Rocky Mountain Tipi: THE MOVIE | Full Build and My Life Off Grid
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- From pine trees to a year-round home, this is the FULL build of Greg's Off-Grid Tipi (Teepee). Ovens and Finn move in and furnish the place, spending the night. They even test the tipi in the Rocky Mountain winter after heavy snowfall.
Greg is a self-taught survivalist from Canal Flats, British Colombia, who, since he was a boy, has read nearly every book on the topic. When he is not out in the wilderness, he is a professional dry-waller. He started his first bow drill fire when he was thirteen and spent the next forty years learning bushcraft and studying plants and edibles. He has even developed some of his own survival techniques and is a skilled hunter with both a bow and a slingshot.
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Love this guy, he is so down to earth and humble. Hes not like the others on UA-cam showing off all there fancy gear and kit ect. You could see him feeling a little embarrassed spending 1000 on the mosquito thing. Youve earned it treat yourself brother. Its just him in a t shirt n jeans with his dog and a lifetime of knowledge. Love watching it ❤❤
Spot on. Greg is a good dude!
im impressed you hoisted all that lumber up that high by yourself
Best tent! Warmer than a house!
You are a modern day Red Green without the duct tape. Love it bro, good job!!
I’ve really enjoyed watching your video. Thank you for sharing ❤️🙏🏻💯🕊🌈
Love your channel and love seeing Finn! I had a beautiful GSD too named Major, 16 long years and we grew up in the desert together; it would get to 50 C and he'd go nap in the heat, I hated when he'd refuse to come in and fight with me about it but he loved the heat and cold. Not me, I am an AC guy hahaha. Thanks for the video.
LIKE A KOFFEE POT OR CUP..CLEANING ONLY KILLS THAT GOOD NATURAL FLAVOR😊
love how gently your dog took the meat haha, gentle but you could still see he was excited as hell 🤣
Be been watching you for some time . I think your wounderfull and a fox and a hard worker , what moor can a gal want ! 🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤
Veggie shack is definitely a rarity in this messed up world today. However, I live in the mountains of New Hampshire and we have firewood systems set up on the honor system just like the stand 👍🏻
Great videos always from you,Greg. I’m a little too old but would love to do the camping you do. It’s relaxing to watch.
Beautiful teepee! Amazing you basically put it up by yourself. I do have a question…In the rainy season how to u keep the floor from becoming saturated, like I’ve experienced in a tent? I suppose u would need an elevated sleeping platform.
Great vid
Prime rib steak, lobster and crab with garlic butter, couldn't ask for a better meal
After almost a year how did you like the Mosquito repellent, catcher thing.
WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE IN WISCONSIN IN FARM COUNTRY
I gotta know more about the mosquito machine
Nice Russian shovel. You can cook on that if need be.
I love how he says "please" to Finn. So precious and shows what a gentle person Mr. Ovens really is.
Shows what a good boy Mr Finn is too. He should have called the video: A Tale about a Tall Tipi and Finns Tail.
A man's character can be judged by how well he treats animals and those less fortunate. He's an old soul, a Godly soul.
That dog is a nuisance
@@ShreddHead6505You're a nuisance. That dog is worth 1000 of you
Never a lack of knuckleheads on YT looking for glory and attention. 💩😡💩😡💩😡💩😡
This is better than a Netflix special.
Thank you Greg and friends!
I give this Man 110% of my respect❤
ahoo warrior
indeed
@Lcyer
I agree, but also think you are using a Space Shuttles, SLS, RS 25 engine algorithm because I always exceed the 100% because those engines can throttle up to 113 percent?
Yeah, I don't think he needs your respect.
Was he on alone?
For all that just to see you interact with Finn is what made this video the best ❤
I watch his videos to see the dog too
He's absolutely amazing! This world should be blessed with his presence. So kind and caring. One of the best teachers and sharers of knowledge.
Great video. Welcome to life in a tipi. One recommendation if I may would be to use your inner liner. This is an important part of your lodge for a couple of reasons. With your lodge set up with a gap in the bottom, this creates a space where air can pass freely underneath. With the liner, it creates a dead air space between the cover and the liner allowing the air to travel upwards to the smoke hole. If you are building a fire inside, this creates a chimney effect where the air moving between the cover and liner will draw the smoke up and out. This will make for more comfortable sleeping, especially at night when you fall asleep and the fire burns down and becomes a bit more smoky. Secondly, it helps keep the lodge cooler in the warmer months by moving the hot air up and out of the lodge. Last but certainly not least, is that it creates what is called a "modesty cover." When you have a fire lit, or other lights inside the lodge, you backlight yourself and everyone outside can see you moving around inside. By having this installed, it will give you a bit more privacy.
