I bought a titanium twig stove from the US (beautifully made btw) having always used alcohol burners. The first time I took it out, I was wearing my new Paramo top. Airborne sparks burnt two little holes in the sleeve. Very upsetting. I’ve never used that stove again (I’ll be honest when I get around to selling it) and I only use the Paramo for gardening. Unlike Eric’s wonderful videos, it was a depressing little episode.
Right at the point you said, "I give up." I said to myself, "Trangia surely?" then cracked a big smile when it came out. As to the rain on the drawing - surely a legitimate art form there - interplay of nature ON a representation of nature, nature adding it's own contribution to the final creation. Loved the sound of rain, soft in the background. Redolent of your particular sense of 'presence', loved it.
The honesty of defeat is most admirable. Nice to see you have a strong will to get out there regardless of weather. It always amazes me when you show your high tolerance of Inclement weather. The quality of the video in the wet forest always gets my attention. I am wondering if you use a polarizing filter to cut down the glare from all the wet leaves. Ya I'm a Computer/Camera nerd always experimenting. High quality stuff Erik. Thanx for the video.
Outstanding! Loved the "watercolor" in the rain. Your observation about living in the moment was insightful. Very nice late summer rainy day in the Swedish wilds. Thanks Erik. Greatly appreciated! Cheers.
That magical moment when the droplet hits the sketch .. priceless. Most would not bother to go out in inclement weather but you Erik make it a thing of beauty. Wonderful for the soul thanks. Bushyboy Oz.
The forest looks so fresh and green when it’s raining Always good to have a plan B when making coffee! I like that you’ve added your art in your videos Until the next video..take care 🇨🇦❤️
I know that struggle for coffee very well. ;-) When only wet things are available it helps a lot to find a bigger piece of hardwood, shave off the wet exterior, make some dry shavings to begin with and split the rest into smaller pieces to get everything going. When you have some coals you don't need to worry all the time to "overburden" your small starting fire with too much material. It also helps to rip the birch bark into smaller strips to offer more surface area in that kind of conditions. But using the stove is a very wise move on your part! I have learned all this through failure while trying otherwise myself.
Agreed 100%. Not to detract from Ekik's wonderful vibrant video. But you only really grasp this when you spend hours nursing the cold spark from a flint and steel into life. The flame is a delicate balance between fuel heat and oxygen. That infant flame never stood a chance as it had damp spruce plonked on top to cut the air supply and then cold damp sticks poked through it to sap the little heat that was building.
Really nice to see you back. You capture the essence of the moment so beautifuly. "There are only two days of the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live." Dalai Lama.
This all looks so wet. Captured pretty nice, and refering to most philosophists, the moment is all we ever have. Quite nice drawings man! Glad you´re back, please with more, greetimgs!
Det enskilt viktigaste ni som är friluftsproffs kan göra för oss mindre erfarna är att dela med er av sånt som inte gick som ni hade tänkt. Det sker ju ständigt för oss och blir lättare att hantera när man ser att det också händer för er. En påminnelse om vikten av att ha med sig alternativa lösningar är också nyttigt. Tack!
The ritual of the woodland task means more than any facile escape diversion. There for the depth of sanctifying giftedness, not the disfavor of mere surface gain. Thanks for this feeling of undiscovered wealth.
The real Nature lover is him he doesn't like cutting trees just for the video or firing a stone his a true Nature lover unlike other's TH-camr saying that they love Nature but they cut trees.
Hello Erik,in the wet, it is difficult for it to light up immediately, I too a lot of smoke, but sooner or later, I get a fine, from us in Italy and 'forbidden.👍👏👋
"Things only exist in the moment", the drawing with rain drops diluting the images, the crows in the background, the sound of the rain in the forest and a warm cup of coffee...magical. A lovely film Eric, so wonderful to share this part of the day with you. I'm sending this one out to my friends.
👍👍👍 .. and the Trangia sitting on the side thinking, "I can wait .." Nice watching Erik give his thumbs up whilst also sipping on a cup. It's currently still difficult to get a fire going in my local forest .. due to little rain and the Local Authorities lack of a sense of humour regarding those who attempt to do so 😏. Fortunately, we have had some rain lately and the 'Forest Fire Risk Level' has dropped from a '3' down to a '2'. Now for just a little more .. A nice share Erik, with some great visuals. Thanks for that .. take care ..
