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Hey Corporal, thank you for your service, and for sharing the knowledge. Quick question, I live in the desert, and at night the ground is covered with black widows, sun spiders, rattlesnakes, scorpions, etc. I'm trying to keep it light and use a military bivy, but the creatures creeping around the desert floor at night say use a one man tent. Any real world advice would be greatly appreciated.🇺🇸🙏🏽🤘🏽
Thanks for showing this set up. Over the years, you've definitely sold me on the idea of carrying ponchos over tarps, which I have many of... Tarps, that is. Damn. Lol If you were looking at "off-brands" of ponchos, perhaps bc you were on a limited budget or were out somewhere that you couldn't have something shipped to you bc you are traveling, what are the specs and features you feel are the most important when comparing ponchos? I've seen several different styles and brands to compare lately and wanted your input before pulling the trigger on any of them. Thanks for always putting up inspiring new and fresh content!!! Fresh AF
I like the background sounds - the birds, crickets, wind, etc. It adds to the authenticity of the video. If it sounded like you were in a recording studio it would honestly hurt your videos.
I like the background sounds. You are in the woods not a studio or basement. Ppl really need to stop being butt hurt over every little thing. Thank you for all your hard work.
Love these primitive type vids where you make do with minimal gear. I also like when you spend the night and see how it goes. What kind of sleep do you get? Do you wake up and say, "That sucked"? -ha. Quality sleep is all important. Thanks Corporal.
Fantabulous video, Corporal! The mic was great, topic was so good! I love watching Corporal’s Corner every day of the week…and twice on Sundays! Love our amazing Corporal!!! 🏕🪵🤗👏🔥
Did this in boy scouts back in 1980. Two things with the hood. 1) chinc it tight for full water proof style tarp. This keeps the wind from making it flop. 2) if it's hot you can prop the hoods open for ventilation using a forked branch.
"Think about things, don't judge things." Love it. You're audio sounds good! Keep that ambient sound. To make it easier, you can just clip that mic to your t-shirt neck or use the rode magnetic clip. Audio snobs will say it's not the "ideal" location, but it works. Set it and forget it. Keep up the great work!
I was in the Missouri Army National Guard, and trained split op. The day after I got home from basic training, I reported for a muta 5 weekend drill, bivouac on a river bank in the woods. I had not been issued my half of a pup tent. My poncho snapped perfectly to the other half of a pup tent. Field expedience is awesome.
For the record and right off the bat, the mic issues don't bother me as a viewer. One because I see these videos as a practical learning experience. Two because I actually enjoy the sounds of the birds and such in the woodlands. As someone who lives and spends time in the woods, this is just part of the experience. Makes me happy every time I hear a red shouldered hawk in your videos because that's one I commonly hear as well. Thanks brother. God bless
Don't know why some don't like military gear, but I find it to be quite good to use. It seems to hold up much better, and is more versatile. It can usually take more punishment than what's on the civilian market. I've had a military issue field jacket with liner that I wore for 15 or 20 years. By then the only thing wrong with it was that the edges of the hems we're fraying out. Other jackets that I had did last nearly as long. Maybe those nay sayers have something against the military, who knows. Wonder if they've ever tried that stuff out.
I like how you're getting back to what you do best. Keep it up and I'll keep coming back. My son and I watch your videos every weekend and he loves them.
I joined in 1986 and we learn real quick how valuable a poncho was, especially when you had to use the old canvas pup tents. They always leaked and you could use the poncho to help make the tent more rain resistant. I remember calling out buttons or snaps because we still had tent halves with buttons and the newer tents had snaps, so you had to find the troop with the mate to your half.
Thanks for the video, you've shown that it can be done. Here in the west of Scotland rain is the norm so it's more practical to carry a basha/tarp to provide the shelter and use the poncho as a groundsheet when inside and as a waterproof layer when outside. Don't worry about background noise, birds sing in the woods, it's one of the reasons that people venture into the woods.
Another great video I hope our country stays together but if it doesn't I hope you're close by and we can help each other out two heads are better then one. Thank you for all the knowledge. And thank you for your service Happy holidays to you and yours.
