Winter Camping in Deep Snow and Freezing Temperatures
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- Nothing better than tarp camping in the snow with a nice long fire out in front!
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Enjoyed your video, as always...it's not childish behavior in my eyes...just having fun! I always look forward to your outdoor adventures.
Thanks Matthew! I think so too, after all it was those days as kids just running around the woods without a care in the world that make us want to keep coming back
There is a “Nice Chunky Campsite” with a nice warming fire! Well Done!
It sure is! Plenty of room to move around tucked away
Rob, you're always a breath of fresh air to my notifications. And sometimes even a moment of sanity.
...and then this happens 7:25 LMAO I swear your like a band-aid for the soul-sick
Thanks Cleo! Lol I was having fun with all the snow jumping around and karate kicking stuff
Childish.... no tackling that tree was like the good old days of "Ka ra ta" lol, it's always good to have fun.
Haha thanks Linda! I know I should have given the old Karate! I need to get back to those types of videos
👍👍👍👍👍nice seeing you enjoyed watching
Thanks for coming buddy!
Feeling Good ! Brooks & Birches
Cheers!!
Looks like you had a great night!👍
Yes I did! thank you
Hi Rob. Nice to see you enjoying the day with so good weather. The best of course is a coffee or a tea in the woods when you get up in the morning. Take care my friend. Greetings from Madrid
Gracias Miguel! Nothing better than a nice warm drink to fuel the soul in the early morning when its cold
"Childish but it's fun" We all need a little more of that in our lives these days. The long fire under the tarp looks amazing. I have never done that but may give it a go one day. Cheers Rob.
You said it Jason! I hope that as long as I'm in the woods I'm having fun, lord knows I've seen some rough days out there lol
So white 👍👍
I appreciate all the work you put into your videos.
Thanks Doug! I've been really trying to work on the filming recently
The art of snow camping!
It's an art that's for sure!
Rob you should always be able to have some fun in what you do!
Never grow up fully!!
Thank you for taking us along on your out door adventures!
Take care and be safe!!
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Enjoyed as always… a beautiful winter day
Thanks Jim!
Excellent 🎥 👍💪🇺🇸🏆🏆🏆🍝
Thanks Stephen! 👍
Stellar video, Rob. Some difference between FL and where you are now 🙂. There is serenity in watching you at work and listening to you.
Thank you Father! It's definitely different from Florida that's for sure but it's very quiet and peaceful
Glad to see you back, wondering where you were great video as always, looking forward to the next one 👍👍
Thanks Harold!!👍 Yeah had plenty to be cracking on with but I'm back now and looking forward to getting out more
Nice one, Rob. I did wonder what on earth you were up to when I saw you throw yourself at that tree. I had to play it twice! Made me laugh. Take care out there ☺️🇬🇧
Haha well I'm glad it made you laugh Charlotte! It's silly but I get a good kick out of it. You too! 🇬🇧
Love it! Not childish, but child like. Good for you!
Thank you!! Haha I like that, I think it sums it up quite perfectly
I know there’s a lot of work involved, but very relaxing for us watching. Thank you!
I can make a fire colorful like a rainbow. Would you like to have a try?
Nice to see you back up north Rob
Thanks mate! Felt good to be back
Nice tree-tackle! Thanks for making me smile.
lolol glad you enjoyed it mate!
Rob, what a great winter solo adventure, your camp layouts are my favorite, this was alot of fun to watch.. Thanks for sharing, looking foreword to your next camping adventure, All the Best and Happy Trails my friend.
Thanks Scott! Felt nice to be back and just go back to basics, I do love a good tarp camp in the winter with a fire out front!
Bush-craft tree tackle technique
7 out of 10
Judges have spoken, guess I'll have to make do with bronze on this try
@@BrooksandBirches set the bar low...go for gold
You have a simple but effective approach to you outdoor fun!
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Thanks Fred!
I love the fact you dont waffle on & you have fun & i get to watch from the warmth of my home & imagine how cold your hands must be 🥶
Deffently gotten a lot more slickery there but a butiful day...nice foot ball tackle on fire wood.lol.looks like u had a great time rob.great bush craft video
Thanks Melvin 👍 Yeah we didn't get hit with that big storm that passed through, we're supposed to get hit with it today at some point though
Yo the log take down is priceless I can tell your glad to be out of Florida’s meth coast
Sitting back enjoying your video this evening thanks for your hard work
So nice of you! Enjoy!
