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The coat is called an anorak. A cotton windbreaker that works well. I have two. One usually uses a sash around the waste to stop air flow and there is a nice large pocket in the front.
If you don't have cord with you, you might be able to conjure up some fir tree roots. It will take some digging so hope the ground is not frozen. You can use the roots like rope. I would clean an area first and get a fire going so you can warm self between times of digging. In a pinch you might just use pine boughs.
Now you can't take a knife on an airplane. If you survive a plane crash you better hope help comes soon. Without a knife survival will be mighty rough in cold weather.
@DJTrackzi , you obviously know very little about wilderness survival. Bear Grylls is a show boat. He does have some good pointers and could probably survive if he had to, but his shows are mostly just that... shows for entertainment purposes. Ray Mears uses good old fashion common sense and tools and skills that we can all easily copy. It may not have the "hollywood" flavor about it, but he's not doing this for ratings!
Add a ski pole for balance. You can also stand on any 2 flat surfaces and attach long straps that you use to lift up your feet and the surfaces together like stilts.
the shoes are great: one improvement: spread the centre two length sticks apart so toes can pivot into hole. Also, do not have such thick cross pieces unless you have very stiff soled footwear--will hurt the feet. Or place another cross piece to support arch of foot.
The coat is an anorak. A tough cotton canvas used as a windbreaker. I have used mine in the arctic and in Southern Canada --works great. The fur around the hood makes for great protection from the wind and cold.
@berrykit Well, that depends on where you are. In the Swedish mountains, you might very well be days from roads end but still have a cabin close by, in which case it may be useful to go there first and see what you can find.
@manvswildbear bear is just some moron who runs in the woods, climbs like crazy and do other ridiculous stuff that is opposite to that what person should do in an survival situation. its entertaining to watch but actually its not descent survival show. its just some daredevil doing stunts in the wilderness. compared to ray stuff bear come even close.
@KottLoom Then again, Bear isn't a bushcrafter whatsoever. Bushcraft and survival may somewhat overlap but aren't the same thing, thus Bear and Ray are not to be compared, they do different things with a different mindset.
@KottLoom No, Bear demonstrates may NEED to do in a worst-case survival scenario, always emphasizing "This is the last thing you should do but..." pretty much telling you what you should do, and if that doesn't or won't work do as he is doing...yes entertainment is a large part of Man Vs. Wild, but there are other shows for the safer survival route, Bear Grylls is dedicated to the more dangerous how-to's that may prove necessary or helpful if the safer more standard techniques won't apply.
@KottLoom yeah, the crazy thing is he runs around in a way thats actually very risky, noone would do those things if they were in a survival situation. That other guy is more realistic, whats his name.... les strout or something
@crockett616 bear shows you what you need to do to survive on the bare minimun whats that? oh yeh a flint and steel and a knife, he's a badass... not unrealistic
@KottLoom IT´S A TV SHOW!!! By arguing whether some tv show is absolutely realistic or not, is to miss the whole point of the show. So if you don´t like the show switch the channel, don´t come to youtube to whine about it.
Yeah, if its the winter i see no way of making cordage. If theres a few feet of snow, there is no way you are going to be digging for coniferous roots. All of the weeds like dogbane and milkweed will be long dead. Whats a person to do? I cant think of anything....i guess your in for a rough time if your out in the snow with no cordage.
@JustinBaker2567 all i can think of is what one guy said and that would be bark off trees. You can use it for cordage. It just depends on the tree. Other than that i don't know. I like to keep at least 50ft of paracord near in most any situation.
I'd have to suck on his fingers till they became very warm : ) it would make a wee fire : ) feck the shoes and all other clothing... I can keep him very warm : )
And just look at him...HES IN A HOUSE!!!! hHAHAHAHa!! i could imagine him saying...."In order to survive the wild, you must do this one and only thing..BUILD A HOUSE, I have brought a hammer,nails,already cut wood, aand a door with me to survive with" hahahaha!
