Rolling up in that tarp reminds me of my Basic Training at Fort Dix. We went to the field and a storm was blowing in all day. That night they would not let us join up our Shelter Halves and said just roll up in them. Canvas will let water through of course if you are touching it as we all know. Right at dark when they turned us loose to set up I managed to find a sort of high spot in the line of Pine trees along our supposed to be Perimeter and had some cord in my pack. I tied one end of my Shelter Half about a foot or a little more off the ground. Just enough to let me crawl in and not looking like much of anything pitched. Threw some Pine Needles and Cones over it as best I could and woke up the next morning after a pretty much all night rain bone dry. Everyone else in the Platoon were soaking wet. I noticed I was being eyed by the Drills and stood out like a sore thumb. I handed my weapon to my buddy next to me and walked over to the nearest mud hole and sat down in it. We all got a much needed laugh out of that, but my getting wet and being as miserable as everyone else was coming whether I cooperated or not. LOL. This was back when they were changing over from the 100% Cotton Fatigues to the new Poly Blend stuff which I hated. Before we would go to the Field they would run us through the Quarter Masters and issue us an old set of the salvaged 100% Cotton ones to keep us from tearing up our new issue I guess. Anyway the same morning as we began our PT I ripped the entire ass end out of those old Cotton Fatigues and had to flap in the breeze for the next couple of days. I wasn't about to complain. That would have cost me dearly. Sorry. Memories are all an old dude has.
Very good video. After spending so much money in backpacking gear for the last 10 years, I am finally using a tarp for a shelter that is dirt cheap. Thank you so much for sharing your enthusiasm and these kind of shelters. God bless you.
Miss you on TV - glad to have found your youtube channel! Thanks for the demonstration. I will be out kayak camping with a tarp this weekend/next week.
You Guys did so well on this Matt that I Shared it with Family. These Videos the two of you have been producing together are really good Buddy! You will always be my Iconic Hero! Thanks and as Always, .. Blessings from Oregon! ... Mike.
Hey Matt, enjoyed you on tv and appreciate your real world application knowledge that you bring with you. Bought your condor knife and love it. Keep up the videos and I will be watching!
Great to see Matt back sharing tips again, was so disappointed that he is no longer on dual survival, I got my tarp from mountain laurel designs, Cuban fiber, quite happy with it
That's a show I don't get tired of at all, so I'm fine with it not ending, especially if it had Matt, Hudson, Terry, Jake, and Tom, and the other professionals... Lol.
I go through a new set of tent pegs every year in Algonquin park. Its the canadian shield so its all rock. Anywhere from rock to a couple feet of soul/moss. There's always one peg that won't go in and/or gets bent in the process of finding its place.
Hey Matt, Thanks for the great video lesson, there! Do you (and Sarah?) have any more content coming anytime soon? Hoping you’re well & looking forward to whatever comes next!
Thanks for the information. In my opinion I think it would have been more helpful for you to demonstrate on a tarp that someone could buy at a local hardware store. The tarp you used cost 365 dollars. I think that most people would never spend that much money for a tarp.
Oh snap. Matt Graham! Just found this channel. I like the lean-to. modified lean-to and classic A frame (sometimes grounded other times flying). Sure I will Subscribe!
... wow... Thanks Matt !! most of it i knew, but i DID learn some things ( or @ least rekindled old knowledge ; ) So Thanks Again & know you helped an old man of 73. & ya gotta new sub ; )
Great video, thanks! Do you think you could do a quick tutorial on how to tie the ropes to the tabs? I couldn't see how you made them so they were easy to move, but wouldn't slip. Or if anyone knows what know he used, I can look it up.
Great vid Matt👍👍 new sub here! Big fan! Seen your shows, read your book and just realized you have a youtube!! Sick!! Im a new tuber and your vids are a great inspiration!! Thanks man👍👍
Hay Matt , UdaMan !. That tarp U used is way to big buck for old poops like me . I take spray adhesive and stick a solar blanket to the inside of my tarps .
