I read The Hatchet when I was a little girl of 11. It changed the entire course of my life. I was already carrying a razor under a bandaid bc kidnappers, but after that book I started planning my life around survival. Got my hubby in to it too. Videos like yours, from men he trusts like former military, helped me convince him. We have a homestead with massive water collection and our office is completely off grid. We have 100 chickens, 5 meat goats, 2 milk goats, 2 tiny homes, one trailer, a workshop with more sq ft than the trailer, lots of batteries for the office, 2 charge controllers, 1 inverter, chemistry eq, and a couple faraday cages with a 2 soldering guns, 4 walkie talkies, geiger counter, usb drive with useful info, fuses, etc etc etc. We have an rv for bugging out, we have an enclosed trailer for taking the animals on bug out.
@@howardvarley8795 No, not only in america. Children are kidnapped all over the world, many from haiti, africa, and south america. The actual chances of me being kidnapped were quite low. HOWEVER while at my babysitters house at 5 yrs old, a man in a VW bug pulled up and asked the littlest one to get in the car. The oldest kid grabbed his arm and told us all to run to the house.
Stinging nettle leaves and roots are incredibly nutritious with so numerous health benefits when cooked. Also, if you have a bruised and sore area on your body, the nettle sting will initially sting when rubbed on the area, but the pain from the bruise will subside.
On one of his old cooking shows on Food Network Mario Batali made an Italian dish that specifically uses stinging nettle greens. If I remember correctly he said you could buy the greens in some markets in Italy but I could be wrong about that. I do remember for certain that he said if someone wanted to make the dish and couldn't get stinging nettle greens that collard greens are a good substitute.
These”out in the field “ videos are my favorite… It was even more thought provoking and helpful showing when plan A and plan B don’t work… giving up is not an option… Showing the cooking method was totally amazing… I never would’ve thought of it! As always, your videos are stellar- never disappointing!! What a blessing to have you as my own personal instructor, meeting every Sunday… Thank you so much for all you do… You are loved and prayed for every week… 🙏🏻❤️
You are ON it! Every time I think to myself "well, all this is great, but what if.." Suddenly UA-cam is like hey did you see that Andrew read your mind and made a video just for that? Lol. You're awesome, man.
Thanks for emphasizing the importance of having some ready made ready to use cordage on hand. We made some excuses for rope with inner bark and vines in the scouts years ago, and it taught me that good ready made rope and cordage was/is one of the best values in the world. Just me- I never understood why people are afraid to carry a goodly amount of cordage with them instead of the 10-20 feet everybody recommends. I can fit a factory packaged 100 foot length of paracord in any of my jeans pockets, not to mention the average daypack Thanks for the video
You know Andy .you are one of the hardest working instuctors out there now I don't know weather your a pathfinder guy or what but man Hooya ranger keep up the good work
Great video Andrew! Down and dirty with tons of information such as the log carved into a container and boil water in it with rocks. That is awesome !! Love all your videos !
Thank you for this video. The fire-making effort that went through Plan A, Plan B, and so on, illustrated the importance of fire and the equal importance of persistence and improvisation. Your video also illustrates the value of the Boy Scout Motto: "Be Prepared." As always, you have presented the material in a clear, forthright, easy-to-understand manner---no fluff, no endless rambling, straight to the point. Again, thank you for this video.
You can add blackberry vines to cordage materials. This is a great video demonstration that even without tools we can gather and make enough to survive a day or more. Blackberry vines are best in spring and early summer, but can be soaked to workable condition the rest of the year. They also should be worked fresh, but soaking can delay working them until later. Cut the vines as long as possible, break off the thorns, then strip them into thinner pieces to work immediately. I was taught to use very thin pieces worked precisely as Andres does and then use this finished cordage to make larger cordage/rope when it is needed.
Knowledge trumps kit every time. Having said that, basic kit can make life immeasurable easier. Like the old American express commercial used to say "Don't leave home without it."