I am all up for the poncho also. It is also because I served and am used to them. It also due to experience. My outdoor adventure club when I was in college did a multi day hike in the presidential range in New Hampshire. On the second day we realized that we had problems. We were not anywhere near our next stop and it was getting late. We dropped below the tree line (got ourselves off the top of the mountain.) then we consolidated all the ponchos. We didn’t make individual tents because we didn’t have enough. We strung them up between the bushes and small trees and people took their sleeping bags, crowded up together under them and stayed for the night. We just thought it was cool. We didn’t realize how much danger we were in. We did when we read the news that someone had actually died that night from hypothermia in the same area we had hunkered down. So yes. I get the poncho every time.
While I am not "knot challenged" I always appreciate how you revisit knots and show alternatives. The mike sounds great, love the sound of rain on my shelters!
We like the bird noise and the background of being in the woods. If you listen to it with headphones on, it's like being there. Great video as always. I haven't seen this attempted before. They always do two man A-frames. (As a person who lives in a rain forest, staying dry is on the top of my list.) You proved that you can stay dry. Well done.
Wow, it’s been a while. I used to watch these videos all the time, but for some reason TH-cam stop putting them in my feed. Glad I stumbled across corporals corner again
In regards to the microphone issue: I have seen several people clip it to their hat in a few ways. This prevents it from sloshing around by being clipped to your shirt or a paracord necklace. It would also eliminate needing to move it around constantly. You could clip it somewhere along the brim of your hat, on the adjuster strap, or on the side somewhere between the adjuster strap and your ear. I have seen this method used by several people and it works well for them. Might be something to try.
When I was in the army back in 1989 in basic training we learned that your poncho was a makeshift shelter half so you could just use the tent pole and make another from a stick the same length so you have an A frame tent
I want to hear the birds. Nature is a good thing I live in it every day. Please keep doing what you're doing thanks for the content. Semper fidelis sir blessings to you and yours
Nice concept and excellent application of realistic application, in order to turn it into reality. A few quick observations (if you don't mind.): 1). You can tell you have practical knowledge - as shown by your anticipatory guesses of the potential weak points {denotes prior ACTUAL experience}. 2). I appreciate your addition of the underlying thoughts/reasonings as to why you did things the way you did them. 4). Whereas I can appreciate "silent" videos, I personally prefer a narrative. So, for that, I give you thanks. 5). A good teacher imparts reasons in a manner where their superior knowledge isn't flaunted (meaning not talking down to a student/watcher). Again, excellent job Good Sir. 6). Had I done the shelter, there are a few things I would have executed differently - BUT that's only because those are the ways I've found over the decades that work for me & I like the way they do work for me. {As you said - "You do you, I'll do me." Final thought - 7). You need your own TV show, but please don't think about doing one - UNLESS - you retain content control.
Took your advice and threw a get home bag together and purchased an additional poncho. Also went over the items with my kids and how they can keep you alive! Keep up the great content
The new mic works fine by me. Loud and clear. 2 ponchos are better than 1 or 2 tarps. Kind of hard to wear a tarp if you're walking and covering ground in a light to moderate rain. Still the best bow driller on TH-cam.
Back in 77 had to train with a new support unit in prep for reforger 77. Trained every week until aug and then shipped everything to germany. I was in a support BN and we would always set up little hootches in the field using ponchos and shelter halves, kept the rain off yya real good. We used our commo wire to keep everything tied together, came in real handy. In Germany while in the field, we would sit inside, have a gas lantern, couple of big bottles of that dark german beer, and sit out there getting gassed. Commander had no idea what we were up to.Always a German village close by with plenty of beer. heheahahah
The background noise/wildlife sounds have always been welcome. Its great to hear the peepers in your videos for the first time….let’s us know in upstate NY that Spring is coming.
Thanks for doing this, Corporal. I always wondered if a shelter made with 2 ponchos would leak. I know that you can make emergency shelters with one, but those are not designed for comfort. I appreciate you scratching that itch. I hope you have a Happy Halloween!
Poncho tent, it was always my understanding thats why they are made the way they are. Typically in an A frame tent. Two guys, two ponchos = one tent. I admit I've never thought about trying one as you did. Much better idea for wetter, cooler weather. Nice thinking outside the box. Man, quit apologizing, if someone gets their panties in a twist over something or If they want things done different or said different, let them start their own channel. Do what you do, someone likes it and watches it, or they dont and can leave. Life aint always a sugartit.