Bear grylls is a flippin moron and his show is for morons. I can't even watch the idiot because I know he's full of shit
I still can't get past the one where he's trying to catch a domestic horse in a fence lol ... good way to not survive the native wild life, which is the dude who owns the horse blowing you away for screwing with his horses. If you just ask the owner of the horse he's almost surely warm you up and give you a ride to town lol.
Do I care what you think? really take a look at urself and then ask ppl to believe you. And btw, bear grylls has alot more survival tips too offer than this gay shit.
Do I care if you care what I think? If you think Bear Grylls is really something it shows that your opinion means crap.
My old man was Special Forces, he teaches survival, and I've lived it and knew more before that trailer sleeping charlatan puke bag idiot by the time I was 12
Ray Mears is a forkin joke too. I slept in igloo's in serious cold I made my self when I was a kid, and I laughed at his crap
Look at me? lol, I had the haircut, I'm a Vet. If that's what you go by you're a sorry case
Look around you-tube, there are people who know what they are doing. All of this TV production survival crap is just so much BS, meant for idiots who don't know any better, to sell commercials.
And stop running around acting like such a punk with US Army in your name. You know what I mean. Have some GD respect for your service. You're not helping the rep acting like a Jr High snot nose.
lol, you don't have much feel for people do you? I'm a long time student of cause and effect and what makes people tick, with more empirical study and experimentation than you can count, along with a serious drive to make things as good as possible. You've probably never had a guy like me, which means you've never really experienced what's possible. I'd shred your soul with pleasure & lust. Send it to heaven, you would never be the same. To bad I don't like cheap nasty talk so you'll never know
blah blah blah, anyone with anything real doesn't spend time talking themselves up on the internet. Its a wannabe's fantasy zone so save it, your BS is pathetic. : )
Look anybody with internet access can easily find proof that a lot of what Bear does is staged. His tips can be very unreliable - urine drinking anyone? - so lets not go there.
I'm drinking cognac while sitting here in the nude...by the beach, in Florida. Where R U???
I'd say you are the troll....you have no sense of humor. I'll bet you don't even have cognac: As for Ray....he's a hunk. You're just jealous cuz....you're not.
First of all fuck off please. You haven't posted a comment that is actually related to the video. Nothing you've offered actually contributes to any meaningful discussion.
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spontaneously getting stranded in deep snow can happen - car stuck in the snow on a ski trip, snowed in over night on a camping trip, airplane crash... it's good to have an idea how to make something like this if you had to.
Agreed, if you have cellular service in the backwoods. Many times that won't be the case so like you said, learn all you can to make sure you can deal with the unexpected.
Only a fool puts his complete trust in his equipment. Tools break, become lost, or suffer from previously unnoticed design flaws. Any hiker, hunter, etc. should know how to survive using nothing but knowledge. A true lover of nature would be drawn to such things anyway.
I second that...all the junk you take...all I need is muh kinfe really... he said that he use nylone cord becasue there is no substitute...use the inner bark off of trees, cedar provides very good stringy bark that can be braided into very strong rope. Or willow from near by streams are very good binders or can be fashioned into rope or twine. You can make snow shoes in little than half a day using a pine branch and some twine lashed branches criss crossing the shoe.
Garden twine is allot more practical than nylon. It is just as good for lashing things like shelters and, i guess, snow shoes, and is also extremely cheap and biodegradable, so you don't need to worry about wasting a little during a survival project. No good for bow strings though.
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this is ridiculous. you can only get sticks in the woods. you can't have twine. If you remembered to bring the nylon string then you probably wouldn't be stupid enough to not bring snow shoes.
eemshalom, You do realise they were making snow shoes many 1000's of years before Nylon string was invented. Tradition snowshoes were made by weaving sticks together with animal hide, sinew, bark or resin. I'm sure he could have made twine from basswood if he really had to or used the fishing line
Actually, this snowshoe design was developed by Mors Kochanski of Alberta, Canada about 25 years ago (he's my own survival mentor). Ray's stuff is great, but FYI most of what I see him teaching in the boreal/winter setting is direct from Mors.