Sir, salutes 2 U again, Skipper! Regarding my remote, possibly dystopian Arizona. AZ CUTTING: Obsidian is abundant in certain areas and makes very sharp edges. Quartz is highly available and hard enough to make crude cutting tools. Jasper is harder, but less findable, I believe. In your Ohio, Flint Ridge-style areas are said to be available. I don't know of AZ flint or chert. Worth researching. AZ COMBUSTION: Quartz for striking sparks, old bird's nests for tinder, cottonwood for spindles, Cat's Claw for green-branch bows. AZ CORDAGE: Cat's Claw green-branch bark for weaving string and rope. AZ CONTAINER: Bake some clay bowls in coals. Clay is often easy to find. Hopefully for water you are at a flowing creek or spring, or maybe even a usable stock tank. USGS maps are invaluable for finding springs. I have been to one place with a large stand of bamboo along a dry wash near a flowing creek. It was possibly planted long ago by Chinese immigrant miners. It is a very useful plant, please just know the drawbacks that come along with it. AZ COVER: Caves are fairly abundant. Some old mines and prospects may still be accessible. Beware of prior occupants, like multiple kinds of rattlesnakes, Gila monsters, ants, scorpions, bats, javelina, mountain lions, etc. Phew! Flat rocks and mud can give material for building stone cabin walls. Plentiful bamboo would supply "roof tile." DESERT FOOD: Gather mesquite beans or find prickly pear (singe the spines off and bake the "pears" a few minutes until sugar forms, then peel). Singe the spines carefully and FULLY (beware) off the delicious, nutritious purple fruit. Cattails are maybe findable at some marshes.
Andrew, your content is ABSOLUTELY PERFECT! I LOVE IT! Learning how to improvise the 10c's and to have multiple ways to do things is awesome! And glad you showed the failures! Because the fakes fake it on camera and it's not realistic. Especially with friction fire, even if you have made 1000 fires prior, you still not guaranteed a fire! Andrew, please do me a HUGE FAVOR!?!? Keep this amazing content coming 👏 🙌 👌 ✨️ 🙏🏻 ❤️
This was really well done. I thought this was going to be another 'living off the land' BS video but everything was realistic and achievable. I'm glad you showed the reality of fire lighting with some natural methods not working. Thanks for posting.
Excellent video Andrew. Love these skills! Thinking about "the more you know, the less you carry" philosophy. Thanks for sharing this knowledge. Bravo.
One of your best Andrew. Anybody can survive with the right tools but few will without them. Knowledge and a creative mind with a few skills will make for far better tells for the kids around the campfire.
I carry... A schrade+ U.S.A LB7, strike force fire starter, 550 Paracord, stainless steel water bottle, and a military poncho (only when im hiking, i carry the poncho)... The rest is my EDC
The stinging nettle leaves you stripped off are a super nutritious green you could cook with the water in your burn bowl. The cooking water is the liquor and full of nutrition too and you can drink it, use it in the bannock, or make soupe with it.
When I was in the scouts 50 years ago, that was called "twist", because the dough was twisted around the stick ( we pre-heated the stick) But nowadays when you speak of a twist, it's got nothing to do with bread 😮
to my mind a full primitive class. and an A class it was. i like this mans ways hes just hands on honest realistic and confident. none better and only a few as good.🖖
For anyone curious ... I believe that it's possible to create a container, from hunting harvest. Specifically, the bladder is already a large water proof bag. I believe they have been used for centuries by indigenous tribes, to serve in various purposes. Fire hardened wood can be a great resource, and one can get very fortunate with specific stone, or clay, But if you have the ability to harvest deer or larger game, the bladder of some animals can be ideal. Some even make a boiling bag ...if treated correctly.
@@RangerSurvivalandFieldCraft an episode, like your winter survival techniques, or your knife skills, etc... But for survival tool crafting and resources from a harvest. Thatould be a neat fusion of new world and tradition...