Used two ponchos a bunch for two man tent in the Rangers, back in "the old days" '68-'74. Later, as a civilian Scoutmaster, our other Scoutmaster and I did the same. Soon, all our scouts were doing the same thing. Our troop was noted for never showing up with vehicles and trailers filled with support gear. We humped in all our gear. Really pissed off the other Scoutmasters! Personally, I got a kick outta that.😁
For those who Served in the 1990's and beyond, the poncho and the poncho liner (woobie) were two of the best pieces of equipment that the US Army and the Marine Corps gave to their troops!!!
Bob Evans pre-made anything is hard to beat. My wife was tempted to quit making homemade mashed potatoes since theirs is so darned PERFECT every time. When I was a lowly SPC E-4 in the Army NG (Indiana) I volunteered to help with medical support on an assault range in wonderful Camp Atterbury, just outside Edinburgh, IN. We stayed on the range most of the time, sleeping in a staging area near the entrance. The SGT in charge suggested we not sleep in tents, but to use our shelter halves as lean-tos and cover the middle with an extra poncho he had with him. We set up our personal shelter halves with the ends overlapping at the corners, and he put the poncho up using a stick on the hood. I don't remember how we attached the poncho to the shelters, but it worked famously. It didn't rain the whole time we were there, but we didn't complain. Had it done so, we would've been secure and dry. This set up brings back so good memories.
Poncho's love em!!! I have 4 of them and have made a huge poncho tent and a cover for my Pathfinder hammock. I used a medium size three as a center pole and snapped all four poncho's together except for the four center corners. Ran bankline through the corner eyes tied bankline around the tree at at a suitable height then staked the four corners. There was a lot of room for me and my 80lb Dutch Brindle Shepherd Saber. We go out in the national forest here in North Arkansas and camp out for a few days. Watching your channel along with some others has helped me deal with my PTS issues. Last year six of my ARMY buddies took their lives, this year I've had 3 friends take their lives and Hunter took his life last Tuesday. I don't know why my buddies are doing this but getting out and trying to duplicate some of your overnighters has helped me out. Thank you brother for what you do and never think your videos don't matter. Looking forward to watch the next one. NSDQ!!!!!
Another outstanding educational vid buddy, knowledge thats a life saver for those who actually listen, from one brother to another be safe out there mate👍🏴
These videos are top notch! You build it, explain the process, teach helpful tricks and applications and then use it. It’s why I’ve been a subscriber and view your work for many years. Thanks for the resilience and perseverance with the platform issues. From a fellow Gen X’r who appreciates your work and effort. 👊
Another great video Corp using the K.I.S.S. Principle. Maximum comfort and protection from the elements with minimal gear and effort. Now I gotta get me another poncho. But what a great teaching exercise you’ve given me to share my grandchildren. You keep making the videos Shawn. I’ll keep watching them. Thanks again. Stay frosty. 👍
I’m good with the background noise and have never had trouble hearing you. Personally, I think it adds to the depth of the video listening to the birds and bugs.
I like the sounds of nature in the videos. I think carrying two ponchos is a great idea to keep weight down. It also gives you more options for shelter. I carry two ponchos sometimes for an extra or incase one of my kids need one while we are out on an adventure. I love the videos and how you think outside the box. I also like the fact you take time to talk and explain things. Even if someone is advanced they can still learn new things, if they have an open mind. Keep up the outstanding work!
Ponchos are invaluable! Thrown over you are you gonna remain completely dry, no. What they do is add a barrier and a thermal layer. I like the concept. Great job Cpl. Semper Fi SSgt B.
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Hey Corporal, thank you for your service, and for sharing the knowledge. Quick question, I live in the desert, and at night the ground is covered with black widows, sun spiders, rattlesnakes, scorpions, etc. I'm trying to keep it light and use a military bivy, but the creatures creeping around the desert floor at night say use a one man tent. Any real world advice would be greatly appreciated.🇺🇸🙏🏽🤘🏽
Awesome AF....just like that
Thanks for showing this set up. Over the years, you've definitely sold me on the idea of carrying ponchos over tarps, which I have many of... Tarps, that is. Damn.
