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We were told how the plant-name is spelled, as Ray's accent leaves me clueless. ...
It would also help if ...
We were told WHICH desert and the range/locations where this (mystery) plant grows ... hmmm ? ...
As it stands, All I know is that there is a plant that looks like an Agave or a century plant or like a Yucca or any of several other (American) desert plants. So glad that Ray has a clue but ... his little "show-and-tell" really showed me little and told me ?
@phrankus2009 Ray is in Southern AZ near the Dragoon Mts - Cochise Stronghold (near where I live). This is an excerpt from the video series Arizona Desert, which can be found on RitchiePowell's page. The Sotol plant is similar to an agave or yucca plant, but I don't believe it is classified in either family.
@hempheadfor20 Sounds like we'd better carry gloves even if we don't think an unexpected survival situation might occur! I know it's inane to say this, but Micheal Jackson had this aspect of wilderness survival DOWN! ;D
Stop comparing ray to the likes of Bear Grylls. Aswell as having a stupid name. it was reported in a newspaper that bear flies back to a 5 star hotel every night after filming, yet claims in his show that he slept in the wild.
Yeah because that is so plausible. Being able to fly out every night, with endless amounts of cash, in the middle of some rain forest, desert, or outback which doesn't even have houses, let alone hotels. Yet you believe the newspapers when they say he stays in a hotel? You must be incredibly gullible and believe absolutely anything the newspapers say. Fact is, all of this fake stuff about Bear was because he used a SAFE lava bridge to use as an example rather than a real one. Fk off.
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Nice video Ray...good info. And as for you nighterjay. We can do watever we want with our language...you may have brought it here but when we kicked you colonials out we took the rights of the language too. Oh yea and your welcome for us braindead xenophobic morons saving your sorry ass from having to speak German. It is so amazing how ungrateful some people are. Are you sure your not French???
@ArtisanTony Why do Americans make their own fucking words out of the Oxford ENGLISH dictionary.. Centre is the word you have bastardised into center. it's our language and you braindead xenophobic morons should respect that... That is why Ray Mears pronounces is words Has He does..
@ArtisanTony Ok fair enough you can have our language. Please can we keep our oil off the north coast though? Please dont invent a reason to invade us to take our oil like you did in IRAQ...lol
@nighterjay and where on earth did the word 'centre' originate? Surely not Old French from Latin 'centrum'. No! And the English language. Was it not innundated with at least 10,000 new words at the point of the Norman conquest? Did you know that the Normans were Vikings? Fascinating.The ancient Britons, according to emperor Claudius , in the second Roman invasion of these fair isles, were dark-haired, dark-looking peoples. That would make them Indo-European through Iberia. The road is long.
He says its critical to always carry a pair of gloves with you..? How about carrying a Bic lighter? I bought several packs of the five pack Bic lighters and i keep two in all my back packs and cars and trucks. Don't be tempted to save a few cents and buy the cheapo disposable lighters with the clear plastic butane containers. They leak and if you store them for very long, especially in hot conditions like a auto glove box they will be empty when you need them. Spring for the quality Bic lighter!
@XxSnowAngel not exactly,unless you are using the bow drill which doesnt take perfect combonation of wood.But with the hand drill method it takes perfect wood in order to make an ember.
Bear Grylls probably doesnt wear them because thats what the tv executives at discovery channel told him to do, since it adds some kind of tension or looks cool. If he had a choice he'd probably wear them.
Having gloves when handling thorny plants isn't a matter of being brave or manly, it's about being smart.
@IdarkphoenixI yep ray is the real deal..very realistic.bear just does ridiculous bullshit, but thats what society is all about crazy nonsense Drama reality type shows..
@mw2pro79 this show isn't about what to do if you get parachuted into the wilderness with nothing, it's about being prepared, which btw is how you survive in these places. but mostly it's about the art of bushcraft
wats up with the huge ass knife if anyone gets lossed they arent randomly going to carry a huge knife and gloves you should stop using suplies so your showsmake sense
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Fuckinhell ray smart mate.
But the embers took months not seconds ya fucker,i watched a whole ball game while ya did that.Also,i wouldnt just happen to be carryin a shiny white pair of gloves while fucked up in the desert.
Still love ya ray,just get your fuckin hands dirty like the rest of us,lol
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Hahaha!! Yeh Right Carbonbodyworker!! Gloves, a knife!! That's not extreme survival! That being totally prepared and then talking a walk into the local woods.