Back in Nam i repelled down a 200 ft drop with nothing but braided nettles and a bad attitude or maybe i tripped into nettles and it gave me a bad attitude 😂 agent orange makes my memory foggy . Thanks Andrew , every upload is top knotch and actually useful.
Yes I just watched your video on creating the 5 C's off the land scape and I'm glad to see that some of the old skills still exists today for what you just showed is a few lessons that I learned in my childhood and I thank you for that reminder of those lessons and I enjoy all of your videos sire
I love these types of videos. Great reminders to NEVER EVER get caught without minimal stuff with you. It’s great that he can do this stuff and I really like watching him. Me do any of it? Not likely. Maybe download this vid to my phone? 🤔
Well, there you go. Pack the preps/survival items or have the knowledge and time to create what you need in the field. We love doing these projects for the fun of it and if there is a need. Reality dictates to always have your proper kit and pocket items handy. Thank you, Andrew, This was another superior video.
Great video Andrew it shows no matter how much you train things can still go wrong in the field and you have to learn how to improvise or adapt to other means necessary. I like the end part with cooking in the field, any chance on a future video showing how to locate and identify different plants, weeds ect that can be used for cooking and to prevent someone getting really sick ? Thanks again.
Very good demonstrations ... I have similar coyote boots and I'm going to check my laces for sure 👍 I like the bread stick (banick") too .... well done !
Great video! Love the way you covered the first 5 c’s in depth should all gear fail or have no gear on oneself! Hat off to the tips and tricks you share here on your channel! Thank you for sharing and have a great day!!😊😊😊
"Snake Bread". Used as a quick meal when the OG traveled (largely by foot) across the US to the lands which would be their homesteads to the west. In fact, they did so much walking that often many would arrive barefoot and with strips of rags for clothes, the walk having shredded their shoes and clothing leaving them effectively barefoot and naked. It is in this condition the west was won and leather was found to be a valuable material for clothes.
Stinging nettle green or brown once dried is amazing for taking a spark from flint and steel! You have to process it into dust by moving it in collecting the dust that comes of but the fine powders take a spark very well from flint and steel! It's pretty awesome!
Kudos Andrew! You provide some of the most rugged and gritty survival tips I’ve run across yet. I appreciate what you do for us, and wish you success and fortune ✌🏻
Greetings from the land of ice and Snow (middle of Alaska) 😎☕️🥶 I would add pine pitch glue (if pine trees are native to your area of operation) for several gear repairs and water proofing and flame extender.
Hey, Capt. Kirk changed the parameters of the Kobayashi Maru scenario to defeat the no win situation so no worries with the paracord. This was everyday life for the American Indian and frontiersmen that pioneered our country. Practice makes perfect but as you demonstrated it is labor intensive and working first time every time isn't guaranteed.
Sir I want to thank you. Being a person that because of health I will never get to do any of this stuff. But I think I could use some of this in a shelter in place. You really are better than corporal kelly. And I do like his vids.
Well structured sequence, detailed explanation with great visual imagery. This video should be the main 5C tutorial for all inquirers and those that may need to procure their basic tools in the field.
Good job! The issue you have with cordage negative primitively is that it breaks and comes good for a lot of things but very rarely above that is the reason I like to practice a hand drill method.
The real deal skills, and tools still in use in some parts of the world. I anticipated you would have switched to the Hand drill method instead of man made cordage. Superb instructions as usual.