Lol
If you were looking at "off-brands" of ponchos, perhaps bc you were on a limited budget or were out somewhere that you couldn't have something shipped to you bc you are traveling, what are the specs and features you feel are the most important when comparing ponchos?
I've seen several different styles and brands to compare lately and wanted your input before pulling the trigger on any of them.
Thanks for always putting up inspiring new and fresh content!!!
Fresh AF
You can spray bug repellent around the tent will cut down on the insects.
I'd love it if you could put together desert tips for us viewers.
I like the background sounds - the birds, crickets, wind, etc. It adds to the authenticity of the video. If it sounded like you were in a recording studio it would honestly hurt your videos.
Same
Yea sure beats trucks & trains
Agreed.
^ I agree too
Highly agree sounds are critical to making corporal corners video genuine. 👍
Frogs, birds, bugs oh my!!! I dig all that while your teaching and mentoring all of us. Keep on keeping on brother.
I hear you just fine
over the wildlife. The sound of the birds in the background is music to our ears. Thanks for all your hard work corporal .
I like the birds! Lol
Microphone sounds good, and I like the birds and background noise--it shows you're really outside.
I like the new mic. The nature sounds are part of it. Your in the woods. But people suck so someone will complain.
I like the background sounds. You are in the woods not a studio or basement. Ppl really need to stop being butt hurt over every little thing. Thank you for all your hard work.
The background noises make great videos.
"So you know exactly what you don't want to do": best advice ever! Should be put on a T-shirt. Thanks again Corporal. 👍
Love these primitive type vids where you make do with minimal gear. I also like when you spend the night and see how it goes. What kind of sleep do you get? Do you wake up and say, "That sucked"? -ha. Quality sleep is all important. Thanks Corporal.
100% background noise needs to be in the vid. Much prefered over music. It's like we are there with you. Keep up the great work.
Fantabulous video, Corporal! The mic was great, topic was so good! I love watching Corporal’s Corner every day of the week…and twice on Sundays! Love our amazing Corporal!!! 🏕🪵🤗👏🔥
Solo Overnighters are... in my opinion... the best thing that you do. Bravo Zulu!
Background noise is great, makes me want to drive north and spend the day in the woods..thank you for sharing your adventures with us
"Gear adrift is a gift" Damn right. The frontier strikers look awesome. Guess I have to get me one. Learned a lot - many thanks.
Did this in boy scouts back in 1980. Two things with the hood. 1) chinc it tight for full water proof style tarp. This keeps the wind from making it flop. 2) if it's hot you can prop the hoods open for ventilation using a forked branch.
"Think about things, don't judge things." Love it.
You're audio sounds good! Keep that ambient sound. To make it easier, you can just clip that mic to your t-shirt neck or use the rode magnetic clip. Audio snobs will say it's not the "ideal" location, but it works. Set it and forget it.
Keep up the great work!
I like the ambient background noise it’s real.
I was in the Missouri Army National Guard, and trained split op. The day after I got home from basic training, I reported for a muta 5 weekend drill, bivouac on a river bank in the woods. I had not been issued my half of a pup tent. My poncho snapped perfectly to the other half of a pup tent. Field expedience is awesome.
Don't know how many videos I have watched? But I have yet to be disappointed 👍
Never will I miss a show especially the Sunday overnighter albeit I watch them all to help promote the channel you worked hard for.
For the record and right off the bat, the mic issues don't bother me as a viewer. One because I see these videos as a practical learning experience. Two because I actually enjoy the sounds of the birds and such in the woodlands. As someone who lives and spends time in the woods, this is just part of the experience. Makes me happy every time I hear a red shouldered hawk in your videos because that's one I commonly hear as well. Thanks brother. God bless
Gear adrift is indeed a Gift from the sea 😂😂
Wouldn't worry about background noise. You are in the outdoors. Makes it nice! As long as your voice is loud and clear who cares.
I like hearing the wildlife in the background and appreciate your video.
Outstanding AF!!! The ambient sounds never bothered me I enjoy listening to the birds. It’s another reason I like getting out to the woods.
