mini tornado ripped through in a storm and if I hadn't screamed my lungs out my mate coming to my rescue to help hold to the ground, I'd have been blown into a lake and probably drowned! They can be a death trap. I was worried you were going to take flight in the night! Interesting contrast. However I think I'd have tried to have made a semi cave with rocks on the first night. And am curious given the wind strength that night, why you didn't choose a more protected spot with the tent? That cave...you could maybe have dug that out a bit and squeezed in there. I think I would have done that instead of trying to fight the tent all night! My lesson with tenting has well and truly been learned! Watching this gave me PTSD but always good to watch thanks Chad.
I thought of making a wind break by building a wall with rocks. I knew it would take several hours to make something that even worked well enough and it just wasn't worth the time investment for only one night. Had I planned to spend a second night there then yes, that would have been a good investment of time. With the tent, it was so calm that afternoon, I wasn't expecting such strong winds. Again, it would be an investment of time to dig a shallow pit in such hard ground and it probably wouldn't have made really any difference. My suffering serves as a lesson to all. Choose your location wisely.
True contentment comes when we have felt the suffering, seen how much worse it could get, and achieve a bit of security and peace against all that could plague us. It is in the contrast of a cold, hard night that then faces the warmth of the rising sun that we know how good our life can truly be.
Hi from southern New Zealand 👋 😃 Woah that was epic. I always remember a quote from Les stroud about outdoor camping activities and survival "Most people fear the rain but I fear the wind" what an amazing video, such hard work comparing the two techniques, both having advantage and disadvantages. This was a truly remarkable video to watch, thank you.
That was a good one. Ive been missing you! I definitely prefer the low tech. I dont think its in any way "no tech" its just old tech; no less ingenious for it. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, this is a great video. I've always been interested in this topic, but no one has been in a hurry to cover it. I'll download the video to my collection and I'm sure I'll watch it more than once. Thanks from Quebec
Imagine a small vertical wind-turbine (zone in circle toward the up), as an electricity source for the Bluetti, while being in those mountains :) (Helicoid style)
Something weird about carrying a closed solar panel in desert daylight, then opening it in the evening. The tent was fine, but lower the profile to 1/3 or you've got a parachute.
Weird? I was hiking. Couldn't use it until I got to the destination. There was an hour of sun left and I was able to charge a little. I was going to charge more in the morning but the damn wind changed my plans.
@ChadZuberAdventures I've got a portable triple panel that collects on-the-go, can secure & hang from a pack while walking, charges my power bank. Rough terrain & conditions aren't friendly to high tech, and repairs are hard to make in the wild.
One foot high would have done very little. It would have taken a lot more than 20 minutes to gather and build it anyway. Early in the night I had considered building a rock wall but I knew it would take hours to do and so I just endured the night. If I were to stay multiple nights at that location then I would certainly invest time to build a suitable shelter.
@@ChadZuberAdventures Not a wall, just a fence, just higher than a prone/recumbent figure, 20 minutes to get brush and lay it around you. Half the wind will penetrate, the other half will be forced to go around, so inside and under the hide is relatively calm.
@@DDeden No man. It would take way longer to collect enough branches to do that. The landscape is quite barren here. I would have had to walk all over basically collecting twigs. Rocks would be a better choice.
@@ChadZuberAdventures You didn't get much sleep, after not collecting rocks. After 20 minutes of gathering brush, I guarantee I would have slept, better than if I hadn't.
Theres low to the ground one man tents that could 100% go through the storm. Good tents are amazing they can been expensive but damn ive seen them endure some crazy shit
you should have use the oval shaped tent so they can split the wind, and use a tent pin to pin the tent in place. edit : Alright that 11pm wind is indeed a storm, making a wind breaker using sticks can help or find a wind breaker hill, I mean If you know the wind are going to be strong I would have gone into finding a windbreaker hill.
Great Video Chad! What Difference modern Tech can make. In case you haven't noticed, your GoPro unfortunately has a few Dead Pixels, you can see them in the Night Shots.
I always remember this sentence from cossack instructor : "gear is what you take to facilitate your survival/stay. Sometimes it fasten what you want to accomplish, sometimes it compensate for the skills you lack."
The occasional loose, rollable rocka on downhill slopes offtrail have surprised me. They might as well be banana peels. I go down fast. The falls can be awkward, unexpected, and very quick. This is a strange little-but-not-so-little danger.