Great video. Although the purpose was showing how to create the 5 Cs off the landscape - awesome display of skills there - what I really take away is the importance of having equipment on you so that you don't have to. That is especially true of the fire. In a real survival situation like if it were cold and you needed that fire for warmth as well as to make water safe to drink, even with all your skills and training you could well have been screwed if you hadn't had that 550 cord in your pocket. It is amazing to think that for our distant (or not so distant) ancestors many of the things you demonstrated were simply daily life. The burn bowl uses the same technique that were sometimes used to make canoes. The stone boiling technique is thought to have been used before early humans learned to make cooking vessels - the theory is that they would find a natural 'bowl' shaped depression in a large rock, fill the depression with water and use stone boiling to actually cook food. Where I went to college there is a small museum on campus. At one point they had, as part of an Egyptian exhibit, a pair of actual (not reproduction) sandals from Ancient Egypt. They were made of papyrus fibers and were in an amazingly good state of repair considering they were made of plant material and were thousands of years old. They probably could have been fairly easily made useable, again by someone with the ksa's to do so.. The main part, iirc, was made of natural material that had been woven into a flat 'sole' and the thong that went between the toes (like modern flip-flops) looked to be natural cordage that was either twisted or reverse twisted.
Hi Andrew, greeting from Australia 🇦🇺, thank you for your time to make these videos. Practice those skills, then you will appreciate taking the 5c with you. Not only the resources, are they available, calleries, heat and hydration, just a thought. How long did it take you to collect all materials.
Great video! It's very useful to learn truly primitive skills, if for no other reason than to drive home just how dang hard it is! As hard as it can be to create friction fire under adverse conditions it's an order of magnitude worse to do it without a knife or modern cordage! Thanks for bringing us all along.
If you would like to turn your bannock into bread, just make up a small quantity of flour/water slurry and leave it out around flowering plants for 20 minutes or so, then add it to your dough mix. It’s how Australian Swagmen made better damper. The science is pretty simple, every flowering plant fruits in some form or another and different fruits have their own yeasts that feed on the particular mix of nutrients. The yeasts live on the plant with a reduced metabolic rate when there is no fruit to consume. That’s why you can make wines from organic fruit when they’re over-ripe, the yeasts get in there before any of the bad stuff. The yeast spores float around the air around plant and also lie all over it.
I read The Hatchet when I was a little girl of 11. It changed the entire course of my life. I was already carrying a razor under a bandaid bc kidnappers, but after that book I started planning my life around survival. Got my hubby in to it too. Videos like yours, from men he trusts like former military, helped me convince him. We have a homestead with massive water collection and our office is completely off grid. We have 100 chickens, 5 meat goats, 2 milk goats, 2 tiny homes, one trailer, a workshop with more sq ft than the trailer, lots of batteries for the office, 2 charge controllers, 1 inverter, chemistry eq, and a couple faraday cages with a 2 soldering guns, 4 walkie talkies, geiger counter, usb drive with useful info, fuses, etc etc etc. We have an rv for bugging out, we have an enclosed trailer for taking the animals on bug out.
Only in America!!
Where are you located 😂
@@TheUglyAmerican007 who are you talking to ???
WOW!
@@howardvarley8795 No, not only in america. Children are kidnapped all over the world, many from haiti, africa, and south america. The actual chances of me being kidnapped were quite low. HOWEVER while at my babysitters house at 5 yrs old, a man in a VW bug pulled up and asked the littlest one to get in the car. The oldest kid grabbed his arm and told us all to run to the house.
Hello from Detroit Michigan brother thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise and for taking us on your adventure through the woods
Great content. I'm glad you showed the failures. They are far more common than successes. Main thing is, you didn't give up!
Stinging nettle leaves and roots are incredibly nutritious with so numerous health benefits when cooked. Also, if you have a bruised and sore area on your body, the nettle sting will initially sting when rubbed on the area, but the pain from the bruise will subside.
Ya beat me. They taste really good as well.
On one of his old cooking shows on Food Network Mario Batali made an Italian dish that specifically uses stinging nettle greens. If I remember correctly he said you could buy the greens in some markets in Italy but I could be wrong about that. I do remember for certain that he said if someone wanted to make the dish and couldn't get stinging nettle greens that collard greens are a good substitute.
@@JAB671 I personally think they taste more like spinach.
@@joshcline8764 Even better. I like collards but love me some sauteed spinach. Cut up a little wild onion to cook with them - sounds good!
@@JAB671 I definitely prefer spinach and that does sound awesome.
