I really wanna do this, but my parents say I should live like a normal person. They think I am crazy because of the way I wanna live. But in my mind I say, if our ancestors can do it so can we. Not only that but I really love being out in nature.
Yeah, I made sure not to tell anybody until I had the camp made and was ready to move in. It takes a leap, and naysayers can take wind out of the sails.
Mad respect young man.In my younger days I was constantly camping in the woods near where I grew up.When I was 19,went to Jamaica and camper for 3 weeks.In my 30's,went to Colorado and camped around for two weeks. Currently living in a camper and very content. Btw, I'm from SC and plan to head out west in the near future to escape the brutal humid summers.A lot of folks simply can't relate to my choices as to not want the new home,as you stated with the thirty year mortgage. I'm most comfortable in nature. Roll on brother.
Did you ever have any issues with security or vandalism? I'd be very nervous about leaving my stuff alone in the woods all day while I'm out doing whatever.
I didn't really leave anything of too much value back there, but I did have an issue with someone coming through there, opening up/emptying out all my stuff and stealing my lantern. I assume it was kids because they left perfectly good tools and took the lantern.
I actually thought you lived in the woods during that time. Not hanging out at coffee shop or the mall or at friends houses during the day. You should have called this video; 'Sleeping in the woods at night and, hanging out all day somewhere else'.
Katherine I do hehe...But your welcome to visit the north of Spain whit our beautiful landscape and friendly people. Look for the Saint James Path.."El Camino de Santiago" its and experience to live!
+John King I too lived in the woods for 9 months, at Land's End at the extreme end of San Francisco. I got into fantastic physical condition. Although many problems came up and were very challenging. Avoiding detection is very important. On a cliff 60 feet above the mighty Pacific I had a complete campsite with a camouflage netting over everything. Something I learned in the Army in the 1960's. Finally the Coast Guard patrol discovered the campsite and sent in the Rangers, I got away to tell the tale. Pics are on my facebook profile, johnny bocchetti..
yes it is but, do what you know is right not legal. think about it, a bird is an animal it can do whatever it wants and has or needs no money or laws. it lives with nature. but a human is also an animal but a human works for money and is controlled by these laws. a human works for this system, the matrix. we need to start working for nature and be more self reliant and sustainable. money is an illusion
the dumb questions in the comment section. How do you live without wifi, how do you live without a laundrymat. the whole point of living in the woods is to say goodbye to all that.
I wanna go leave in the woods too. I have found a patch of land on google maps that is in the middle of a small lake. Thinking of buying a kayak. There is a parking for the lake and i can kayak to the patch of land. I thought I was the only one who thought about this but now I am more encouraged to do it. I kinda wished i had done it without knowing that others have done it too.
@@thomaslevi9277 Yes, but only for two weeks last month. I got really scared about the possibility of a tree falling on my tent. That forest was full of fallen trees. So I left. Also, I work and it is hard to look normal when u live in the woods. By the end of two weeks i was out of clean clothes. Each morning that i had to go to work, i woke up two hours earlier and went to the university gym to take a shower. Despite the difficulties those two weeks felt good
@@thomaslevi9277 also i didn't go to the patch of land in the middle of the lake. That one was too far from work. I went to a state park. 15min walk off trail
@@shapurr5949 Did you ever get spotted? You should of taken a collapse tub to help you wash your clothes. I would of recommended a portable shower for hygienic reasons. If you are not in a reasonable area close to water then carry a bigger water jug would help. However, do keep in mind that the water jug will have weight to it. Personally, a bidet would help you keep clean while taking care of business. These are just suggestions to prepare you for a longer stay. How did your two weeks go? Did you cook at site or eat before you went back into the woods? Thank you for your feed back! I'm glad to hear that you accomplished this task.
Yea, And going to a friend's house for water. Fail 2. At least he's not calling himself homeless. Too many lifelines. This is for people who don't really need to do it. Try doing it with no money and having to fly a sign. Having said all that , you have a pretty cool outlook. You're reasonable and intelligent and obviously have a lot on the ball. I can see you being a mentor and an inspiration to others. Fullfil your mission bro. P.S. Good moniker.
