Wet, cold camping alone in a hot tent. Solo overnighter. Winter preparation.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ต.ค. 2021
- Visit the hot tent camp in late fall as I make final preparations for the extreme cold winter ahead. I improve the leveling of the tent, make the doors windproof and make a new net to dry out my frozen clothes. This tent is in the subarctic of Canada and will be my heaven on earth this winter. Soon the ice will form, and the bitter winter will be here. I can't wait. Great food, hard work, fancy lights, and light snowfall make this an amazing trip.
Here are all of my tiny cabin hot tent videos: • The Tent Shack
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How much experience do I have?
That depends. I am pretty good at starting a fire these days and gathering wood. But I don't really have true bushcraft skills and definitely no carpentry or construction skills or training. I could probably make a shelter if I had to, but that would just come from all the TH-cam training (watching) over the years.
What gear do I use?
Canon 90D camera
Rode videomicro
Sigma Art 18-35mm 1.8
Sigma Art 50mm 1.4
Canon 10-18mm stm
I do not live in the tent. I just visit whenever I can. - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
My youth is gone. But I love coming along on your journey. I just imagine myself by your side and doing the work. It brings me great pleasure to use my imagination. I loved to work hard and I miss it dearly. But the type of work your doing to accomplish your goal is the kind that brings a happiness and freedom and peace. It’s the very best kind and the reward is so rich. Thank you for your videos, they make me feel so good and the dreams they bring are amazing. Thank you Jay
Thanks so much, Red Ice. This is a very thoughtful comment and it means a lot to read something like this. My time is now to do this stuff. I didn't have this as a child but always dreamed of it. Now that I can, i am embracing every second of the hard work. Thanks again. Sincerely, Jay.
Wow! Awesome comment and awesome impact you're having with the channel, Jay.
You seem so kind and thoughtful.
I think I have a crush on you. LOL I am quite alot older than you. You have a good eye. The videos are very good.
As a kid I lived in northern Minnesota. I ran a trap line from age 13-16 (I'm 63 now). I was up at 4am before school to check traps and then after school as well. Some of those mornings and nights were -20F - 30F. But I also remember the nights walking across the lake at night, snow crunching under my boots as I walked, because of the cold and the moon was so bright and the night was so still. My breath would just hang in the air. I could see critters running across the lake in the moonlight. It was sooooooo incredibly peaceful!! Those were some of the most beautiful nights that I remember. Seeing this video with the lake so still and a bit of snow on the ground brought those wonderful memories to my mind again... Great video!!! Beautiful country!!!
Paul
What city you grow up in?
Every now and then my daughter and I will go for a ride in the woods. I find myself looking for a good place to put up a really nice tent and us staying over night. Lol. With heavy rain. I’m so glad I can at least dream about it. I love your videos. So much fun. Thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️
Thanks Jo Ann. It's always great to hear from you.
Getting a stockpile of wood is so essential nice score on that tree.I like how you aren't afraid to try out new ideas for the tent. 🙂🇨🇦👍⛺
That tree was a beautiful find. I ended up seeing one that's even better. Can't wait to go get it!
Love the weather, love all that mustard! I especially liked the moment you walked down to the shoreline and just admired the serenity and beauty of the lake and landscape. Your videos relieve my anxiety and put me at peace. Another amazing trip to your slice of heaven. Can’t wait for your -40 videos!
Thanks for this comment, Jeff. I'm really glad you find something meaningful in the vids. That means a lot. Jay
Mr.plant looks like mr. Gandolfini.i knew him and his family. The most shy gentleman. ( and handsom)
OK>>> I have 2 things to say! 1. YOU always make the food look and seem like the taste ,is out of this world! 2. Get you a cheap pair of safety glass, put them on when you are chopping wood and cutting down trees, if a piece of bark was to fly and hit you in the eye, you are a long ways from HELP! infact get a couple pair and leave them in the shack! (just a suggestion)!