These”out in the field “ videos are my favorite…
It was even more thought provoking and helpful showing when plan A and plan B don’t work… giving up is not an option…
Showing the cooking method was totally amazing… I never would’ve thought of it!
As always, your videos are stellar- never disappointing!!
What a blessing to have you as my own personal instructor, meeting every Sunday…
Thank you so much for all you do…
You are loved and prayed for every week… 🙏🏻❤️
Yabadabadoo , Andrew Flintstone that outta impress Wilma.
I've never seen cattails used that way before, in any literature. Fascinating! Thank you for sharing.
You are ON it! Every time I think to myself "well, all this is great, but what if.." Suddenly UA-cam is like hey did you see that Andrew read your mind and made a video just for that? Lol. You're awesome, man.
This is the real survival info we all need to KNOW! I think this should be a class taught in school as a mandatory part of our youth's education.
Thanks for putting in the "fails" of the firemaking - It helps us remember that even the experts have to use the backup to the backup!!
A great dose of reality for anyone who thinks they can easily recreate necessary tools out in the wild, outstanding!
Thanks you Sir! The more you know the less you need! Keep'em coming!
My take away is don't give up..... excellent video
I am always impressed with Andrew's video, learn something new or how to do things better. One of the best channels on UA-cam. Thank you sir.
Excellent video sir! You have to give respect to the original pioneers who had to make their own tools.
Thanks for emphasizing the importance of having some ready made ready to use cordage on hand. We made
some excuses for rope with inner bark and vines in the scouts years ago, and it taught me that good ready made rope and cordage was/is one of the best values in the world.
Just me- I never understood why people are afraid to carry
a goodly amount of cordage with them instead of the 10-20
feet everybody recommends.
I can fit a factory packaged 100 foot length of paracord in
any of my jeans pockets, not to mention the average daypack
Thanks for the video
Andrew...you never cease to amaze me! Thank you and stay well! Robin
Meaningful comments are hard to come by in the wake of all you teach Andrew. Thank you.
You know Andy .you are one of the hardest working instuctors out there now I don't know weather your a pathfinder guy or what but man Hooya ranger keep up the good work
You never know when those tips could save your life. Think you.
Great video Andrew! Down and dirty with tons of information such as the log carved into a container and boil water in it with rocks. That is awesome !! Love all your videos !
Outstanding! Really well done. I like the real-life survival story and especially the demonstrated techniques of survival craft
This episode will be in our survival training book. Cheers Major. Greetings from Australia.
Thank you for this video.
The fire-making effort that went through Plan A, Plan B, and so on, illustrated the importance of fire and the equal importance of persistence and improvisation.
Your video also illustrates the value of the Boy Scout Motto: "Be Prepared."
As always, you have presented the material in a clear, forthright, easy-to-understand manner---no fluff, no endless rambling, straight to the point.
Again, thank you for this video.
You can add blackberry vines to cordage materials. This is a great video demonstration that even without tools we can gather and make enough to survive a day or more.
Blackberry vines are best in spring and early summer, but can be soaked to workable condition the rest of the year. They also should be worked fresh, but soaking can delay working them until later. Cut the vines as long as possible, break off the thorns, then strip them into thinner pieces to work immediately. I was taught to use very thin pieces worked precisely as Andres does and then use this finished cordage to make larger cordage/rope when it is needed.
The best school, is old school!!!
Cheers Again Andrew. From your Mate Downunder, Pauly D.
perfect video to show my child, thanks
Knowledge trumps kit every time. Having said that, basic kit can make life immeasurable easier. Like the old American express commercial used to say "Don't leave home without it."