Behind the camera is a FUCKING GERT-BIG 5 STAR HOTEL!!!!
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Ray is a good guy no doubt. But what would he do without a knife. Sure! He survives in the wild, but does he know how to make steel? Then he could make a knife. It seems he cannot survive totally with some modern equipment. Sorry Ray! But you need to tell us what to do if we are without a sharp blade. That's real survival in the bush.
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Flint is a rare stone and does not exist everywhere. Hmmm!! Ray Buddy! You are a little scuppered if thoust doth loose thy blade.
Anyway! I'm sure Mr Mears could pick up any ole item and squeeze it so hard in his manly hands it would become as hard and tense as flint. Then he will pop the squeezed material between his well-toned bum-cheeks and pinch it into a razor-sharp edge.
Alot of Rays knowledge is learnt from tribal peoples who actually live in these conditions (and yes, a knife or machete is essential to their survival). Rays show is modelled on hunter/gatherer techniques is better suited to real bushmen and /or hunters.
Bears program is not so much about living in the wild, its about getting out of it as quickly as possible. Thats where these 2 differ. With Ray you could actually live in the bush. With Bear its about getting out as quickly as possible.
What would Ray do without a knife? Well this ... watch?v=vPk28DiIWPU. Flint is by no means rare. It is formed from quartz, the second most abundant mineral on Earth. If he can't find flint then most types of chert will do the same job to a greater or lesser degree.
You can't knock Ray, he could survive in your world quite easily, I doubt you'd last very long in his
Well Dakatt, I wish he would show us what you are telling me, because if it is illegal to carry a knife in public and the only time a person would get caught in the WILD is if their plane crashed - and it is illegal to carry or store a knife and Machete on a plane - then flint and other stone is the only stuff we would have. Real survival is knowing this and finding that first. Everyone on here slates me, but they probably believe in the tooth fairy also.
Under all these other circumstances you would be allowed to take a knife and matches and usually do. But there are controlled environments like getting on a plane. I was just curious. I like the idea of surviving in the wild, but lets just recognise that if we get lost hiking and have not taken a knife and flint, what is the solution....if there is one.
@Catalyst2 Depends on what you know and what you have to work with. A knife for cutting meat and veggies can be made from Elm or White Oak bark. Shape it with stones, soak it in water, rub it against a smooth rock to compress the fibers and dry it and give it another rub. For cutting wood a simple dischoidal flake of flint or chert works. I admit it's not as good as a steel knife but beats heck out of nothing.
@Catalyst2 You're obviously not from America, because here we are actually granted the freedom to carry knives. I'm not trying to say America is the best or anything, I'm just mentioning that because this is where Ray is at in this program. And there are many other circumstances where you could get caught in the wild. And of course if you didn't have a knife you could use a rock. What do you think the Natives did? You sir are a fucking moron.
@Catalyst2 You are so fucking stupid. First learn how to do this stuff with a knife and then learn to do it without one. Doesn't matter though, because you know nothing about survival techniques apart from sitting on your ass and posting bullshit comments.
I can make fire by getting someone I think is a twat, asking them to hold some dried twigs and pissing them off. Only takes a few words and they're fuming. Ah! I can feel the heat from here!!
As far as the Mears/Grylls debate goes, if I was syuck in the middle of nowhere I would rather have Ray by my side. The Mears technique is slower but infinitely more comfortable. Grylls is a grab and run merchant!
secondo me è facile farlo nel deserto.... con l'aria asciutta!!! nel bosco dopo una pioggia, con il legno che puoi trovare in giro, mmm..... voglio vederti... Bel video comunque....
I think it's easy to do in the desert .... with the dry air! in the forest after a rain, with wood you can find around, mmm ..... I want to see ... Nice video anyway ....
you heard of Bear Grylls? Well Ray Mears was around before Bear was, Ray Mears is very popular on British TV, unlike Bear Ray talks about the place hes in and the tribes and culture etc... where as Bear is extreme and just wants to get out, so quite opposite both of them, i used to watch Ray Mears a lot but since Bear Grylls came out i was hooked on his show, still Ray is just as good, but not as extreme as Bear. Check out Bear if you aint heard of him, hes great.
desert climates are dry and wood contains less moisture. It would be easier to light a fire in arid regions, and sotol, as Ray says, is one of the easiest materials for friction fire in the world. Ray has an ideal situation here.
This does work, it did for me. You are correct in that it took much longer than he implied, but that said, I did this in Scotland with some random wood from some coniferous tree and lichen for tinder, rather than a specific wood in the desert and dry grass.