I want to say big thank you to you sir. What a real life educational video it was. I enjoyed full video. It was incredible hard and genuinely true experiment and experience video it was. Thanks for sharing us. Really appreciate it ❤️❤️😊
Quite much with that wind, you better of just digging a ditch, but that's like solid rock there, so well, no tent will survive that unless it's in a covered location or well you just lay in a sleeping bag
Probably my brain rotted gamer mind, but the no tech version really gives off the impression of over time just getting better and better with time, especially if you were someone more actively intending to be a nomad, so the kit can potentially further expand and be refined in that direction. Though I suppose the limiting factor is what you can make to carry around the potentially increasing ammount of gear/heavier gear
Se sufre en estas salidas,sobre todo por el frío en la montaña,podrías hacerte unos calcetines primitivos amigo,conseguir una piel peluda más abrigados.Hay que buscar un lugar contra una muralla de piedra para acampar con ese viento infernal. Gracias por mostrarnos los pro y los contra Chad 😊
I saw the short first. You would probably done better on a sleeping pad with a tarp or something covering you closely. Who am I to say. I never been in that situation. I fought cold in north Michigan before. Completely different. You can hide in a snow cave.
A tarp pulled very tight and low with the ends buried under rocks would have worked but that's something you have to be prepared for. I didn't bring a tarp and I didn't know it would get so windy either.
I was wondering about the wood in the High Tech Gear setup. Why not using gas instead of wood? Also I would have expected to bring the wood in the Primitive Gear setup. Ok, maybe Chad did not know at that time, that on site there will be no fire material at all. So the next time he prepared himself with wood.
It was my first time at this location. I expected to find some wood but as you saw there was just kindling. I've never even used gas stoves. To use gas would require more gear. I was kind of out of space. I did look for a tiny electrical or gas stove to purchase but they were too big.
It's really sad that channels like yours just sort of die for no reason at all. I think each of your videos is better than the previous and yet it seems like YT algorithm doesn't like you :(
These both fail us in the long term survival situation. When the old gear degrades it is not easy to replace. While a basket and stick are rather easy, the animal skins and shoes are a challenge. And when new gear fails it fails. I really liked how you put them both through a real world test.
This was not intended to be a long term survival situation. This was about a journey. Travel. Not building a home to live in. The lack of water eliminates any possibility of living anywhere in this area. There is no water for many many miles.But ancient people did travel and cross mountains and deserts. That is what I wanted to experience in a small way.
@@StarwaterCWS No, due to family and work commitments I would not go out into the wilderness for a month or longer. It's also very hard on the body and recovery can take months. My parents are much older now and I need to be there for them too.
@ appreciate the feedback. I’ve been thinking about this for awhile; a pack designed for a permanent transition. Due to the times we live in… on the precipice of WW3. I have designed such a pack and perhaps will post a video on it.
You know Chad, you just had one of the worst nights in a tent. You know what that means? That means it'll just be that much easier to sleep in a tent from now on if that's what you decide to do.
Hello Chad, I have been watching your videos on UA-cam with the utmost pleasure. I am so inspired by the way you live and introduce another world of human existence. Through my life experience, I tend to think that generally, a human being doesn’t need luxury or recognition from society to be able to live in harmony with himself. The combination of philosophy and nature introduces us to the value of the spiritual world. What you do is what you appear to be, so to say, you are your own boss. With your videos, you make me wonder whether I should join the natural lifestyle one day too. I’m desperate to read your book WANDERING SOULS. Is there any chance to read your book online? Best regards, Stas
Thank you very much for your comment. Yes, you totally should start incorporating nature into your life. You can start in basic ways like I did. I first started by learning about and collecting wild foods to eat. Then I started making cordage and baskets. Just start with that and if you enjoy it then you will grow. My book "Wandering Soles" is only available online at this time. Look for it on Amazon.
I think one of those mummy type sleeping bags with the small tent over your head would have been a better choice..... less loose fabric for the wind to blow..... and you'd have been MUCH warmer. Yeah it wouldn't have given your gear any protection, but then, honestly, how much protection was that one you DID have? You basically spent the whole night trying to keep a windsock on the ground. I DO understand you couldn't predict the weather, but in MY opinion, a cocoon is better shelter than a box kite in virtually ANY situation. If you're worried about your gear, bring a cocoon for IT too. 🤷
There are advantages and disadvantages with both types of tents. The one you described wouldn't work to hang a light and work on my computer. The cocoon is great for sleeping in tight spots and for minimizing wind resistance. I totally get that. I just used what I had. Someone gave me this tent 10 years ago. I rarely use it. But this was a good lesson for anyone watching who is considering buying a tent. Maybe they will take in consideration my experience.
@ChadZuberAdventures I get it, especially since it was a sponsored video. It's just that you looked so MISERABLE. I half expected a green witch on a bicycle to blow past.