Sir, salutes 2 U again, Skipper! Regarding my remote, possibly dystopian Arizona. AZ CUTTING: Obsidian is abundant in certain areas and makes very sharp edges. Quartz is highly available and hard enough to make crude cutting tools. Jasper is harder, but less findable, I believe. In your Ohio, Flint Ridge-style areas are said to be available. I don't know of AZ flint or chert. Worth researching. AZ COMBUSTION: Quartz for striking sparks, old bird's nests for tinder, cottonwood for spindles, Cat's Claw for green-branch bows. AZ CORDAGE: Cat's Claw green-branch bark for weaving string and rope. AZ CONTAINER: Bake some clay bowls in coals. Clay is often easy to find. Hopefully for water you are at a flowing creek or spring, or maybe even a usable stock tank. USGS maps are invaluable for finding springs. I have been to one place with a large stand of bamboo along a dry wash near a flowing creek. It was possibly planted long ago by Chinese immigrant miners. It is a very useful plant, please just know the drawbacks that come along with it. AZ COVER: Caves are fairly abundant. Some old mines and prospects may still be accessible. Beware of prior occupants, like multiple kinds of rattlesnakes, Gila monsters, ants, scorpions, bats, javelina, mountain lions, etc. Phew! Flat rocks and mud can give material for building stone cabin walls. Plentiful bamboo would supply "roof tile." DESERT FOOD: Gather mesquite beans or find prickly pear (singe the spines off and bake the "pears" a few minutes until sugar forms, then peel). Singe the spines carefully and FULLY (beware) off the delicious, nutritious purple fruit. Cattails are maybe findable at some marshes.
Great job Andrew! Got to go back to basics every now and again. Primitive skills are a must! Thanks
Andrew, your content is ABSOLUTELY PERFECT! I LOVE IT! Learning how to improvise the 10c's and to have multiple ways to do things is awesome! And glad you showed the failures! Because the fakes fake it on camera and it's not realistic. Especially with friction fire, even if you have made 1000 fires prior, you still not guaranteed a fire! Andrew, please do me a HUGE FAVOR!?!? Keep this amazing content coming 👏 🙌 👌 ✨️ 🙏🏻 ❤️
This is one of my favorite Minecraft episodes.
This was really well done. I thought this was going to be another 'living off the land' BS video but everything was realistic and achievable. I'm glad you showed the reality of fire lighting with some natural methods not working. Thanks for posting.
Excellent video Andrew. Love these skills! Thinking about "the more you know, the less you carry" philosophy. Thanks for sharing this knowledge. Bravo.
Excellent video, great work.
One of your best Andrew. Anybody can survive with the right tools but few will without them. Knowledge and a creative mind with a few skills will make for far better tells for the kids around the campfire.
Really nice , raw off the landscape survival
I carry... A schrade+ U.S.A LB7, strike force fire starter, 550 Paracord, stainless steel water bottle, and a military poncho (only when im hiking, i carry the poncho)... The rest is my EDC
The stinging nettle leaves you stripped off are a super nutritious green you could cook with the water in your burn bowl. The cooking water is the liquor and full of nutrition too and you can drink it, use it in the bannock, or make soupe with it.
Beautiful video. I enjoy this video 👍👍
Caveman style! Love it!
It is amazing what a man with knowledge can do. Well done, Andrew!!
The primitive skills were great Andrew! Bannock on a stick is always a favorite of mine! Thanks again for sharing your knowledge with us!!
When I was in the scouts 50 years ago, that was called
"twist", because the dough was twisted around the stick ( we
pre-heated the stick)
But nowadays when you speak of a twist, it's got nothing to do
with bread 😮
to my mind a full primitive class.
and an A class it was.
i like this mans ways hes just hands on honest realistic and confident.
none better and only a few as good.🖖
For anyone curious ...
I believe that it's possible to create a container, from hunting harvest.
Specifically, the bladder is already a large water proof bag.
I believe they have been used for centuries by indigenous tribes, to serve in various purposes.
Fire hardened wood can be a great resource, and one can get very fortunate with specific stone, or clay,
But if you have the ability to harvest deer or larger game, the bladder of some animals can be ideal.
Some even make a boiling bag ...if treated correctly.
Hopefully this deer season I’ll get a deer to harvest the stomach from and make an indigenous container!