Mors tried to specifically address the problems w/ many improv snowshoe designs (warping of the frame, reams of cordage). It uses far less cord than most designs - about 2 m (6 ft) to make both shoes... but you have to know how to make the Jam Knot.
well i was just joking but it is kinda telling in one of his episodes he interviews an old master survivalist who when asked what he would take to an island to survive: the guy says a "brunette" and Ray says "maybe someday but for now i will stick to my machete!" its no secret that wilderness travelers are sometimes alone...
looks like a good strategy, if you have a bunch of cordage or wear a 30 foot belt. If you can think ahead to bring that much binding, why can't you think ahead and bring snowshoes. The look cool and I would hang them on my cabin wall once I stain them a bit, but really doubt they would hold up long.
well actualy i notised that bear grylls is copying this guy. which is much wiser. that other show is just not advisory- its more like "wow, i cant believe he did that"! both of the show although are interesting for people who are interested in "survival"
Survival man, Les Stroud, is ALONE when he survives. Bear has a crew and is never far from civilization. Les is better in my opinion. Bear is more about "look what I just did", and Les is about teaching real survival situations. Just my opinion.
Yes, you're correct, he made a still out of some plastic and a cup. He peed around the cup which was in a hole and then cover the hole with plastic and put a little rock in the center of it. When his pee evaporates the water from it is caught on the plastic and drips down into the cup.
Native Americans would be laughing their asses off if they could watch this.
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10011996ian 1 month ago in playlist Ray Mears Extreme Survival
That coat is awe some!! Does anybody know what its called????? 0:05
trashcan1231 1 month ago in playlist Ray Mears Extreme Survival
The coat is called an anorak. A cotton windbreaker that works well. I have two. One usually uses a sash around the waste to stop air flow and there is a nice large pocket in the front.
ChadHClifford 3 weeks ago
Fooled by the ad, it showed a tropical island and here's me going....snow?
speebyda 1 month ago
Alright, what kind of knife were you using when making the snowshoe?!
ironcurtainofcali 3 months ago in playlist Ray Mears Extreme Survival
he doesn't drink his own piss as often as Bear. Who the fuck names their child "Bear" anyway?
ZebbMassiv 3 months ago
@ZebbMassiv obviously not his real name.
ManbirdMan 2 months ago
Can´t wait the winter again.
SCAREDBANANA 5 months ago
i rekon ray goes to more remote areas
navtro 5 months ago in playlist Ray Mears Extreme Survival
How would you get the laces then? Doesn't seem like it would be available in that condition.
Ronnyqt 6 months ago
SURVIVAL IN DEEP SNOW....... break into a cabin. Brilliant.
biggernsurlier 7 months ago
If you don't have cord with you, you might be able to conjure up some fir tree roots. It will take some digging so hope the ground is not frozen. You can use the roots like rope. I would clean an area first and get a fire going so you can warm self between times of digging. In a pinch you might just use pine boughs.
Now you can't take a knife on an airplane. If you survive a plane crash you better hope help comes soon. Without a knife survival will be mighty rough in cold weather.
donteverlietome 7 months ago
shut the fuck up bear pwns idiot.
bombefed1 8 months ago
I take a knife with me every place I go I never leave home without it.
paracordjunky 10 months ago
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RAY MEARS IS A DICK
BEAR GRYLLS IS EASILY THE BEST.
DJTrackzi 10 months ago
@DJTrackzi , you obviously know very little about wilderness survival. Bear Grylls is a show boat. He does have some good pointers and could probably survive if he had to, but his shows are mostly just that... shows for entertainment purposes. Ray Mears uses good old fashion common sense and tools and skills that we can all easily copy. It may not have the "hollywood" flavor about it, but he's not doing this for ratings!
smelyalata 10 months ago
@smelyalata no need
DJTrackzi 10 months ago
im gona tie them loosely (pulls as hard as he can)
WombatHide 11 months ago 8
@WombatHide lol
cekinxxx 2 months ago
how many of you take a knife when you go outdoors for a couple of days?
sportnikabel 1 year ago
@sportnikabel
*a couple of minutes
Guilty here.