Very good suggestion. Thanks JD.
Next time you want to hang a net for food or drying gloves, etc., get one of those nets from an auto parts store used in a car trunk or mini van to keep things from moving around. Fairly cheap, pretty well made, and easy to come by.
Jay, i really enjoy watching your videos. Not only seeing you around the tent but also hearing your thoughts
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing Jay. I was actually thinking about you the other day.
I’m the kind of person who, thinks if I can’t do something well, I don’t try or even start them. I know that’s ridiculous but it doesn’t seem to change my mind. I so admire your stick-to-it-ivness despite all of the jerks and know-it-alls voicing their unwelcome opinions.
Hi Jay, couple of ideas. #1 Can you make a trail through the woods for a four wheeler and sled instead of going across the lake?
#2 When you tear down the tent keep the platform. Maybe it could be moved and you could use it for stacking wood on it or you may use it in your build. Looking forward to seeing you again soon, maybe with your better half too.
Jay. I love your videos. Truly. But each time I watch your videos I always feel like there is something missing.... and today I figured out what that was..... A faithful companion. i.e. A canine buddy. Wondering why you are the only guy on these types of videos without one.
I’m sure you’re going to get a lot of people saying “ I told you that having the wood ready to go when you get there is a great idea!” I was one of those people but I wouldn’t do anything like that😂🤣. This is going to be another great video! I enjoy watching you fix up the tent with little tricks and skills that you’ve learned
It really was a great idea. I won't always do it, but was glad that day!
having resources at the ready is always a good idea...
Even when the weather is not perfect it's still amazing. That view!! Spectacular. Can't wait for the frozen nights. Stay safe and warm..
I'm counting down the seconds to a frozen lake!
Going down the #jaylegere memory lane on old videos. It's your authenticity, your willingness to learn, the way you make fun of yourself and the food, watching you prepare and eat is a joy for me. I'm sure others feel the same way as I do. I've been watching you for years.❤❤
I love it when you say that you dont know what youre doing but you end up doing it well lol
Great job on the mesh, thanks for the idea
Haha. Sometimes things work out!
Another awesome video from Jay enjoy watching your video thanks for sharing your video.
These videos are so relaxing. Living the dream out there, Jay! Wish I had a place like this, calm and away from everyone. My dream was to have a cabin but that's unaffordable and also extremely difficult in terms of permits. Just to have a fire in a bowl around my house (I live for rent) would cause the neighbours to call the cops on me lol. Hope your next video is sooner than later! :)
I hear you. I got out of the city years ago and I'm never going back. I like the north and I love the wild. Thanks again Hackisack for taking the time to comment. Jay
That squeaky door was kind of a trademark. Great video!!
Hahah. Never thought of that.
It's been a great trip, enjoyed every moment. Can't wait for snow and clear starry skies. Take care Jay. 🙂
Jay I just love the videos you make especially when you cook
Jay!!! You NEED to bring a pour over and leave it at the tent...
Loving it jay, what a great year for videos. Can't wait till the winter season.
Trying out your viewers advice is cool. I'm sure it's helped a lot. Sometimes it fails but most times it makes life easier. It also makes one feel they're camping 🏕 with you and enjoying everything. The more we work together, the happier we'll be. Ok, that's being corny hey. Really enjoy your trips and learn a lot. Enjoy!
Jay, another great film! Loved the ingenuity of the net drying rack, made me think of my mitts on the warming oven of the cook stove as a boy! Now I’m wishing for colder weather! Hehe thanks Jay ! Hope to see you soon!
Thanks Myles! I hope I'm back sooner than later, that is for sure!
Hi Jay. I used to live in the U.P. of Michigan, which is mostly forest, and the things you do bring me back. I will be returning there soon when my husband retires. I know there is lots of work involved in that lifestyle, but it is peaceful, rewarding, and such a brotherhood with nature. Can't wait to see your next trip! Thanks.