I keep thinking about doing something like this, but in the country side somewhere. I actually have a wigwam in the woods, but it isn't really viable during the summer with mosquitoes and being in the shade of the canopy with slugs, but it is a cozy place the rest of the year. I feel that the best way to do food is to store up some corn meal, dried beans, winter squash, and perhaps wild rice (as this is what the natives had all winter long and the three sisters made a balanced diet). I do already own a camping woodstove and some camping cookware. I also own a flock of chickens, but my roosters would give away my location.
I agree. Those are good food products to keep off-grid. Any dried product will work though. Other options that I currently use are cereals, powdered milk, quinoa, garlic powder, millet, bulgur wheat, oatmeal, dried mushrooms, dried bamboo shoots, etc. I also have a small rocket-style stove and a portable white gas stove for convenience. I recommend the tent, like you said, for bugs. I'm not that tough yet...What part of the country do you live in?
FYI - The plant is called a bitter melon or gourd. There's a guy that does videos on edible wild plants and this is one of them. EatTheWeeds: Episode 39: The Bitter Gourd
Thank you for the interesting video. I did it for a couple months 4 years ago in south Florida (totally understand you about the heat and mosquitos). I didn't have a car then so I rented an inexpensive self storage place for my stuff (shit is really what it is- LOL but true). Rarely I would sleep in there but usually I would spend overnight on the beach. I was working then, but sick of rent and I saved enough for first, last and security. I get clearly what you mean about how it can be liberating and definitely makes you look at life differently. I have a question: did you do it as an educational experiment mainly or was it more because you got sick of rent? Or was it just being a poor student kind of angle? To save money I mean by that. PS: the worst thing about it is the near impossibility to have a decent gf hahah...
Haha, well I mainly did it because I got really bored and I started feeling numb and domesticated. It also seemed exciting to be able to save all that money on rent. That's actually the reason I have been able to start traveling. Check out my blog at www.wanderingupward.org. I actually had a girlfriend the whole time I live out there. I found more people respected it than looked down on it, but I'm sure that was because I did it by choice rather than necessity.
Did you leave all of that stuff out there? Sounds like you moved on but left that in place, which does not seem very sustainable. Sounds like litter to me. You also seem to comment against many established norms which you leaned heavily on during your stay. Friends who had a place, the coffee houses, and other places. I applaud you for living so long on the property which was a squatters camp, however I am wondering about the impact of that site as well as the environment with respect to trash and human waste. Good luck on your bike ride.
Hello, good to meet you. I'm Matt. Nice weather today in Florida - first week of summer sure is living up to its reputation. I understand how you could assume many of those things. Many people assume many things about situations they lack information on.
Yes I did, of course :) I cleaned up hundreds of pounds of garbage from those woods. I think the people who lived on the street used to dump back there before there was garbage service.
Hi from Scotland. Couldn't you have stayed with your parents? any issues regarding Puma'? A good fire/smoke can be a great tool against mosquitoes/flies away.
Hey man how do you make money living in woods or cycling across country? And I thought you were cycling across the country but your blog says your in Florida still?Which is cool but I'm just wondering.
Well, at that time I was a supervisor at UPS, while living in the woods. That allowed me to save up more than enough money to take my trip (which cost me about $2000 up front for the equipment, and $250/month once on the road). I returned from the trip after three months of traveling when my dad was diagnosed with cancer. Since back I have been working a weekend job doing semi truck dispatch at a transportation company and working with an edible landscape company. I'm working on supporting myself through permaculture/sustainable development, but what that means is that most of my time is spent with my hands in the dirt and trying to help develop an engaged permaculture community in my area. I'm about to start re-organizing my blog to reflect that bigger picture rather than focus primarily on my bike trip - just haven't gotten around to it. I'll begin traveling again once I meet a few of my goals here. Where are you out of?