👻🥶 nice to see you getting in sync with the environment , always a pleasure
🙌 haha I tree to "connect" with the trees
Glad to see you made it back . I've decided I'm going to give tarp camping a try. Good video.
You should! I really enjoy it and the nice thing about a tarp is it's very versatile, if you don't like ti you can always use it as a cover on tent trips
Consider making a doublebag for winter. They used to be more common but still work if one bag is slightly larger than the other. I have slept in 30 below F in the Adirondacks quite comfortably with a lightweight summer bag inside a cold weather (not winter per se) bag. You avoid an expensive dedicated winter bag if you do not need one. Cheers.
I have done this before and I have a nice fleece bag from Dicks that was like $15 the problem is it is so much bulk bringing two bags with you, not to mention heavy!
@@BrooksandBirches true. Not bad for basecamping, but a lot of weight for long hikes.
Too much to carry
That was funny! Watched you topple that dead tree.
haha cheers Mike!!
Layer your sleeping bag with another one. The Army MSS works quite well
That poor tree ;-) thanks. Take care
Haha he shouldn't have been talking smack then! Cheers mate!
Great video Rob! I personally love the "Loose Cannon" shoulder-checking dead-standing tree trunks. 👍😜
Haha glad you liked it mate! It's always a bit of fun
I thought there would be more snow, with that Snow storm. That Birch tree was massive we rarely see that size Birch. Good one.
Yeah we didn't actually get hit with that storm but we are going to get a bunch of extra snow this week
Beautiful spot bud!
Thanks Wazzer! 👍
Sweet vid dude... love the long fire.... glad all is well over there... ATB fella...
Cheers mate! Long fires are always nice this time of year!
Great camera work in beautiful conditions. I believe I could hear the silence of those woods, at least before the snowmobiles arrived. Must say I’m surprised that pad gave you enough ground cold protection. More snow coming!
Thanks Drew! Yeah the snow was so fluffy because of how cold its been that the woods were dead quiet! I was looking forward to a big helping of snow today and all we've had so far is rain!
There's nothing worse than a weak sleeping bag. I was on a fishing trip last Winter and was unexpectedly caught out overnight in sub-freezing weather. all I had in my truck was an old Coleman. I May have had 15 minutes of sleep that night. A good fire was all that saved me. Your sleeping bag would probably feel warm compared to that.
Totally agree mate! That's one of the reasons I don't love to head out in temps that I know are beyond my sleeping bags limits because we've all been there when you have the wrong gear and spend the whole night freezing cold and I've done different survival situations on the channel before and it's not fun at all
Another great video brother Robert ! Cheers !
Thanks Joshua! I appreciate it brother!
It’s beautiful brother! Sometimes simple is better! Actually almost always lol
I agree mate! I like to keep it simple when I can
Two squirrels sitting up yonder tree! Doris, that daft Northerner is back again chuckin-nimself tut trees again! Ow djut know Esa Northerner ? Well Doris it's simple Southern softies stay-ut omm and watch it on tinternet!
Thank u
Awesome video, thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching Diane!
Good to see you back out
Thanks Vincent! Felt good to be back!
If you're having trouble with coffee it could be the caffeine that's in the coffee tried decaffeinated cuz I had troubles with it as well
Good show Rob, hey we're men we supposed to be childish lol try some crown royal apple on one of ur camps good stuff man.
HAPPY TRAILS Brotha
Thanks brother!! I will definitely have to give that a try soon! I'm still working on a couple of bottles I got before
just tested out my tigrus bungalow 2.0 i got for christmas. got down to 23 ( for florida, thats damn cold). but what i did to combat the cold, i used a queen sized 100% wool blanket and wrapped up with it IN my sleeping bag....stayed warm all night long!
That is really cold! My buddy sent me a screen shot of temps down at like 37° where he was and I thought that was cold! The wool blanket is nice and cozy but way too bulky to bring with me plus my sleeping bag
Get an MSS. Not expensive, bomb proof, multiseason. I love mine, even if it's a variant made by a "tactical gear" company, it does great in all conditions.
Ok thanks Filip! I will take a look because I need something
This is an extract from Robinson Jeffers’
The Tower Beyond Tragedy:
I entered the life of the brown forest
And the great life of the ancient peaks,
The patience of stone,
I felt the changes in the veins
In the throat of the mountain, and I was the streams
Draining the mountain woods;
and I the stag drinking,
and I was the stars boiling with light,
wandering alone, each one the lord of his own summit,
and I was the darkness
outside the stars I included them.
