Winter Bushcraft - First Fire at Camp - Firepit & Heat Reflector | Entry 6 - Building Camp Deadhorse
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- In this video, I return to camp and build the shelter's fire-pit and heat reflector, and test it by finally lighting the first fire at camp in over a year of building. After making my way to camp through knee deep snow, I got to work shovelling out the front of the shelter. I cleared an area for the fire-pit, found and dug up the rock pile I collected before winter, and threw together a quick fire ring with an open front. After, I used some of the logs from my wood storage and cut them into long stakes, and pounded them in with my axe (after digging out over a foot of ice off camera). I then used the bucksaw to cut logs to length and stacked them in-between the stakes, tying it all together with paracord making sure to add in the drying string which was suggested many times in past videos. A few days later, I returned to camp right as a cold snap came through the area bringing near -50°C temperatures over the next four days. As the temperature progressively dropped, I got to work splitting kindling from some of the shelter's scrap wood, and made a shaving pile with my knife. I lit the fire with my ferro-rod, and after getting it to a reasonable size, I was quite impressed with how warm the shelter was even with the cold wind and quickly dropping temps. I spent the rest of the day relaxing and enjoying the finished camp, and coming up with more ideas for it in the future. Next up will be some camping.
Thanks for watching,
Nicholas
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Enjoy the new video, and Merry Christmas! Next up will be some camping now that the building is finished. Remember to drop a like if you enjoyed and leave some feedback below of what you liked, disliked, or what you think I can improve in the next one. It helps make these videos possible.
Thanks for watching 🤠👊
- Nicholas
Happy Holidays, my friend. Nowadays I rarely have time to watch anything on TH-cam, but when I have the time, I watch your videos. Thank you.
Excellent, thank you for taking us along.
Thanks for watching!
Hey Nicholas , Merry Christmas to you 2 !!!
The place is looking good 😊👍🏽. Here's some thot food 4 ya..... How about xtendg the fire wall around 2 the shelter with a SMALL pass through on 1 side & a larger 1 on the other 4 bringing in packs, dog, gear , wood etc
This helps trap heat & very important 2 block wind into shelter. Keep nosey critters out at nite... Especially when fire is present . Aids in metal prep & ash's out of foods or water boiling in open pots. Can also be used attach tarp 2 from shelter roof line in heavy rain or snow so as to protect fire & cook/prep area.
Just a little something 2 think about 🤠
ATB amigo 👍🏽👍🏽
Love that part of our province. In all it's seasons. Cheers.
Long time watcher and new subscriber Nicholas, thanks for inspiration and quality videography of the BC Interior! Just relocated to the North Okanagan and love the dry snow like you have. Who knows, maybe make my own camp out here one day.
Thanks Nicholas, that was a cold one even with the fire. Merry Christmas and happy new year!
Thanks for watching, Merry Christmas!
Nice job on the camp!
Thanks!
its great, i think i would extend the fire wall quite a bit but its lookg awesome !!!!
the roof [?] seems to handle snow load easily 8) !! so now we will c u use it ... thats guna b great cuz u put ALOT of time n energy into it .... time 4 sum pay off lol !!!
🤠 Hi. You are like a lone wolf 🐺 You feel best alone in the forest. Regards. 👍
Hey! Thanks for always watching, I appreciate it 👍
Hang a sheet of clear plastic and it would be a super shelter. Very nice my friend. Merry Christmas to you and yours 🧑🎄🤠
I just might do that! Although, I'm not sure how well it'd work since I wasn't able to chink the walls. Merry Christmas!
I like the drying rack on your reflector.
Thanks! The idea was suggested to me for years, glad I was finally able to do it
Looking great. Have a Merry Christmas
Thanks! Merry Christmas 🤠
My friend Thank you for you Great dokumetar Movien have MERRY CHRISTMAS 🌲🎄End Happy New Year ! Niklas
Hello Niklas! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Great video, I was wondering what you were building, at first I thought you were going to have a cook out, but even better, you made a dryer, and you didn't need electricity! did the gloves dry good? you could dry other things that get wet, the heat reflector was a fantastic idea. I'm learning a lot from your videos, keep up the good work !!
Well as I sit here in TN USA current temp is 10 degrees which is far below our normal temp , nothing like your temps but very cold for us. I would like to ,arm chair , some questions and suggestions . Next time consider making your fire reflector/wind break as long as the opening in your shelter , why did you build your fire on bear ground rather than a log base. Please explain covering your fire pit with snow before you left , looks like 2 feet of snow all around . I understand leaving a cold fire pit before leaving a camp site , but with 2 feet of snow ?That U- shaped fire pit was a great idea. Now with all that said your vids are top notch , and I really enjoy watching them . This post is not meant to be confrontational , but conversational . The way you check you rifle frequently is impressive. Stay safe and Merry Christmas .
Hello, glad to see another comment from you! It's been awhile. Great idea on the fire reflector length. The main reason I made it short is so it doesn't block too many angles for filming inside the shelter. I had a long one on an older camp that was hard to work around. The one I built reflects some heat but does nothing for the wind, but I figured it was worth it. I built my fire on the ground because I had shovelled the snow out and wasn't too worried about it melting into the ice that was left. I have been very paranoid about not putting my fires out well enough after some close calls (long story), the snow was to make sure it would melt into it and put it out completely after I left. I definitely went overkill with it, but better safe than sorry 😆 Thanks for the questions and suggestions. They help make my videos better, so I appreciate it! Merry Christmas!