@@juliebaker6969 I was totally miserable that night in the tent. No doubt about that. Holding down the tent for seven straight hours and lying there awake the whole time in the dark certainly isn't a pleasant way to spend the time.
@ChadZuberAdventures Pretty bad that you were more comfortable in the primitive setup than the modern one. Technology and "modern conveniences" aren't always the better way of doing things apparently. Just be careful, if something happens out there, it would be pretty hard if not impossible to get help. The primitive videos are great, but your health and safety are more important than an interesting or even informative video.
🤠Qué bueno Chad, ha sido una aventura guste o no, muy didáctico dos ejemplos la parte más primitiva de vivir y desplazarse en el desierto con la más moderna con nuevas tecnología, al final la naturaleza es muy grande muy viva y muy sabia. La comunión con ella hace que todo sea más llevadero o no, ¿creo que esa era la cita que pusiste de ese escritor? Personalmente, creo que la parte más, creo que la parte más primitiva estaba unida a la parte más espiritual, en la que el hombre en su fe y comunión se mantenía vivo. Gracias, maestro, por este nuevo e increíble video.
If your battery is lasting for 15 minutes at a time your computer’s battery life is almost coming to an end which means you’ll need to replace it soon. Otherwise you’ll start to notice your keyboard will start bulging up which means your battery would be on the verge of exploding.
I don't think "no tech" is the right terminology. Skinning and tanning hides, cordage, basket weaving, crafting water containers from natural materials, and all the other ancient technologies are actually quite high tech, and it takes advanced skills and knowledge to make all that stuff. it's just ancient tech, not "no tech."
Ishi - reported as the Last Wild Indian in California, was the last of the Yahi People. He lost his small family and came into civilzation in 1911 after he had lost his family to starvation. Settlers who found Ishi's family's survival tools, that they had left about, had been gathered by white people as trinkets. Imagine the world as your home where you expect what you leave behind to still be there when you return. Not to carry everything you need - but to know where you left what you need.
If I cook over the fire then the flames with cause the metal to get blackened with coal. I used to make that mistake with my pottery and then it was always so difficult to clean. You can cool over the flames but I prefer not to so I can keep my kitchenwares clean.
I have cronic anxiety. That’s Chad for showing me some relaxing points. Even if it’s harsh. I respect it.
Chronic anxiety is not a thing.
What relaxing points?
@@solidsnakesimulation666 Annnnd you don't know what you are talking about..... Chronic anxiety or anxiety disorder is a very real thing and this mentality that people should just man up is the EXACT same thing people said about Shellshock- it's more common name is PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder. Anxiety is not some new fangled word for babies cosplaying as adults.... My advice for you, fact check something before you post. You may find yourself making a fool of yourself.
56 mins. looks like we got a movie this time. i have my hopes high! lets go!
I hope it was worth your time.
@@ChadZuberAdventures of course it was worth it! your videos are always informative and also a good entertainment.
i like how it was almost the same route with only 2 days difference, but the nature was F you, i have different plans XD
that windy scene in the tent was like a scene from a catastrophe/horror movie scene.
something like that happened with me too, so i know that it looked really bad inside the tent, but outside was just a normal windy night xd
anyways, it was a really good video, and i think i learned a lot from it.
thank you, and keep up the good work!
@@StaySynth3tic It was the exact same route. Only difference was that I spent the night in different locations on the route. And the wind was stronger the second night.
It's always sobering to remember all the weight you have to carry in camera gear so you can bring us such wonderful views and document your trips. Thank you.
Yeah, it's a sacrifice.
That was quite the learning experience. Thanks for taking us along on this adventure.
Thanks for watching.
After seeing your struggle in the tent maybe it was a bad idea to set it up on the very top of the mountain where it is the most windy lol.
Definitely. But it was to appreciate the views from the top. It was a risk. You never know with weather.
Your trials with the nylon tent remind me of a medieval society training event where I was camping just a couple hundred yards off the sand at Long Beach, WA. I had a similar low-profile dome tent, but a windstorm blew up and literally started moving my tent along the grass of my friend's beach house lawn, *with me & my gear inside it* (not a small woman, either!), despite the fact I had staked it down thoroughly. There were too many of us to be accommodated in the house so we weren't supposed to go inside, but I hadn't come in my own car and my driver friend refused to wake up (heavy sleeper) so I couldn't take shelter in her van, so I had to sit in the living room and apologize profusely to our hostess when she finally woke up.