Know the weather patterns in your area, and the direction prevailing wind usually comes from. (Often in the states, west, NW, or SW depending where you are) Also notice terrain. For instance, in the evening, cold air can spill down mountainsides once the sun goes down, and the air up there cools down, gets heavy and falls. In that case I often point the back of my shelter at the mountain slope so it blocks that cold air.
Tough one Frank C. Not hard to figure in a 'normal' weather pattern, but I've had storms coming in from the SW (almost always where they come from here) and the wind violently changes to straight north or east. The only sure way to be protected from the weather is to have the option to close off every direction. Not much help I know, but very true.
Went to the web site in the description and as of April 2019 the 8ftX10ft tarp shown in the video is $385.00,,, for that price it better be bullet proof . ! . ! . !
too loud and crinkly for $400. I payed $59 and got a 7'-10' 16 0z aqua tech guide tarp. it's much quieter, much stronger and comes with loops all over. hey the extra 6 0z won't kill you.ecen my great grandfather carries one in his wheel chair.
Hey Matt got some pretty ugly feet but thought I would like to try some sandals this year got any recommendations also I'm 65 just trying to get back into shape again have always had trouble with flexibility I was wondering what your overall workout is I would say running is out of the question I have started walking again thanks for any tips Simon PS we couldn't really see the cordage on this tarp and how you were tightening it a close-up would be really nice appreciate all you do Simon
I'd love to see Matt and MCQBushcraft (189,000 subs) get together for a few weeks and see them shoot some videos together. Or my nephew Jon B (381,000 subs) from Fishing the Midwest. He LOVES nature and I have a feeling he'd love to get into bushcraft/survival. It would be a great way to expose Matt's amazing skills and attitude to a whole new demographic of viewers. Subbed too #2,500!
Something else you can do in soft soil is to wrap a small bundle of sticks in your cordage and bury them and pack it down. It won't move and will keep your shelter in place
eres increible aprendi muchas cosas contigo,,,,,gracias y sigue asi conectando con la naturalesa que una de las mejores cosas que la viva nos ofrece.....un abrazo enorme !! Ojala una noche poder ver las estrellas junto a ti :*
I never understood why the campaign by Dupont was so successful is getting rid of hemp fibers nearly a century ago. Somewhat like Firestone and other corporations ridding of us of the evils of mass transit even earlier than that. Let us all light up at a transit booth to protest such greed-driven tunnel vision. Dont get me started on the awful lead pollution in our fuel. Denial is a strong emotion...
Why would you show a $365 tarp to the general community when a polyethylene painters cloth or window sheet could be purchased for $5 to $10, aside from the durability? Why cover yourself with the tarp in the manner that you did when you would get wet and a poncho/tarp will keep you dry and provide shelter? And why would you cover yourself on the ground and add a ground sheet when your presentation initialized with just the tarp? Dynemma, the tarp you showed is exceptionally expensive. Having made a 4.70 ounce floorless tent, 5X9X3.5 feet w/hooded mosquito netted vent is far superior to the tarp shown and cost me $225 for all materials which many people can make. A tent protects entirely from the cold, rain, sleet, snow and wind. As a survivalist you are aware of body heat robbing wind and the other elements described. A tarp is an effective but reduced potential shelter compared to a tent.
Uh he wasn’t trying to show off the tarp he was showing how to use a tarp. Hints the reason he mentions tips on cheaper tarps. This man lives in the woods 24/7 by choice. Of course he is going to have a tarp that is built to last a long time
Something that I don't see on the packaging for tarps or mylar type blankets is the heat it melts at, this would be a nice thing, but I guess common sense has to prevail for now :) Isn't mylar fire retardant?
Looks like a spruce green Hyperlite Mountain Gear flat tarp. It's a great tarp but I prefer the Echo II over the flat tarp. You can get more information about them at www.hyperlitemountaingear.com/flat-tarp.html its
Zpacks also make the Cuban fiber tarps. They're amazingly light and compact. As someone else said though, they're quite loud! Also somewhat transparent.
just checked the prices on the Hyperlite tarp. Speaking of being high....Brother must be flying at 30,000 feet if he thinks someone is gonna pay THAT price for a tarp. For that price, I can afford to bring 2 people along to build my shelter for me and screw the tarp.