Keep practicing setting up and tearing down your lodge. When my wife and I got ours years ago, it took us several hours to set up the first time. Now I can set it up by myself in under 45 minutes. One last recommendation would be to pick up a copy of "The Indian Tipi" It's History, Construction and Use" by Reginald and Gladys Laubin. This book is considered to be the bible by many if you are going to spend any time using this amazing piece of equipment.
Inner lining is called a dew cloth for a reason, Dew will consternate on the inside of your outer cover and then run down and out at the bottom of your tipi. and not drip down all over you and your bedding. And as stated it will give you a smoke draw for your smoke hole, If you keep your flap set properly, away from the wind.
Is this what he refers to at 29:58 & 41:56 or something different but similar?
@@FeelFreeToThink it is. I run mine year round. If you need a bit more draft below, lift the cover at the bottom
I welcome anybody to use these technologies if they learn to. Though so much of my ancestors knowledge is lost, it's good to know some that still exists can be helpful to people
Or you can recommend him a King James Bible (!!!)
I love your content greg, i hope you and the pup bode well this summer and into fall. Cant wait to see what adventures you bring us next!!!
I lived in one about this size for a year. We moved to different spots 5 days a week. We got ridiculously good at setting up the teepees. Helps to have a bunch of hands for sure. Went from Erie PA to Tallahassee FL on the East side of the Appalachians and came back to Erie up the West side. 50 of us living in 6 teepees traveling by horse/mule drawn wagons.
Sounds amazing! Have you posted picture or video content anywhere?
@@ms-gb4cj This was Kodak times. Early 90s. Just Google Vision Quest Wagon Trains. It was a youth rehab program for violent offenders. Yeah, crazy concept huh? It was as wild as you could imagine. I was staff. All of us were ex military, bull riders, athlete types. It got physical every day! I look back and can't believe it even was a thing.
@dherman0001 that sounds like it was amazing. Bet you had so much fun. I’ve almost got my Quigley 4x4 van, completely converted and ready to go do the same exact thing. Going to travel the country for a year, maybe longer, and check off as many items on my bucket list as possible. I live in northeast Ohio and purchased the van from someone who worked for a news crew in the Sierra Nevada Foothills. They would drive it around the mountains and look out for/report on forest fires. I’ve been racking my brain on what kind of shelter I want to use for the times when I have nice decent weather, and can sleep outside instead of inside the van. I would absolutely love to do it in a teepee, but being single, and by myself it’s just not feasible that I could easily put something like that up every other day or so. Sure sounds like a blast though and I would surely love to do it… envious!!
@@robertwhite3752 Have great adventures!
@@dherman0001so...then bigass poles? Did you carry it with you? Cut down trees in every new spot? Find big enough sticks just lying around? How?
ive been watching Greg’s videos for a good while, one of my favourite youtubers. this video was cool to see me and my cousins were taught how to make our Ojibwe style wigwams and tipis when we were younger. we’d go out on adventures and have great memories so this meant a lot to me. Man I appreciate all the videos you put out for us. this guy is genuine you don’t see this often now a days. thank you Greg for the adventures you bring us on. miigwech ogichidaa 🤝(thank you in Anishinaabe).
Well done!
Can't say that teepee construction is one of my skills, but once in Ontario I helped putting up one. It was in 2000. I was on my first of many long sea kayak voyages. That one had me paddling from Duluth to New Jersey, by way of Montreal. I'd stopped at Wawa, on the North shore of Superior. There was an outdoor center there with lots of instructors, half my age at the time. One was putting up her teepee with the help of others, so I joined in. It went up relatively quickly, but there were 6 of us, and some knew the process. Can't imagine the challange presented by putting one up, all alone, without prior experience. But hey, now I can. Just watched your video. Kudos to Colorado Yurt company! Looks like a real step up.
This guy is a monster problem solver. It is inspiring. Thanks Gregg.
Ad hoc with a rock in a sock😂
That dog is so happy!! Just chillin with his human!
So!!! Much respect for this man. Thank you for sharing Greg.
Finn must be the happiest dog all over the world.
So Beautiful to see you both on your adventures! And the way you built the Tipi was
amazing-awesome-incredible!
Sending my respect and love to both of you from Germany! Take care! Be safe!
Always!
