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  • @rugerfan2036
    @rugerfan2036 11 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    I am native Hawaiian and admire these people for keeping their culture alive .

    • @user-ib7wy4oq9e
      @user-ib7wy4oq9e 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly

    • @toot180
      @toot180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They haven't been able to keep much, most is forgotten

    • @blued2044
      @blued2044 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sending love to you mob, from an Indigenous Australian

    • @staunchnoongar2255
      @staunchnoongar2255 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@toot180 its not that it is "forgotten''..... more so the case that our parents and grandparents were forbidden to speak our language, practice or teach our culture and lore and were not allowed to pass it onto the next generation. If parents were caught or suspected of teaching culture and lore or speaking our language to their kids..... their kids were forcefully removed and taken 100's and some cases 1000's of miles away from their parents/family/tribes and placed in christian missions for kids and most never saw their parents/family/tribes again.
      And THAT'S...... THE REASON WHY WE DONT HAVE MUCH CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND LORE TODAY.
      You can't "forget" what you don't know and were never taught BECAUSE OUR PARENTS/GRANDPARENTS WERE TERRIFIED OUT OF FEAR OF HAVING THEIR CHILDREN TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM.

    • @ML6103
      @ML6103 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They're keeping it alive by passing out drunk on the foot paths around town

  • @holjac2227
    @holjac2227 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    2:03 I started crying. That sound design is beautiful. Also just feel such pain today about how we have completely lost ourselves in this society. That's why I searched up fire starting and found this wonderful video. Time to return

    • @christopherstein2024
      @christopherstein2024 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Try this and you might be happy to sit in front of the telly again

    • @khange7vampirekiller
      @khange7vampirekiller 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I believe the music is by phillip glass

    • @cube4547
      @cube4547 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bruh

    • @sarah-annecarney7552
      @sarah-annecarney7552 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I hate it, we are barely taught anything about the people we share the land with. After stealing it. When I was in school cook was portrayed as a hero and maybe like one lesson regarding the devastation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples. Makes me sick.

    • @nothingthatinteresting
      @nothingthatinteresting 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I been dreaming of how great it would be to live a hunter gather life or in some kind of tribe. Hunting your food not this procesed stuff

  • @goaway7105
    @goaway7105 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    thanks, my history teacher challenged my entire class to make a fire this way and I am going to study this video to learn the method

  • @weirdo50
    @weirdo50 16 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    amazing! the aboriginal man doesn't even need a firebow for the friction fire! my hands couldn't handle it :D

  • @COG777777
    @COG777777 15 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I've seen to many different way to start a fire by using stick and a board already with holes. This is exactly what i wanted to see. If i was stranded in no where, i should be able to find some thing similar to this. Thank you for the video.

    • @gargoyled_drake
      @gargoyled_drake ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup. None of the survival youtubers actual go and find their material in the video. Instead they have it ready, cut and dry and everything to just show you the technique of twisting a stick. IDK. seems like a very easy way to clickbait and not actually do anything but twist a stick til it smokes.
      Also, welcome to the future. Hope you got through the last couple of years alright

  • @synal
    @synal 15 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    awesome vid! i feel that while ray doesn't do the crazy and exciting stuff that other survival hosts do, he more than makes up for it with the detailed information he gives us.

    • @InfiniteIsaac5000
      @InfiniteIsaac5000 ปีที่แล้ว

      I will reply every 14 years

    • @JackFrost008
      @JackFrost008 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That is because running around and jumping out of planes is Not survival or living. It is a stunt for the tv.

  • @VegardMinde
    @VegardMinde 13 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    It is amazing to see something humans did thousands of years ago and it must have taken equal time to develop !

  • @em.pxthetic
    @em.pxthetic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    1:55 "The children today may have trouble lighting a fire the old way, but they certainly know what to do with it."
    *sets fire to the surroundings*

    • @adityanautiyal7710
      @adityanautiyal7710 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I laughed so bad HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    • @jspaceemperor420
      @jspaceemperor420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      3:00 Looks like you missed the explanation

    • @MantraHerbInchSin
      @MantraHerbInchSin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jspaceemperor420 It was a joke my friend

    • @rocksparadox
      @rocksparadox 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MantraHerbInchSin
      A real joke is not the literal description of what happened, even if there was a ''shocking ending''.
      Unfortunately the ''joke'' was only funny to the moron who typed it and a few dozen brainless turds.