Another fab video, love the channel and all you do. If you fry a few mushrooms and onions in butter with the meat and then add the beans, delish.
Oh. I might try that!
Love all your videos, Jay! They’ve always been great, but you’ve really gotten awesome at your framing/filming/editing! Thanks so much for so much great content!
Thanks so much Mike. I love reading comments like this. Jay
Great video Jay, keep up the hard work! Look forward to your winter adventures!
That shot from out the front door at 10:30 or so with you chopping wood, and the lake and the woods behind you is picture perfect! Great video, thanks!
That shot of you by the fog covered lake was iconic.
I really enjoy your videos and will watch for you after the lake freezes over.
Thanks, Peter. I can't wait for winter!
I think I've said this before, I live in manhattan and your structure is the size of my apt. Thank you for giving me a break
Good Luck Jay with the new site and it’s gorgeous surroundings can’t wait to see the progress.🇨🇦
another longer video. nice.
46 Min. I love it Jay, I could watch longer. This new adventure coming up will be a blast this Winter. Like the chair, that can be your personal bush throne. Jay, you cannot put out a bad video and as someone else pointed out, your Winter videos are the best. I have 10 acres on a remote lake that I bought from the State of Alaska 20 years ago I can only get there in the Winter by a Supercub on skis or a 3 hr. snowmachine ride. Summer, only by Supercub on floats. Wouldn't have it any other way. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks John. I'll need to check out super cubs. Never heard of them before. That chair definitely has a throne feel to me!
@@jaylegere
Supercub airplanes are widely used here in Alaska traveling in and out of the Bush. They can pretty much takeoff and land anywhere without a long runway.
Cam;s looking great! Love the mesh idea...real practical.
Jay, always look forward to your videos. Looking forward to the coming season.
Yes. This season can't come fast enough!
Really enjoy seeing you fix up your current space, but also excited to see what you’ll do with the other location. Thanks for a great video as always.
I have no idea what's happening with the new spot, all I know is I can't wait.
Jay again I cant wait to see what you do with the new site. Both sites are awesome. Keep it up and thank you.
Great video Jay, can’t wait to see the winter trips and all that your going to do! Stay safe!
Thanks for watching and commenting, Jim!
Another great video Jay. Its not very hard to see how much you seem to enjoy your time at the tent. Cant wait for the winter camping videos. Thanks for taking us along
I think about that place 24/7. Thanks for watching and the compliment.
That's a great stove Jay!
Yep it really is!
@@jaylegere where did you get it?
Good to see you, Jay!
Thanks, Ed!
Pork steaks are really popular where I am from! I throw some on the grill once a week! St Louis Missouri here!!
Another great video Jay. Thanks for sharing your experiences.
Nice video in the woods Jay! Always like it when you go to the tent. Thanks for sharing your video.
Outstanding trip Jay.
Menu was excellent, crackling of the fire, the cold air, I miss it so much.
Thanks for sharing.
I'm so glad you liked it! Thanks for this comment, Mark.
Yes my youth is gone also but I love watching you and your girlfriend work around your camping sites it’s so much fun watching other people have fun,
Awesome properties. Lol when I heard you say” what’s in the tickle trunk” haven’t heard that in years
Another awesome video jay! Sucks we may have to wait a month to see another one but this was great. And it was at the perfect time, perked me up this week and surprisingly enough I'm going camping this weekend! But it will only be about 50 degrees Fahrenheit so not the same as your camping but still camping! Can't wait til the winter camp videos start !!!! 👍👍
Great video Jay! thanks!
Thanks, Jerry!
Jay, we are waiting for the weekend at the tent sweepstakes! Haha love the videos, take care.
Always love the videos looking forward to more in the future
Thanks, Jason!
I just love watching these kind of self filmed adventures.
Looks like a good time. You've inspired me to take a few day trips and have a boil up as we say down here.
Nothing beats a boil up that's for sure!