My name is Kody and I'm from Michigan, I just got out of high school. Thanks for responding I hope all is well. You don't know me from anywhere but you're one of my biggest inspirations and you're videos help me a lot and I appreciate them. Thanks! I'm pretty much taking the trip to move out and be free. I haven't started yet but in a few months when I get everything together I plan on heading South and/or West. I didn't realize you were working so much good for you. Permaculture is great! I'm learning about it through your stuff. I think I'm really going to try the bucket idea, you think a cheap $4 Home Depot bucket and lid will work good? What size?
CTFUvegan2014 Thanks, that's really kind of you to say. I think the home depot bucket will work if it will fit onto your bike. Another issue you might find with that is those lids take a lot of prying and pushing to get on and off, and if it's secured with bungees that might be a problem. Let us know what you find out. If you can find a local pool supply store they generally give away those little three gallon buckets with the twist lids, though I can imagine there may not be as many pool supply stores in Michigan as there are in Florida.
Okay I'll figure something out I'll let you know. I'm also attaching 2 waterproof backpacks to a rear rack with caribeeners. Did you encounter many snakes living in the florida woods for 9 months?
+craig winney I suspect this could be done with a bike, especially in a place less hot and humid than FL where you wouldn't end up sweaty and stinky all the time. You just have to make more money than you spend. I personally recommend a job for that, the higher paying the better.
Mad respect young man.In my younger days I was constantly camping in the woods near where I grew up.When I was 19,went to Jamaica and camper for 3 weeks.In my 30's,went to Colorado and camped around for two weeks. Currently living in a camper and very content. Btw, I'm from SC and plan to head out west in the near future to escape the brutal humid summers.A lot of folks simply can't relate to my choices as to not want the new home,as you stated with the thirty year mortgage. I'm most comfortable in nature. Roll on brother.
playing hobo in parents back yard. 😂 isn't same as being Homeless.
I really wanna do this, but my parents say I should live like a normal person. They think I am crazy because of the way I wanna live. But in my mind I say, if our ancestors can do it so can we. Not only that but I really love being out in nature.
Yeah, I made sure not to tell anybody until I had the camp made and was ready to move in. It takes a leap, and naysayers can take wind out of the sails.
Do it anyway! ❤️
it's cuz trespassing laws
Alpha Wolf Doggo saaaaammmmmmmeeee
Alpha Wolf Doggo you’re not the crazy one. The society is.
Mad respect young man.In my younger days I was constantly camping in the woods near where I grew up.When I was 19,went to Jamaica and camper for 3 weeks.In my 30's,went to Colorado and camped around for two weeks. Currently living in a camper and very content. Btw, I'm from SC and plan to head out west in the near future to escape the brutal humid summers.A lot of folks simply can't relate to my choices as to not want the new home,as you stated with the thirty year mortgage. I'm most comfortable in nature. Roll on brother.
I wish there was a way to live in the woods legally without paying taxes for a property and a hunting license.
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@@shittalkerskywalkertm9430 ofc you do in my country at least
I lived in a tent for about five years and in a van for about 3 years in the woods.
thealignmentguy I spend alot of time in the woods and mountains. Hunt alot.
Did you ever have any issues with security or vandalism? I'd be very nervous about leaving my stuff alone in the woods all day while I'm out doing whatever.
I didn't really leave anything of too much value back there, but I did have an issue with someone coming through there, opening up/emptying out all my stuff and stealing my lantern. I assume it was kids because they left perfectly good tools and took the lantern.
Build a dugout or underground house and cover it up with as much earth as possible whenever you will leave it.
@@thecitizenoftheinternet1077 good luck digging and potentially drowning from water leakage
I actually thought you lived in the woods during that time. Not hanging out at coffee shop or the mall or at friends houses during the day. You should have called this video; 'Sleeping in the woods at night and, hanging out all day somewhere else'.
Dude this looks badass this is the kind of thing I want to do.
I'd love to do something like this, but I would be so worried about getting attacked.
Katherine Yeah, you would have to find a very safe place where you didn't think people would find you. Staying on a friend's land could be an option.
+Katherine You are to beautiful to do that alone, in the end is dangerous.
