Island Survival--How to survive on a desert island
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- Learn how to survive as we walk you through the steps we took on a week-long primitive survival outing. ****Next Class March 2019****. I know its long, but it's packed with cool skills. Skills shown are shelter, primitive coconut opening, gathering food, friction fire from Bamboo, basket weaving and traps, primitive spearfishing, rope making, bamboo fish trap, diving deep for conch, mongoose trapping, bamboo cooking, snail roast and clay baking. If interested in going out on an excursion like this, check out wildsurvivalskills.com/ or MtVictoryCamp.com . Class will be held late 2017 in a very similar location on the Western side of St Croix.
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****For those of you that are wondering, yes, we did find another source of water and boiled the water in bamboo.
And, hydrocyanic acid, found in Almonds, is burned off when heated, this is why we roasted them.
And lastly, the spines of Lion Fish are toxic if they stick you, the fish meat is not, it is very commonly eaten, so we cut the spines off and were all set.
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After a few decades of being obsessed with collecting survival and primitive skills techniques, I am putting out these videos to demonstrate the skills and excursions found at my school, Wild Survival (wildsurvivalskills.com). Videos are focused on primitive skills, rewilding, nature awareness, living off the land, off grid living, indigenous skills, shelter building, primitive fire, water purification, trapping, hunting, bow making, flint knapping, primitive pottery, basketry, edible and medicinal plant preparation and numerous indigenous skills.
I began studying wilderness survival when I was 17 in order to have the ability to spend extensive periods of time in nature, seeking out empowerment and without the need for external sources. I began studying in 1993 under Tom Brown Jr eventually teaching for Tracker Inc. I sought-out every old Native American teacher I could and eventually traveled the world living in very remote indigenous villages in the Amazon, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Peru. My school teaches survival and primitive skills, nature awareness, how to live off the land, re-wilding, prepare for disasters. I strongly believe that experiencing survival living changes the way people approach their entire lives.
"Ok. I'm about to run out of battery for my camera, so we're gonna smelt some copper and build ourselves a camera charger."
Is it just me, or are there other people who would rather 'survive' on a desert island for a week than do what they're supposed to be doing right now?
i want to right now
+xWolfx 94 You guys are always welcome to the Island Survival Class...its pretty freaking fun.
+Benjamin Yocum You guys are always welcome to the Island Survival Class...its pretty freaking fun.
+xWolfx 94 n Yeah we are taking people out in the Carribean to do this. Just ran a class there in November and will have one later this year as well. Its a blast. wildsurvivalskills.com
Hey, I travel around a lot...definitely down to teach anywhere if it works out to make a class.
"Survive on a desert island"
*Proceeds to make a 3 course gourmet meal out of nothing*
Day 21 of quarantine: learning how to survive on a deserted island
Not sure why but I'm getting really into surviving and stuuff
+susan aiken Agree!
ikr
Squidward same
I wish I could do all these things in my backyard...
Squidward Yeah.... just last night I was watching myth busters surviving on a island with only duct tape, now I realized I watched 70 videos about survival xD
Quick question here. If you were alone in that situation, would you take the risk of climbing that high? A leg or hip fracture would be a death sentence no?
I missed the part where the Fed. Ex packages come ashore and why you didn't find Wilson?
In Texas...we do clay bake also for Carp..a bottom feeder...once done we pull out the fish ..throw it away and eat the dirt!
al bugnfront 😂
No drama like on discovery channel only pure information ! Really enjoyed watching it good job guys
Thanks again for watching everyone. We will be running our island class again in the Fall in the US Virgin Island of St Croix....if interested let me know or check out wildsurvivalskills.com If you'd like to get some more Island Survival Tips, check out Matt's videos found here: czcams.com/channels/5bGriPTLDcbL5L3x33iDSg.html
+Tom Mcelroy-Wild Survival Oh so there might be more comming :D Got my subscribe ;) I would love to donate but i'm not able to with my money situation atm, wouldn't sell my PC otherwise i wouldn't have been able to watch this.
Who knows maybe something "magical" will happen soon ;)
Ps: tweeted the gofund me.
+Tom Mcelroy-Wild Survival I just stumbled on your channel. This video was great. The pace was good and I loved learning about all the new, (to me) survival skills. Its inspiring and empowering to see that it is possible to live free, without money. It wouldn't be "easy" but how easy is it to live the way we live now? Not too easy from my experience. Have you heard of the "re-wilding" movement? I read a really good book by Miles Olsen which described the how and why. The thought of living free on a tropical island has an appeal. Thanks for making these videos I look forward to seeing them all.