Cool. I like the more efficient method of wrapping some string around the "drill bit" and having that string attached to a bow. You can move the "bow" back and forth and it turns the drill bit really fast, and it's easier to control
in 1820 a man named fred oslof one day he was working wen a ghost came by and killed him in his lab 100 years later 2 boys went in as a dare they were also never seen again possibly murdered now that u read this the boys and fred will kill u 2nite unless u send this post 5 time b4 midnite
This is the best video I have ever seem on making fire using the drill method. But what is the name of the plant? Soto, Sota? Anyone who knows the name of the plant please post.
it is the hand drill method afterall.. But there's more to it then just rubbing your hands together, It's a rotational movement with your arms and wrists..
About the gloves thing, he said it was a tip due to them having thorns. If you were lost in the desert, you could do it without gloves, you would just get cut, or you could just use some fabric on you like you clothes, n well if you do not have clothes... I do not want to know why you got lost!
the thing is ray tell you tips of when ure traveling thats why your gonna have your kit with u while as bear he teaches you how to survive if you get standard, they both teach the same thing but in different situations there both ace and interesting to watch
so basically what u are saying is, the one is smart, and the other one is stupid:)...I like Ray Mears because he seems very smart, and prepared..and smart people are normally prepared for the worst case scenario.
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10011996ian 3 weeks ago in playlist Ray Mears Extreme Survival
It's a member of the agave family I believe.
LordMagnus007 2 months ago
It would help if ...
We were told how the plant-name is spelled, as Ray's accent leaves me clueless. ...
It would also help if ...
We were told WHICH desert and the range/locations where this (mystery) plant grows ... hmmm ? ...
As it stands, All I know is that there is a plant that looks like an Agave or a century plant or like a Yucca or any of several other (American) desert plants. So glad that Ray has a clue but ... his little "show-and-tell" really showed me little and told me ?
phrankus2009 3 months ago
@phrankus2009 Ray is in Southern AZ near the Dragoon Mts - Cochise Stronghold (near where I live). This is an excerpt from the video series Arizona Desert, which can be found on RitchiePowell's page. The Sotol plant is similar to an agave or yucca plant, but I don't believe it is classified in either family.
OnRappel 2 weeks ago
@phrankus2009 this plant is called Sotol and it grows in Mexico and Texas
Gutek313 1 week ago
i thinky he was smoking weed !!!
darkwolfmaktoum 4 months ago
Great Now All i Need is Patients
FunnyKid019877 6 months ago
this is not desert this is florest
suhib1990 7 months ago
incredible, smoke from the 3rd set of spins, 10 spins and his coal is ready...
wechnivag 7 months ago
0:49 i´d say we found dracula , or he´s a wild rodent himself look at his teeth
call discovery we found the missing link
dreakheart 7 months ago
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dreakheart 7 months ago
What a tossa gloves? Why not just book a hotel room if your that soft!
ac6murray 7 months ago
@ac6murray Book a hotel room... in the desert?
Are you actually that idiotic, please say no
ChainsawGutsFuck 5 months ago
If you're gonna carry a knife, a glove, why not bring a match too?
lifehouse123 8 months ago
"When you find yourself in an unexpected desert survival situation, its a good idea to carry gloves."
lol
hempheadfor20 9 months ago
@hempheadfor20 Sounds like we'd better carry gloves even if we don't think an unexpected survival situation might occur! I know it's inane to say this, but Micheal Jackson had this aspect of wilderness survival DOWN! ;D
cliftut 8 months ago 6
Ray was very young...
maxinpains 9 months ago
Now you start burning those forest and run for your life.
colorblind99 10 months ago
That was great to watch !
Thanks ! :o)
ihaveairlockers 10 months ago
few seconds my ass that was like 15....
spikewk 10 months ago
Les Stroud is a survivor not this Ray Mears or Bear Grylls!
check it out on youtube!
FREAK1145 10 months ago
Did anyone else notice his HUGE uni brow?