LRAJ88 11 months ago
surviving looks like a really big pain in the ass, is it really worth it? LOL
ASSYRIANLEGEND 1 year ago 2
0:49 FAIL
sneakyninja273 1 year ago
I laughed so hard when he said "the improvised snow shoe". When we waved it around, it looked more like a canoe more than a shoe.
SgtTwinkleToes 1 year ago
damn i hate google ads.
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thubms up if bear grills is better.
nathanvu12 1 year ago
Not this lardass again...
burnstagger 1 year ago
Add a ski pole for balance. You can also stand on any 2 flat surfaces and attach long straps that you use to lift up your feet and the surfaces together like stilts.
Voyeur12 1 year ago
How can you put a snowshoot in your pocket?!?
dariuscpt 1 year ago
@dariuscpt Try watchin again and this time listen
TheHammers1969 1 year ago
the proof of the pudding is in the doing
bluntsmokerBasett 1 year ago 3
lmao. they suck
shithustler420 1 year ago
at 0:55 he has a BONER
jamie5800 1 year ago
@jamie5800 omg jaime you didnt
morelandjames 1 year ago
of all the education things you saw you managed to make see that. I guess we know what are you.
eyub77 1 year ago
He looks like peter griffin
jamie5800 1 year ago 2
the shoes are great: one improvement: spread the centre two length sticks apart so toes can pivot into hole. Also, do not have such thick cross pieces unless you have very stiff soled footwear--will hurt the feet. Or place another cross piece to support arch of foot.
ChadHClifford 1 year ago
The coat is an anorak. A tough cotton canvas used as a windbreaker. I have used mine in the arctic and in Southern Canada --works great. The fur around the hood makes for great protection from the wind and cold.
ChadHClifford 1 year ago
thats nothing i can make snow shoes out of a toilet paper roll and a coat hanger.
mario102395 1 year ago
Something you can often find left behind in cabins?
'Cause most people in survival situations frequently come across abandoned cabins.
-sarcasm-
I'm not saying this isn't informative... It's just that that particular bit of information doesn't help.
berrykit 1 year ago
@berrykit Well, that depends on where you are. In the Swedish mountains, you might very well be days from roads end but still have a cabin close by, in which case it may be useful to go there first and see what you can find.
thegibsonfromhell 1 year ago
cant come*
KottLoom 1 year ago
I think Bear Grylls is better than he.Ray Mears also show us how to survive.I also like his show,but Bear is better :)
manvswildbear 1 year ago
@manvswildbear bear is just some moron who runs in the woods, climbs like crazy and do other ridiculous stuff that is opposite to that what person should do in an survival situation. its entertaining to watch but actually its not descent survival show. its just some daredevil doing stunts in the wilderness. compared to ray stuff bear come even close.
KottLoom 1 year ago 30
@KottLoom Amen
albi131 1 year ago
@KottLoom Then again, Bear isn't a bushcrafter whatsoever. Bushcraft and survival may somewhat overlap but aren't the same thing, thus Bear and Ray are not to be compared, they do different things with a different mindset.
PooIvos 1 year ago
@KottLoom No, Bear demonstrates may NEED to do in a worst-case survival scenario, always emphasizing "This is the last thing you should do but..." pretty much telling you what you should do, and if that doesn't or won't work do as he is doing...yes entertainment is a large part of Man Vs. Wild, but there are other shows for the safer survival route, Bear Grylls is dedicated to the more dangerous how-to's that may prove necessary or helpful if the safer more standard techniques won't apply.
kanibus08 11 months ago
@KottLoom
I say, it does appear night is beginning its gentle approach.
I think i would be better off consuming my own urin.
LRAJ88 11 months ago
@KottLoom i know it's a long time since you posted this but....fuck i love this comment!!
OleFaldmo 11 months ago
@KottLoom yeah, the crazy thing is he runs around in a way thats actually very risky, noone would do those things if they were in a survival situation. That other guy is more realistic, whats his name.... les strout or something
crockett616 7 months ago
@crockett616 bear shows you what you need to do to survive on the bare minimun whats that? oh yeh a flint and steel and a knife, he's a badass... not unrealistic
Proffesorpwn 7 months ago
@KottLoom IT´S A TV SHOW!!! By arguing whether some tv show is absolutely realistic or not, is to miss the whole point of the show. So if you don´t like the show switch the channel, don´t come to youtube to whine about it.