They were part of me …
How can I express the excellence I have found
That has no color but clearness;
No honey but ecstasy.
That is beautiful! Thank you for sharing it
Very nice Rob! Always enjoy your trips 🤠
Thanks Herb!
I feel like there was a tribute to “A tree-huggers worst nightmare” video. 🤣
haha I think you might be right!
Super kamaráde
Thank you!
well, that is how I feel after leftover spahgetti!
I hate that real soft powdery snow. It sucks so bad. I prefer the snow that packs together anyday
It sucks real bad to walk in! Even in snow shoes you just sink buuuuuut its fun to land in lol
Great to see you. I was beginning to wonder if you are okay. Peace and please stay safe.
Thanks mate!! Good to be back! Same to you, cheers!
It's surprising to me that you don't chew too much when you eat.Your built-in is very durable!
I think that's probably why I had so many digestion issues in the night lol
@@BrooksandBirches I like your playfulness😁
..cool video keep up the great content.. Thank you…
Thanks for watching! Cheers
@@BrooksandBirches Thank you very mutch... have a nice Weekend.... see you….
Beautiful spot man snow shoes nice
They are needed right now Bob!
@@BrooksandBirches snows deep out here on Lake Ontario Robert dacks gotta bee crazy
Rob , I thought you said you were going to get a bivi bag , that along with a sleeping bag liner should take the comfort level down a ways .Always carry some Tums and anti diarrhea med on your overnighters. thanks for the adventure . Be safe .
Yeah I got one but me being me I got a cheap one and its not very good at all, it doesn't even have a zipper and you have to climb in from the top... to say it's more hassle than it's worth is an understatement, maybe I'll get a better one but at this stage a nice warm sleeping bag that's a couple lbs lighter than the one I have sounds more inviting lol
Loved it, nothing wrong in having a little fun. Lovely setup. I suffer with acid sometimes and always take with me some antacids.
Yeah I usually have some in my kit but I guess I took them out when I was in Florida because I was suffering with it then too a wee bi
@@BrooksandBirches ah, got you. Nothing worse than being in the middle nowhere and getting acid...
I liked the video. Very relaxing. However, I miss you showing some of the little things that don’t always go right. To me, that’s what stood you out from all the other bushcraft videos. You were being real. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Todd!! I mean the sad part is I have sort of just gotten much better at doing a lot of things but I feel like the videos need to be longer and should include more explanation of what I'm doing going forward
At 7:08 I thought we would hear : karate , but no , the karate kid has dissapeared 🥺
Nevermind what I just said , I'm just in the part where you run into trees 😃 , more fun than karate, back to the video now
Kah-rah-teh 😊
Haha yeah I realized after the kick there should have been a Karate shout but I think I made of for it with mud hockey checks against the trees
@@BrooksandBirches Ho yes you did
Whhhiskey in the Winter
You really need to get a Silky saw, if only for the reduction of noise pollution.
I have one! Did you not see my previous video?
Everybody is crazy Robert
I really enjoyed this video. Hey Rob, were you warm enough at night with your sleeping system?
Thanks Mark!! I really enjoyed this camp too! I was warm enough but I wore my puffy jacket to sleep in
Yo you have me hooked on curry chicken and whiskey
That's awesome Bob! You can't beat either of those too things
I'm so envious. How are you watching today? :)
It was a lot of fun!
Great one… nice camera work…love to know where that location is or a good one nearby. So jealous…you get 4-6 we get rain…repeat…
We're getting rained on right now and it sucks! it Was supposed to be snow
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Thank you for showing Mother Nature
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Nice video!
Cheers bud!
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Cheers matey!
I could imagine if Sasquatch was watching you ... he would be scratching his head... at 07:32 ... 🤔
Haha if Sasquatch has been watching me I'm pretty sure he's seen weirder stuff than that lol
@@BrooksandBirches Only in Osceola... eh? ;-)
Nice vid BUT, fysa, most Americans don't know what a bolognese is. And Im guessing thats your target audience. So for Americans, bolognese = spaghetti sauce aka marinara aka bolognese. Just trying to help.
As always, enjoyed the vid! LOVE watching the channel grow! Thanks for having us along!
Thanks Matthew! I live in quite and Italian American part of the country so most people know what a bolognese is but I will definitely keep that in mind for the larger audience! Thanks
@Brooks & Birches lol! Of course! Hope I didn't sound like arse. My grandmother was Italian (Sicilian technically) and Id never heard that myself til maybe 5yrs ago? Sauce was 'sauce' or 'gravy'? Thanks again and Cheers!!
