Winter Survival and Bushcraft - Alone in the Bitter Cold
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- čas přidán 26. 01. 2024
- #bushcraft #survival #camping
Out for a couple days in the snow with nothing but a knife, 200g meat, and a small tin with a ferro rod, hooks, line, sinker and tinfoil. I am not gonna pretend it was enjoyable. I know a lot of haters will complain that I brought a small piece of meat on a survival trip. A Swedwoods outing without a steak is not a Swedwoods outing. Here are some thoughts and what I learnt.
BUILDING A SURVIVAL SHELTER takes more time than anticipated. I could have saved one hour in building the shelter if I had just taken the closest materials. But being out on my friends land which I plan to film on again makes me want to minimize the visual footprint I leave. So I went out in bigger and bigger circles collecting materials, not taking more from each tree or sapling patch that would leave obvious visual scars. Making a shelter in this weather you will get wet. So you better have a fire. If you are not able to make a fire its better to just hunker down and insulate the ground under a dense growth spruce tree and do flap jacks once an hour. You can also make a small fire there but not if it's covered in snow.
SPOTTING PLACES where you have wood fuel is important. I didn't have time to get enough firewood for the night before dark. But luckily, building the shelter I learned the surroundings well and where to find dead standing, and dead lying wood. So had no problem collecting firewood after dark. Very hard to get a long fire going with just a knife which let me almost only harvest smaller size logs. A saw or axe would have made a world of difference.
SPRUCE BOUGH BEDDING compress after just an hour. So more was needed. But was easy to collect in comparison to firewood in the dark. When you see me lying on it in the morning it looks very thin but that is because you only see the edge of a deep impression in the ground I'm lying on that is filled out with spruce boughs. Here I learned something new. I noticed the spruce boughs that was green and fresh had a chilling effect even if all the snow on them was removed. Build the top two layers with spruce boughs that you first dry out on the fire for half a minute or so. Make sure they only get smoked and lightly scorched and don't begin to burn. Made a HUGE difference.
SURVIVAL KITS need to be small. I see no problem with always having a tin that small in a bag, jacket or whatever. But this is my personal preference from my everyday life. Anything bigger than that and I will not have it if something happens when Im not doing my normal hikes, camping trips etc. If something happens on my normal outings I'm loaded with gear! "But what if you get separated from your backpack?" Could happen I guess, but not likely if I don't river raft in the middle of nowhere.
MELTING SNOW AND WATER PURIFICATION. Yes you need to melt snow. You can not eat snow. It is counter productive because more energy is needed to melt it in your mouth than you gain. You don't want to loose body heat and energy. So at least you have to melt it. Boiling is even better because then you get both heat and minimize the risk with consuming parasites and viruses. Tinfoil was like a container made from thin air. Folded like that it's not noticeable in the kit. Fold it gently and have it by the fire instead of on it and it will last for many days.
WOOL TAKES FOREVER TO DRY OUT. And synthetic dry up instantly. If you have a fire synthetic gets you dry and warm instantly. If you don't have a fire wool can still save your life because wool heat your body some even when wet.
ITS BETTER TO EAT A STEAK AND FIND WOLF TRACKS than finding wolf tracks and having a steak... I guess LOL.
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after watching this, i can sleep peacefully
Man, I can only imagine how hard this night had to be for you.... probably almost no sleep and constant work to keep the fire on... you must heve been really exhusted in the morning!
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Honey put the kettle on and bring the popcorn through... Swedwoods has uploaded a new video 😊👍
Awesome show notes! And I love your humor … “don’t … drop … it in” 😁
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Yes! Great Saturday viewing
A real pleasure to watch and learn some valuable lessons at the same time. Filming the sunlight through the snowy woods is beautiful to see and makes your video much more than just an excellent survival lesson.👍
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Man, I’d almost forgotten the relieving feeling of finally getting that fire started, eating a fresh piece of meat, and going to bed after a long day’s hard work. Thanks for reminding me.
It's a great skill to learn how to survive the winter
Indeed. Thanks!
OMG... with love again... :) Come to Poland and spend some time in Tatras :)
@Swedwoods, I was thinking about you a few hours ago, wondering when the new video would be released. 😀
A great survival lesson
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My friend, you are an unparalleled and indispensable person, may God protect you ⚘❤
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Дорогой друг! Я удивлен твоей готовностью и смелостью идти в поход только с ножом и куском мяса. Ты демострируешь высшую степень профессионализма и опыта выживания в дикой среде. Отсутствие комфорта не мешает тебе снимать подробный ход событий, отражающий мельчайшие детали твоего быта. Это очень круто и интересно. Спасибо тебе!