Thanks for the video Matt. You are the one person who got me off the couch and back into the woods. I am 52 and had to go out on disability at 49 because of a severe truck wreck, I was an over the road driver. So thanks for all the support and help that you gave me that you never knew about. Keep making the videos please.
Just found the channel, sub'd and liked. Matt, it's great to see you in your element, and excellent filming Sarah. I hope to see a lot more. Thank you brother
When one is so close with the earth, not just in a survival situation, but thriving and in a Spiritual sense, recharging from the energy provided by Gaia and exchanging that energy as Matt clearly does, one is definitely going to be perpetually happy, hopeful, and humming with positive vibrations they draw from the Earth. 😊🙏
my thanks for the vid but i did see all thru in your vid behind you was a tent a round tent , so pls if you are going to make more vids dont be lieing and say you are a lone ok as it is misleading others in believing you are make sure next time you make a vid that your camcrwe don't get in the film
Rolling up in that tarp reminds me of my Basic Training at Fort Dix. We went to the field and a storm was blowing in all day. That night they would not let us join up our Shelter Halves and said just roll up in them. Canvas will let water through of course if you are touching it as we all know. Right at dark when they turned us loose to set up I managed to find a sort of high spot in the line of Pine trees along our supposed to be Perimeter and had some cord in my pack. I tied one end of my Shelter Half about a foot or a little more off the ground. Just enough to let me crawl in and not looking like much of anything pitched. Threw some Pine Needles and Cones over it as best I could and woke up the next morning after a pretty much all night rain bone dry. Everyone else in the Platoon were soaking wet. I noticed I was being eyed by the Drills and stood out like a sore thumb. I handed my weapon to my buddy next to me and walked over to the nearest mud hole and sat down in it. We all got a much needed laugh out of that, but my getting wet and being as miserable as everyone else was coming whether I cooperated or not. LOL. This was back when they were changing over from the 100% Cotton Fatigues to the new Poly Blend stuff which I hated. Before we would go to the Field they would run us through the Quarter Masters and issue us an old set of the salvaged 100% Cotton ones to keep us from tearing up our new issue I guess. Anyway the same morning as we began our PT I ripped the entire ass end out of those old Cotton Fatigues and had to flap in the breeze for the next couple of days. I wasn't about to complain. That would have cost me dearly. Sorry. Memories are all an old dude has.
I learned in college that having brains is one sure way of not getting along with grunts. But the generals sure take notice.
Fort Dicks, you say?
Matt is someone I look up too and who inspired me to start my journey into primitive skills and living, his knowledge and experience is abundant.
$365 for a tarp??? .....I can't do that.....my father would come back from the grave and beat my rear-end
Very good video. After spending so much money in backpacking gear for the last 10 years, I am finally using a tarp for a shelter that is dirt cheap. Thank you so much for sharing your enthusiasm and these kind of shelters. God bless you.
Hey Matt, I loved seeing you on the TV shows, but I don't have TV now so I'm glad that I found your TH-cam channel. Take care and God bless.
Miss you on TV - glad to have found your youtube channel! Thanks for the demonstration. I will be out kayak camping with a tarp this weekend/next week.
You Guys did so well on this Matt that I Shared it with Family. These Videos the two of you have been producing together are really good Buddy! You will always be my Iconic Hero! Thanks and as Always, .. Blessings from Oregon! ... Mike.
Hey Matt, enjoyed you on tv and appreciate your real world application knowledge that you bring with you. Bought your condor knife and love it. Keep up the videos and I will be watching!
Always nice to listen to a happy , positive and just full of energy fellow hiker. Thanks
Love your joy of life and spirit, been a fan for a while. God bless.
Matt...I remember camping when I was a "youngster"; I'm hoping to recapture those times; your post is encouraging---
That’s amazing. Thanks for the tips. I shall be using these in the Scottish highlands next week
Special thanks to Matt, & Sarah,
Great use's of the tarp for a shelter! I enjoy you primitive skill's!