+Karl Rosengrant Thanks Karl, Im all about rewilding!! Ill check out that book. Thanks for watching...more soon.,
+Tom Mcelroy-Wild Survival U R AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+Tom Mcelroy-Wild Survival dam I wish I was a American so I could come with u that's 1 thing that sucks about aus
I already know how to do all of this.
I've watched Gilligan's Island for years.
This is stuff me and my siblings did growing up on a pacific island ,we made our own huts in the rain forests,ate from the sea and land,stuff we learned from our father and uncles,basic and very easy,thanks for the memories guys,great video.
Thanks for the great response. Glad most everyone likes the video. I'll be sure to make more so keep an eye out for that. If interested in going out on an excursion like this, November 8th-14th check out wildsurvivalskills.com/ or MtVictoryCamp.com . Class will be held November 8th to the 14th in a very similar location on the Western side of St Croix. It'll be the adventure of your life, get some friends together and we'll pack it with as many skills as humanly possible. Also, if you'd like to keep seeing these videos please consider chipping in a few bucks for the next one in the Amazon. I will be with a remote tribe hunting and gathering and showing you how to survive as we head out into the jungle with the people that really live this stuff. Donate here www.gofundme.com/494qcytk
Tom Mcelroy-Wild Survival Cool video ! Greetings Martin from Austria !
Tom Mcelroy-Wild Survival Hi Tom, thank you for the lovely video. We need to touch on nature like that a bit in our modern lives, the adventure and the beautiful feeling that comes with it. I wish to ask you, what was the music playing at the end, the one with the violin strokes like whale cries. Would love to know it, it's magical. Peace and serenity.
+Phoenix Deux Hey, thanks glad you liked it. The song is called "Home" by Will Hanson
Tom Mcelroy-Wild Survival Beautiful, thank you.
+dhaka nogori Hey, sounds great! Check out my website at wildsurvivalskills.com/ and send me an email if interested at tom@wildsurvivalskills.com. Thanks, look forward to it.
2 more of this videos and I quit my job
how I feel grinding my own coffee beans every morning "I'm a survivor"
I'd have to agree. Couple decades ago, I worked like Hell to fulfill a childhood fantasy: spend 10 days alone on a deserted beach in Australia. Out of choice, I brought limited gear (a lot more than Tom) , no food or water and a book on wild plants. The flies feasted on me, sun cooked me, had a run-in with a brown snake, thought dolphins were sharks, lost 15 lbs., and almost went insane listening to the night sounds and talking to myself. Had the time of my life! Never had the guts to read my journal. One day maybe.
I can't believe there aren't more likes out of a million and a half views. Your vids are phenomenally packed with information, training, and a general appreciation for all that is the great outdoors. I'll be rewatching and taking notes.
Thanks to both members of your survival team.
Great series, I really enjoyed it.
Oh cool you watch them too
When r u going to a temperate island? You'll have to lose that beard!
Did not expect to see you here
Of course. Who doesnt?🤔
18:24 RIP ears if you're wearing head/earphones
ACK!! I saw this as soon as that happened..!
Thanks for being responsible while fishing.
So it's beautiful. The lionfish is also beautiful.
I have to say- I am a HUGE Ray Mears fan but I have to say your video about survival on a desert island is WAY beyond his "Extreme survival" video about a desrt island!!
+Joseph Saetveit Thanks Joseph, Ray Mears is great, so thank you for the compliment. Hope to have some more stuff coming out by Spring!
I love the true reality of what you do. Having your own show would be necessity to mankind.
✌💖😊
Peace, love, and prosperity.
God bless 📿💎🏝✅🕆💯👍
Thank you!!
I was like, oh no another talking video, but honestly you give great tips without overtaking but actually showing an explaining it clearly. Thanks!
Pfft I can do that.
“Starts up minecraft”
This was dope guys I wanna do this someday.
+BushScouts Hey Man, thank you, ...we are running another class doing all of this later in the year. If you want to come out we'd be stoked to have you. --tom
WildSurvivalSkills.com
+Tom Mcelroy-Wild Survival WILSOOOOOON!!!!!!!!!!!
me to
+BushScouts same
same here
nice， your knowledge are better then many guys on survival shows
+Oleb he is awesome
+Oleb I know him he is awesome
better than your grammsr, lol.
Mike Marciniiak better than your spelling too
Day 1: Spent the morning making tiny parasols for my rum drinks.
Love your survival shows, keep them coming. In a way fills the void in some of us to revert to reliving the primitive nature that we all originated from. Would definitely join you in one of your adventures if I were younger.
screw this city life your fish looks Better than my mcdonalds
hahah seriously man
for real cant even get food like that around here
lewisHD8 sigh....the wild...it's a lot better than a city....