SCAREDBANANA 5 months ago
@KottLoom thank you :D
TheDeserteagle95 4 months ago
@KottLoom The fuck? Bear teaches great survival too, it's people like you who bum off Ray Mears just because he takes things more slowly
TheNakedQuack 4 months ago
@KottLoom yeah well Bear is hot so
junktresjuju 4 months ago
@KottLoom Surely you're just looking to get a reaction from Bear Grylls fans. Let's not be dumb here.
ManbirdMan 2 months ago
What did he use to tie the snowshoes together?
NoblessOblige1 1 year ago
he knows how to find food, i can see that clearly.
RSFOFOnator 1 year ago
That is a beautiful "coat" he is wearing, i want one
rabidaardvark54 1 year ago
The guy knows something.....
Survivorguy74800 1 year ago
I know how to build 'snow shoes' for deep snow too, but smaller ones and oval.
sandor139 1 year ago
i can make string inthe winter just use bark it strips off better than even better than in the warmer months
mrscaryspider 1 year ago
Yeah, if its the winter i see no way of making cordage. If theres a few feet of snow, there is no way you are going to be digging for coniferous roots. All of the weeds like dogbane and milkweed will be long dead. Whats a person to do? I cant think of anything....i guess your in for a rough time if your out in the snow with no cordage.
JustinBaker2567 1 year ago
@JustinBaker2567 all i can think of is what one guy said and that would be bark off trees. You can use it for cordage. It just depends on the tree. Other than that i don't know. I like to keep at least 50ft of paracord near in most any situation.
icychillgrill3 1 year ago
get 2 sticks and slide down a hill lol might try this a xmas lol
jordwarz 1 year ago
whats in the pudding? lol
uhpanduh 1 year ago
i ONLY SAW A SECOND OF THE PUDDING
ConspiracyHist 2 years ago
too bad...
cause pudding is great while making love : )
saharra22469 1 year ago
Cant imagine doing that with cold fingers. You'd be tempted to make a wee fire out of that wood, feck the shoes.
MoontownMoss 2 years ago 13
I'd have to suck on his fingers till they became very warm : ) it would make a wee fire : ) feck the shoes and all other clothing... I can keep him very warm : )
saharra22469 1 year ago
Im shocked! you'd save him a few months of a fat rich diet.
MoontownMoss 1 year ago
And just look at him...HES IN A HOUSE!!!! hHAHAHAHa!! i could imagine him saying...."In order to survive the wild, you must do this one and only thing..BUILD A HOUSE, I have brought a hammer,nails,already cut wood, aand a door with me to survive with" hahahaha!
xUSxARMYxHOOAHx 2 years ago 2
@xUSxARMYxHOOAHx
are you really that stupit ?
J4ppe 2 years ago 2
That some funny stuff right there!
JeepTJ78822189 2 years ago
Les stroud is the better of the three
manostihl 2 years ago 2
what is he wearing here and i think i want one haha... *at the beginning of the video*
ricky0604fh 2 years ago
Vital, uhm....yea, ok....to the next vid...geesh!
buddydog1956 2 years ago
Bear grylls is way more helpfull and badass
xUSxARMYxHOOAHx 2 years ago
NO!
halla369 2 years ago
Bear grylls is a bit more of a show man/presenter-made for t.v. if you like,Ray is in the know.
simontrowell 2 years ago
Bear grylls is a flippin moron and his show is for morons. I can't even watch the idiot because I know he's full of shit
I still can't get past the one where he's trying to catch a domestic horse in a fence lol ... good way to not survive the native wild life, which is the dude who owns the horse blowing you away for screwing with his horses. If you just ask the owner of the horse he's almost surely warm you up and give you a ride to town lol.
omegahpla 2 years ago
Do I care what you think? really take a look at urself and then ask ppl to believe you. And btw, bear grylls has alot more survival tips too offer than this gay shit.
xUSxARMYxHOOAHx 2 years ago
Do I care if you care what I think? If you think Bear Grylls is really something it shows that your opinion means crap.