Great to see Matt back sharing tips again, was so disappointed that he is no longer on dual survival, I got my tarp from mountain laurel designs, Cuban fiber, quite happy with it
Matt is such a nice guy. I'd love to see him on Alone, The Professionals.
The show would never end.
@@jamesmcswain8120 Ha ha ha, aye, you’re probably right.
That's a show I don't get tired of at all, so I'm fine with it not ending, especially if it had Matt, Hudson, Terry, Jake, and Tom, and the other professionals... Lol.
@@jessicabiedermann1221 And Joe Robinet could redeem himself.
Very well done. Always nice to watch someone that knows what they are talking about.
Tarpology, got to love it!! Thanks Matt for sharing!!
Great info Matt, great camera work Sarah, thumbs up!!
Advice on the wind is excellent !!!
Glad I found your site!! 😊✌️
thats a 355 dollar tarp if i go look on the hyperlight mountain gear website ..... i will carry 400 grams more and pay 45 euro for my tarp !!
Lovely video and a great vibe. Thanks😊
Thank you for the lessons you are a terrific teacher
I go through a new set of tent pegs every year in Algonquin park. Its the canadian shield so its all rock. Anywhere from rock to a couple feet of soul/moss. There's always one peg that won't go in and/or gets bent in the process of finding its place.
Awesome job! Same tarp I have
Light and does the job!!!
What plants are smokeable in a survival situation
Awesome video!
Hey Matt,
Thanks for the great video lesson, there! Do you (and Sarah?) have any more content coming anytime soon? Hoping you’re well & looking forward to whatever comes next!
He posted this 3 years ago
You are the best. I really like what you do
Thanks for the information. In my opinion I think it would have been more helpful
for you to demonstrate on a tarp that someone could buy at a local hardware
store. The tarp you used cost 365 dollars. I think that most people would never
spend that much money for a tarp.
Oh snap. Matt Graham! Just found this channel. I like the lean-to. modified lean-to and classic A frame (sometimes grounded other times flying). Sure I will Subscribe!
Excellent insights!! Thank-you Matt...
... wow... Thanks Matt !! most of it i knew, but i DID learn some things ( or @ least rekindled old knowledge ; ) So Thanks Again & know you helped an old man of 73. & ya gotta new sub ; )
Great video, thanks! Do you think you could do a quick tutorial on how to tie the ropes to the tabs? I couldn't see how you made them so they were easy to move, but wouldn't slip. Or if anyone knows what know he used, I can look it up.
Subscribe to CORPORALS CORNER, AND CHECK OUT HIS TARP SHELTER VIDEOES, He shows in detail how to tie every paracord knot needed, ridge line and all!!
Prussik knot i think
Great vid Matt👍👍 new sub here! Big fan! Seen your shows, read your book and just realized you have a youtube!! Sick!! Im a new tuber and your vids are a great inspiration!! Thanks man👍👍
Hay Matt , UdaMan !. That tarp U used is way to big buck for old poops like me . I take spray adhesive and stick a solar blanket to the inside of my tarps .
Thanks. Great information.
Great tips! Thanks man
The 3.5mx4m tarp works nice as a roof over a hammock. Performs better than a tent if you are in mountain woods (you can sleep on a steep terrain).
before setting up the tarp, how to tell where the wind will come from, before it comes later?... cool video.
Know the weather patterns in your area, and the direction prevailing wind usually comes from. (Often in the states, west, NW, or SW depending where you are) Also notice terrain. For instance, in the evening, cold air can spill down mountainsides once the sun goes down, and the air up there cools down, gets heavy and falls. In that case I often point the back of my shelter at the mountain slope so it blocks that cold air.
Tough one Frank C. Not hard to figure in a 'normal' weather pattern, but I've had storms coming in from the SW (almost always where they come from here) and the wind violently changes to straight north or east. The only sure way to be protected from the weather is to have the option to close off every direction. Not much help I know, but very true.
Hyperlite tarp, hyper expensive! But an 8'x10' tarp at 9.6 ozs. with all those tie out, nice! Thanks for sharing.