"Thumbs up" on your attempt to light the stove. I really liked the water colour drips on the sketch. Maybe you will inspire me to get back to watercolour painting.👍
Erik, you have wisdom to prepare and reach for the back-up plan fire system and also to time it practically. It is not unusual to struggle for hours for fire with one system and loose it totally. You calmly moved to the next one and won 👍👋! Greetings from Finland, Br Janne
I am so glad I found your channel Erik! Have seen your videos almost every / day and night now during the past weeks. I now got so much inspiration to get out hiking again, grateful for your gift to share outdoors living! Thank you Erik you are a blessing ❤
If you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail. You, my fellow man, seem to always have your preparations in order. Your demeanor is a calm spirit, one with nature. I enjoy the soothing and relaxing presentations you bring to your channel.
You make me enjoy rainy forest days in a way I didn't think I could. But only on TH-cam so far 😄 The sounds and overall mood is simply superb. Love the fact you included a failure, not just a edited perfection when making fire. I'm sure you would have succeeded if your life depended on it but being able to fall back on the alcohol stove for coffe did the job 😉
I really enjoyed this video! Nice images and perfect sound. Btw, the only fail is to not try. Having a backup plan in your backpack saves the day and the coffee moment too.
The guy who developed the firebox stove is from Arizona! One of the dryest places in the USA. It is time you develop a Skandinavian version - the Normark stove!
I am jealous of your opportunities to get out into Nature. When things are wet like that, with the small wood for fire building wet, if you take a knife and carve into the middle, then put it to your lips you can tell if it is soaked through--if it is you would need gasoline or something to dry it sufficient to get a fire going. Dead branches low on a spruce tree (some pine trees as well) tend to have a lot of resin in them and are waterproof because of that--in the US it is called fatwood, and the resin makes it good for fire starting (although smokey and sooty). You might also find it in a rotted stump in the part that is not rotted. When you find such wood, identified by the distinctive yellow color (sometimes even bordering on orange or red), you can carry a small piece with you for starting fires by shaving it to reinforce the birch bark. If the small twigs are wet, you may be able to get by splitting thumb sized stuff with your knife. There are lots of tricks I am not aware of in getting a fire started in wet weather, but those are a start. It can be a fun game to see if you can get a fire going, and you won't always win the game, but it offers lessons on woods living anyway.
Good stuff here sir! Love the view of the woods and seeing the firebox! I’m sure you know this but the firebox stove has the firesticks which allow one to place a trangia exactly at the right position for good heating of a trangia pot. So you wouldn’t have to pack the extra trangia triangle stove. It’s fun trying to start a fire in the rain. It’s also fun to have my coffee. Need for coffee comes before fun with rainy day campfires 😁👍🏼. So I don’t blame you! No need to start sawing wood and splitting it to get to the dry stuff if we have the trangia stove along. Love the painting and the symbolism it portrayed and it’s good to see you out there feeling better and doing your thing! Take care. NQU
Thank you for sharing your experiences, yet again! I've a question you might be able to answer. I'm looking for possible areas in Northern Sweden in which to use my canoe. I'm specifically looking for a large calm river/water system without any (or many) rapids (so I may bring the kids without putting them in danger), flowing through pine forests. Preferably a long enough water system that you can paddle for days without entering built up areas. Do you have any suggestions?
I bet some things have stayed the same throughout all of human history when it comes to making fire. One, getting a fire started in wet conditions have always been (and will always be, if you don't use artificial materials) difficult and have through the millennia always tried the patience of the guy trying to get it going. When a fire is necessary to keep you alive, you persevere and keep on trying, and if it's not you stop trying (hopefully) before you loose your temper... Two, breaking firewood over the knee must be one of the oldest continuously used human activities that is still practiced by people all over the world today (and boy does it ever hurt if you try to break something that's a bit to thick, have a knot sticking out in the wrong place or you get the angle wrong...lol!).
My holy moment, drinking my morning coffee alone (rest of the family still sleeps) and watching Erik's new video. Really nice to see him back!
I totally second that!😊
I bought a titanium twig stove from the US (beautifully made btw) having always used alcohol burners. The first time I took it out, I was wearing my new Paramo top. Airborne sparks burnt two little holes in the sleeve. Very upsetting. I’ve never used that stove again (I’ll be honest when I get around to selling it) and I only use the Paramo for gardening. Unlike Eric’s wonderful videos, it was a depressing little episode.
@@peterdelmonte9832 which brand stove was it? I might be interested in buying it.