Greg has transformed into such an awesome character over the past couple of years. Admittedly, I didnt have much hope watching him with Zach, as he was uncomfortable on camera, but MAN has he blossomed into something that every outdoor enthusiast would LOVE to watch. Such a pleasant surprise and you deserve every bit of exposure and attention, as you've worked your butt off for many years to obtain the knowledge you have.
I love seeing you set up the tipi. I would not even have tried that on my own, but now your perseverance and creativity has inspired me!
I thought it was the late Captain Phil Harris.
Because you show your struggles is one of the main reasons I watch your videos. You show what it takes to get over those struggles which is the most important thing I take from your videos. My problem is I stay in Coral Springs Florida which is just 50 miles or so from Miami Florida so I don't have to worry about freezing but I do have to worry about heat exhaustion.
He is amazing. I've never seen a man put up a tipi alone and also do a beautiful job ❤
Shoutout to all the indigenous people who shared their knowledge of tipis and other things about living off the land with us.
I gotta say brother, it's obvious your not a young man, but your drive and determination, and work ethic (doing all this when the help didn't show) is really something! You could outwork most men 1/3 your age (especially this video game city generation). Much respect man, most guys would have waited for the help if it took a week! 😂
Mr. Ovens, I absolutely love your videos! You are a very kind, and intelligent soul! Thank you for your videos
My mouth was watering looking at your lobster/crab/steak dinner. That is as good as it gets! I am grateful for the tutorial on erecting a teepee. It dawns on me that one could build a lower teepee in height so that maybe a woman could build one. Many thanks! Stay safe and love to Finn, and you, of course, too.
I just love Greg and was cheering for him getting that wonderful teepee put up alone-story of my life-people not showing up and having to just suck it up, figure it out, and grunt through it! God bless you Greg!!! I’d learn SO much just camping for a couple days with you. On the cleaning of stainless steel-cheap and effective solution is Bar Keepers Friend. Active ingredient is oxalic acid-works like a champ with just a scrubbing sponge.
That's why indians got so angry to removes from their places.Such a hard work man.!
🤣🤣🤘🏼🤘🏼
Native americans
I will never complain about putting a tent together by myself again 😃 Well done!
😂 💯!
To bad it's a tipi not a tent 🤣
This was the women's job, She put it up, made the beds, took it down, packed it up, cooked the food. Men made war, and hunted, Then set around the fire and beat their tom-toms.!!!!. "What a life"!!!!
Really great job, brother! I especially admire your resiliance in the face of some pretty aggravating adversity!🔥👍🏻👊🏻
Love your videos Greg and Finn! Keep ‘em coming 😊
I just found your awesome channel and I am super glad I did! Finnley is adorable and it's wonderful you gave him that huge ribeye! I imagine he is super happy! You did a great job putting the teepee together, it sure looked difficult for one person! I look forward to watching you more! Xoxo! ❤
Thank you so much. I learned a lot from watching you. You are a great teacher.
Dogs are really man’s best friend nice to have your buddy with you
I just found your channel! I am amazed you were able to put up this Tipi alone!!! Great ingenuity and problem solving!!! Well done!
Really respect the "can do" attitude. This dude is F'n awesome.
If there were ever a chance for a company to sponsor a pick up for someone, it would be now and Ford. That little pickup you have is holding up hard. Hands down your best series since the Rocky Mountain survival challenge. Can’t wait for the next one.
I absolutely love Finn. What a great dog
Where there's a will there's a way😊
You are amazing Greg.
I absolutely loved this video! You are a true man who did not give up, who found other ways to achieve success with erecting & covering the teepee , mostly on your own! Wow and 👏 well done Greg! I look forward to seeing more. Finn indeed eats better than most of us 😁 that dog is loved .
Amazing, well done. 44:20 I got a farmer who set up a shop like that in a barn. You can grab Milk, Eggs, cheese, Marmelade, Honey, depending on the season all kinds of vegetables and fruits, potatoes, onions etc. He set it up with 3 other farmer's and locals, plus a dude who got some green house. Open up from Monday to Sunday (living in Germany, normal stores are closed on Sundays) and it's amazing. Walk in, grab what you need, weigh it, pay it, leave. Also based on the honor system.
Looking forward to this always a good learning experience with Greg a Finn.
Finn is the dog. He can't teach you anything.
We can learn loyalty from Finn.something to many humans have lost.
@@GJCAMPING if your taking life lessons from a dog there's something wrong with you sorry
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@@chaseniwa7971 if you're going to be a plum about it you could at least learn to spell first and use proper grammar.
Stumbled across your channel, absolutely loved this and your determination. I’ll definitely be catching up on your vids. And yes the winter vibes will be amazing in that teepee!! Take care. 🏕️
Good one Greg, the Tipi is awesome! Keep em coming and Thanks for the Adventure!!