You are so funney
ronald rogerson I agree
might sound weird but I would like to be put in a island with nothing. just so I can learn how to survive. learn from my mistakes and I don't need to always rely on technology
SAME
+MICHEAL BLACKSON no you dont
+Waddup Mayne nahh😈
+Daniel Vincent yes I do😎
lol ok all the power to ya :>
Honestly even though I would most likely eat my words if I was ever forced to be put on a deserted island, it seems like it would be really liberating. Being able to collect things for myself and working from the ground up rather than doing irrelevant jobs that don't relate to any of the things I need for survival, it kind of sounds awesome. And in what other situation would you be in a place on earth that's not somehow claimed by someone else? Where so much as cutting down a sapling would be a violation of territory? Seems like it'd be pretty awesome to just be somewhere that's unclaimed.
Same goes for me man. I’m actually planning on moving to a island in the Seychelles and live off the grid
Loneliness could make you go insanse :v
@@d8von553 Lol just don't get caught up in the heroin, it's gotten a ton worse sonce I lived there.
Devon Martens cool! Make vids about it! Would be amazing to watch!
It would be cool to spend a designated portion of the year on an island like this and have it like a project. Build like a super shelter by adding on each time you would go back.
These 2 did a great job! It's so refreshing just watching you guys, away from the city, away from noise pollution. Keep up the good work!
Once i get the chance to, im gonna do this with a friend. Primitive survival is so interesting to me ever since i was a kid. Great vid, very informative! :)
+krctbeats Cool man, well be running a class/expedition to do all these things this winter if you're interested wildsurvivalskills.com
Are you future me because i love primitive survival and i’m a kid
oldsoul if you have a friend with land practice there.
Make sure your friends a doctor ^^
Ive been watching a lot of bushcraft and survival videos lately but this one is unique because it is on an actual island, keep up the good work.
It also gives us an idea of how it actually is instead of like just buying the equipments from the store and showing us
How are normal people supposed to climb a palm tree ?
"Normal" people aren't fat out of shape slobs.
Chris Linhares I’m defiantly not a fat out of shape slob, and I know that I defiantly know that I couldn’t climb that.
Grab a belt or some kind of strong cordage wrap it round the tree, lean back then just walk up the tree sliding the cordage up as you go
I've never climbed a tree. I'm vertically challenged anyway and was super careful even as a kid, so I never tried it. I'm also scared of heights. I'm sure I'd figure it out, but like... even climbing a tree in the most straightforward fashion, for me, would feel like extreme parkour or something, lol. I just... I dunno. I dunno. I'd hope to be with another person and trade off some other activity with them. I'll skin the kills if they climb the trees or something.
Chop it down with that handy machete that they brought along with them to make their shelter and other stuff. Survival 101, always get marooned with a big machete.
When I was kid in Florida, we used to go camping on the beach and even some sandbars and we never took food or water. I am still here
It's just this sense of freedom and adventure you get from the outdoors that's unlike anything in modern society. Like back to the primitive times. I wish I could just wander and explore the wilderness, and be able to survive off it just like this guy.
I dont understand why this doesnt have a million views. That was awsome!
abialo2010 Thanks man!! A million would be pretty cool!!
Probably because of the high pitched screech at 18:25. I about threw my phone across the room it scared me so bad! DX R.I.P. headphone users.
abialo2010 How many youtubers genuinely expect to find themselves stranded on a desert island? Especially one so rich in resources? While still being in possession of a knife or machete?
It looks like about 70,000 or so.
I remember the last time I tried to take a letter opener in my baggage at the airport.
The rubber gloves were probably the worst part of that ordeal.
dokuro364 Left a warning now...sorry about your ears.
Well, guess what...
Note to self, Buy packs of Big lighters before camping
"The spines will stick through your foot, and ruin your trip" I thought we were stranded, not on vacation..
bruh.. im a goner in 2 minutes. How fuck am i meant to climb a coconut tree lol
haha, well, we cant all make it! :)
Get a long stick and poke and a cocnut and get one.
5thDawg well there are trees that are kinda bend and you can get them pretty easily
5thDawg HAHAHAHQ
Abdulla Nasser is not easy xd trust me
I liked the video, Im glad you guys had fun. I myself am too lazy and fat to be doing that stuff.
MaxFlare What I learned about survival is that so long as you have a knife you're half way there.
skiie it sure does help but if u dont know what you´re doing it´s still very difficult to pull off even with a good sized knife. imagine using chopsticks the first time...