Great video Rob what's the coldis you've slept in your sleeping bag i have the same one but don't have wether like you im from Scotland
I've comfortably slept outside in mine with some extra layers down to 0°F so -17°c but that was with a fleece liner and some other stuff. Coldest I've slept in it was in a hot tent at -30°C
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Obrigado my friend!
Cold night ahead your of of wood night
Acid reflux but the temptation for coffee was too much…like throwing gasoline on a fire…brilliant. Get some PPIs (tablets) next time!
haha yeah I needed some that night! usually I carry some but I must have taken them out when I was truck camping possibly
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Thank you!
Beautiful wood! Is that near your river camping site? I always feel like I'm going 'home' when you camp there.
This one is not actually, its in a totally different area but I would like to go back to that spot soon, its very peaceful
After 81 years I've learned that we should never entirely grow up. Life would become too boring. Stay safe Brian 81
Cheers Brian! I agree! I hope no matter how old my body gets the kid inside me stays the same age
@@BrooksandBirches You've got one of the most important secrets to a full life
Why wouldn’t you use some fir boughs to protect u from the cold under the blowup pad?
Honestly these days I'm worried I'll get in trouble with the Encon people
Marmot has sale going on and have -20 and -40 bags on sale for around $400 is they make nice bags have couple love them always toasty
Thanks Dotty! I've been searching around but as we say in England I'm skit right now, hard up, don't have two pennies to scratch my ass with so $400 is a little out of the budget
@@BrooksandBirches same here I just double mine up have a square down one and put mummy inside camped quite low temps pretty comfortable.
You might consider getting a Helicobacter Pylori blood test IF you're often get Acid Reflux. It's no fun, I had it all of my youth and through the Army until they discovered this bacteria. Even so, worth the effort to get it checked out.
7:03 This is Sparta? Hope you and yours are well, Rob! I see you've purchased a Kuiu pack since the last video I watched. What are your impressions of it? I've read they're a bit uncomfortable under heavy loads. I went with a Stone Glacier 5900 back in 2017 when I bought a backpack hunting pack. Highly recommend.
Yeah I've had it since I went on the bear hunt in the spring and I mean I like it but I don't have much to compare it too, but between me and my hunting buddy I have the Kuiu and he has an Eberlestock and he just bought a Kifaru so I'm going to try and get a Stone Glacier 5900 at some point for us to do a comparison
I had heartburn for 5 months - heart bypass surgery fixed it - just saying.
Oh no! I've been having it on and off for a couple weeks now
@@BrooksandBirches ... When I was 59yo, I had persistent heartburn right behind my sternum, and I would get easily winded with any exertion. I couldn't have hiked with a backpack for ten minutes without having to sit down and rest. When I finally had an EKG, the tech printed it and ran out of the room. I'm 66yo now. Rob, if you are losing your breath, tell a doctor. Peace!
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double up on your sleeping bag with a cheaper one.
Thanks I've tried that but the bag is so big already being a winter sleeping bag that I don't want to carry too if I can help it
Mate you need a mic,your chatting away, bit far from camera and we can't hear you.....keep up the vids always look forward to them!!
Good to know mate!! I actually got a lapel mic for doing that, I really need to figure out how to set it up
@@BrooksandBirches keep it up Rob!!
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Nice you changed your name back
Sure did mate!! Got some merch going on too
why do you always saw on the pinch points?
Tomatoes are acidic Rob. Bourbon doesn't help either sadly. GERD/Reflux is no fun at all 😑
They sure are! I can't do too much "red sauce" definitely can't drink red wine
Awesome video, always nice to see a leeds lad tramping around the forest :)
Quick question: Was that the Boreal 21" you are using to saw? I am considering the 21 or the 24, the 24 though I think might be a tad too big? How would you rate your saw for larger logs to cut?
Cheers mate! I have the Boreal 21 and its decent for most things, you don't need it too big unless you're planning on chopping really big stuff but then I would just get a Silky Big Boy as well
@@BrooksandBirches Alright well thats settled that then thanks man!
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Thanks Peter
That digital camo bag is awesome, what's it called?
Thanks Drew! It's a Kuiu Pro LT 5500 frame pack
@@BrooksandBirches cool, Thanks.
Tarps can work well in the winter no doubt; however, a lento is the worst kind of set up! Indeed, wind blowing from both sides and under the back. Not prudent strategy to say the least….