An absolute pleasure to watch. You are incredibly resourceful and Finn is lovely.
thank you Greg - you are outstanding and i don't mean out standing in left field lol you and amos are on the top of my list in what to watch and would love to see more video of both of you camping together again. loved it
Here, Here!! Cheers!
Awesome job Greg. Your hard work paid off. Sorry you didn't get help like you were supposed to. You're a good guy and people should help you when they say they will. Keep making great videos. Thanks for them. 👍
As a long term subby I actually watched your TV Frozen adventure. Don't let yourself down you were sopping wet and not catching anything. Stuff happens but you giving Fin a whole steak just shows you love him. Keep up the awesome content.
Hello, I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy watching you and Finn on your adventures. It's cool to come across someone so down to earth on UA-cam. Thanks for sharing with us!👍😊
I love how you never give up Greg a true bushman thank you for sharing it all with us much love to you and Finn
Greg-if I could have just one of your traits it would be you patience. Amazing video.
The tee pee turned out perfect my friend...you can tell all you need to know about someone by the way they treat their dog, and how their acts towards them, imo Ole Finland Greg are both good fellers. Living the Life Indeed!
I would’ve flown across the states to help you! Such an inspiration and full of wisdom and happiness , watching you is pure joy, thank you so much, you’ve touched many hearts
STEAK AND LOBSTER****💥💥💥🤟IM COMING OVER FOR DINNER***💥💥💥🇺🇸🤟LOL***&,YOUR A GEM IN GODS EYE'S THATS FOR SURE******💥💥💥🙌👍
Love your videos Greg ❤
Nice.... Finn is awesome... man's best freind for sure.. remind me of myself alot gregg.. my Boy Tank & I do everything together too.. I don't watch much TV myself. I can watch UA-cam on my phone here & there, good enough for me.... 😊
For the rock toss… you want to have a lighter weight heaving line to toss it, attached to your heavy line for the actual lifting, sort of like fishing electrical wires through walls. Epic tent, awesome editing, and a great video. Normally I don’t watch “really long” 1+hr videos, but this was worth every minute!
I've thought about doing this if i ever got my hands on a bit of land next to a reserve or somewhere civilization can't intrude in a few yrs! I can actually see myself as kinda Grizzly Adam's with lots of critters hanging about! I live outside of Denver. I give up looking around here(within a hundred miles) for something usable. Found a nice lil valley that had fresh running water, lots of wildlife,nice an heavily forested with even usable hardwoods and a few nut and fruit trees. Depending on what shape your in ,about a 2 hr walk into the area. If one made the trip a few times you could cut half an hr after you familiar with the area. It was beautiful. I found a clearing against the eastern mountain with a good sized cave about the size of a large room that narrows down to the floor of the cave. Perfect i thought to build into my cabin design id been thinking of. Best piece of land I'd come across in 20yrs of serious looking. Here comes the problems. Closest maintained road was the 2hr hike ,nothing else less than 10 miles.
Owner wouldnt allow a road across his property or utilities because ground is mostly rock with varying depths of dirt on top so you couldn't just bury electric lines,but would allow for a cut trail atv size. So i thought maybe make it a summer refuge and camping spot. But it just wasn't to be. I'm 64 now and have pretty much given up on any of this. But have fun buddy your living what some of us can only hope for.
Loved watching this! My Uncle spent every summer and fall in an authentic teepee, I spent many days inside visiting him but had no idea how much work went into setting it up. ALL of his equipment, bedding, decor, clothing etc was hand crafted from hides, shells, beads, stone, wood, wool, etc. NOTHING he had other than his knife/hatchet, first aid kit, cooking pan, oil lantern and coffee mug were mass produced. The first aid kit was honestly there just for back up b/c he made his own "medicines/salves" that he learned from generations past.
Greg spends $1000 to get rid of mosquitoes. 😂. Be still my heart. That’s so funny. I swear this man couldn’t post enough videos or lives to keep me content. So glad I found his channel.
As a Canadian, I approve this guy is a real Canadian. People in the states seem to think because we have a communist dictator in office that we are all stupid up here in Canada. Majority of us are good old boys just like this man.
Near Flagstaff Arizona at 7200 foot is a fellow selling fire wood bundles with the honor system, right on edge of road at end of driveway in a neighborhood, 6.00 a bundle.
I do not know kind of wood or how many pieces.
Next time i will stop and look..😊😊😊
Man what hard work! You are amazing!
Luv this video Greg, your so funny 😂!