    • @billyshane3804
      @billyshane3804 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They know how to apply fire to taxpayer funded accommodation

  • @randomindividual9338
    @randomindividual9338 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I enjoy Ray Mears's works.
    How can we appreciate where we are now, if we don't have an understanding of where we've been?

  • @garthreid7114
    @garthreid7114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    If you're going to try and survive in the wilderness, you have a lot to learn, depending on your environment. A warm or hot country has as many challenges as a cold wet one. Scotland is great in late spring till late autumn, after october, its almost garanteed to be permenantly wet, you need to remember this as being cold is one thing, being cold and wet can very easily become life threatening. Dry fire kindling is crucial collect and keep dry, once a little fire gets a hold, you can burn wet wood quite easily. Save as much ready to go wood as possible, spend a lot of time preparing for days of rain. Keep a low fire ticking over so you can get hot water quickly for hot drinks, even hot water is better than cold a saw is the most valuable tool to have you do not need an axe, make a fire on an old tree stump and it will still be smouldering deep inside in the morning. get everthing ready well before it gets dark and get a fire going as early at sun up as possible. Work hard and you wont feel cold, so you wont need a constant fire that needs tending till the right time. A natural woodland is sterile, humans can survive in this but rotting food can breed germs, atract flies, insects and wild animals.

    • @andreael-dick4562
      @andreael-dick4562 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      U worte a whole paragrah

    • @sphinx2077
      @sphinx2077 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@andreael-dick4562 Yeah but it was interesting tho

  • @ivanlagrossemoule
    @ivanlagrossemoule 14 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Aboriginals are damn awesome. I like how some of them kept their traditions, or at least part of them. Around here in europe we lost everything... Well, almost. I remember going camping as a child and my father picked up some plants and putting them in boiling water.. and we got some really good tea.

  • @eyub77
    @eyub77 14 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Both are good wih knowlidge in survival knowlidge, But I like Rays appreciation for indegenious people.

  • @MrCorfuz
    @MrCorfuz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I never knew that Ray Mears was ever that young.

  • @Inner_Order
    @Inner_Order 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    i once met an Australian who told me the sborigines could manifest anything they needed just by thinking about it.

  • @MikeF0024
    @MikeF0024 16 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    they are VERY inteligent people

  • @kc8ntp
    @kc8ntp 13 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Its amazing of how similar the technique is to the one used by Native American tribes, but its half way around the world!

    • @ReddoFreddo
      @ReddoFreddo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It was probably invented before the Native Americans started populating America, and they took the technique with them over a land bridge connecting Eurasia and America.

  • @elscruffomcscruffy8371
    @elscruffomcscruffy8371 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Small low fires are actually encouraged to burn off introduced weeds. Everyone will burn but only the native plants will rejuvenate.
    Currently reading Fire Country. Excellent book

    • @mightyknight
      @mightyknight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Aborigines prevented bushfires in Australia before 1788 by burning the bush in a way that this video didn't show us. The Aboriginal people of today have been struggling to convince the government to perform a fire control burn using the traditional technique.

    • @elscruffomcscruffy8371
      @elscruffomcscruffy8371 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mightyknight yes they were excellent caretakers of the land, to a point. However technology from more advanced civilisations ultimately conquered them. Btw term 'Aborigines' is quite offensive to indigenous cultures

    • @mightyknight
      @mightyknight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wow. I never knew it was offensive. I thought I remembered Missy Higgins using that word in "Bran Nue Day", which is why I thought it was normal.

    • @2partiesnotpreferred226
      @2partiesnotpreferred226 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The biggest estate on earth by Bill Gammage is a great book too.

    • @willzill538
      @willzill538 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @El Scruffo McScruffy "advanced" isn't the correct term to decide the civilisation. Relative to us now that civilisation would be perceived as primitive. Take into account the issues our "advanced" global civilisation is facing, the underlying issues is we don't know how to live in equilibrium with the land and its other inhabitants. To have our needs met without destroying another element of the system that sustains us. There were people that got their needs met utilising only sticks and rocks and did so in a way that the environment can change and adapt to it over deep time, that would be considered "advanced" relative to what we have now. If you don't believe me give it a few hundred years hahah

  • @Haptic_atmos03
    @Haptic_atmos03 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was reading about Indus valley civilisation 😂 and that brought my question to this video 😂

  • @nikkiwallacestewart6061
    @nikkiwallacestewart6061 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That's an old men making bush fire his my own full Blooded Grandfather i 💕 miss you and Never forgotten 😭 you left me when I was age of 7 now I'm 26 missing you 😭💕💕

  • @BadJuJuAdventures1701
    @BadJuJuAdventures1701 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    i understood competely what you think you meant. you are the one who decided to take upon yourself to correct a commet i had made. in stead of just reading it and saying to yourself, "wow i think he is wrong". you insluted me.