It's a pure Zen...
Whenever I see Erik Videos I feel everytime there is a "CLASS" that no one can match up.
Right at the point you said, "I give up." I said to myself, "Trangia surely?" then cracked a big smile when it came out. As to the rain on the drawing - surely a legitimate art form there - interplay of nature ON a representation of nature, nature adding it's own contribution to the final creation. Loved the sound of rain, soft in the background. Redolent of your particular sense of 'presence', loved it.
The honesty of defeat is most admirable. Nice to see you have a strong will to get out there regardless of weather. It always amazes me when you show your high tolerance of Inclement weather. The quality of the video in the wet forest always gets my attention. I am wondering if you use a polarizing filter to cut down the glare from all the wet leaves. Ya I'm a Computer/Camera nerd always experimenting. High quality stuff Erik. Thanx for the video.
"There is no bad weather, only bad equipment."
Your videos are beautiful. And your land. And your drawings. Thank you.
Wonderful day in the rainy forest.Thats very relaxing.Hard to start a fire,but great to have good old Trangia as a back up.
I'm glad you finally got to have your coffee! Nice sketches too.
Thank you Erik. Everything is perfect. Sound of rain, fresh green forest, hot coffee, your drawings...
If don't split wood in this condition to get the dry wood in the midle of it, it is impossible to get a fire going. Nice rainy day and capture!
Outstanding! Loved the "watercolor" in the rain. Your observation about living in the moment was insightful. Very nice late summer rainy day in the Swedish wilds. Thanks Erik. Greatly appreciated! Cheers.
That magical moment when the droplet hits the sketch .. priceless. Most would not bother to go out in inclement weather but you Erik make it a thing of beauty. Wonderful for the soul thanks. Bushyboy Oz.
The forest looks so fresh and green when it’s raining
Always good to have a plan B when making coffee!
I like that you’ve added your art in your videos
Until the next video..take care 🇨🇦❤️
Nice video, Beautiful art work, Squatchy forest!
cheers fr CANADA .... 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
Wonderful! Being in the forest with autum rain is just the best!
Erik trust me , no one can beat you ...You are on another level ..
So nice to see you, Erik. You and your coffee ☕️
You have a really great eye…for photography, and drawing and painting. Thanks for sharing your “view” of Northern Sverige!
Thank you very soothing in this clean forest world there are little and beautiful angels and happily around you
Fine things may come,
Fine things may go.
And the fine things in life,
are created in flow 🖼️💧🖌️
Love the sound of soft rain in the forest.
Love the artwork, great how you let the rain become a part. Your rain films have always been my favourites. Cheers!
Gracias Erik! 🧉 👍
A master of beauty. Thanks Eric.
Brilliant. Simply brilliant.
Multi-talented.
A great reminder to have PACE backup plans / resources.
Indeed, things only exist in the moment. Love the quality audio ✌️
Thank you a lot Erik.
I know that struggle for coffee very well. ;-)
When only wet things are available it helps a lot to find a bigger piece of hardwood, shave off the wet exterior, make some dry shavings to begin with and split the rest into smaller pieces to get everything going. When you have some coals you don't need to worry all the time to "overburden" your small starting fire with too much material.
It also helps to rip the birch bark into smaller strips to offer more surface area in that kind of conditions.
But using the stove is a very wise move on your part!
I have learned all this through failure while trying otherwise myself.
Agreed 100%. Not to detract from Ekik's wonderful vibrant video. But you only really grasp this when you spend hours nursing the cold spark from a flint and steel into life.
The flame is a delicate balance between fuel heat and oxygen. That infant flame never stood a chance as it had damp spruce plonked on top to cut the air supply and then cold damp sticks poked through it to sap the little heat that was building.
Really nice to see you back. You capture the essence of the moment so beautifuly. "There are only two days of the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live." Dalai Lama.
I like your rain day hike！
This all looks so wet. Captured pretty nice, and refering to most philosophists, the moment is all we ever have. Quite nice drawings man! Glad you´re back, please with more, greetimgs!
Lovely artwork, Erik. Good to catch up with your adventures again. 👍🏻
Det enskilt viktigaste ni som är friluftsproffs kan göra för oss mindre erfarna är att dela med er av sånt som inte gick som ni hade tänkt. Det sker ju ständigt för oss och blir lättare att hantera när man ser att det också händer för er. En påminnelse om vikten av att ha med sig alternativa lösningar är också nyttigt. Tack!