Don't know why some don't like military gear, but I find it to be quite good to use. It seems to hold up much better, and is more versatile. It can usually take more punishment than what's on the civilian market. I've had a military issue field jacket with liner that I wore for 15 or 20 years. By then the only thing wrong with it was that the edges of the hems we're fraying out. Other jackets that I had did last nearly as long. Maybe those nay sayers have something against the military, who knows. Wonder if they've ever tried that stuff out.
I like how you're getting back to what you do best. Keep it up and I'll keep coming back. My son and I watch your videos every weekend and he loves them.
That Mic works better than any other one you've used
I joined in 1986 and we learn real quick how valuable a poncho was, especially when you had to use the old canvas pup tents. They always leaked and you could use the poncho to help make the tent more rain resistant. I remember calling out buttons or snaps because we still had tent halves with buttons and the newer tents had snaps, so you had to find the troop with the mate to your half.
Thanks for the video, you've shown that it can be done. Here in the west of Scotland rain is the norm so it's more practical to carry a basha/tarp to provide the shelter and use the poncho as a groundsheet when inside and as a waterproof layer when outside. Don't worry about background noise, birds sing in the woods, it's one of the reasons that people venture into the woods.
I like the natural sounds personally
The background sounds are the sole reason I started watching your channel
Another great video I hope our country stays together but if it doesn't I hope you're close by and we can help each other out two heads are better then one.
Thank you for all the knowledge.
And thank you for your service
Happy holidays to you and yours.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY IN YOUR LIFE AND NOT LISTENING TO HOW OTHERS WANT YOU TO LIVE
I am all up for the poncho also. It is also because I served and am used to them. It also due to experience.
My outdoor adventure club when I was in college did a multi day hike in the presidential range in New Hampshire. On the second day we realized that we had problems. We were not anywhere near our next stop and it was getting late.
We dropped below the tree line (got ourselves off the top of the mountain.) then we consolidated all the ponchos. We didn’t make individual tents because we didn’t have enough.
We strung them up between the bushes and small trees and people took their sleeping bags, crowded up together under them and stayed for the night. We just thought it was cool. We didn’t realize how much danger we were in.
We did when we read the news that someone had actually died that night from hypothermia in the same area we had hunkered down.
So yes. I get the poncho every time.
While I am not "knot challenged" I always appreciate how you revisit knots and show alternatives. The mike sounds great, love the sound of rain on my shelters!
We like the bird noise and the background of being in the woods. If you listen to it with headphones on, it's like being there. Great video as always. I haven't seen this attempted before. They always do two man A-frames. (As a person who lives in a rain forest, staying dry is on the top of my list.) You proved that you can stay dry. Well done.
Wow, it’s been a while. I used to watch these videos all the time, but for some reason TH-cam stop putting them in my feed. Glad I stumbled across corporals corner again
yet if i say this i am just complaining
Seems to me like your mic is just fine. Absolutely no trouble hearing what you had to say. Great video as usual!
I like the sound of nature.
I like the new mic 🎤 your voice seems clear even with the background sounds, which I don't mind.
In regards to the microphone issue: I have seen several people clip it to their hat in a few ways. This prevents it from sloshing around by being clipped to your shirt or a paracord necklace. It would also eliminate needing to move it around constantly.
You could clip it somewhere along the brim of your hat, on the adjuster strap, or on the side somewhere between the adjuster strap and your ear.
I have seen this method used by several people and it works well for them. Might be something to try.
When I was in the army back in 1989 in basic training we learned that your poncho was a makeshift shelter half so you could just use the tent pole and make another from a stick the same length so you have an A frame tent
The A frame is maybe the simplest go-to pitch, but a tarp (or poncho) is super versatile as well.
I want to hear the birds. Nature is a good thing I live in it every day. Please keep doing what you're doing thanks for the content. Semper fidelis sir blessings to you and yours
I agree. The background sounds make it as though we are in the field with you....😂In spite of us being comfortably sheltered watching the video.🤗💚
Love that Rode mic ... sounds great, Corporal!
Nice concept and excellent application of realistic application, in order to turn it into reality.
A few quick observations (if you don't mind.):
1). You can tell you have practical knowledge - as shown by your anticipatory guesses of the potential weak points {denotes prior ACTUAL experience}.
2). I appreciate your addition of the underlying thoughts/reasonings as to why you did things the way you did them.