  • @SuperGamer87
    @SuperGamer87 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    The aboriginal people of Australia are so cool! They were TRULY some bushcrafting people!

  • @peacebakugan
    @peacebakugan 14 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i don't know how many times i've seen this way of making fire

  • @Wikipunani
    @Wikipunani 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    you can avoid blisters by baking your hands for a bit in a mixture of ash, lard, and a nice eyeball mash, if you have it on hand. reduces friction quite nicely
    otherwise yea, your kinda screwed inasfar as the blister thing goes

  • @SuperGamer87
    @SuperGamer87 14 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    When I saw that man pick up the hatchet while Ray was speaking, I was like "Oh no, Ray--look out! Dude's gotta hatc--oh..." LOL
    And I love Ray Mears. I like Bear, too, for the entertainment factor (though Ray is very entertaining to me, too). I don't get why people debate over our own opinions.
    But before both of these guys, there was Dick Proenneke. I just LOVE watching that dude! He can create a wooden house out of water and he once spit on the ground, and Chuck Norris grew from it.

  • @phmai50
    @phmai50 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so muck 😊❤❤❤❤

  • @hismanhim
    @hismanhim 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i was quite surprise that Ray's fire starting tech was from the aboriginal.

  • @superdeath1997
    @superdeath1997 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    he makes it look so easy

    • @SamanthaJones-nq2rv
      @SamanthaJones-nq2rv 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Magnifying glass to make it easier to light a fire 🔥

  • @MrSpartaa
    @MrSpartaa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Music: *The Grid · Philip Glass*

  • @ChatOmbre
    @ChatOmbre 15 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think many have lit matches before, even if they don't often. I'm 18 now, so technically I don't count (and I'm only one person), but even without all the camping I've done, there are times when you need to light a candle (power out during a storm) and your lighter has stopped working.
    Besides, even without being pyros, it seems many people find fire interesting/beautiful and have played with it at least a little bit at some point in their lives.

  • @glenmacdonald3477
    @glenmacdonald3477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful

  • @Leevancleff
    @Leevancleff 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Most of you probably think Ray Mears is a better survivalist which he probably is seeing he has more experience...But i personally think bear is still a good survivalist and he has gives an entertaining show

  • @1CME90
    @1CME90 14 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    That's bad ass! I've never seen a tree with water in it like that!

  • @ChrisDarmaninLRO
    @ChrisDarmaninLRO 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @roilggg the embers where on the knife. you can see at 1:32 the knife below so he just simply transfers with the knife

  • @MilesB1975
    @MilesB1975 15 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This called Fire-Stick Farming here in Australia.

  • @leifdux7277
    @leifdux7277 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And here we are in Asia, we have 24/7 convenience stores where we are sometimes too lazy to walk 100m to get food and water lol...

  • @ivanostellato9478
    @ivanostellato9478 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    you also carved holes with knives that left nano dust knives that were forged with source flame

  • @ChatOmbre
    @ChatOmbre 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh, and as a girl who doesn't smoke and is just out of high school... candles are nice. So are bonfires or campfires. Lighting a fire is needed for each of those. :)

  • @markiobook8639
    @markiobook8639 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    West Papua and Eastern Indonesia have identical flora and fauna due to Wallace line. The tree is rare. Better to get hydrated by snake and lizard flesh it's what taught for survival courses (and benefit of fairly palateable protein). There is also very little potable water (lots of rivers full of diseases), so native Papuans don't drink much aside from tea and coffee and of course arak and kava.

    • @DocAcher
      @DocAcher ปีที่แล้ว

      Paperbark trees are very common in Australia though... like, throw a rock and you'll hit one. They're salt tolerant too so they can grow near water people can't drink.

  • @LiogCeartas
    @LiogCeartas ปีที่แล้ว

    Chairs have made us weak in the thighs and tight at the joints. Doing squats for exercise is unheard of for them.