Hey Jay hope all is well. You were putting the wedges in and I remembered when you built the wood pallet frame, along with all the problems you had to figured out. You proved me wrong on the tent frame, when you were building it and I saw it shake so bad I thought when you were putting the tent over the frame it was going to collapse, but it never did.
The Pork Chops and Fries looked amazing, and you said I will save 1/2 for tomorrow’s breakfast, it would have been gone if that was me. Stay safe hopefully there will be one more trip before the Lake freezes over and the snow flies.
I will be hoping for a quick freeze up so we can look forward to the next video. Thanks again Jay for bringing us along.👍
Thanks for watching!
Try camping for a month straight. Me and a good friend decided to say screw life for a month in the spring. Packed up some gear and out tents and we went camping for a month. We had some pretty strong clear bags that we would fill with a tad bit of laundry soap and our cloths and we even actually did laundry on sit as well. And I will tell you. When that month was up I legitimately almost cried because I had to force myself to come back in. I don't know about my friend. Buy I could have easily just continued to stay out there and lived off the land.
ONE OF US! ONE OF US! ONE OF US! what was that from? if memory serves, the little green aliens, from toy story right?
Always enjoy a trip to the tent. Thanks for letting me catch a ride. Be well
Hello Jay, your so lucky to be able to live like this, what a great life :)
Hi Jay, I only recently found your videos but I really love watching them. I’m trying to catch up on them. I really like the way you tell us what you’re doing, how and why. I don’t get out much anymore. I have very bad arthritis in my knees, ankles, neck and my fingers. And I had a couple of falls ripping my knee up really bad requiring surgery. And I also have some degenerative damage in my back. So I am disabled now. I can’t walk or stand very well for very long and my balance is a problem sometimes. So camping or canoeing is not a thing I can entertain these days. So I want to say thank you for your videos because now I get the chance to watch you and somehow I feel like I’m right there in the woods and the snow and see some beautiful scenery. (Maybe I’ll paint those scenes) I never saw snow until I was in my mid thirties and even then I only experienced snow twice. But I do remember seeing my first real snowflake. So thank you for helping me come along and seeing places I can’t visit anymore. Love and hugs and Merry Christmas from Australia. Ps I heard cottonwool balls covered in Vaseline will strike quickly and it will save your matches. Great for an emergency. Maybe try it out. Take care. Bye.
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Another great video.
Can't wait for snow so you can get back to the tent.
Loved Yellowknife, out your door and you're on the trails already. Miss taking long rides in -20/-30 C some of the best times of my life. I don't miss the summertimre fires though.
Great video Jay. Now I know where “Crappy Tire” originated. 😂😂😂
Hahaha
@@jaylegere man you sure are lucky to be able to go to the places that you do. I would love a fall/winter in Yellowknife. I was last there April-Oct 1994 and loved it. Only been back on one occasion passing through to do some helicopter flying up at Ekati. I truly enjoy your tenting videos. Your honesty, humbleness and genuine love of making things better is so soothing. No Master Bushcraft arrogance here buddy. Keep em coming. Oh, and good grub too. That's the Newfie in ya....LOL Not afraid of a little deep frying at the camp. HaHa
Hi Jay! I really like the new location. Can't wait for the winter videos. Best Regards
Hi Kevin! Winter can't come fast enough!
Another good one Jay. Always like watching your progress, getting better skills. Good job. Cheers
Thanks Mark, I appreciate that
I just found yours and up north 60 and I have been binge watching. I love you videos.
The tickle trunk!! Awesome video
Thanks, Jim!
Hi. If you are worried about fumes. block up the gaps around the door. Then you need a longish pipe. You need the pip going through your plywood wall to outside, Across the floor along side of the stove. preferably with a vent on the end of the vent pipe. Have the pipe that finishes inside the tent. have it finish somewhere near the front of the stove. That way you can control the air coming in, and have fresh air feeding into the fire
Summer and Fall are winding down, but I'm glad you were able to get several trips to the tent between winters. Now it's time to get that snowmobile tuned up for the first use. Can't wait to see the wolf sweater come out of mothballs again. :-)
Yeah, the wolf sweater rules!!