JoeDizzle15 10 months ago
Stop comparing ray to the likes of Bear Grylls. Aswell as having a stupid name. it was reported in a newspaper that bear flies back to a 5 star hotel every night after filming, yet claims in his show that he slept in the wild.
eat4peace 1 year ago
@eat4peace
Yeah because that is so plausible. Being able to fly out every night, with endless amounts of cash, in the middle of some rain forest, desert, or outback which doesn't even have houses, let alone hotels. Yet you believe the newspapers when they say he stays in a hotel? You must be incredibly gullible and believe absolutely anything the newspapers say. Fact is, all of this fake stuff about Bear was because he used a SAFE lava bridge to use as an example rather than a real one. Fk off.
digitalwarfares 11 months ago
has any one else noticed hes huge ass monobrowl?
fusion807 1 year ago
4 people are fat kids plaiyng PC all day long ..
s1rkaa 1 year ago
Which are the best woods to use in the uk?
DreamsCatcher101 1 year ago
Dude... Teeth. Seriously. Get those choppers fixed.
projenna 1 year ago
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LesspulpTeam 1 year ago
beast mode
unphazed123 1 year ago
Ray is sooooooo pale.
solobackpacking 1 year ago
@solobackpacking Typical englishman, we dont get much sun.
DreamsCatcher101 1 year ago
@DreamsCatcher101
Good to hear, I thought perhaps he is suffering from chronic illness.
solobackpacking 1 year ago
If I was to try that, and I'm in the Northeast of America, would I need to use "dead standing" wood ?
wescobts 1 year ago
wouldn't it be a better tip than carrying a pair of gloves, to carry a lighter?
bottomlands 1 year ago
Once I got snake bitten, but then I chopped the head off the snake, gutted it and ate it. I won.
EcoFascist 1 year ago
@EcoFascist the snake probably wasnt in his prime or else he woulve ruin your shiiiet
Severosrighthook 1 year ago
Is he using the same wood for the drill and for the board?
HerrDepfel 1 year ago
Oldschool
HerrDepfel 1 year ago
Nice video Ray...good info. And as for you nighterjay. We can do watever we want with our language...you may have brought it here but when we kicked you colonials out we took the rights of the language too. Oh yea and your welcome for us braindead xenophobic morons saving your sorry ass from having to speak German. It is so amazing how ungrateful some people are. Are you sure your not French???
donm7514 1 year ago
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OOOOOOOHHHH!!! Burn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But remember the word Frenchman is a contradiction in terms.
J0Gu7 1 year ago
Why do english guy always say resources like rezources :)
ArtisanTony 1 year ago
@ArtisanTony Thats the way english is- thats why.
globe255 1 year ago
@ArtisanTony Why do Americans make their own fucking words out of the Oxford ENGLISH dictionary.. Centre is the word you have bastardised into center. it's our language and you braindead xenophobic morons should respect that... That is why Ray Mears pronounces is words Has He does..
nighterjay 1 year ago
@nighterjay all I can say is LOL to that nonsense. It is our language now :)
ArtisanTony 1 year ago
@ArtisanTony Ok fair enough you can have our language. Please can we keep our oil off the north coast though? Please dont invent a reason to invade us to take our oil like you did in IRAQ...lol
nighterjay 1 year ago
@nighterjay and where on earth did the word 'centre' originate? Surely not Old French from Latin 'centrum'. No! And the English language. Was it not innundated with at least 10,000 new words at the point of the Norman conquest? Did you know that the Normans were Vikings? Fascinating.The ancient Britons, according to emperor Claudius , in the second Roman invasion of these fair isles, were dark-haired, dark-looking peoples. That would make them Indo-European through Iberia. The road is long.
theonlyantony 1 year ago
the old way is the hard way.
MrFreskie 1 year ago
skillzz
sam199166 1 year ago
lol, he almost stabbed himself
7homiestudios 1 year ago
Curious to see what he would do if there was no dry wood around
SBPStudio 1 year ago
He says its critical to always carry a pair of gloves with you..? How about carrying a Bic lighter? I bought several packs of the five pack Bic lighters and i keep two in all my back packs and cars and trucks. Don't be tempted to save a few cents and buy the cheapo disposable lighters with the clear plastic butane containers. They leak and if you store them for very long, especially in hot conditions like a auto glove box they will be empty when you need them. Spring for the quality Bic lighter!
MrSimonGirty 1 year ago
how do you make a fire at home?
can you make fire with just any random ordinary sticks?
XxSnowAngel 1 year ago
@XxSnowAngel not exactly,unless you are using the bow drill which doesnt take perfect combonation of wood.But with the hand drill method it takes perfect wood in order to make an ember.
iCoHeeeD 1 year ago
Skip the adds!!!!!! 0:01
jodude26 1 year ago
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ummmmmmmmm this guy needs gloves bear grylls doesnt this guy kinda sucks altogether unless hes making shelter then hes good
buttayhahahaahahah 1 year ago
@buttayhahahaahahah
Bear Grylls probably doesnt wear them because thats what the tv executives at discovery channel told him to do, since it adds some kind of tension or looks cool. If he had a choice he'd probably wear them.