My old man was Special Forces, he teaches survival, and I've lived it and knew more before that trailer sleeping charlatan puke bag idiot by the time I was 12
Ray Mears is a forkin joke too. I slept in igloo's in serious cold I made my self when I was a kid, and I laughed at his crap
Look at me? lol, I had the haircut, I'm a Vet. If that's what you go by you're a sorry case
omegahpla 2 years ago
OH GOD! I was right...
Honey...go out and find yourself a hot hot hooker...right away...before you snap : )
saharra22469 1 year ago
Look around you-tube, there are people who know what they are doing. All of this TV production survival crap is just so much BS, meant for idiots who don't know any better, to sell commercials.
And stop running around acting like such a punk with US Army in your name. You know what I mean. Have some GD respect for your service. You're not helping the rep acting like a Jr High snot nose.
omegahpla 2 years ago
OH honey, I'll bet you haven't had an orgasm in six months : (
saharra22469 1 year ago
lol, you don't have much feel for people do you? I'm a long time student of cause and effect and what makes people tick, with more empirical study and experimentation than you can count, along with a serious drive to make things as good as possible. You've probably never had a guy like me, which means you've never really experienced what's possible. I'd shred your soul with pleasure & lust. Send it to heaven, you would never be the same. To bad I don't like cheap nasty talk so you'll never know
omegahpla 1 year ago
ROFL....as if you ever had a chance....dilusional ... LOL
You're dreaming honey. You're not my type. You're not blonde, not cute..where's your pic...
and you're too controlling. You think you're hot....NOT!
saharra22469 1 year ago
blah blah blah, anyone with anything real doesn't spend time talking themselves up on the internet. Its a wannabe's fantasy zone so save it, your BS is pathetic. : )
omegahpla 1 year ago
bear grylls is fake...Yes he shows you it...But he dosnt do it...He got a camera team and survival team with him...Ray mears is great!
Liuss1337 2 years ago
He can show it to me...and he will do it..
I can promise you that : )
saharra22469 1 year ago
@xUSxARMYxHOOAHx
Look anybody with internet access can easily find proof that a lot of what Bear does is staged. His tips can be very unreliable - urine drinking anyone? - so lets not go there.
colddrake80 2 years ago
OH honey....I can tell you that warm urine falling on you is so warm....especially in the snow... He can pee on me anytime in the snow.
Did you know that if you pee in the snow you will leave tracks for not getting lost and so others can find you : )
saharra22469 1 year ago
You are a troll who is missing part of its brain.
colddrake80 1 year ago
I'm having so much fun....
I'm drinking cognac while sitting here in the nude...by the beach, in Florida. Where R U???
I'd say you are the troll....you have no sense of humor. I'll bet you don't even have cognac: As for Ray....he's a hunk. You're just jealous cuz....you're not.
saharra22469 1 year ago
First of all fuck off please. You haven't posted a comment that is actually related to the video. Nothing you've offered actually contributes to any meaningful discussion.
colddrake80 1 year ago
agreed
darensmiles4 2 years ago
I don't think we'll ever need these in England.. still good to watch though! (:
PokefanDP 2 years ago
we do, poor yorick
traceyrmj2 2 years ago
the snowshoes dont seem to work that well- lol
edwining 2 years ago
Only problem is that the snow isn't very deep...
hobbes71002 2 years ago
im sorry he looks like a tan umpa lumpa at the beggining
daewen6 2 years ago
fucksa umpalumpa? XD
ballm0use 2 years ago
can he knock up a size 10 loaffer?
666fannyfart 2 years ago
lol
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bear grylls is a prick and a fraud
Psycho2k6 2 years ago 15
Why is he a fraud?
OriginalYTName 2 years ago
This guy is cool and everything but im pretty sure bear grylls or les stroud made snow shoes out of natural materials.