I showed her the broken shock poles, the ripped corner of the tent...and it still chaps my hide that she wasn't sympathetic to the fact a freak windstorm had sprung up when the weather had not predicted anything of the sort, and that I didn't have a car that I could access to shelter inside. I looked her flat in the eyes and asked, "So you'd far rather I suffered outside in the gale winds with no shelter, than just let me sit quietly in your living room, not bothering anyone, not making any sounds? ...Does that seem very chivalrous? Because it doesn't feel like it to me." That silenced her. (Medieval society, you're supposed to be reasonably hospitable & kind, and this was a reasonable thing to expect in the middle of a freak gale windstorm. Especially from a woman who was purported to be a pillar of our community.)
When the others got up, I downplayed her discourtesy in the face of adversity, and just told everyone my tent literally dragged me several yards before I could finally rescue myself. My driver friend apologized for sleeping like the ded, and I told her I was just glad her tent hadn't suffered the same. The next year at the same event, I had foot-long quarter inch bar stock for my tent stakes, and people were making fun of me for using those as anchors, including the homeowner, and I just looked her in the eye and said, "I wouldn't want you to feel you *had* to be discourteous *again."* That shut her up, thankfully....
She was a good woman in many ways, but in that one instance, this wasn't me just lounging because I was lazy or cold, I literally had no safe place outside. Seeing your own suffering brought it all back to me. I'm just glad *you* didn't get dragged several yards across that gravel!
I would have been so angry with her. My tent didn't move much. But in addition to my own weight there were two rocks inside as well as about 50 pounds in the backpack. I learned my lesson. Always build an adobe hut!
Looks like you had quite the adventure :) glad you didn't lose anything to that wind, I thought for sure those solar panels would be in another dimension by morning.
Hahahaha, yeah. Fortunately nothing was lost.
great video sir, My cow hide is only good for wind protection. it barely holds in any heat. Cold nights are the ones I remember most.
You, and Chad for that matter, should look into some reindeer hides, I think elk would work too. Their hairs are more capillary like than cow hair so they hold in a TON of heat very very well and for a long time. They are perfect for cold weather camping.
@@SnyperMK2000JclL thank you sir. great info. the mountains are cold right now.
The cow hide works quite well as long as it is kept close to the body.
Glad to see you back at it Chad, its been a while and im sure i cant speak for many others... but we have missed you man!
I cant wait to see your return to the Hut, new huts, etc etc. Not gonna lie id love to see you, and maybe Primative Technology, expand the "settlement" with more huts in more locations. Just really round out the locations to have more livable space but also different build styles based on local materials.
I'm sorry for my absence online. I have been very busy with the harvest season and gathering materials for a new hut. I think I will start building in December. Harvest season for acorns and stuff ends at the end of the year too so after that I will be pumping out a lot more videos.
Regarding the tent, that’s what guy lines are for! …And real tents. Also, modern backpacking gear usually doesn’t involve a full power station, etc. Cool video though.
I don't have much experience with tents. I rarely use them. I never even heard of guy lines before either.
@@ChadZuberAdventures guide lines attach on the middle parts of the tent to stop the inside from blowing inwards by putting tension on the outside. You can makeshift them with a pebble, rope and a peg for the ground. Put the pebble in the material so it creates a button and wrap it around it, drag it out to the ground and put it into the ground (Or weigh it down or tie it down)
@@Topstormking Ah, guide lines. Yeah, that would have helped a lot. I didn't have the necessary paracord to do that anyway. Oh well. It's over now.
That's some very rugged terrain. Quite an endurance test. Only if that cave was larger, you'd have a better shelter. Thanks for sharing this. Cheers, Chad and God Bless! ✌️
Yeah, a cave would have been great!
Both are fun to watch, question is, which one was more fun to do?
I'm curious as well
The first one was funner because I spent some time looking for fossils. The morning of the second part was way too windy. The wind just ruined the experience.
great vid. i like the idea of a comparison. though is it not easier to just use a GoPro camera on your head than carrying the camera in your hand all the time. it would also look more immersive.
Yeah, it would be easier but I don't like videos shot like that. It's okay for some shots but not the entire video.
на камере присутствуют битые пиксели. это видно хорошо на 9:39 и это печально. Техника работает в экстремальных условиях, но выдаёт красивую картинку))
hey Chad! I have always wonder, you as someone who is primitive, what would you prefer? a modern tools and accessories or primitive? and do you often follow the recent technological developments?
I am fascinated by the primitive ways. But I do like a good knife. That's a real time saver. I don't follow the technological developments. They really don't interest me. And they always have a dark side.
thank you.. greeting from china...
Greetings to you in China. How are you able to see this in China?