Having gloves when handling thorny plants isn't a matter of being brave or manly, it's about being smart.
IdarkphoenixI 1 year ago 31
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@IdarkphoenixI yep ray is the real deal..very realistic.bear just does ridiculous bullshit, but thats what society is all about crazy nonsense Drama reality type shows..
5tonyvvvv 11 months ago
finaly, he did it.... but how many minuts it tool to fire?
busapraful 1 year ago
haha when he was spinning it it went well with the music it sounded ilke some dj scratch
miklitov23 1 year ago
@mw2pro79 this show isn't about what to do if you get parachuted into the wilderness with nothing, it's about being prepared, which btw is how you survive in these places. but mostly it's about the art of bushcraft
mypurplesneakers 1 year ago
schools should teach kids how to make fires just in case they do get lost in the wilderness in the future.
cafcwebbluke 1 year ago
@cafcwebbluke yea
Naishell1 1 year ago
and why did i not learn this in school?
TheZendierum 1 year ago
lol thats boss!
kasonyaj1 1 year ago
wats up with the huge ass knife if anyone gets lossed they arent randomly going to carry a huge knife and gloves you should stop using suplies so your showsmake sense
mw2pro79 1 year ago
@mw2pro79 actually, alot of peoplke carry knives especially if camping or soemthing
silentsniper441 1 year ago
notice as he starts to drill he starts on an angle great man.
@Razorx53
if you use the same type of wood as him and practice it is as eassy as 123!
multisynu 1 year ago
wow thats awesome, but i bet it isnt as easy as mr mears makes it look
RazorX53 1 year ago
One of my life goals: start a fire with only wood.
R0KURU 1 year ago
if he has a pair of gloves why he does not have any lighter? LOL RAY MEAR!!!! SHIT SMEAR in pants~!!! LOL
maxinpains 1 year ago
if u had gloves and a knife im sure u would have some means of making fire xD
soarer205 1 year ago
@Dakatt1 Wells said
RWW124 1 year ago
Flame on!
scarz1951 1 year ago
wow thats pretty cool
cool2thetouch 1 year ago
None of the wood around where i live is dry enough to do this D:
MarchingBlueNGold 2 years ago
dry it yourself! :)
Verradonairun 2 years ago 2
then u dont live in the desert
DIRECTHALO666 1 year ago
fire with magnifying glass is easier
vassilischr 2 years ago
Rule number 9: Always carry a knife!
Rick2Max 2 years ago
thats rule number 1
edwining 2 years ago 2
Wow! No more to say!
ichbinzehn 2 years ago 2
Nominate Ray for Prime Minister
wildwestcomedy1 2 years ago 3
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Fuckinhell ray smart mate.
But the embers took months not seconds ya fucker,i watched a whole ball game while ya did that.Also,i wouldnt just happen to be carryin a shiny white pair of gloves while fucked up in the desert.
Still love ya ray,just get your fuckin hands dirty like the rest of us,lol
carbonbodyworker 2 years ago
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Hahaha!! Yeh Right Carbonbodyworker!! Gloves, a knife!! That's not extreme survival! That being totally prepared and then talking a walk into the local woods.
Behind the camera is a FUCKING GERT-BIG 5 STAR HOTEL!!!!
But we still love you RAY!!!
Catalyst2 2 years ago
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Ray is a good guy no doubt. But what would he do without a knife. Sure! He survives in the wild, but does he know how to make steel? Then he could make a knife. It seems he cannot survive totally with some modern equipment. Sorry Ray! But you need to tell us what to do if we are without a sharp blade. That's real survival in the bush.
Catalyst2 2 years ago
he'll just knap some flint
archerrobinhood 2 years ago
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Flint is a rare stone and does not exist everywhere. Hmmm!! Ray Buddy! You are a little scuppered if thoust doth loose thy blade.
Anyway! I'm sure Mr Mears could pick up any ole item and squeeze it so hard in his manly hands it would become as hard and tense as flint. Then he will pop the squeezed material between his well-toned bum-cheeks and pinch it into a razor-sharp edge.
Ray is Lord of all!
All praise Ray!!