  • @shillelaghslaw
    @shillelaghslaw 16 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i love the philip glass music

  • @mryellow123
    @mryellow123 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @EvilKorbinDallas The fire dependant species also exist in the south, while forests produce a lot of fuel and can go 10-20 years without burning, combined with dry years from El Nina/El Nino cycle, and hot desert winds from the west, can result in explosive conditions.
    There is debate about back-burning, people get upset when they see a burnt Koala. However there is a difference between burning a fire-break and having the whole region go up in flames. Emotive subject for some.

    • @2partiesnotpreferred226
      @2partiesnotpreferred226 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This comment aged very well. It was definitely a disaster waiting to happen.

  • @jelvine5653
    @jelvine5653 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is fun to watch

  • @spambam633
    @spambam633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful 🥰

  • @NeoLeaver
    @NeoLeaver 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fire starting method the aboriginal man uses in this video is identical to that used by the Masai in africa....must be a very very old technique, going back to the days before humanity spread out of africa and throughout the rest of the world...amazing.

    • @Ensensu2
      @Ensensu2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just rolling rocks or sticks around in your hand and rubbing your hand on a piece of wood could be enough to develop the theory of how this works. We can never be completely sure how any of these techniques were invented without a time machine, but one tribe who has yet to discover how to make fire on demand has been observed chasing where lightning strikes in an attempt to light a fire from that ignition source.

  • @allgood6760
    @allgood6760 ปีที่แล้ว

    Come on baby light my fire🔥.. cool vid👍

  • @1postpwned
    @1postpwned 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @MrPsyxxx it's music from movie koyaanisqatsi and yes it's by philip glass :)

  • @corleyoutdoors2887
    @corleyoutdoors2887 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Informative and beneficial video

  • @luketabram123
    @luketabram123 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    His parents were born in England, he was born in England, he lives in Essex, he climbed Everest at the age of 23, he was in the SAS. To say that he is a fake American survivalist is just ridiculous. He was taught in the SAS to be a survivalist, they all are, it is a requirement. Ray Mears is certainly more knowledgeable but that doesn't change the fact that Grylls is still a certified and respected survivalist.

  • @JaydenLawson
    @JaydenLawson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What kind of wood is used to light that fire?

  • @bigredinfinity3126
    @bigredinfinity3126 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This is why we have such a problem with bush fires .The aborigines burned the waste off after each season .There is a lot to learn from them

    • @archygrey9093
      @archygrey9093 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cattle stations at least in the northern parts of Australia try to do that about every few years or so in patches, it grows back almost instantly and makes the land much healthier and more varied in types of flora. We always have to do it secretly though to avoid repercussions from the shire and "environmentalists" who think any kind of burning is bad and allow fuel loads to build up until you end up with a mega fire that kills everything in its path both animals and tree's. Grasses, trees and animals survive normal fires perfectly fine.
      You don't have to be Aboriginal, its pretty obvious to most poeple who actually live in the bush.
      Sorry for the massive rant, We raise cattle but that really comes second to having a healthy bush to raise them on in the first place, land management is literally part of our job but you get alot of poeple on an agenda who honestly have no idea trying to enforce how things are done and then find a way to blame us when things go wrong.

    • @bigredinfinity3126
      @bigredinfinity3126 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@archygrey9093 yes it is easy people to judge from a ivory tower and not know the real struggle

    • @2partiesnotpreferred226
      @2partiesnotpreferred226 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@archygrey9093 I think most farmers and property owners do a good job of land management and should be allowed to do controlled burns. The main problem areas are national parks and crown land that gets no care and becomes a disaster waiting to happen.

    • @DaveSmith-cp5kj
      @DaveSmith-cp5kj ปีที่แล้ว

      @@2partiesnotpreferred226 Exactly. Firefighters and even some rangers warned that planting trees in forest without regularly having logging companies thin the forest would only result in a massive fire. Three decades ago they predicted the massive year long fires we had in California in 2015. California never had such massive forest fires until they banned nearly all the logging companies back in the 90s.

  • @KawaiiCatL0rd
    @KawaiiCatL0rd 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    im aussie and had to do science thingy about this not trying to be rude aswell just saying its really impresive how they do the stuff

  • @faheemboy
    @faheemboy 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    amazing

  • @garyp4374
    @garyp4374 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Its so delightful to see full blood Aborigines and how they survived. in Australia the Aboriginal people are not allowed to be seen on television or in the media . there are a lot of people that only have a little bit of Aboriginal blood in them but claim to be aboriginal and get very upset when the full bloods are seen because it makes them look completely ridiculous so in order to not upset then we don't get to see this stuff

  • @BaronVonSexron
    @BaronVonSexron 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think ray and bear kick ass

  • @ROFLpwnedvideos
    @ROFLpwnedvideos 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    I find it amazing that people like the Aborigines and the Native Americans...were half a planet apart...and developed a lot of the same fire starting and living techniques.