4). Whereas I can appreciate "silent" videos, I personally prefer a narrative. So, for that, I give you thanks.
5). A good teacher imparts reasons in a manner where their superior knowledge isn't flaunted (meaning not talking down to a student/watcher). Again, excellent job Good Sir.
6). Had I done the shelter, there are a few things I would have executed differently - BUT that's only because those are the ways I've found over the decades that work for me & I like the way they do work for me. {As you said - "You do you, I'll do me."
Final thought -
7). You need your own TV show, but please don't think about doing one - UNLESS - you retain content control.
SuzyAnn .
This is simple and informative, thank you 😊🙏🏼
Took your advice and threw a get home bag together and purchased an additional poncho. Also went over the items with my kids and how they can keep you alive! Keep up the great content
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I was looking for a video to tell me how to use 2 military ponchos to make a tent.. Thank you much.
Shawn, don't worry about the birds background noise. I personally find it very authentic and quite enjoyable/relaxing aspect to your awesome videos!
The new mic works fine by me. Loud and clear. 2 ponchos are better than 1 or 2 tarps. Kind of hard to wear a tarp if you're walking and covering ground in a light to moderate rain. Still the best bow driller on TH-cam.
Back in 77 had to train with a new support unit in prep for reforger 77. Trained every week until aug and then shipped everything to germany. I was in a support BN and we would always set up little hootches in the field using ponchos and shelter halves, kept the rain off yya real good. We used our commo wire to keep everything tied together, came in real handy. In Germany while in the field, we would sit inside, have a gas lantern, couple of big bottles of that dark german beer, and sit out there getting gassed. Commander had no idea what we were up to.Always a German village close by with plenty of beer. heheahahah
The background noise/wildlife sounds have always been welcome. Its great to hear the peepers in your videos for the first time….let’s us know in upstate NY that Spring is coming.
Thanks for doing this, Corporal. I always wondered if a shelter made with 2 ponchos would leak. I know that you can make emergency shelters with one, but those are not designed for comfort. I appreciate you scratching that itch. I hope you have a Happy Halloween!
congrats on your new marriage!!!
Rain keeps it real AF. Corporal earns all his views.
Poncho tent, it was always my understanding thats why they are made the way they are. Typically in an A frame tent. Two guys, two ponchos = one tent.
I admit I've never thought about trying one as you did. Much better idea for wetter, cooler weather.
Nice thinking outside the box.
Man, quit apologizing, if someone gets their panties in a twist over something or If they want things done different or said different, let them start their own channel.
Do what you do, someone likes it and watches it, or they dont and can leave.
Life aint always a sugartit.
Oh please I also like the background noise.
That money is well spent. I notice the diff.in 3 seconds I had to look twice . Very very sweet . I love the Mic. WELL DONE BUD
I like the background sounds very relaxing and we can still hear you over everything else so it’s all good
Background sounds is better, it add to the authencity of the videos... keep it up corporal!!
Sound quality is perfect didn't think it was ever an issue your out side not in a sound stage so people need to stop complaining
100% on the background noise. Keep it in, love it!
Used two ponchos a bunch for two man tent in the Rangers, back in "the old days" '68-'74. Later, as a civilian Scoutmaster, our other Scoutmaster and I did the same. Soon, all our scouts were doing the same thing. Our troop was noted for never showing up with vehicles and trailers filled with support gear. We humped in all our gear. Really pissed off the other Scoutmasters! Personally, I got a kick outta that.😁
Corporals' two poncho tarp tent - and keeelbaassa for the win!
For those who Served in the 1990's and beyond, the poncho and the poncho liner (woobie) were two of the best pieces of equipment that the US Army and the Marine Corps gave to their troops!!!
Bob Evans pre-made anything is hard to beat. My wife was tempted to quit making homemade mashed potatoes since theirs is so darned PERFECT every time.
When I was a lowly SPC E-4 in the Army NG (Indiana) I volunteered to help with medical support on an assault range in wonderful Camp Atterbury, just outside Edinburgh, IN. We stayed on the range most of the time, sleeping in a staging area near the entrance. The SGT in charge suggested we not sleep in tents, but to use our shelter halves as lean-tos and cover the middle with an extra poncho he had with him. We set up our personal shelter halves with the ends overlapping at the corners, and he put the poncho up using a stick on the hood. I don't remember how we attached the poncho to the shelters, but it worked famously. It didn't rain the whole time we were there, but we didn't complain. Had it done so, we would've been secure and dry. This set up brings back so good memories.