Tyvek is probably just as good and about $290 cheaper
***** Tyvek is a lot less expensive. To bad it doesn't come with tie outs!
Hiker Marapese That can be remedied with marbles and loops of 550 paracord - no sewing or duct tape required.
Check out the 2Go Trifecta. Made of reflective Tyvec, comes with tie-outs for a tarp setup, and can be zipped up as a bivvy bag too. $65.00
Try DD Tarps brother. Highly recommended.
Great video Matt. Thank You
just what i ve been looking for
excellent advice. thanks Matt
You rock Matt Graham !!!
Space blankets don't work in the cold winter ... it is a fallacy !!! I mean I agree with you ...
...great info and the real awesome tricks in that video!...i love tarps, but 310$ for a large piece of plastic? i don´t know?!?
Went to the web site in the description and as of April 2019 the 8ftX10ft tarp shown in the video is $385.00,,, for that price it better be bullet proof . ! . ! . !
I hear U on this!! Iam most definitely gonna be starting off with the HARBOR FREIGHT CHEAP CAMO TARPS, many, many different sizes and all very light.
Weighs nearly nothing, but no fires upwind as it melts so easily.
damn Matt I miss you on duel
Thanks Matt!necessary advice!
Great teacher. Instructs from his own years of personal experience.
Whe al love Matt ,at least his video’s 😜 .tnxs for posting Mr Graham
Finally found you lol. You are a great teacher.
Very cool thanks 4 the tips brother
too loud and crinkly for $400.
I payed $59 and got a
7'-10' 16 0z aqua tech guide tarp.
it's much quieter, much stronger and comes with loops all over. hey the extra 6 0z won't kill you.ecen my great grandfather carries one in his wheel chair.
Your great granfather is still alive ? He's gotta close to 100.
Awesome video thanks.
DUDE! The tarp is awesome, but cost $350.00.
WHAT...……..For a tarp...…..No Freaking Way! I'll Just Get Wet.
Walmart has 5x7 trail tarps for ten bucks! There small and light weight. I keep two in my pack n they work great. 🤠👍💯
Nice light Tarp. Thanks it's cool.
What’s a “flat tarp” as opposed to just a “tarp”?
Your tips are pretty good!
Great video thanks buddy !
Well done mate.
Hey Matt got some pretty ugly feet but thought I would like to try some sandals this year got any recommendations also I'm 65 just trying to get back into shape again have always had trouble with flexibility I was wondering what your overall workout is I would say running is out of the question I have started walking again thanks for any tips Simon PS we couldn't really see the cordage on this tarp and how you were tightening it a close-up would be really nice appreciate all you do Simon
I'd love to see Matt and MCQBushcraft (189,000 subs) get together for a few weeks and see them shoot some videos together. Or my nephew Jon B (381,000 subs) from Fishing the Midwest. He LOVES nature and I have a feeling he'd love to get into bushcraft/survival. It would be a great way to expose Matt's amazing skills and attitude to a whole new demographic of viewers. Subbed too #2,500!
Something else you can do in soft soil is to wrap a small bundle of sticks in your cordage and bury them and pack it down. It won't move and will keep your shelter in place
Like it !! but unfortunately its only 480p max resolution :(
eres increible aprendi muchas cosas contigo,,,,,gracias y sigue asi conectando con la naturalesa que una de las mejores cosas que la viva nos ofrece.....un abrazo enorme !! Ojala una noche poder ver las estrellas junto a ti :*
Damn Good Video 👍👍
$350?!
Good tips.
never smoked dope in my life.. after watchn this dude feel like lightn up the hocus pocus
I never understood why the campaign by Dupont was so successful is getting rid of hemp fibers nearly a century ago. Somewhat like Firestone and other corporations ridding of us of the evils of mass transit even earlier than that. Let us all light up at a transit booth to protest such greed-driven tunnel vision. Dont get me started on the awful lead pollution in our fuel. Denial is a strong emotion...
G Henrickson what fuck u talkn about ??
This is good stuff! Has this channel been shut down? The home page is empty. Subbing anyway...