I was always curious - isn’t it warmer to cover with fur inside, rather than outside? Space between fur will keep warm air, and on the other side, there’s no fat layer under the skin to provide isolation, if covering by skin to skin
Maybe. I'm not sure actually. But it probably is warmer with the fur side in.
Although there is some people to that kind of terrain and landscape after a sleepless night because of strong wind and failling tent I feel like the last thing I'd want to see in the morning would be that rocky barren wasteland, also carrying over 30kg of equipment going uphill on uneven ground sounds brutal, you're one strong and tough fellow Chad
It was beautiful just to see the sun. That was all I needed for motivation.
Camp trails is good for calm weekends with the kids in a groomed setting, Park, campgrounds ect. Best to use a high end for the real stuff. I use a north face rated eighty mph wind still flops around some but won't blow apart. In a open place like that i would always try and put something between me and the prevailing winds even if there calm because that can change in a matter of min.. great video keepemcoming
Yep, and here it changed quite fast. It was so calm and beautiful at sunset. I was expecting a really nice night but nature had other plans. I was given this tent ten years ago. I didn't have funds to invest in another tent so away I went with this one. Hahah.
Primitive is the batter chad 👍
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Acho que sim.
Finally, something worth to watch❤
Funny that you think this is worth watching when it is my worst performing video.
I love your experiments so much.
Sometimes I wonder why I do them.
The top of a mountain is not a good place for a tent it seems 😄
Of course you couldn't have known the winds would be so strong though.
Definitely not. I had no idea it would be windy. It was so calm at sunset. But nature had other plans.
thanks Chad
I have been there done that several times in a tent. And after the last...never again! A mini tornado ripped through in a storm and if I hadn't screamed my lungs out my mate coming to my rescue to help hold to the ground, I'd have been blown into a lake and probably drowned! They can be a death trap. I was worried you were going to take flight in the night! Interesting contrast. However I think I'd have tried to have made a semi cave with rocks on the first night. And am curious given the wind strength that night, why you didn't choose a more protected spot with the tent? That cave...you could maybe have dug that out a bit and squeezed in there. I think I would have done that instead of trying to fight the tent all night! My lesson with tenting has well and truly been learned! Watching this gave me PTSD but always good to watch thanks Chad.
I thought of making a wind break by building a wall with rocks. I knew it would take several hours to make something that even worked well enough and it just wasn't worth the time investment for only one night. Had I planned to spend a second night there then yes, that would have been a good investment of time. With the tent, it was so calm that afternoon, I wasn't expecting such strong winds. Again, it would be an investment of time to dig a shallow pit in such hard ground and it probably wouldn't have made really any difference. My suffering serves as a lesson to all. Choose your location wisely.
True contentment comes when we have felt the suffering, seen how much worse it could get, and achieve a bit of security and peace against all that could plague us. It is in the contrast of a cold, hard night that then faces the warmth of the rising sun that we know how good our life can truly be.
Suffering certainly does help one to appreciate the little things we take for granted.
Holy moly that storm
Wow!
Parts of that were really harrowing. I'm glad you're OK - but Chad, there are *easier* ways of getting that fashionable windblown hair look.
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Oh no, there really is no other way to get that look. Hahaha.
Hi from southern New Zealand 👋 😃 Woah that was epic. I always remember a quote from Les stroud about outdoor camping activities and survival "Most people fear the rain but I fear the wind" what an amazing video, such hard work comparing the two techniques, both having advantage and disadvantages. This was a truly remarkable video to watch, thank you.
I'm glad you liked it. Yeah, strong wind can be devastating in certain situations. But rain would have made it terrible too.
Whoa that wind storm was savage
Nature's fury
I love your channel
Thanks
That was a good one. Ive been missing you! I definitely prefer the low tech. I dont think its in any way "no tech" its just old tech; no less ingenious for it. Thanks for sharing.
Hahha, yeah. Old tech is a good term.
Wow, this is a great video. I've always been interested in this topic, but no one has been in a hurry to cover it. I'll download the video to my collection and I'm sure I'll watch it more than once. Thanks from Quebec
I hope you enjoy it
Imagine a small vertical wind-turbine (zone in circle toward the up), as an electricity source for the Bluetti, while being in those mountains :)
(Helicoid style)
Hahahah, a wind turbine here would be a great energy source.
After long time wacth this channel,
Something weird about carrying a closed solar panel in desert daylight, then opening it in the evening. The tent was fine, but lower the profile to 1/3 or you've got a parachute.
Weird? I was hiking. Couldn't use it until I got to the destination. There was an hour of sun left and I was able to charge a little. I was going to charge more in the morning but the damn wind changed my plans.