@@RangerSurvivalandFieldCraft an episode, like your winter survival techniques, or your knife skills, etc...
But for survival tool crafting and resources from a harvest.
Thatould be a neat fusion of new world and tradition...
Great job, amazing skill set.
Thank you for very great video! I really enjoyed the making of 5 C’s from the land!
I was gonna say.....
This is a first......nice technique. 💯😎
Back in Nam i repelled down a 200 ft drop with nothing but braided nettles and a bad attitude or maybe i tripped into nettles and it gave me a bad attitude 😂 agent orange makes my memory foggy . Thanks Andrew , every upload is top knotch and actually useful.
Unique video. Thanks for being original bro
Yes I just watched your video on creating the 5 C's off the land scape and I'm glad to see that some of the old skills still exists today for what you just showed is a few lessons that I learned in my childhood and I thank you for that reminder of those lessons and I enjoy all of your videos sire
this shows very well that nature gives us everything we need to survive
Except luck.
Got to admit that's pretty good! It would be hard to find a video of yours where you were challenged like this. This kind of stuff requires patience.
Food shovel. Ha. Boiled nettle leaves are delicious. Thanks for more great content.
Thank you sir !
For me, each of your videos is a very useful lesson 👍 Thanks and cheers from GER ⚒️
I love these types of videos. Great reminders to NEVER EVER get caught without minimal stuff with you. It’s great that he can do this stuff and I really like watching him. Me do any of it? Not likely. Maybe download this vid to my phone? 🤔
Very cool demo of important skills to know. Thanks again, Andrew!
Great video! 👍
Well, there you go. Pack the preps/survival items or have the knowledge and time to create what you need in the field. We love doing these projects for the fun of it and if there is a need. Reality dictates to always have your proper kit and pocket items handy. Thank you, Andrew, This was another superior video.
Amazing video & I appreciate everything go share. Thank You Sir!
This was beyond excellent thanks!!!
Outstanding! Thanks Andrew
Great video Andrew it shows no matter how much you train things can still go wrong in the field and you have to learn how to improvise or adapt to other means necessary.
I like the end part with cooking in the field, any chance on a future video showing how to locate and identify different plants, weeds ect that can be used for cooking and to prevent someone getting really sick ?
Thanks again.
Awesome!! Thank you as always, Andrew!!
Very good demonstrations ... I have similar coyote boots and I'm going to check my laces for sure 👍 I like the bread stick (banick") too .... well done !
As always, a great and informative video.
Great video! Love the way you covered the first 5 c’s in depth should all gear fail or have no gear on oneself! Hat off to the tips and tricks you share here on your channel! Thank you for sharing and have a great day!!😊😊😊
Your videos are awesome I'm trying to watch everyone thank you for the knowledge
Thanks for all the hard work
Outstanding video Andrew..! A really great tutorial..!
"Snake Bread". Used as a quick meal when the OG traveled (largely by foot) across the US to the lands which would be their homesteads to the west. In fact, they did so much walking that often many would arrive barefoot and with strips of rags for clothes, the walk having shredded their shoes and clothing leaving them effectively barefoot and naked. It is in this condition the west was won and leather was found to be a valuable material for clothes.
Stinging nettle green or brown once dried is amazing for taking a spark from flint and steel! You have to process it into dust by moving it in collecting the dust that comes of but the fine powders take a spark very well from flint and steel! It's pretty awesome!
We done burn bowls one time in scouts wow I was shocked at how long it took and how hard it was to do . Thanks for sharing
Kudos Andrew! You provide some of the most rugged and gritty survival tips I’ve run across yet. I appreciate what you do for us, and wish you success and fortune ✌🏻
Good video Sir. Thanks.
I make bread like that when I get the time from working when I go on hikes and when we go hike in and camp . Have a good week
Greetings from the land of ice and Snow (middle of Alaska) 😎☕️🥶 I would add pine pitch glue (if pine trees are native to your area of operation) for several gear repairs and water proofing and flame extender.