Aouuuuuuuuu!!! Aouuuuuuuuuuu!!!
Catalyst2 2 years ago
Alot of Rays knowledge is learnt from tribal peoples who actually live in these conditions (and yes, a knife or machete is essential to their survival). Rays show is modelled on hunter/gatherer techniques is better suited to real bushmen and /or hunters.
Bears program is not so much about living in the wild, its about getting out of it as quickly as possible. Thats where these 2 differ. With Ray you could actually live in the bush. With Bear its about getting out as quickly as possible.
SandboxPitbull 2 years ago 4
Never noticed before! Thanks for the info! Btw! I'm just messing around on here!
Bye!
Catalyst2 2 years ago
accually it would be retarded to go in the wild without a knife
and you can make "knives" from broken pieces of flint or other rocks
Airsoft9eleven 2 years ago 4
if your dumb enough to go into the bush without a knife would be a problem but everyone does take a knife so stop bitching about it.
Rambo440 2 years ago
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People with knives are girls!!
You're not Rambo440!
You're a Bimbo000!
:op
Catalyst2 2 years ago
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carbonbodyworker 2 years ago
What would Ray do without a knife? Well this ... watch?v=vPk28DiIWPU. Flint is by no means rare. It is formed from quartz, the second most abundant mineral on Earth. If he can't find flint then most types of chert will do the same job to a greater or lesser degree.
You can't knock Ray, he could survive in your world quite easily, I doubt you'd last very long in his
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Well Dakatt, I wish he would show us what you are telling me, because if it is illegal to carry a knife in public and the only time a person would get caught in the WILD is if their plane crashed - and it is illegal to carry or store a knife and Machete on a plane - then flint and other stone is the only stuff we would have. Real survival is knowing this and finding that first. Everyone on here slates me, but they probably believe in the tooth fairy also.
Ray is okay, but he has a knife.
Catalyst2 2 years ago
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Yeah go to this video
watch?v=vPk28DiIWPU
Dakatt1 2 years ago
that is defanitly not the only way u could get caught in the wild
u could get lost on a hike (it happens all the time)
ur atv could break down in the deasert.
if ur rafting ur boat could flip
there is are endless possibilities of ways to get caught in the wild.
i strongly disagree with u "catalyst"
mattrulz21 2 years ago
Under all these other circumstances you would be allowed to take a knife and matches and usually do. But there are controlled environments like getting on a plane. I was just curious. I like the idea of surviving in the wild, but lets just recognise that if we get lost hiking and have not taken a knife and flint, what is the solution....if there is one.
Catalyst2 2 years ago
@Catalyst2 Depends on what you know and what you have to work with. A knife for cutting meat and veggies can be made from Elm or White Oak bark. Shape it with stones, soak it in water, rub it against a smooth rock to compress the fibers and dry it and give it another rub. For cutting wood a simple dischoidal flake of flint or chert works. I admit it's not as good as a steel knife but beats heck out of nothing.
scarz1951 1 year ago
@Catalyst2 You're obviously not from America, because here we are actually granted the freedom to carry knives. I'm not trying to say America is the best or anything, I'm just mentioning that because this is where Ray is at in this program. And there are many other circumstances where you could get caught in the wild. And of course if you didn't have a knife you could use a rock. What do you think the Natives did? You sir are a fucking moron.
MrVoiceofreason123 1 year ago
@Dakatt1 dude u can buy it anywhere and its not rare it one of the most abundant things int he world u fucking dumbass
buttayhahahaahahah 1 year ago
@buttayhahahaahahah You make no sense. Who said it was rare? Who said about buying it? And who's the dumbass?
Dakatt1 1 year ago
@Catalyst2 You are so fucking stupid. First learn how to do this stuff with a knife and then learn to do it without one. Doesn't matter though, because you know nothing about survival techniques apart from sitting on your ass and posting bullshit comments.
MrVoiceofreason123 1 year ago
@Catalyst2 He'd use flint.
galenwolf 1 year ago
I can make fire by getting someone I think is a twat, asking them to hold some dried twigs and pissing them off. Only takes a few words and they're fuming. Ah! I can feel the heat from here!!