@ChadZuberAdventures I've got a portable triple panel that collects on-the-go, can secure & hang from a pack while walking, charges my power bank. Rough terrain & conditions aren't friendly to high tech, and repairs are hard to make in the wild.
@@DDeden Yeah, in such windy conditions it really is hard to make any modifications. Sometimes you just gotta ride it out.
Lol 😅😂 I'm so sorry I can't stop laughing. Trying to sleep in a giant plastic grocery bag.😂😂
That's basically what a tent is.
Awesome concept, thank you!
Wonderful, educative! Thank you.
Along with moving the dirt, I would have spent 20 minutes scavenging brush and built up an oval of branches a foot high to moderate the wind.
One foot high would have done very little. It would have taken a lot more than 20 minutes to gather and build it anyway. Early in the night I had considered building a rock wall but I knew it would take hours to do and so I just endured the night. If I were to stay multiple nights at that location then I would certainly invest time to build a suitable shelter.
@@ChadZuberAdventures Not a wall, just a fence, just higher than a prone/recumbent figure, 20 minutes to get brush and lay it around you. Half the wind will penetrate, the other half will be forced to go around, so inside and under the hide is relatively calm.
@@DDeden No man. It would take way longer to collect enough branches to do that. The landscape is quite barren here. I would have had to walk all over basically collecting twigs. Rocks would be a better choice.
@@ChadZuberAdventures You didn't get much sleep, after not collecting rocks. After 20 minutes of gathering brush, I guarantee I would have slept, better than if I hadn't.
Theres low to the ground one man tents that could 100% go through the storm. Good tents are amazing they can been expensive but damn ive seen them endure some crazy shit
Definitely not in my budget. It doesn't matter. I was given this one ten years ago. I rarely use it.
you should have use the oval shaped tent so they can split the wind, and use a tent pin to pin the tent in place.
edit : Alright that 11pm wind is indeed a storm, making a wind breaker using sticks can help or find a wind breaker hill, I mean If you know the wind are going to be strong I would have gone into finding a windbreaker hill.
I had no idea there would be wind. Tent pins would have to be covered by heavy rocks. Even then i may have just torn the tent.
Great Video Chad! What Difference modern Tech can make.
In case you haven't noticed, your GoPro unfortunately has a few Dead Pixels, you can see them in the Night Shots.
The wind! The struggle! ⛰🏕🍃
Thanks* Chad
Your sweater materials are hilarious 🤣🤣🤣
and then the tent in the wind 🤣🤣🤣
very entertaining👍
So lower tech levels result in better choices. No tent to pretend will protect you from the wind means looking for a rock that will.
When we have gear we tend to rely more on the gear. When we go primitive we follow the rules of nature better.
I always remember this sentence from cossack instructor : "gear is what you take to facilitate your survival/stay. Sometimes it fasten what you want to accomplish, sometimes it compensate for the skills you lack."
That's exactly right. It's an art when choosing what gear to bring.
I guess the lesson is, technology's great but choose your location well.
Location is everything.
Мужик,ты легенда😄👍🏼
The occasional loose, rollable rocka on downhill slopes offtrail have surprised me. They might as well be banana peels. I go down fast.
The falls can be awkward, unexpected, and very quick.
This is a strange little-but-not-so-little danger.
Yes, exactly. It usually happens to me when I step while looking up at the landscape. I always have to be looking down.
I have to wonder where you would be if you had used the tent a acparaglider. Glad you are safe 🙏🏻
I want to say big thank you to you sir. What a real life educational video it was. I enjoyed full video. It was incredible hard and genuinely true experiment and experience video it was. Thanks for sharing us. Really appreciate it ❤️❤️😊
Quite much with that wind, you better of just digging a ditch, but that's like solid rock there, so well, no tent will survive that unless it's in a covered location or well you just lay in a sleeping bag
Yeah, digging a ditch would take about a whole day.
Chad, thanks for the great video!
Thanks for watching.
Probably my brain rotted gamer mind, but the no tech version really gives off the impression of over time just getting better and better with time, especially if you were someone more actively intending to be a nomad, so the kit can potentially further expand and be refined in that direction. Though I suppose the limiting factor is what you can make to carry around the potentially increasing ammount of gear/heavier gear
Yeah, you can just improve as you go.
Wow Amazing
and i was thinking my trampline idea was original (just made it myself because it was easier on my back to carry)
didn't knew it existed until that vid
For some reason you've been off my algorithm for like over a year
Yeah that's normal. I think I was shadow banned.