But If you are whit more people in the right place. Its probably worth it!.
SexyStereo Thank you! Shame I don't personally know anyone interested in doing it too
Katherine
I do hehe...But your welcome to visit the north of Spain whit our beautiful landscape and friendly people.
Look for the Saint James Path.."El Camino de Santiago" its and experience to live!
Is it legal to permanantly live in a tent in the woods? I think I'd always be worried about being discovered and getting unwanted attention.
John King No, it's not legal. Yeah, I was concerned about that at first, but the fear faded as time went by without problems.
+John King I too lived in the woods for 9 months, at Land's End at the extreme end of San Francisco. I got into fantastic physical condition. Although many problems came up and were very challenging. Avoiding detection is very important. On a cliff 60 feet above the mighty Pacific I had a complete campsite with a camouflage netting over everything. Something I learned in the Army in the 1960's. Finally the Coast Guard patrol discovered the campsite and sent in the Rangers, I got away to tell the tale. Pics are on my facebook profile, johnny bocchetti..
If you have facebook, then you can see the camp...johnny bocchetti, look at the pics
+John King No, nothing is legal in this country except death.
yes it is but, do what you know is right not legal. think about it, a bird is an animal it can do whatever it wants and has or needs no money or laws. it lives with nature. but a human is also an animal but a human works for money and is controlled by these laws. a human works for this system, the matrix. we need to start working for nature and be more self reliant and sustainable. money is an illusion
great video... We need to structure the world with that type of frugality at mind.
Agree! Thank you.
the dumb questions in the comment section. How do you live without wifi, how do you live without a laundrymat. the whole point of living in the woods is to say goodbye to all that.
Great video brother. Wish you the best in your journey
I wanna go leave in the woods too. I have found a patch of land on google maps that is in the middle of a small lake. Thinking of buying a kayak. There is a parking for the lake and i can kayak to the patch of land. I thought I was the only one who thought about this but now I am more encouraged to do it. I kinda wished i had done it without knowing that others have done it too.
Did you accomplish this task?
@@thomaslevi9277 Yes, but only for two weeks last month. I got really scared about the possibility of a tree falling on my tent. That forest was full of fallen trees. So I left. Also, I work and it is hard to look normal when u live in the woods. By the end of two weeks i was out of clean clothes. Each morning that i had to go to work, i woke up two hours earlier and went to the university gym to take a shower. Despite the difficulties those two weeks felt good
@@thomaslevi9277 also i didn't go to the patch of land in the middle of the lake. That one was too far from work. I went to a state park. 15min walk off trail
@@shapurr5949 Did you ever get spotted?
You should of taken a collapse tub to help you wash your clothes. I would of recommended a portable shower for hygienic reasons. If you are not in a reasonable area close to water then carry a bigger water jug would help. However, do keep in mind that the water jug will have weight to it. Personally, a bidet would help you keep clean while taking care of business. These are just suggestions to prepare you for a longer stay.
How did your two weeks go? Did you cook at site or eat before you went back into the woods? Thank you for your feed back! I'm glad to hear that you accomplished this task.
Good for you.
Thanks for sharing this.
I really enjoyed watching it.
What makes you think this is anyone property? The law by the same people who took this land by force?
What about venomous snakes? Animals? Ever have trouble with those?
most everything is private property
5 gallons of water lasted for 3 weeks???!!? That like 1 shower
"family owns portion of land" - fail
Exactly. He then said to hang out in coffee shops all day
Yea, And going to a friend's house for water. Fail 2. At least he's not calling himself homeless. Too many lifelines. This is for people who don't really need to do it. Try doing it with no money and having to fly a sign. Having said all that , you have a pretty cool outlook. You're reasonable and intelligent and obviously have a lot on the ball. I can see you being a mentor and an inspiration to others. Fullfil your mission bro. P.S. Good moniker.