Catalyst2 2 years ago
i can make a fire with a magnifying glass flint and steel ferocerum hand drill bow drill fire saw ice condom
walsh155 2 years ago
As far as the Mears/Grylls debate goes, if I was syuck in the middle of nowhere I would rather have Ray by my side. The Mears technique is slower but infinitely more comfortable. Grylls is a grab and run merchant!
piltymon 2 years ago
wot kind of animal is plant?
sonikboy3 2 years ago
well the plant is one of the most still animals in the wild!
studies show that most plants eat only water and food made by their cells. some plants don't move their whole lives! they are a truly reserved animal!
youseemreallybored 2 years ago
secondo me è facile farlo nel deserto.... con l'aria asciutta!!! nel bosco dopo una pioggia, con il legno che puoi trovare in giro, mmm..... voglio vederti... Bel video comunque....
MrMenestrello 2 years ago
What? We don't like anything but English on here please.
Catalyst2 2 years ago
@Catalyst2
I think it's easy to do in the desert .... with the dry air! in the forest after a rain, with wood you can find around, mmm ..... I want to see ... Nice video anyway ....
MrMenestrello 1 year ago
I can make fire with a magninefine glass ^_^
Thats sorta good i guess eh ahhahaah?
Its a start ;)
killer66667 2 years ago
Never heard of this guy but I like him. Cool vids
chicago6584 2 years ago
you heard of Bear Grylls? Well Ray Mears was around before Bear was, Ray Mears is very popular on British TV, unlike Bear Ray talks about the place hes in and the tribes and culture etc... where as Bear is extreme and just wants to get out, so quite opposite both of them, i used to watch Ray Mears a lot but since Bear Grylls came out i was hooked on his show, still Ray is just as good, but not as extreme as Bear. Check out Bear if you aint heard of him, hes great.
Brady2k10 2 years ago
I find the information that they give in these survival videos more important than whether or not they are being followed by some crew.
JelloJames16 2 years ago
that plant probably makes an eccelent atlatl dart
spasblad 2 years ago
you should have more tiner to start
survivalist911 2 years ago
bear grylls is an absolute fake. Ray mears, although a big fat panda, knows infinitely more about survival than that idiot.
robmstringer 2 years ago 3
survival man takes like 20 minutes
this guy takes like 30 seconds
anybody know which is fake
bestSVMS 2 years ago
desert climates are dry and wood contains less moisture. It would be easier to light a fire in arid regions, and sotol, as Ray says, is one of the easiest materials for friction fire in the world. Ray has an ideal situation here.
CracksinDConcrete 2 years ago
This does work, it did for me. You are correct in that it took much longer than he implied, but that said, I did this in Scotland with some random wood from some coniferous tree and lichen for tinder, rather than a specific wood in the desert and dry grass.
AnimaRaptor 2 years ago
OK that was some cool ass shit right there!
That's about the fastest light I have ever seen from wood drills.
I used to live in the desert and those plants were everywhere.
Wish I had known back then cuz I'da been practising that game and amazing my friends all the time.
thechurchofdave 2 years ago
i like bear grylls better but you gotta admit this guys good !
glen432003 2 years ago
Hmmm. Bear Grylls is no less than 5x cooler than this guy...maybe as much as 6 times...
jtg24 2 years ago
fuck off
MegaCozzy 2 years ago
I want my mommy....
sdbrunn 2 years ago
yes a zippo and by the way camp fire holds off wild animals most off em im not saying all
MrJulianking 2 years ago
using matches would be easier though
trailer701 2 years ago
wind can blow matches out then your screwed, bring a lighter
Danny7930 2 years ago
hahah saw that too
limerick92 2 years ago 4
I just noticed that Ray Mears has some pretty vampire lookin teeth :/
6NightStalker9 2 years ago 34
0:49 youre right! lol
isaacincabo 2 years ago
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Jmalbran 1 year ago
Cool. I like the more efficient method of wrapping some string around the "drill bit" and having that string attached to a bow. You can move the "bow" back and forth and it turns the drill bit really fast, and it's easier to control
tosgem 2 years ago
Ya it can go from +100 in the day to like 45 at night
Animeabe 2 years ago
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why the hell would you need fire in a a desert, your not gona like find a cow to cook, unless you plan on eating a lizard
zxcvbnmjfjf 2 years ago
it gets cold at night
meat2dawad 2 years ago 4
really? i dont see how it would, guess that shows how much i know about deserts :P
zxcvbnmjfjf 2 years ago
to keep warm
dudec007 2 years ago
Ray Mears! Please have my babies! lol :)
gummybears54 2 years ago
I have learnt so much from watching Ray on youtube, I wish I could thank him.