@@wituikbws Thanks for the reply
No problem! Hope to see you on the next one 👍
awesome video brah 👌
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Good 👍
Thank you!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays 🎅 Un Saludo.
Merry Christmas!
Another good one!! Still looking forward to your first overnighter!
Working on it! Should be filming it next week 👍
Well done Nicholas! You are going to get a lot of use out of your new camp. I like how you made a drying rack with the wind break. I hope you and "the lady with the cool hat" have a great Christmas, and 2023 brings you health, happiness, and long, peaceful trails. Take it easy Cowboy. Roger
Hello! Thank you! I'm looking forward to camping out of it, should be this week if everything goes to plan. I'm no longer with the lady you mentioned, haven't been for a long while. I hope you're having a great Christmas! You take it easy too, Roger! 🤠
@@wituikbws Oh man, I'm sorry. I need to learn to keep my mouth shut. No offense intended. Had no idea. I did a screen capture from the video at 17:51. Ran it through an art editor, and created a pencil drawing. Came out fantastic. Could have been drawn a hundred years ago. Your cabin would make a nice hunting set-up. Take it easy Nicholas. Next time I'll think before speaking. 🤔🤠
No offence taken! It's not well known unless I mention it, and I generally keep that kind of stuff private. You should send that photo to my email, nickwituik@gmail.com! I'd love to see it. Hope you've had a great day!
Very nice my brother 🙂 Another added heat shield semi-connecting the fire pit to the outside wall would make for an even warmer shelter... Just a suggestion 😊 See ya next time on the campout video Nicholas!
Thank you! I'll likely be updating the shelter in spring with a longer firewall etc, that is assuming I don't start another project instead 🤠 See you in the next one!
Hey Nicholas MERRY CHRISTMAS, good video how about expanding your fire reflector to make like a U to the sides of the shelter to keep animals away while camping and more heat to shelter just keep enough space to walk and carry items needed like your pack or firewood
Merry Christmas! I plan on expanding the fire reflector and camp in 2023. The ground was so frozen that doing any more than what I had in this video wasn't possible, mainly due to the cold snap that came through that just froze it worse. Thanks for the suggestions and watching! Appreciate it 🤠
Fire reflector looks great and so did the fire. Thanks for the video and have a Merry Christmas
Thanks for watching! Merry Christmas 🤠
400th like! keep up the great content.
Thanks! Will do!
Awesome video Bro.
Thanks! 👊
Awesome addition to the shelter. The drying rack for the gloves was genius... haven't seen that before. Always a good video... I can follow along and easily understand what is happening... keeps me interested, and I appreciate all of your hard work (building, filming, editing, etc). Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Pete - KI7LIL
Thanks! I have been getting suggestions to add that drying string since I built the first shelter on my channel, only took me 6 years to do it 😆 Thanks for watching, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
13 views only 6 likes come on people!
I just saw it.
Appreciate it 🤠
@@wituikbws You deserve it !
For real.
You should saw video before set Like.
Youtybe does not take into account the likes set before viewing.
Hey WItuik, I was always wondering, what is your Lever Action? Henry?
I carry two, one is a Browning 1886 and the other (the rifle in this video) is a Marlin 1895, both in .45-70 Government 👍
Sorry for that question, Why do you carry carabine in hand? I know that exist tactical scabbard for that type of carabine.
PS: Thanks for beautiful video as always.
The rifle is small and light enough to carry easily, and is about as light as my camera and tripod which I carry in my other hand when it isn't recording. It balances out so, it doesn't really bother me carrying it around. I am thinking of putting a sling on it though. Thanks for the question!
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Great vid. We haven't seen your girl friend/wife lately.
Well, how's that for an easy way to ensure the fire is out?
Convenient, but I will pay for it next time I'm out there and have to build my fire in ice 🤣
What kind of knife are you using?
It's a custom knife I designed and had built by Mike Jones Knife & Tool out of Quesnel, BC
@@wituikbws it's a beautiful knife, I've been trying to find something like it but haven't had any luck. thank you for responding!
Hello you
Howdy
Where's da grub lol
In a pot on the wood stove in my nice warm log house waiting for me 😆
@@wituikbws you getting really low temps like alberta ?
Worse as far as I saw, just about -50°C. Damn was I ever getting tired of it, had to wear winter gear just to edit this video (no joke). I live just north of the unofficially official coldest place in Canada. The coldest temperature recorded was -63°C in the Yukon, but it has been well into -70°C here according to locals and old books. I guess it was just never recorded officially 😆
@@wituikbws 😬 Yikes... Cold! 🥶 We just had a storm go through here in Iowa that took us down to -11° with wind chill of -40° and my hands were feeling it after 10 minutes! Keep them digits warm my brother 😅
Hi Nicholas, how are you? It has been a long time since I heard from you, I hope you are well! I have not forgotten you my friend, I just have a lot to do, But I hope you send me Nia documentaries video if you have done, Thank you. My dream is to meet you, In Canada or in Stockholm, I would invite you, because you are very kind and nice to me, Dear Nicholas I wish you and your family a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a happy new year,🎅☃🎄🎁🎆🎀🌠🥂🍾