I keep thinking about doing something like this, but in the country side somewhere. I actually have a wigwam in the woods, but it isn't really viable during the summer with mosquitoes and being in the shade of the canopy with slugs, but it is a cozy place the rest of the year. I feel that the best way to do food is to store up some corn meal, dried beans, winter squash, and perhaps wild rice (as this is what the natives had all winter long and the three sisters made a balanced diet). I do already own a camping woodstove and some camping cookware. I also own a flock of chickens, but my roosters would give away my location.
I agree. Those are good food products to keep off-grid. Any dried product will work though. Other options that I currently use are cereals, powdered milk, quinoa, garlic powder, millet, bulgur wheat, oatmeal, dried mushrooms, dried bamboo shoots, etc. I also have a small rocket-style stove and a portable white gas stove for convenience. I recommend the tent, like you said, for bugs. I'm not that tough yet...What part of the country do you live in?
I want to do this get away from society live in the woods but I just have no clue on where to go to do it.
I'm thinking about doing this in Pa, but to keep moving around from camp to camp.
Love the video man, I'm thinking about doing the same thing in my suburban 💯💯💯💯💯❤️
have you ever painted your tent?
FYI - The plant is called a bitter melon or gourd. There's a guy that does videos on edible wild plants and this is one of them.
EatTheWeeds: Episode 39: The Bitter Gourd
Thank you. Green Deane is the man. He's a fellow Orlandian.
I have heard about eco villages. Not here in New Jersey but elsewhere, upstate new york, etc.
What about safety of belongings?
Someone did go through my things one time and stole my lantern, but for the most part I didn't keep anything of much value in the camp.
respect
Touchdown.. hell yea mad props dude. good thing yet in Florida baltimore gets a little cold up here
Thank you for the interesting video. I did it for a couple months 4 years ago in south Florida (totally understand you about the heat and mosquitos). I didn't have a car then so I rented an inexpensive self storage place for my stuff (shit is really what it is- LOL but true). Rarely I would sleep in there but usually I would spend overnight on the beach. I was working then, but sick of rent and I saved enough for first, last and security. I get clearly what you mean about how it can be liberating and definitely makes you look at life differently.
I have a question: did you do it as an educational experiment mainly or was it more because you got sick of rent?
Or was it just being a poor student kind of angle? To save money I mean by that.
PS: the worst thing about it is the near impossibility to have a decent gf hahah...
Haha, well I mainly did it because I got really bored and I started feeling numb and domesticated. It also seemed exciting to be able to save all that money on rent. That's actually the reason I have been able to start traveling. Check out my blog at www.wanderingupward.org. I actually had a girlfriend the whole time I live out there. I found more people respected it than looked down on it, but I'm sure that was because I did it by choice rather than necessity.
Guud shyt brother.as long as you have someone who owns the land.sux.lifes a bitch
I've loved going to the woods since I was a kid but I don't now how I'll be getting the money
Ain't there alligators there?
I want a bad ass tree fort someday..
I live in Clermont, Florida!
Did you leave all of that stuff out there? Sounds like you moved on but left that in place, which does not seem very sustainable. Sounds like litter to me.
You also seem to comment against many established norms which you leaned heavily on during your stay. Friends who had a place, the coffee houses, and other places.
I applaud you for living so long on the property which was a squatters camp, however I am wondering about the impact of that site as well as the environment with respect to trash and human waste.
Good luck on your bike ride.
Hello, good to meet you. I'm Matt. Nice weather today in Florida - first week of summer sure is living up to its reputation. I understand how you could assume many of those things. Many people assume many things about situations they lack information on.
Nice man!
Holy shit... I'm in Orlando too!
Did you tidy the mess up and remove all trace after you had finished > ?
Yes I did, of course :) I cleaned up hundreds of pounds of garbage from those woods. I think the people who lived on the street used to dump back there before there was garbage service.
Good man :)
Hi from Scotland. Couldn't you have stayed with your parents? any issues regarding Puma'? A good fire/smoke can be a great tool against mosquitoes/flies away.
Haha, no Pumas here, though I did have to fight off some vicious raccoons. Yeah, I could have stayed with my parents, but I chose not to at the time.