Se sufre en estas salidas,sobre todo por el frío en la montaña,podrías hacerte unos calcetines primitivos amigo,conseguir una piel peluda más abrigados.Hay que buscar un lugar contra una muralla de piedra para acampar con ese viento infernal. Gracias por mostrarnos los pro y los contra Chad 😊
Finally Chad, after a long time you posted a video it will take you to post three more in December
I have about six other videos started but haven't had time to finish them.
Mother nature was trying to suffocate you with your own tent! Never seen wind that aggressive before
Probably the strongest wind I've been in.
Chad love the video! I built a pair of buckskin leggings and I’ll be camping primitively the whole weekend.
Great! Do they fit well? You will find out on the weekend.
Chad now you should do some tent camping too with modern gaer all in backpack not just power supply. The tent was real struggle.
Gran video
Watching u is such a relaxing😊😙💕💕
It certainly wasn't relaxing making this video. Hahahah.
Why u don’t use ur basket like a backpack instead using ur head? It seems so more comfortable
This was a common way to carry a burden basket. In many ways it's more comfortable than having the straps over the shoulders.
Yay, finally an upload 😉
❤ WOW I finally get to see what you were telling me on IG. Thanks Chad ❤
Yep
I saw the short first. You would probably done better on a sleeping pad with a tarp or something covering you closely. Who am I to say. I never been in that situation. I fought cold in north Michigan before. Completely different. You can hide in a snow cave.
A tarp pulled very tight and low with the ends buried under rocks would have worked but that's something you have to be prepared for. I didn't bring a tarp and I didn't know it would get so windy either.
I was wondering about the wood in the High Tech Gear setup. Why not using gas instead of wood?
Also I would have expected to bring the wood in the Primitive Gear setup. Ok, maybe Chad did not know at that time, that on site there will be no fire material at all. So the next time he prepared himself with wood.
It was my first time at this location. I expected to find some wood but as you saw there was just kindling. I've never even used gas stoves. To use gas would require more gear. I was kind of out of space. I did look for a tiny electrical or gas stove to purchase but they were too big.
i love long video
Dead ocotillo bark can be amazing fire starter.
Yeah, it lights real easy
Did I see a USMC sticker on your laptop
Yes, you did. My respects. Although I never served.
It's really sad that channels like yours just sort of die for no reason at all. I think each of your videos is better than the previous and yet it seems like YT algorithm doesn't like you :(
Yeah, it's been this way for years. I guess I need to get a cute girl with nice curves to be in my videos then the views will skyrocket.
These both fail us in the long term survival situation. When the old gear degrades it is not easy to replace. While a basket and stick are rather easy, the animal skins and shoes are a challenge. And when new gear fails it fails. I really liked how you put them both through a real world test.
This was not intended to be a long term survival situation. This was about a journey. Travel. Not building a home to live in. The lack of water eliminates any possibility of living anywhere in this area. There is no water for many many miles.But ancient people did travel and cross mountains and deserts. That is what I wanted to experience in a small way.
@ do you have any videos where you tackle long term survival? Thanks
@@StarwaterCWS No, due to family and work commitments I would not go out into the wilderness for a month or longer. It's also very hard on the body and recovery can take months. My parents are much older now and I need to be there for them too.
@ appreciate the feedback. I’ve been thinking about this for awhile; a pack designed for a permanent transition. Due to the times we live in… on the precipice of WW3. I have designed such a pack and perhaps will post a video on it.
You know Chad, you just had one of the worst nights in a tent. You know what that means? That means it'll just be that much easier to sleep in a tent from now on if that's what you decide to do.
Yeah, it was absolutely the worst night ever.
@40:14 does it taste like meat popcorn?
Not at all.
Hello Chad, I have been watching your videos on UA-cam with the utmost pleasure. I am so inspired by the way you live and introduce another world of human existence. Through my life experience, I tend to think that generally, a human being doesn’t need luxury or recognition from society to be able to live in harmony with himself. The combination of philosophy and nature introduces us to the value of the spiritual world. What you do is what you appear to be, so to say, you are your own boss. With your videos, you make me wonder whether I should join the natural lifestyle one day too.
I’m desperate to read your book WANDERING SOULS. Is there any chance to read your book online?
Best regards, Stas
Thank you very much for your comment. Yes, you totally should start incorporating nature into your life. You can start in basic ways like I did. I first started by learning about and collecting wild foods to eat. Then I started making cordage and baskets. Just start with that and if you enjoy it then you will grow. My book "Wandering Soles" is only available online at this time. Look for it on Amazon.
I think one of those mummy type sleeping bags with the small tent over your head would have been a better choice..... less loose fabric for the wind to blow..... and you'd have been MUCH warmer.