Carlsarv 2 years ago 2
Where would he be without his trusty 21st 00 knife?
studentoflife01 2 years ago 2
you obviously havent seen him make his own knife..
starchild9000 2 years ago
that's a nice beat
emel60 2 years ago
Don't forget to gather kindling and fuel before you start a fire, or you will look very silly making a fire and not having anything to build it up!
A cord of kindling and as many dry logs as you can drag will suffice. THEN you can prepare your fire.
ftorresgamez 2 years ago
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ballstatesucks 2 years ago
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sos but i believe this
in 1820 a man named fred oslof one day he was working wen a ghost came by and killed him in his lab 100 years later 2 boys went in as a dare they were also never seen again possibly murdered now that u read this the boys and fred will kill u 2nite unless u send this post 5 time b4 midnite
ss4goku395 2 years ago
The plant [called "desert spoon", "sotol" or "sereque"] can be used to make a spirit similar to the mezcal and tequila. =) pretty usefull!
Lex60 2 years ago 4
aren't there any other types of plants which you can use to make fire or is that the only one?
GuruJamz 2 years ago
really any deadwood mate. But some work a lot better than others.
DeadlyVeggie 2 years ago
theres hundreds, lots of the names i dont know how to spell. but yucka is a good one too.
1234bentoole 2 years ago
guys the gloves thing was a tip. these plants grow like weeds where i live (arizona) and you can easily gather the stalks and strip them bare-handed
TheV0iceOfReas0n 2 years ago
This is the best video I have ever seem on making fire using the drill method. But what is the name of the plant? Soto, Sota? Anyone who knows the name of the plant please post.
stevewang2 2 years ago
it's called a Sotol plant mate :)
spazzsquirrel 2 years ago
how is he making it spin, simply with his hands?
alex39k 2 years ago
yup
jshohio 2 years ago
it is the hand drill method afterall.. But there's more to it then just rubbing your hands together, It's a rotational movement with your arms and wrists..
Boomrod 2 years ago
thanks allot mate for that advice.
tobigforyou 2 years ago
Check out Cody Lundin's video here on youtube(abodudeman)
Cody is a Nationally acclaimed Survival Expert. Who specializes in the Arizona Desert.
tobigforyou 2 years ago
omg...
that was awesome
superlaugher 2 years ago
About the gloves thing, he said it was a tip due to them having thorns. If you were lost in the desert, you could do it without gloves, you would just get cut, or you could just use some fabric on you like you clothes, n well if you do not have clothes... I do not want to know why you got lost!
Theralas 2 years ago
bear grills suck
ray mears rules!
tercielo 2 years ago
Bear is not too bad, but
RAY MEARS IS THE BEST!!!
Raduldo 2 years ago 2
that guy is pro at that. really good video. thnxs taught me alot
countryalltheway13 2 years ago
that guy is fucking pro at handrilling.
samieldarklord357 2 years ago
good video thanks for other great tip ..
jordanrivers1 2 years ago
what knife is that?
tubebellator 3 years ago 2
it's he's own knife
EnergyDog23 3 years ago
A sharp one
LeighRollo2006 3 years ago
yeah this makes sense because every survival kit has a pair of gloves, especially when your unprepared and lost in the deseret.
tunicanl 3 years ago
Gee guys, any bit of info you can pick up should be appreciated. Show some gratitude.
Better yet, join Boy Scouting and learn this stuff for real.
Get out from behind that computer and get some fresh air in the real world.
I dare you!!!!
flintstone9812 3 years ago 2
but when I am adviced to have gloves with me, I would also take a lighter and at least a magnifying glass, which would make things a lot easier.
BMWizardofOz 2 years ago
lol, that is a good point! But again, Ray wouldn't only have "gloves" on his list when going into the desert!
Point being, he's saying almost all plants you touch may hurt you so protect them!
DocGreen15 2 years ago
I wouldnt call this surviving in the desert it just misleads...you should give us tips of how to survive in the Sahara? thanks anyway Ray is great
Thetruthisone 3 years ago
the thing is ray tell you tips of when ure traveling thats why your gonna have your kit with u while as bear he teaches you how to survive if you get standard, they both teach the same thing but in different situations there both ace and interesting to watch
rinkz1208 3 years ago
so basically what u are saying is, the one is smart, and the other one is stupid:)...I like Ray Mears because he seems very smart, and prepared..and smart people are normally prepared for the worst case scenario.
preciousss822 3 years ago 2
But when teaching others you should tell them how to be prepared, so what equipment to bring and whats best to use.
neilkrupa 3 years ago