Fall camping is definitely great! Different smells more daylight awesome exercise getting there...... And a Fella only needs to FRESHEN up the fire in the morning :) Enjoying the Great Canadian outdoors, no Experience necessary 💫🔥
Another great video! I’ll miss them while you’re not able to get out. Hope it’s a quick and early freeze for you!
I'll miss them too. I want to go back right now.
Gotta love the fall weather, but oh no.....a break in these videos....hope the cold weather comes soon! Great video and good question re spruce and birch wood.
I know, I'm hoping for a flash freeze so I can beach out there soon.
@@jaylegere Guess next year you'll need to invest in an air boat or hovercraft... then you can come and go 365 days a year... no more excuses for a month out of the woods.
Respect! You make us excited and surround us with your positivism. Thank you very much. It deserves our respect. Congratulations!!
Hi Jay. Thanks for another awesome video. I enjoy watching the delicious cooking too. Wish I had smellavision! See ya next time in the snow.
Hi Tanya. Always great to see a comment from you. Thanks.
Hey Jay, that intro had a bit of a Proenneke feel to it Awesome !! Great work my friend 👏 👍
Amazing compliment. Thanks!
Love the Mr.Dressup reference Jay! 39:30
Ha! Nice to see someone caught it.
I'm a new subscriber to your channel and I enjoy watching your videos very much. I will be 60 next month and I'm just getting started with the bushcraft thing and camping so I am learning as I go and hopefully learn a little bit from everyone I watch. It's never to late to have some fun.
Dwayne Stewart
Absolutely! Never too late. Good luck out there Dwayne.
Hey Jay, while the temps are still warm, bring a quart of white paint and paint some of the inside walls white. Makes it brighter for filming and to reflect light for nighttime, unless a rustic outdoor look is more warranted. 🇨🇦
Never really thought about painting. White would definitely lighten the place up. But it would lead to me being a silhouette due to the camera wanting to expose to the brightness. I like the thought of paint though. Thanks sandpiper.
A really good video can’t wait for the snow to hit.
like these longer videos, shows you care about your fans
Thanks Walker. To be honest, I just really like making them too!
Love the videos man keep it up
I enjoy your videos late at night when I was growing up in 1970 in California my Papa would take us camping he pass on this month 2 years ago at the ago of 94 you make go back to the pass of my life growing up
Great video Jay!!
Thanks, Jason!
My day just got a little brighter when I saw you posted a new vlog! 😉
Perfect!
Can't wait for the next video 😊👍🌹
Me too.
Good video Jay. I enjoy them
Thank you.
Love the chair
Another great video..
Thanks, Elwin!
Hello Jay,this is realy an nice video. I love it.
Thanks, Sila!
Great new site Jay
Thanks, Doug. I'm excited that's for sure.
Just amazing Jay 👏
Thanks, Randy.
Hi Jay!!
I'm thinkin next weekend would be a great weekend for a pre--winter camping trip!!
Paul
Man two sites!! That’s awesome buddy. Crazy to see how far you have come from that first big tent with just a stove and a fold up table on the bare ground haha. Love it man!! Let’s hope your freeze comes in nice and strong 💪
Man that looks REALLY good your makein me HUNGRY ENJOY
Pork chops for life!
I really liked the side-on shot of your fries and chop, it showed off the textures of the food beatifully and made it look even more delicious, nice work! Keep up the good work out there!
Great vid Jay stay safe
Thanks, Elwood. Will do!
You have a relaxing tone in your voice. Imagine singer, love your videos.
Thanks so much, Kenneth.
Singer
Wow, you responded. For real. My life is crazy, and not just for me for everyone.you take us away. Thank you .!
Hi Jay, love your videos