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you can buy a better pair of snow shoes than that
kirbyhater2 2 years ago
shit better remember to bring some nylon cord with me next time i leave the house.... because you never know.
huwgojones 2 years ago
If you made a Ron Hood style paracord belt then you would have plenty of cord with you at all times.
winstonsmith2600 2 years ago
rally long snow shoes. look more like skies
82f150 2 years ago 2
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personaly this video is point less
fmx4life1011 2 years ago
personally I wish his videos were longer
sniper152 2 years ago 127
Mors Kochanski shows you more details on how to make snow shoes than Ray...
winstonsmith2600 2 years ago
@sniper152 i know
pops51201 1 year ago
you know, you didn't have to watch this video
benberry4488 2 years ago 2
can you put snow tracks on a car? I've been wondering about this for a long time cuz I live in New York and we get a lot of snow in the early winter
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Remember guys, if you spontaneusly get stranded in the snow makesure u have the nylon in ya pocket
valcan99 2 years ago
spontaneously getting stranded in deep snow can happen - car stuck in the snow on a ski trip, snowed in over night on a camping trip, airplane crash... it's good to have an idea how to make something like this if you had to.
dirtTdude 2 years ago 4
its called improvisation,using whatever you can.Your atttepmt at humour is pathetic at most
luvu2luvme 2 years ago 4
I got stuck in the snow in mid june at Mt. Hood on a camping trip... Didn't need snow shoes but spent the whole night in the middle of no-where.
hippykiller1 2 years ago 8
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The best would be to call 911 if you ever get in this situation. But it's always nice to learn new things.
jamonjabugo10 2 years ago
Agreed, if you have cellular service in the backwoods. Many times that won't be the case so like you said, learn all you can to make sure you can deal with the unexpected.
NLHNTR 2 years ago 3
its 999
respectbluder 2 years ago
do you live in the city?
bmx65 2 years ago
thats a good point but usually in places with deep snow there isn't any signal
groaky10 2 years ago
remember survival starts at before you get stranded. YOu wouldn't try to cross a desert without a tank of water on your truck would you?
attnevery1 2 years ago 3
Only a fool puts his complete trust in his equipment. Tools break, become lost, or suffer from previously unnoticed design flaws. Any hiker, hunter, etc. should know how to survive using nothing but knowledge. A true lover of nature would be drawn to such things anyway.
Matunaagah 2 years ago 4
I second that...all the junk you take...all I need is muh kinfe really... he said that he use nylone cord becasue there is no substitute...use the inner bark off of trees, cedar provides very good stringy bark that can be braided into very strong rope. Or willow from near by streams are very good binders or can be fashioned into rope or twine. You can make snow shoes in little than half a day using a pine branch and some twine lashed branches criss crossing the shoe.
Hopllyte 2 years ago
Garden twine is allot more practical than nylon. It is just as good for lashing things like shelters and, i guess, snow shoes, and is also extremely cheap and biodegradable, so you don't need to worry about wasting a little during a survival project. No good for bow strings though.
Matunaagah 2 years ago
So if your lost in the wilderness quickly pop to your local DIY store and pick some up... sweet =D
XtargX 2 years ago
hopllyte
you make a good point. also in a tight spot, one could use strips of clothing as cording material.
kjdyatta 2 years ago
ray mears is a legendary god or human lol
qbthething 2 years ago
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this is ridiculous. you can only get sticks in the woods. you can't have twine. If you remembered to bring the nylon string then you probably wouldn't be stupid enough to not bring snow shoes.
eemshalom 2 years ago
eemshalom, You do realise they were making snow shoes many 1000's of years before Nylon string was invented. Tradition snowshoes were made by weaving sticks together with animal hide, sinew, bark or resin. I'm sure he could have made twine from basswood if he really had to or used the fishing line
UbeefHooked 2 years ago 26
Actually, this snowshoe design was developed by Mors Kochanski of Alberta, Canada about 25 years ago (he's my own survival mentor). Ray's stuff is great, but FYI most of what I see him teaching in the boreal/winter setting is direct from Mors.