Veldig sant
This is why I keep my homemade stove and heet available!👏👏👏
Chào bạn phong cảnh đẹp quá bạn ơi mình rất thích video của bạn một nơi cắm trại thư giãn thoải mái tinh thần rất tiệc vời lắm bạn ơi. Chúc bạn nhiều sức khỏe và thành công trong công việc nhé
You can dry wet kindling with body heat if necessary.
Delighted that you're back. Your extraordinary nature videos and sketches have been missed by many. Stay well & safe .. Cheers.
These are impeccable. Thank you, Erik
Another great video which brings joy to so many.
The ritual of the woodland task means more than any facile escape diversion. There for the depth of sanctifying giftedness, not the disfavor of mere surface gain. Thanks for this feeling of undiscovered wealth.
Thank you
Thank you for sharing.
Always put my headphones on to enjoy the full benefit of your wonderful soundscapes. Oh and have a coffee brewed to join in. Cheers.
Moment of Zen ☕️🌲
What a pleasure to pass the seasons with you and your camera 🍁.
Superb video, Erik. Good to see you posting regularly. Yes, impermenance. Nicely put.
Good 👍
The real Nature lover is him he doesn't like cutting trees just for the video or firing a stone his a true Nature lover unlike other's TH-camr saying that they love Nature but they cut trees.
雨の中の森。雨音が最高です！！
I really enjoy your content Erik! And you sound craft is inspirational. Keep up your work :)
Its that time of year again! When the rain comes and the coffee calls! :) I love these videos Erik. Thank you
Thank you :-)
Hello Erik,in the wet, it is difficult for it to light up immediately, I too a lot of smoke, but sooner or later, I get a fine, from us in Italy and 'forbidden.👍👏👋
"Things only exist in the moment", the drawing with rain drops diluting the images, the crows in the background, the sound of the rain in the forest and a warm cup of coffee...magical. A lovely film Eric, so wonderful to share this part of the day with you. I'm sending this one out to my friends.
Great video
Sunday morning Normark.
Holy moment.
Lovely.
👍👍👍 .. and the Trangia sitting on the side thinking, "I can wait .."
Nice watching Erik give his thumbs up whilst also sipping on a cup.
It's currently still difficult to get a fire going in my local forest .. due to little rain and the Local Authorities lack of a sense of humour regarding those who attempt to do so 😏.
Fortunately, we have had some rain lately and the 'Forest Fire Risk Level' has dropped from a '3' down to a '2'. Now for just a little more ..
A nice share Erik, with some great visuals. Thanks for that .. take care ..
"Thumbs up" on your attempt to light the stove. I really liked the water colour drips on the sketch. Maybe you will inspire me to get back to watercolour painting.👍
Erik, you have wisdom to prepare and reach for the back-up plan fire system and also to time it practically. It is not unusual to struggle for hours for fire with one system and loose it totally. You calmly moved to the next one and won 👍👋! Greetings from Finland, Br Janne
Excellent. Top marks for perseverance with the fire and always good to have a standby.
Amazing 💚💚💚
Beautiful
kämpade igår också en timme för min kaffe vid kusten i duggregnet. Dina bilder är lika lugnande som dina filmer. Tack för det.
Your videos are so calming Erik . Sadly yesterday was very bad day for me because my mother past away 😭. Stay safe.
I send our family's sincere and heartfelt condolences to you and yours, dear Radoslaw. May your mother rest in Heavenly Peace 💌🌹💟
Very sorry for your loss
Very sorry to hear about your mom. Keep well!
Thanks for another nice video. 👍
Erik you are a poet with a camera and mic. Thank you.
Tack!👍
Härligt vacker video. Tusen tack, Erik 😊
Not easy sometimes, good thing you’ were well equipped. I enjoyed the video and the art Thank you! 👍
I am so glad I found your channel Erik! Have seen your videos almost every / day and night now during the past weeks. I now got so much inspiration to get out hiking again, grateful for your gift to share outdoors living! Thank you Erik you are a blessing ❤
A modest man is all the more strong . Good to know you are a real human just like all of us who learn and are inspired by you
The best 🔥 thanks from INDONESIA 🌍
Beautiful artwork! Impermanence, indeed. Always good to have a backup alcohol stove! Thanks, Erik, for another video, a work of art in itself. ATB
I do believe that this is the first time that Erik has used more than one match to make his coffee. Love your videos.