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Ya he is good eh.
Well done showing cold weather survival skills in the winter forest with minimum equipment. I see nothing wrong with enjoying a chunk of beef you packed in or a chunk of deer meat that could have been harvested by hunting! 🥩👍
Kul video. Man behöver inte mer än en eld och fin köttbit, själen mår bra och kroppen mår bra. Tack för ditt filmande och för att du delade med oss på YT. Tumme upp från Göteborg!
Tackar!
Ich genieße die Schönheit jedes einzelnen Frames deines Videos. Vielen Dank für das ästhetische Wunder.
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It's a Swedwoods Saturday Morning!
This was a great episode Swed. Excellent effort to minimise your footprint even when you knew it would compromise your comfort. I hope viewers will read the the notes and take them to heart. Also, that little Garberg really paid for itself on this trip.
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Somos sobrevivencialistas raiz, te acompanhamos de um vale longínquo cercado de montanhas com mais de 4.000m de altitude, imagine que para chegar aqui só a pé ou a cavalo. É realmente como voltar no tempo! Nós vivemos como antigamente a não ser pela antena de internet por satélite!
Para fazer compras é necessário um dia de viagem e por mais surreal que seja o lugar onde vivemos nós sempre te assistimos e curtimos seus vídeos desde uma casa ilhada por rios de águas termais com cachoeiras cristalinas no coração da selva andina e sem vizinhos!
Hard living but worth it 👍I envy you.
Beautiful video and scenery. Thanks for uploading it. Was that a bear paw in the snow?
Thanks! Wolf.
Pain Killers! I'm with you there. Thanks for the great vid.
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Thanks for the adventure....great start to my weekend....cheers brother...👍👍👍🏴🏴🏴🍺🍺🍺
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What a day, another fine Sat to start with a cup of coffee and a new Swedwoods video. Thank you for taking us along.
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@@Swedwoods Thanks ! 😊
Sweden's snowy winter forests are very beautiful. Always thanks for Mr.Swedwoods!❄️❄️
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곰이나 늑대로 부터 위험 하지 않나요?
@@user-hj6nx9fe2u 곰이나 늑대가 출몰하는 지역은 피한다고 하셨어요.ㅎㅎ 작년 겨울에 스웨덴 북부 쪽에 올라갔다가 유튜브 촬영한지 몇 년 동안 딱 한 번 늑대 하울링 소리를 듣긴했었는데, 그거외엔 딱히 무서운 상황은 없으셨대요!
Got to enjoy it while cooking some supper. Thanks for sharing your trip . Have a great evening
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Awesome!
Greetings, a hobby
A very down to earth episode, Sweddy - certainly had to work for that one that's for sure! 👍🔥
Thats a winter wonderland you have there, MAGICAL ❄❤
Your shelter was well made and well covered, perfectly protected from the weather, have a wonderful weekend and stay safe ❤🕊🙏
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Fortunately, there was not a lot of blowing snow. Swedwoods DID do a fine job of collecting enough boughs to make a real back shelter. With more time and daylight, he could have collected more boughs and wood to build more protection.
Thank you so much for sharing your videos with us
You always make amazing videos
I have learned from you that whole chicken can be cooked on open fire and same way with a roast and make pizza and hot dog buns and hamburger buns
What beautiful nature surrounds you right now thank you again ❤❤
Thanks!!
Thanks for the video! Just a tid bit, maybe bring a small straw with you so you don't have to hold the aluminum foil you can just use the straw. Light and compact. Be safe!
Can’t wait to watch!
This is real survival content!!! Well done, an excellent example of how to correctly and systematically create conditions for life in nature!!!
Great skills, great Teacher. I know that steak was delicious after that wet, hard work!
Thanks for sharing!
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It's been awhile man but the insomnia is back.
Nice to see you still doing your thing!
Greetings from Asia my friend
Wonderful video, just sheer beautiful views. Thanks for sharing
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These are are more movies than just videos ❤
Thank you very much!
Как всегда интересно.Снято и показано качественно.
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Steak looks perfect my friend , take care and let’s have many more of your adventures. 👍
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Enjoyable, invigorating and challenging. In the years that I have been watching you, I have picked up tricks that now I use when I go camping.
Of course my camping is not as difficult as yours.
I have also become more in awe and respectful of Mother Nature and for that I thank you.
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Garberg is my favourite too😉
Greetings from the Carpathians, my friend🍻
Thanks! Yes been my favorite for 2 years now.