No, absolutely not! You're not too anything to grab a tent, sleeping bag and all the accessories and find an awesome spot to get tuned in with mother nature. Trust me, anyone can do it and I encourage at least trying. It's a really great feeling being outdoors.
fla playa today we will find out who is the father of baby palm tree
The way he climbed that tree so effortlessly 😭😭😭
This video is a couple of years old by now, but I just now got a chance to see it. Once you guys have mastered videography, you will have the best survival channel ever. It was a little hard to watch at times, but the content was superb. Well done. I learned a lot!
You guys look like you'd be awesome to hangout with. Kinda sucks you didn't do it day by day, I would have liked that. Thanks for the video!
Keyshell Yh, and posted each day.
Great stuff, guys. Very educational. And hey, if you're going to be stranded on a desert island, you might as well pick one with a view! 14:12
I really love your reverse wrap method; the one I've seen before was holding each strand between fingers and weaving them slowly, so yours is much more efficient. You guys show some very nice advanced skills. Climbing on trees to get coconuts and spearfishing don't look like things that most people would be able to do without skill and some serious muscle soreness later - and I suspect many would be unable to do them at all.
I would also point out that most people don't carry a machete or big knife around, so if they end up on a desert island, it won't instantly turn into a "dessert island", if you catch my drift. ;) But you can make some pretty nifty cutting or chopping tools by chipping away at a stone with another, then polishing it when you have the time so that it lasts longer.
Martin. Draw up plans for a coconut radio and, if possible, a coconut Nintendo system.
Screw the London city life...I'm going to do this for a couple of weeks this December. Who's coming with me?
The main skills I bring to the table are climbing trees (including coconut trees) and building shelters. I might do a course with these guys too.
You guys have MAD skills! An amazing video! Of all your ideas, the one most bold and impressive was using the basket of rocks to get down to depth for the conchs!
Yea but the only thing sucks is that he uses one premade tool, a knife. You should watch primitivetechnology he is very good
Yeah, that was clever. And I think the raft pulled him back up.
Ya you definitely need more videos like this.
Yup I agree ASAP
Heck I think I need to go make a video like this with BlackScoutSurvival
Great video .
I'd recommend just eating one snail or just a small piece of fish to find out if it's poison or if you are allergic to that type of shellfish
Watched three of your vids tonight. Amazingly enjoyable and informative. Thank you!
That was well worth watch. Thank you for taking the time to film it cause I know how hard it is to film when you have other task to take care of
TEN NUT BASKET RIGHT THERE BOOOOIIIIIIIIIIII
Adler Drahms ii
Catatistic holy cow same
I came to the comments to see if anyone heard that 😂😂
I think his partner liked that comment.....
Always lots of good information and straight to the point without all the unnecessary rambling. Your videos on survival are my favorite!
You are very fortunate. You guys are living the dreams of most teenage boys of my generation....I am 70. This is the second adventure of yours that I have watched this evening and I am loving the experience.
I spend quite a lot of time outdoors and in national forests to document herps and critters and your videos have been very entertaining and helpful . Thanks and keep them coming
I guess this is why a lot of Pacific islanders are really strong physically and in family. It takes a lot of hard work and a collaborative effort without the technology we Americans have had through the generations. Cool vid
Dude you remind me of myself and help me to know that i'm not crazy because I love to make primitive things like bows and other. Thank you brother and thanks for being another one to keep this real type of bushcrafting survival skills alive.
Great video. I didnt think I could learn so much in a 30 minute video. Thank you guys!!
This is great! Make more of these!
BudgetBugout hey i watch all of your videos :) funny seeing you here. lol!
He asked for some funding a few months ago to go into the Amazon and make a survival video there. Sadly he has only raised $15 so far.
The 12.8k people that have seen this video so far are the kind of friends I need in my life. lol!
You guys are so good at what you do
Just discovered your channel. Finally found something useful to binge on. Thanks Tom & Co, I really love the videos.
I drank a mug of coconut milk once and spent the entire night on the toilet. Never again.
+InTheNameOfJustice Well, that's what you get usually. Especially if you have an allergy to the acids in the oil. Stages of ripeness eases the laxative effect too. You want the water, not the milk. Which wouldn't be easily available either since it has to be made.
coconut milk is for cooking not for drinking as a milk..you can drink the water from the coconut mostly from the young one...if someone is poisoned from food u can use the coconut milk with sugar...
Jessa Banate
Right.....and where were you when I filled the mug just before I drank it?
Never there when I need you.
Im sorry about it..maybe that time im still in the jungle and never know bout youtube..so now im here maybe i can give you cure..