If you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail. You, my fellow man, seem to always have your preparations in order. Your demeanor is a calm spirit, one with nature. I enjoy the soothing and relaxing presentations you bring to your channel.
The cup of coffee was very well deserved :)
Amazing artwork by the end! Your videos speaks life. Well done!
You make me enjoy rainy forest days in a way I didn't think I could. But only on TH-cam so far 😄 The sounds and overall mood is simply superb.
Love the fact you included a failure, not just a edited perfection when making fire. I'm sure you would have succeeded if your life depended on it but being able to fall back on the alcohol stove for coffe did the job 😉
I really enjoyed this video! Nice images and perfect sound. Btw, the only fail is to not try. Having a backup plan in your backpack saves the day and the coffee moment too.
time to start taking the Tarp...☕👍
Hey guys Love u from Cambodia bro 🇰🇭🥰💪
Maybe you could have put up a tarp to provide some shelter for yourself and the fire?
The guy who developed the firebox stove is from Arizona!
One of the dryest places in the USA.
It is time you develop a Skandinavian version - the Normark stove!
A lovely video Erik - great to see you out enjoying the forest. Take care, Chris
Been making excellent fire starters with egg cartons, drier lint and paraffin for ever. They’ll light anything on fire.
🌲🌧️🔥Love it.
I am jealous of your opportunities to get out into Nature. When things are wet like that, with the small wood for fire building wet, if you take a knife and carve into the middle, then put it to your lips you can tell if it is soaked through--if it is you would need gasoline or something to dry it sufficient to get a fire going. Dead branches low on a spruce tree (some pine trees as well) tend to have a lot of resin in them and are waterproof because of that--in the US it is called fatwood, and the resin makes it good for fire starting (although smokey and sooty). You might also find it in a rotted stump in the part that is not rotted. When you find such wood, identified by the distinctive yellow color (sometimes even bordering on orange or red), you can carry a small piece with you for starting fires by shaving it to reinforce the birch bark. If the small twigs are wet, you may be able to get by splitting thumb sized stuff with your knife. There are lots of tricks I am not aware of in getting a fire started in wet weather, but those are a start. It can be a fun game to see if you can get a fire going, and you won't always win the game, but it offers lessons on woods living anyway.
我喜歡在健身房跑步的時候看你的影片，在大自然的聲音和畫面裡，不知不覺就完成了預定的運動時間
☕👍
Good stuff here sir! Love the view of the woods and seeing the firebox! I’m sure you know this but the firebox stove has the firesticks which allow one to place a trangia exactly at the right position for good heating of a trangia pot. So you wouldn’t have to pack the extra trangia triangle stove.
It’s fun trying to start a fire in the rain. It’s also fun to have my coffee. Need for coffee comes before fun with rainy day campfires 😁👍🏼. So I don’t blame you! No need to start sawing wood and splitting it to get to the dry stuff if we have the trangia stove along. Love the painting and the symbolism it portrayed and it’s good to see you out there feeling better and doing your thing! Take care. NQU
Beautiful new but wet adventure. I thought you'll manage to keep the fire going but it seems like the rain god was against you this time ;)
6:29 Doesn't bode well when you can't even get the match to light!
Tip Top!
Thank you for sharing your experiences, yet again!
I've a question you might be able to answer. I'm looking for possible areas in Northern Sweden in which to use my canoe. I'm specifically looking for a large calm river/water system without any (or many) rapids (so I may bring the kids without putting them in danger), flowing through pine forests. Preferably a long enough water system that you can paddle for days without entering built up areas. Do you have any suggestions?
I bet some things have stayed the same throughout all of human history when it comes to making fire. One, getting a fire started in wet conditions have always been (and will always be, if you don't use artificial materials) difficult and have through the millennia always tried the patience of the guy trying to get it going. When a fire is necessary to keep you alive, you persevere and keep on trying, and if it's not you stop trying (hopefully) before you loose your temper... Two, breaking firewood over the knee must be one of the oldest continuously used human activities that is still practiced by people all over the world today (and boy does it ever hurt if you try to break something that's a bit to thick, have a knot sticking out in the wrong place or you get the angle wrong...lol!).
Beautiful art you do, do you sell lithographs of them?
Has the falling rain gotten you rusty?😂 Usually that fire…😂
BEAUTIFUL DRAWINGS!!!😮
Super👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
🍀♥️🍀