The tin foil water was awesome. True rugged outdoorsman
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Wonderful content for my quiet Saturday morning, thank you 🎉
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That light Mora knife and some knowledge did a lot for your survival. It even made ice fishing possible, although you don't seem to catch many fish on your camping trips. It was a good thing you brought some steak!
Learn something every time 👍🏴
England Cheeerio Mate, y'all Hanna need Boorger. Soon
Excellent video! A lot of what was achieved with so little. Congratulations friend.
Thanks my friend!
Morning I always hit the like button before I even watch the video 😅
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its windy where I am rn so perfect to relax to entertain myself thanks Swedwoods❄️🌡️🌬️🌀❤
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Always a pleasure to watch, thanks Woodsman! atb
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Hallo sei gegrüßt! Top Video mit einfacher Ausrüstung und neuen interessanten Tricks. Prima, weiter so! 👍👍👌🙋♂💪😉🙏
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It's hard getting old... when far in the deep of the woods you realize that you forget your bag pack , and that you only have a knife and a camera ! Then you have to be ingenious... Thank you brother, I follow each of your immersions , I feel home in Sweden woods . Tomorrow i will go leaving in the forest for a couple of days... And i will try not to forget my bag too..!
Wow! You have to look at this trip with a lot of respect! Thanks for your Quality-Content! Best wishes.
making Saturdays picturesque
keep warm out there good sir
Interesting learning about the spruce boughs. It makes sense, but I had never thought about it. Thank you for sharing your time out. I learned something new today and I appreciate it!
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Good old Swede-woods. This is for real man, I am constantly amazed at how simple things can save your life if you get stuck in nature...fleeing "something".
This is a tough one. Doing that type of training / outdoor skills with only your knowledge is the ultimate test. Well done.
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I guess the next best thing to owning a piece of Heaven is having a friend who owns a piece! What a stunning landscape, he must be extremely wealthy! Brutal conditions and next to no gear...remind me to never leave the car without my Army canteen/cup/stove kit, poncho, and large knife, maybe even a small saw! And a steak of course!
Always worth watching your videos for adventure and survival reasons. As always good luck to you.
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Magical. Thank you for posting!
Swedwood 'haters'. Those people exist? Loving your vids over here in Canada Swed.
Lol if you only know how many people I block every day. Thanks!
Hi from France and thank you very much for all your videos ! This one is fantastic , a real great moment to see ! Thank you
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@@Swedwoods I hope one day i can make a video like that ! so good
Best video always
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Perfect again my friend, amazing vídeo!!👏👏👏👌
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Wonderful video. Thank you for all the effort you put into these videos. Best thing on CZcams. (That wolf track, however, was a bit alarming. 😮😮)
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Thank you so much for sharing your filming . Really Cool . Can't hardly contain myself thinking about the next one . Right On , Dude .
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@@Swedwoods Thank you ...😊
So exciting ! This video has now become my favorite one. Aluminum foil is the tool that can save life, I have known. Thank you for an exciting video.
Thanks my friend!
Always a pleasure watching your videos. Greetings from England.
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Great video as always,the forest looks so clean, well defined with a coating of winter snow on it. As soon as you started chopping thru the ice the two is one, one is none principle came to my mind. Thank you from Ohio USA.
So appreciate your time & sharing, lots of effort with the video part! Stunning winter scenes, yum to that steak😊 Be well🙏🔥
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Outstanding! I enjoyed the detailed description in the show notes and the wonderful video….yes. Wool vs. Synthetics…. The old battle!
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Sorry for the punctuation but living vicariously through you jaunts is the closest I'm going to get to experiencing the beautiful outdoors you get to enjoy 👍🇬🇪
Great info about drying green spruce boughs!!
Great Survival lesson, magnificent work, one more reason to keep goin...🔥
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Piękny i jak zawsze klasyczny odcinek. Dzięki Swedwoods
Beautiful cinematography!
So here is a book for you.
That is some knife you have, sure keeps an edge even after chopping ice, as you know, ice is very hard on sharp edges,
the scenery is magnificent after a snow and horror frost,
You usually build smart fires like the one you made, so many people start with the small stuff and wait for it to grow painstakingly slow so they can put bigger stuff on it. I have always went top down like yours. You tend to go the other way when you have one of your special meals to prepare.
Pretty tuff eating a beautifully prepared steak rare to med rare with no seasoning but, when the restaurant is not around the corner and it is either the steak or nothing, and the steak tastes wonderful.