New microphone was terrific…loud and clear
Love the military metaphors. “Gear adrift is a gift”. 😂 Great video!
The back noise just is awesome and if people don’t military stuff there loss I appreciate everything you show us
Poncho's love em!!! I have 4 of them and have made a huge poncho tent and a cover for my Pathfinder hammock. I used a medium size three as a center pole and snapped all four poncho's together except for the four center corners. Ran bankline through the corner eyes tied bankline around the tree at at a suitable height then staked the four corners. There was a lot of room for me and my 80lb Dutch Brindle Shepherd Saber. We go out in the national forest here in North Arkansas and camp out for a few days. Watching your channel along with some others has helped me deal with my PTS issues. Last year six of my ARMY buddies took their lives, this year I've had 3 friends take their lives and Hunter took his life last Tuesday. I don't know why my buddies are doing this but getting out and trying to duplicate some of your overnighters has helped me out. Thank you brother for what you do and never think your videos don't matter. Looking forward to watch the next one. NSDQ!!!!!
Another outstanding educational vid buddy, knowledge thats a life saver for those who actually listen, from one brother to another be safe out there mate👍🏴
Yes sir, tried, and now true. Well done corporal, thanks.
That’s a cool setup. Wish I knew how to do that 15 years ago when I was on active duty. But even money someone in the chain would take issue with it.
These videos are top notch! You build it, explain the process, teach helpful tricks and applications and then use it. It’s why I’ve been a subscriber and view your work for many years. Thanks for the resilience and perseverance with the platform issues. From a fellow Gen X’r who appreciates your work and effort. 👊
Another great video Corp using the K.I.S.S. Principle. Maximum comfort and protection from the elements with minimal gear and effort. Now I gotta get me another poncho. But what a great teaching exercise you’ve given me to share my grandchildren. You keep making the videos Shawn. I’ll keep watching them. Thanks again. Stay frosty. 👍
I like Camping and hiking with my son and I like your tips and tricks when you go with your son I learn from it thank you
Hey my brother, put a marble in the hoods giving a tie point to pull the sides out wider :)
Love back ground noises Corp and outstanding!! God Bless America 🇺🇸
I don't give a shit what anyone says I love your Solo overnighters in the woods brother!
Personally I enjoy the background noises of nature
I like hearing the nature around you, always great vids. Thx 4 all your hard work, I look forward to the next video!
Back to the basics FANTASTIC . your buddy ? YOUR WIFE ! Great video .
Dang it. Should of watched this before going to the store. Now I want macaroni/cheese and sausages.
Now that's how to use a bow drill. Outstanding.
Background nature is good for your videos
been waiting for a double pancho tent for a long time since the russian plash palatka when you ordered 2 and only got 1 haha . outstanding
Always enjoy your videos, full of down to earth options, thanks...
I remember when you had less than 20k subscribers and I watched, now you have over one million!! OMG how awesome. 😊
I’m good with the background noise and have never had trouble hearing you. Personally, I think it adds to the depth of the video listening to the birds and bugs.
Bloody genius and of course OUTSTANDING
I like the sounds of nature in the videos. I think carrying two ponchos is a great idea to keep weight down. It also gives you more options for shelter. I carry two ponchos sometimes for an extra or incase one of my kids need one while we are out on an adventure. I love the videos and how you think outside the box. I also like the fact you take time to talk and explain things. Even if someone is advanced they can still learn new things, if they have an open mind. Keep up the outstanding work!
The new mic is a good thing. It does pick up background sounds but your voice comes through strong , so 👍🏻
Two ponchos and a tracking pole ❤❤❤
Another winner! Always livens up Sunday evenings. Agree with others, the background sounds add to the atmosphere
Two ponchos are better than one and I like the background wildlife.
Ponchos are invaluable! Thrown over you are you gonna remain completely dry, no. What they do is add a barrier and a thermal layer. I like the concept. Great job Cpl. Semper Fi SSgt B.
The birds add to the effect! Love the videos and learned so much!