Yeah it wouldn't have given your gear any protection, but then, honestly, how much protection was that one you DID have? You basically spent the whole night trying to keep a windsock on the ground.
I DO understand you couldn't predict the weather, but in MY opinion, a cocoon is better shelter than a box kite in virtually ANY situation. If you're worried about your gear, bring a cocoon for IT too. 🤷
There are advantages and disadvantages with both types of tents. The one you described wouldn't work to hang a light and work on my computer. The cocoon is great for sleeping in tight spots and for minimizing wind resistance. I totally get that. I just used what I had. Someone gave me this tent 10 years ago. I rarely use it. But this was a good lesson for anyone watching who is considering buying a tent. Maybe they will take in consideration my experience.
@ChadZuberAdventures
I get it, especially since it was a sponsored video. It's just that you looked so MISERABLE. I half expected a green witch on a bicycle to blow past.
@@juliebaker6969 I was totally miserable that night in the tent. No doubt about that. Holding down the tent for seven straight hours and lying there awake the whole time in the dark certainly isn't a pleasant way to spend the time.
@ChadZuberAdventures
Pretty bad that you were more comfortable in the primitive setup than the modern one. Technology and "modern conveniences" aren't always the better way of doing things apparently. Just be careful, if something happens out there, it would be pretty hard if not impossible to get help. The primitive videos are great, but your health and safety are more important than an interesting or even informative video.
All things considered, I think I'd go primitive. :)
🤠Qué bueno Chad, ha sido una aventura guste o no, muy didáctico dos ejemplos la parte más primitiva de vivir y desplazarse en el desierto con la más moderna con nuevas tecnología, al final la naturaleza es muy grande muy viva y muy sabia. La comunión con ella hace que todo sea más llevadero o no, ¿creo que esa era la cita que pusiste de ese escritor? Personalmente, creo que la parte más, creo que la parte más primitiva estaba unida a la parte más espiritual, en la que el hombre en su fe y comunión se mantenía vivo. Gracias, maestro, por este nuevo e increíble video.
If your battery is lasting for 15 minutes at a time your computer’s battery life is almost coming to an end which means you’ll need to replace it soon. Otherwise you’ll start to notice your keyboard will start bulging up which means your battery would be on the verge of exploding.
Yeah, I know I will need a new computer soon. Need to make that money so I can buy one or I may be out of business for a while.
Chad,why didn't u sleep under the cave?😭😂😂😆
The cave was just a small hole that I couldn't fit inside.
В конце видео видимо произошли непредвиденные обстоятельства 🙄
I don't think "no tech" is the right terminology. Skinning and tanning hides, cordage, basket weaving, crafting water containers from natural materials, and all the other ancient technologies are actually quite high tech, and it takes advanced skills and knowledge to make all that stuff. it's just ancient tech, not "no tech."
Fair
fitting pfp
You got that right. 😊
I love this statement
Don't be a dick!
Ishi - reported as the Last Wild Indian in California, was the last of the Yahi People. He lost his small family and came into civilzation in 1911 after he had lost his family to starvation. Settlers who found Ishi's family's survival tools, that they had left about, had been gathered by white people as trinkets. Imagine the world as your home where you expect what you leave behind to still be there when you return. Not to carry everything you need - but to know where you left what you need.
I leave things behind in places where I believe there is very little chance another human will be passing by. It is a really nice feeling though.
You chose the place for tent a little bit tendentiously...
Yes
Vc é muito legal
Obrigado.
Chaaaaaaaaaaaad.
Tem alguns vídeos sendo removidos. Porque? E como você está?, meu querido.
Só alguns videos antigos desde há anos.
why do you never cook on actual fire, only coals?
If I cook over the fire then the flames with cause the metal to get blackened with coal. I used to make that mistake with my pottery and then it was always so difficult to clean. You can cool over the flames but I prefer not to so I can keep my kitchenwares clean.
@ oh like, the soot buildup
I see, makes sense
@@ws04 Yeah soot. That's the word I meant to use. It's just really messy getting soot all over everything.
@23:00 I feel like I'm really white and would sun burn so bad and I would use up my water quickly
It's okay to be white. Hahah! Water has to be rationed but not too much. It's important to stay healthy.
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you need goggles 😂
Did you live in Hawaii?
I've been to Hawaii twice but was never a resident.
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Where is the Arabic translation?? I don't want to get mad at you
It's up now. I had to wait for the English subtitles to be produced first.
@ChadZuberAdventures 🩵🩵🩵Thank you
can u make more videos on hygiene
Yeah
@ thanks bro ur the man
First
Yes, you are