Jessa Banate
I was drinking it in the bloody jungle and you Tube had not been invented. There was not enough toilet paper in the world to help me back then so what could you have done for me?
damn those are some amazing camera shots, really beautiful underwater scenery.
18:30 my ears exploded(i was using headphones)
Cooking with the bamboo is amazing, btw, you can chop the top of a coconut, and put shrimps, nails, kinds of seafood into it, then cook them, it's really delicious. :)
Shave your head, grow a beard. talk like an aussie. You'll get a tv show.
Cams250 lol, true
true tho lol
Why’d that be mate?
Cams250 All after my anal as I am the Producer...
Lmao true
18:24 Rip Headphone users
OWEN VANN well then rest in peace...
20:49 my mom dragging me out of bed for school
You are amazing. I’m just glued to these videos. Thank you for sharing this with us and teaching us how to survive.💖
ALL HAIL THE MAGIC CONCH HOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO
Mushiebug lmao!!!!!
Lmao
Oh great magic conch shell what do we do?!
THE SHELL HAS SPOKEN
I would love to survive on an island like this fresh food and fish free from buying anything no bills to pay or tax this is the real paradise of life giving back to nature. Crafting a home using raw materials amazing
Excellent, have done some of these things in my life, nice to see youngbloods like yourself keeping the skills alive and sharing.
Thanks, I learned several things I hadn't thought of before . Great vid.
the kids from lord of the flies should have just watched this
that dude climbs trees with such ease!!! wow!
Wow! You guys are amazing. I just learned a WHOLE lot..
I legit didn’t know why coconuts always look different in stores than other places. They were husked 😂
These guys are living my fantasy!
Hes just climbing on that coconut tree like its nothing! :@
it is easy to climb, the question is how you get down
Need more of your fascinating adventures.
No way could I climb that tree, I'd be dead in two days there.
@@a.....6295 With lots of friction burns to your calves, thighs, forearms and stomach and depending on your luck some bruised balls to go with it all
It’s called a palm tree
You are the best survival CZcamsr out there. Great content and super informative, love it
Thanks for the entertaining, potentially life-saving videos!
I'd totally watch a day-by-day director's cut
OMG these guys are preparing for quarantine for 4 years
Learned more useful skills in 30 minutes of watching this film then I have learned all year. Very good guys.
The bamboo fire starting is a winner, it looks easy to set up and looks even easier to achieve, Great info thanks for that
Your videos are excellent. Very educational and could really save lives .
more like how to create a restaurant in deserted island.. you make it look easy.. sidenote.. using ur machete you can pud steps on the coconut trunk for easy climbing, uve got amazing skills on climbing that tree without one..
I have so much respect for you ! You are so genuine and knowledgeable . Love your videos, and standing ovation for lighting that fire with bamboo saw method , i have tried it for hours without any luck.
I do like how you and your friend did this as a real group and i like how you two made the shelter and looking around for what you needed.
Wow! That was an amazing. You made everything look so easy. I may join one of your expeditions one day. Glad I stumbled upon your channel. Love it!
i actually typed in how to make a wooden sword and it brought me to this 😂
Peace & 1ness Comecoladetrigo...
Dude, great video and thank you for taking the time to do it.....but, When you make the shelter show what to look for area, standing trees, the limbs used. when you gathered the roof, maybe show were you got the limbs. Its like there was just a big pile of them lying around. Im trying to look at it from a true stranded person. There is an art to climbing those trees. And im sure your trying to keep your video time down, but i think you have so much more knowledge to share that your maybe skipping over key points because its second hand to you. And back to the beginning, DUDE GREAT VIDEO!!!!!!
Just found your channel and have been enjoying the great skills and value you bring!
Loved the video guys. The only thing is I had a hard time seeing some of the footage during ur night scenes.. But still yet, very cool. Great video guys💯💯
21:15 that take, kinda remains me of a scene from the movie" My cousin Vinny", when he was interviewing one of the witnesses that had trees with a bunche of little leaves and bushes and dirty Windows!😂😂😂😂😂😂
I would think #1 priority would be to find a source of water
Joe Shmoe You can survive without water for 3-4 days. A rainstorm could easily come within hours and if you haven't got a shelter there's a good chance you'll stay cold and wet and probably die of hypothermia. Get a shelter up then consider water sources.
A what about the coconut
#1 Priority is safety
In soviet Russia water find you
Alisha you must be weak If you die of hypothermia from a rainstorm
Really enjoyed this, especially the bamboo fire saw, many thanks, great.
Should easliy have he's own show. So informative but in such a way that draws you in. I stumbled across your videos and so chuffed I did. 5 * keep making these awsome videos. 👍👍👍👍