  • @colddrake80
    @colddrake80 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Anybody know what kind of knife the old guy was using? I have a similar kitchen knife but his doesn't have as extreme a curve and looks handier.

  • @Виннипух-у3ц
    @Виннипух-у3ц ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Apparently the guys are eating from the same plate

  • @unclechen6304
    @unclechen6304 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    So that's why Australia has so many bush fires...

    • @fallenhw
      @fallenhw 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Australia once had a wild fire that lasted 1year

    • @benzathings9441
      @benzathings9441 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      a lot of native plants depend on fire to trigger seed germination, so by managing the bush like this the aborigines not only make it easier to catch animals and reduced the risk of uncontrollable bushfires, but they guarantee plant based food sources for the future.
      even now, bushland is routinely burned in a controlled way before summer hits to reduce the amount of dry fuel on the ground - its called back burning. Victoria never used to do this, which is why the 2009 fires were so devastating.

    • @suemcfarlane4199
      @suemcfarlane4199 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Uncle Chen it only takes two good seasons and the fuel load in the undergrowth can become staggering that in turn creates a hot lasting fire that will go up the trees setting the eculypt leaves at the top alive an end up killing the tree those fires the kids lite were fast moving grass fires that just leave a layer of fertilising ash under the trees a lot of ausralian plants won't open their seed pods unless exposed to high heat many wattles are like that and to get seed from them you must roast the seeds in a hot oven before they will be able to germinate

    • @RynLegend
      @RynLegend 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      these are controlled fires...

    • @tormon506
      @tormon506 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No, this is now not common anymore, so NOW there bushfires. There didn't use to be.

  • @atillaozturk7075
    @atillaozturk7075 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always carry a magnifying glass whilst I'm in the bush😂🤣

  • @thephenom724
    @thephenom724 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I wish I could do this someday

    • @yacobshelelshaddai4543
      @yacobshelelshaddai4543 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just try it today bruh. Just don’t burn down the state unless you know what you’re doing lol.

    • @thephenom724
      @thephenom724 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@yacobshelelshaddai4543 I don't have any land of my own yet

  • @StephanieG1
    @StephanieG1 13 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ray should have put a bowl under that tree to collect the water when it came out. You can't afford to waste water, certainly not in the Australian bush.

  • @Globetrottahh
    @Globetrottahh 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    my firemaker level is OVER 9000!

  • @hashtagprincess
    @hashtagprincess 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    there letting it seep to show it in a demonstration. plus the water only stopped because the water level was below the cut. cut lower and you get more

  • @lankue
    @lankue 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    bear grylss is trained brit special force. to show how trained men in brits arm force do the survival. ray myers is doing documentary how to survive in any mean way as the native do. both of them special in their kind of way

  • @norinaikara
    @norinaikara 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The old man with blue shirts♥️ is my real Great Great-grandfather 💯♥️ who was my worrior from murrungun clan Group which is shark tribes❤️ he left me since I was Age of 9 or 10💯♥️

  • @bigman20640
    @bigman20640 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i have a ka-bar and its an incredible knife but the blade style of that one really interested me.

  • @User-Seven-Teen
    @User-Seven-Teen 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:56
    "The Children know what to do with it."
    Arson

  • @qbthething
    @qbthething 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    u should bear grylls behind the scene video...he has like 30 people surrounding him lol

  • @mryellow123
    @mryellow123 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That made you mad? Maybe that says more about your anxiety then it does about water shortages in the city.

  • @719iceman
    @719iceman 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    thumbs up if you watched all 44 episodes or watever u call em.

  • @muzzthegreat
    @muzzthegreat 12 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Thats Called Fire-Stick Farming : it has formed the Australian-Landscape over 40,000 years - If the people didn't burn the landscape the Trees Wouldn't Germinate [so well] - and the Fires would be Worse when started by Lightning - See Fire-stick farming and Epicormic-Buds on Wiki [parts of the USA Now have a problem : Too many Rich people who don't want their hills burned and instead the houses burn in wild-fires] : Around here we relish a good bush-fire coz it means our house WON'T Burn.