***** the thing isn't having nowhere to stay its wanting to be completely free
still in the woods /.
You maybe ok with this lifestyle...want a girlfriend?
Forget about it!
You could live without a girlfriend, instead focus on saving for the next 10 years and marry.
It’s a shame man is the only animal that has to pay to live here.
The other animals pay for man living here to.
How do you deal with mail? Like how do you get your mail and how do you get wifi or internet?
You can exist without those things.
My mail went to my parents' house and wifi from friends' house or coffee shops.
Hey man how do you make money living in woods or cycling across country? And I thought you were cycling across the country but your blog says your in Florida still?Which is cool but I'm just wondering.
Well, at that time I was a supervisor at UPS, while living in the woods. That allowed me to save up more than enough money to take my trip (which cost me about $2000 up front for the equipment, and $250/month once on the road). I returned from the trip after three months of traveling when my dad was diagnosed with cancer. Since back I have been working a weekend job doing semi truck dispatch at a transportation company and working with an edible landscape company. I'm working on supporting myself through permaculture/sustainable development, but what that means is that most of my time is spent with my hands in the dirt and trying to help develop an engaged permaculture community in my area. I'm about to start re-organizing my blog to reflect that bigger picture rather than focus primarily on my bike trip - just haven't gotten around to it. I'll begin traveling again once I meet a few of my goals here. Where are you out of?
My name is Kody and I'm from Michigan, I just got out of high school. Thanks for responding I hope all is well. You don't know me from anywhere but you're one of my biggest inspirations and you're videos help me a lot and I appreciate them. Thanks! I'm pretty much taking the trip to move out and be free. I haven't started yet but in a few months when I get everything together I plan on heading South and/or West. I didn't realize you were working so much good for you. Permaculture is great! I'm learning about it through your stuff. I think I'm really going to try the bucket idea, you think a cheap $4 Home Depot bucket and lid will work good? What size?
CTFUvegan2014 Thanks, that's really kind of you to say. I think the home depot bucket will work if it will fit onto your bike. Another issue you might find with that is those lids take a lot of prying and pushing to get on and off, and if it's secured with bungees that might be a problem. Let us know what you find out. If you can find a local pool supply store they generally give away those little three gallon buckets with the twist lids, though I can imagine there may not be as many pool supply stores in Michigan as there are in Florida.
Okay I'll figure something out I'll let you know. I'm also attaching 2 waterproof backpacks to a rear rack with caribeeners. Did you encounter many snakes living in the florida woods for 9 months?
Yep, a lot of pigmy rattlesnakes. I was in a suburban area though, so most of my encounters were with raccoons.
Oops, camped in Jamaica, not "camper."
how did you wash your clothes? in a tub or stream?
Laundry mat usually.
A strong Urine stream is always helpful.
He is quite cute. I would like to do him in the woods.
ever see Bigfoot?
I seen big foot last night before she tucked you in bed.
How to you get your money
+craig winney I was working at UPS at the time. I saved up a lot of money doing this.
+WanderingUpward nice but I'm not gunna have a car just a bike and would you no any other weighs to save money
+craig winney I suspect this could be done with a bike, especially in a place less hot and humid than FL where you wouldn't end up sweaty and stinky all the time. You just have to make more money than you spend. I personally recommend a job for that, the higher paying the better.
+WanderingUpward thanks
Primitive Survival
Mad respect young man.In my younger days I was constantly camping in the woods near where I grew up.When I was 19,went to Jamaica and camper for 3 weeks.In my 30's,went to Colorado and camped around for two weeks. Currently living in a camper and very content. Btw, I'm from SC and plan to head out west in the near future to escape the brutal humid summers.A lot of folks simply can't relate to my choices as to not want the new home,as you stated with the thirty year mortgage. I'm most comfortable in nature. Roll on brother.
have you ever painted your tent?
No?
What about venomous snakes? Animals? Ever have trouble with those?
I had a raccoon hiss at me once.
+WanderingUpward you should of hissed back
What about venomous snakes? Animals? Ever have trouble with those?