Keep the (humor & drama) scenes up. 😅 Kids (young & old) luv it!!! 😊😊
It's funny how we humans can laugh at another man's struggle; I think it's because we can all relate, or identify. You make me laugh out loud every video Greg!❤✌🤙
These videos are so cathartic to me. Thank you and keep pushing
I built my own tipi. It was about 12 ft across the floor. Poles were approximately 18 to 20 ft. I'm 72 now. I was about 40 when I built it. High winds and rain didn't phase it. I'm a widow, but I feel it was the easiest tent I've ever set. I never should have loaned it out. They burned it down.
My dad was in Jeremiah Johnson. He was one of the grips. He's the one who would chop down the tree with an ax and get it just about to fall and then they'd pull him out and Robert Redford would come in. Hit it a few times and it fall down.
hands down the best Video i have watched on UA-cam so far. you Sir have just this beautiful vibe that keeps someone like me watching. just big Thanks.
OMG watching you do this on your own i was screaming you can do it at my computer YOU ARE A LEGEND
Omg brother you're crying because it's 40 your saying that is to hot you're in the woods with the temp being 40 out to me that not hot i live in phoenix az it gets 114 here lol 114 is very hot to you're 40 lol ill trade you places for awhile so you can get a taste of phoenix az lol great video love watching you're videos .. Peace
He definitely be the guy that invented the wheel in the Stone Age days, you got my subscribe. Thanks for the contact Brother.
I love the way you feed Finly good like you do because I'm the same way when it comes to feeding my dog I give him what ever I eat. There family.
What's really amazing is he did this all by himself.
Two man or a woman . I was thinking if I stood on a ladder in the center you just pass the tip of the pike and make it go much faster ! Going to keep watching . 😂
Greg you're a warrior, love your content. Jah bless you and Fin' .
Your the 21st century jermiah johnson, 😊Robert Redford got nothing on you
To old to do any more, But at one time I had friends that had tipis and was members of The Mountain Man's ', Get out and attend a Rendezvous,
27:03 You remind me so much of my brother Marty. Luckily, I introduced him to your channel before he became a Freebird. He enjoyed your adventures.
When I miss him, I watch any one of your videos. There's always hi-jinks just like my brother. Like you, he always figured it out and kept going.
Thank you! 💛❤️💛
“If you can’t take the heat stay away from the Oven!” *Ninjaman”
Made chili in my cast iron pot and took it to family to eat after everybody ate when we went to go home grabbed my pot had to look twice that thing was shining bright they scrubbed it to death took me days to reseason that pot
I love this video every time I see it. I put up a teepee with 20 ft poles when I was twenty some years younger and a longhouse shaped teepee (it was big) while i was living off grid on 4 acres another time. I am 75 now and I want to put up another one to use as a green house this winter if I can,---with help this time! This old grandma wants to build a small rocket mass stove in her teepee to save some of my food plants if i can. Thanks for sharing your adventures.
Great job! A beautiful beasty of a tipi! It is a beauty. Great working it all out alone on your end. Yep, your dinner was well deserved and looked so good.
41:04 👍🙏 Great pic
He's so relaxing to watch I love people who just be themselves and enjoy nature.😊
1. We just wacked them- the freshly felled trees) with the back side of the hatchet along the length which ...using the steel for leverage, seperated the bark quite easily. Then we tied them tight and let them season and dry out by putting them in our creek for 6months. Yes, I said dry out IN water. Kept them un-split, straight as, and was a good thing to do. Patience is way more than just a virtue. I lived in that 18' tipi for over a year out in the bush (Australia). I had put a socket outlet onto the side of my toyota landrover wired tk the battery, and when I got in at nicht, I had a lead outside the tipi with a plug on one end, and a LED light inside the tipi with a switch next to my bed, with an inline resistor too. Worked a treat when I still needed to make my fire and cook dinner after dark. Second best year of my life... every morning first thing putting my feet on the bare earth was about as good as anything Ive ever experienced. amen sista.❤
First best year? Living with Yolngu in Arnhemland, learning to laugh again, seeing nature and ritual in a whole new way, going hunting for wild honey or tree bark, and being taught things I could never know without the patience, good humour and knowledge of a people more honest and genuinely good spirited, than any Ive ever come across. I will forever owe them a debt of gratitude. ❤❤
I had friends 40 years ago that lived for years in a tipi in Wyoming . If you can survive -20 below zero temps (or colder) and FEET of snow in a tipi you are doing something special.
31:07 .. Don't tell me he's gonna do it.. Yup, he's doing it 😂😂