We have mosquitoes from may till October /November. The grass stops growing in November. Spiders, vipers etc. Better sleep off the ground.
That's a really nice tarp
Lazy Moose you spelled wiener wrong.
If you have a cheap tarp with grommets your better off using bungee cords to peg it out less chance of pulling the grommets if the wind gets up
Why would you show a $365 tarp to the general community when a polyethylene painters cloth or window sheet could be purchased for $5 to $10, aside from the durability? Why cover yourself with the tarp in the manner that you did when you would get wet and a poncho/tarp will keep you dry and provide shelter? And why would you cover yourself on the ground and add a ground sheet when your presentation initialized with just the tarp? Dynemma, the tarp you showed is exceptionally expensive. Having made a 4.70 ounce floorless tent, 5X9X3.5 feet w/hooded mosquito netted vent is far superior to the tarp shown and cost me $225 for all materials which many people can make. A tent protects entirely from the cold, rain, sleet, snow and wind. As a survivalist you are aware of body heat robbing wind and the other elements described. A tarp is an effective but reduced potential shelter compared to a tent.
Uh he wasn’t trying to show off the tarp he was showing how to use a tarp. Hints the reason he mentions tips on cheaper tarps. This man lives in the woods 24/7 by choice. Of course he is going to have a tarp that is built to last a long time
The lack of what specific knots were used is what undermines this video's educational prowess.
Kool dude
Мэтт Грем! Отлично!
miss seeing your videos matt,be well
Something that I don't see on the packaging for tarps or mylar type blankets is the heat it melts at, this would be a nice thing, but I guess common sense has to prevail for now :)
Isn't mylar fire retardant?
Hi Matt 👋😺
😍😍amoo você
355 dollars for a tarp...?
its a joke..?
We miss you and Joe😞
Damn u the man
Who makes that tarp? I'd be interested in getting one.
Looks like a spruce green Hyperlite Mountain Gear flat tarp. It's a great tarp but I prefer the Echo II over the flat tarp. You can get more information about them at www.hyperlitemountaingear.com/flat-tarp.html its
Ian Allison Thanks!
He said, hyper-light
DD tarps are awesome too.
Zpacks also make the Cuban fiber tarps. They're amazingly light and compact. As someone else said though, they're quite loud! Also somewhat transparent.
very good, sou seu fã aqui no Brasil abração, congratulations
dude thats one expensive tarp, good lord, costs 10x what mine cost haha.
what happened this dude ? really nice guy, good human being
Bumblebee tuna
Kinda talks like Paul Walker
Wow that tarp is noisy.
just checked the prices on the Hyperlite tarp. Speaking of being high....Brother must be flying at 30,000 feet if he thinks someone is gonna pay THAT price for a tarp. For that price, I can afford to bring 2 people along to build my shelter for me and screw the tarp.
I thought $75 was expensive for a silnylon tarp till I saw Hyperlite dynema. You could buy a duplex from zpacks for that almost
Thanks for the video Matt. You are the one person who got me off the couch and back into the woods. I am 52 and had to go out on disability at 49 because of a severe truck wreck, I was an over the road driver. So thanks for all the support and help that you gave me that you never knew about. Keep making the videos please.
Just found the channel, sub'd and liked. Matt, it's great to see you in your element, and excellent filming Sarah. I hope to see a lot more. Thank you brother
I love how no matter what Matt is always positive and happy
You have to be positive to survive in the wilderness. Panic and doubt is what kills
first rule is scuba diving as well .
When one is so close with the earth, not just in a survival situation, but thriving and in a Spiritual sense, recharging from the energy provided by Gaia and exchanging that energy as Matt clearly does, one is definitely going to be perpetually happy, hopeful, and humming with positive vibrations they draw from the Earth. 😊🙏
my thanks for the vid but i did see all thru in your vid behind you was a tent a round tent , so pls if you are going to make more vids dont be lieing and say you are a lone ok as it is misleading others in believing you are make sure next time you make a vid that your camcrwe don't get in the film
Thanks for showing us some tips and tricks. Great stuff.
$365 for a tarp, dude you have lost your mind