I think I have seen you catch a fish maybe once or twice, so did not hold my breath to see one, hats off for your perseverance, I cannot catch a fish if it jumped out of the water to me,
Thank you for the memories I can no longer live due to age and physical conditions. Your videos bring back many great memories of my time in the north when we did not have any of the modern things for survival we have now,
Thanks again
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Such a wonderful watch. This is real winter 😊😊😊
Sempre interessante, spettacolare, bravo🐺
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Only the fish don't cooperate😉 Thanks!👍🏻
Dla mnie jesteś twardzielem! Szacunek.
Loved it! Thanks for uploading!
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Very comforting to see the possibilities of survival. Thank you for posting.
I like the hut / specially the fire . I would definitely ask to sit by the heat .. if I had start surviving at night. If I was surviving too.
A few thoughts from watching the video and reading your notes:
Even if they do, I don't think anyone should complain about the bit of meat. It would be completely normal if you were out hiking or whatever to have some snacks - possibly including beef jerky, which is nothing more than chipped up bits of steak! But they'd probably also have granola, dried fruit, nuts, trail mix, etc, all of which are loaded with calories - the same as your piece of steak. In a survival situation, yes it's completely possible that you'd lose all your food. But it's also possible that the food was the one thing you were able to grab and hold onto if you lost everything else.
I also had similar thoughts about the impact to the area around where I would set up a shelter. I'd gather what I could close to my shelter, then later on come back and repair the damage. Either bring in the proper kind of tree sprouts/saplings to replace what I took or bring the tools to gather from a much larger area and transplant local native trees. And all that's assuming I made it out. If I didn't, hopefully I'd provide enough fertilizer to make up for what I did.
100% agree that I'd want an axe and/or saw in a situation like that. But I also wouldn't want to drop the knife either!
Love your steak grill!!! sure looks cold there!!!!
Love this video. Have you been in thundersnow? It is so cool. I love the unside down fires. So fun. We haven't had proper snow here in a while. I spent a night stealth camping last week in a light snowfall, but fear that will be "the great blizzard of '24" lol. Definately trying to bring my camping/outdoors channel back to life. My other channel is doing well, but Outdoors Handbook is new. Be safe out there and thanks for another zenful video!
No never heard thunder in the snow. Thanks!
@@Swedwoods Thundersnow sounds amazing. It sounds as if the clouds and snow are swelling the sound of the thunder
Fantastycznie, przepięknie.
Pozdrowienia z Polski.
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Hola amigo swedwoods, como siempre gran video ahora en supervivencia solamente con el cuchillo, buena fogata y trozo de carne , se nota el gran profesional que eres , gracias x compartir tus conocimientos.un abrazo grande y saludos cordiales from viña del mar Chile 👍🤝👏🏕️⛰️🏞️🗻🇨🇱!!!!!
Super filmik
Pozdrawiam
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Awesome guys, I want to try camping in a snowy location but unfortunately in my country there is no snow. greetings from Indonesia🙏👍
สวัสดีค่ะคงจะหนาวมาก 😢 นะดูแล้วอากาศช่างโหดร้ายน่าดู 😂 คุณอย่าเสียเวลากินสเต็กนานนะเดี๋ยวตามรอยหมาป่าไม่ทัน 🌹 . Love Love ค่ะ 🇹🇭 .
Привет!В лютый холод человек не сможет отойти далеко от костра и живёт пока есть дрова.Отличная реклама morakniv , хотелось бы узнать на клинке у этой модели карбон или сендвик? Видео как всегда бомба,спасибо за ваш опыт, мастер
Thanks! I got the stainless version.
King spruce rules ... and Swedwoods too. Thanks for skills and movie 🌲🌲🌲
Survival lesson artistically delivered.
That’s got to be a tough nights sleep.
Nice pepperoni pizza on the way home 😃
Thanks!... 🤣
I hope your foot is well and better now. Best wishes
What a beautiful and amazing short film! You are the master. Love videos like this. Love the shelter, love the walking through the woods, so pretty! Thanks!
Great video! Don't you love the hateful comments from people who are typing while inside their warm homes and apartments, while they critique you being out in the wild and actually doing the things they wished they were doing? 😃
Exactly! Thanks!
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Another awesome video mate 🏕
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Hi Swede👍👍 Well filmed and presented my friend. I tried this "survival" thing a couple times earlier in my outdoors quest, as you mention not a pleasant experience. Of course my attempts were in the high desert of the southwest US, not a Scandinavian winter forest but the results were alarming. So I just honed my outdoor skills as best I could but hope I'm never in a real survival scenario, it might turn out badly for me. Thanks for the work bringing me along, much appreciated.
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Man, if you can draw, honestly, I remember that you drew amazing imaginative pictures, thank you
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Beautiful! Thank you.
we like to see you cooking and eating, don’t be too hard to urself