  • @bestSVMS
    @bestSVMS 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    In science class
    too many people didnt know how to lite matches
    i sit on computer all day and i can use matches
    most people use lighters though

  • @nutsaboutkatz
    @nutsaboutkatz 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    What was the type of tree he cut in the beginning? It had water inside it? Sound Volume is too low so I couldn't catch the name of the tree. Can someone pls help?

  • @RichL123
    @RichL123 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @StevieDminesapint Grylls was trained by the SAS I believe? Or British Special Forces? He has the knowledge BUT his show is done in a made for TV manner. Whereas while Ray Mears focuses on the real bushcraft skills without the fluff..yet his show wouldn't do so well on TV. American TV at least.
    They are both skilled individuals but their focuses differ. One being military survival and one being bushcraft survival

  • @bigman20640
    @bigman20640 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    holy crap it looks almost exactly like an old hickory skinner well spotted

  • @RipMK747
    @RipMK747 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    wats the name of the tree guys???

  • @firecrackerg60
    @firecrackerg60 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    when you get older you will see that this guy is much better then bear grylls, its how the programme is edited and all dramatised with bear which makes it unpalatable whereas ray is no nonsense and to the point.

  • @overratedprogrammer
    @overratedprogrammer 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    And where did he get the steel?

    • @georgenona7647
      @georgenona7647 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The steel, itsFrom u guys, when u came in a boat as convicts or refugees, REMEMBER🤘

  • @lowrey148
    @lowrey148 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @DancesWithLlamas like dave from dual survival right?

  • @benstevinson764
    @benstevinson764 ปีที่แล้ว

    Our Ancestors in Africa 🌍 made Fire 🔥 the same Way Thousands of Year's B.C

  • @epicdemic7464
    @epicdemic7464 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    +BBCWorldwide where can I find the full episodes of these??

  • @BAK87
    @BAK87 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    it's a hand drill method ;] where do you see bow?

  • @redwolf7929
    @redwolf7929 ปีที่แล้ว

    Most of our Australian ants need fire to regenerate. Their seeds are really hard and need the fire to germinate

  • @DesertEagleV
    @DesertEagleV 13 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    my firemaking level is - 30, with a lighter it boosted to 60

  • @drag0nslayers
    @drag0nslayers 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    it'd be soooo fun to be that kid!!

  • @tantomollc8899
    @tantomollc8899 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    THAT IS HOW AMAZON FIRE STARTED

  • @QuantumDisciple7
    @QuantumDisciple7 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Its all good brother, didn't mean to come off that way either. Cheers!

  • @uscomputing
    @uscomputing 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is it just me or did he completely miss the bulk of the water when it was cut into?
    rofl

  • @ceannscriteach81
    @ceannscriteach81 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    who else reckons that a lot of animals pissed against that tree trunk hes drinkin from?

  • @recurveninja
    @recurveninja 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    in one episode of man vs wild you can see bear eating a bagged lunch in a water reflection......

  • @BAK87
    @BAK87 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are correct too my friend :) Maybe I took it too literally, wasn't trying to be rude or smart-ass. Cheers

  • @bigman20640
    @bigman20640 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    can anyone tell me of a knife with a similar style used by the aboriginal man

  • @deadsailors
    @deadsailors 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the children may have trouble lighting fires the traditional way. but they sure know what to do with it! *run around setting everything on fire* yep they know exactly what to do with it

  • @QuantumDisciple7
    @QuantumDisciple7 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thats correct, it is a hand drill. I was relating the similarities between the two by stating bow drill. See in general it is the same concept, with the notch and everything, minus the bow. In specifics, it is a hand drill because it is minus the bow. I wasn't trying to be exact, thats why I used 'freakin' as an adjective.

  • @MrKnuk
    @MrKnuk 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    0:14 ... he just let go about quartet a gallon..

  • @MrDiaboloer
    @MrDiaboloer 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    is it really with water??????????

  • @yacobshelelshaddai4543
    @yacobshelelshaddai4543 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow!!!

  • @bigman20640
    @bigman20640 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    the overall blade shape but like i say its not to buy one just more to know because it was bugging me that i didnt

  • @ajhnson
    @ajhnson 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @foot175
    Eventually you run out of matches and then what will you do? Text somebody on your iphone?

  • @colddrake80
    @colddrake80 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @Wudiduh Not at all. That is how Aborigines in Australia have always looked. They are a very distinctive looking people and the oldest population of humans outside of Africa. The lands the original migration took place in have been buried under rising oceans created by the end of the last major glaciation period.