Mors tried to specifically address the problems w/ many improv snowshoe designs (warping of the frame, reams of cordage). It uses far less cord than most designs - about 2 m (6 ft) to make both shoes... but you have to know how to make the Jam Knot.
LapaKota 3 years ago
Ray Mears is the god of survival techniques! An inspiration!
QueenOfTheKelpies 3 years ago
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i think bear grylls is better. he demonstrates it aswell as giving detail
LexBeesley 2 years ago
yeah, bear grylls FTW!!!
BrianRobeson 2 years ago
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he looks like a munchkin
HMEISTERCINNAMON 3 years ago
what's a munchkin?
hokman1 3 years ago
the little midget like things in the wizard of oz
HMEISTERCINNAMON 2 years ago
ray mears is a lonely man. but his shows are incredible!
stumptacular 3 years ago
lol, a lonely man? what makes you say that bud?
buttlord123 3 years ago
well i was just joking but it is kinda telling in one of his episodes he interviews an old master survivalist who when asked what he would take to an island to survive: the guy says a "brunette" and Ray says "maybe someday but for now i will stick to my machete!" its no secret that wilderness travelers are sometimes alone...
stumptacular 3 years ago
whats the name of this epesode
DutchPetriot 3 years ago
I don't remeber the name of this episode, but in this episode he is in the north of Sweden if that helps any..
SchwedensTNT 3 years ago
people! these are s u r v i w a l actions. You have to make something ouut of nothing.
Czaro2061 3 years ago 2
in another episode he had some hand crafted.......
lilsam1618 3 years ago
this one was not that good
jackasscrazyman 3 years ago
yes, but its wen ur stuck in the snow
navycomand 3 years ago
yeah but its not his best work
jackasscrazyman 3 years ago
this is the only part of his work ive seen so i cant argue
navycomand 3 years ago
yeah i guess so
jackasscrazyman 3 years ago
Thats why you should always carry 2 tennis rackets.. sticks? the caveman! :D
overflow101 3 years ago
looks like a good strategy, if you have a bunch of cordage or wear a 30 foot belt. If you can think ahead to bring that much binding, why can't you think ahead and bring snowshoes. The look cool and I would hang them on my cabin wall once I stain them a bit, but really doubt they would hold up long.
gavinandzandra 3 years ago
I would rather pay the $150 or so for GOOD snow shoes. The kind that were professionally made and have those near by whenever snow comes around.
mysticalwoodsman 3 years ago
And of course know how to primitively make one in case I am in a situation where I don't have a modern one (duh).
mysticalwoodsman 3 years ago 3
Nice save. :P
64blackbird92 3 years ago
You're Pretty much screwed if you dont have warm gear in that weather, You wouldn't last long. Not long at all.
DamnedSalvation 3 years ago
I've never heard of this man but
Les Stroud is the man
HighTimes4Life 4 years ago 6
les stroud is a bitch compared to ray
tom9172 3 years ago
bear drank his own pee. he deserves to stay in a hotel sometimes. the other guy les straud never drank his pee. until he does it he aint nothing.
AhYaOk 4 years ago
well actualy i notised that bear grylls is copying this guy. which is much wiser. that other show is just not advisory- its more like "wow, i cant believe he did that"! both of the show although are interesting for people who are interested in "survival"
flach99 4 years ago
Survival man, Les Stroud, is ALONE when he survives. Bear has a crew and is never far from civilization. Les is better in my opinion. Bear is more about "look what I just did", and Les is about teaching real survival situations. Just my opinion.
TogakureDaisuke 4 years ago
word, Les Stroud is better and he did drink his pee.. he just got the water out of it..
its on youtube somewhere
lethaldoser26 4 years ago
Yes, you're correct, he made a still out of some plastic and a cup. He peed around the cup which was in a hole and then cover the hole with plastic and put a little rock in the center of it. When his pee evaporates the water from it is caught on the plastic and drips down into the cup.
TogakureDaisuke 4 years ago
These are called Solar Stills and you get very little water in them, a mouthful if that so as a survival tip, it's rubbish.
Funkyscottie 3 years ago