Bannock bread on a stick is a new one to me. Thanks
I always learn something new, thanks Andrew
Really excellent video Major! A ton of useful info in this one for sure!!! Thank you!!!
Always cool stuff to see more primitive ways.
Hey, Capt. Kirk changed the parameters of the Kobayashi Maru scenario to defeat the no win situation so no worries with the paracord. This was everyday life for the American Indian and frontiersmen that pioneered our country. Practice makes perfect but as you demonstrated it is labor intensive and working first time every time isn't guaranteed.
Love it! Thank you.
Good video Andrew, thanks for sharing , God bless brother !
Great video on primitive survival !!
Great video as always! Thank you, Andrew.
Sir I want to thank you. Being a person that because of health I will never get to do any of this stuff. But I think I could use some of this in a shelter in place. You really are better than corporal kelly. And I do like his vids.
Best video yet!
Well structured sequence, detailed explanation with great visual imagery.
This video should be the main 5C tutorial for all inquirers and those that may need to procure their basic tools in the field.
Excellent video Major Andrew 👍🇺🇸
Good job! The issue you have with cordage negative primitively is that it breaks and comes good for a lot of things but very rarely above that is the reason I like to practice a hand drill method.
Love ur videos .there just to easy to watch
The real deal skills, and tools still in use in some parts of the world. I anticipated you would have switched to the Hand drill method instead of man made cordage. Superb instructions as usual.
Great video Andrew 📹. Totally good call on the cottonwood trees. Nice job and great skills 👌
Great video. Although the purpose was showing how to create the 5 Cs off the landscape - awesome display of skills there - what I really take away is the importance of having equipment on you so that you don't have to. That is especially true of the fire. In a real survival situation like if it were cold and you needed that fire for warmth as well as to make water safe to drink, even with all your skills and training you could well have been screwed if you hadn't had that 550 cord in your pocket.
It is amazing to think that for our distant (or not so distant) ancestors many of the things you demonstrated were simply daily life. The burn bowl uses the same technique that were sometimes used to make canoes. The stone boiling technique is thought to have been used before early humans learned to make cooking vessels - the theory is that they would find a natural 'bowl' shaped depression in a large rock, fill the depression with water and use stone boiling to actually cook food.
Where I went to college there is a small museum on campus. At one point they had, as part of an Egyptian exhibit, a pair of actual (not reproduction) sandals from Ancient Egypt. They were made of papyrus fibers and were in an amazingly good state of repair considering they were made of plant material and were thousands of years old. They probably could have been fairly easily made useable, again by someone with the ksa's to do so.. The main part, iirc, was made of natural material that had been woven into a flat 'sole' and the thong that went between the toes (like modern flip-flops) looked to be natural cordage that was either twisted or reverse twisted.
Hi Andrew, greeting from Australia 🇦🇺, thank you for your time to make these videos. Practice those skills, then you will appreciate taking the 5c with you. Not only the resources, are they available, calleries, heat and hydration, just a thought. How long did it take you to collect all materials.
Great video! It's very useful to learn truly primitive skills, if for no other reason than to drive home just how dang hard it is! As hard as it can be to create friction fire under adverse conditions it's an order of magnitude worse to do it without a knife or modern cordage! Thanks for bringing us all along.
If you would like to turn your bannock into bread, just make up a small quantity of flour/water slurry and leave it out around flowering plants for 20 minutes or so, then add it to your dough mix.
It’s how Australian Swagmen made better damper.
The science is pretty simple, every flowering plant fruits in some form or another and different fruits have their own yeasts that feed on the particular mix of nutrients. The yeasts live on the plant with a reduced metabolic rate when there is no fruit to consume. That’s why you can make wines from organic fruit when they’re over-ripe, the yeasts get in there before any of the bad stuff. The yeast spores float around the air around plant and also lie all over it.
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Great info my friend! Thanks for sharing 🤠