Emergency Winter Shelter

In an emergency in winter, shelter from the elements is your first priority. On this video, Jeffrey Mason, master herbalist and wilderness survival advocate takes you step-by-step on one simple and highly effective winter emergency shelter you can build in a life threatening situation in the wilds in cold weather.

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Education

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• Winter
• Survival
• Wilderness
• Survivalist
• Training
• Outdoor
• skills
• Country Living
• Christian
• Tribulation
• End Times Prophecies

[VeterusTV]

Pretty realistic stuff. Probably best to put the insulation on the deck AFTER building the shelter to avoid dropping snow on it.

[branchingvine]

@VeterusTV point well taken...thanks :)

[book630book]

DO NOT REMOVE THE SNOW, INFACT ADD MORE BECAUSE SNOW HELPS KEEP YOUR BODY HEAT!!!!!!!!! THIS GUY IS RETARDED

[branchingvine]

@book630book My friend never judge a book by it's cover. I spent 6 months living of the land in the dead of winter in the northern Rockies of montana in the late 80's. I KNOW were of I speak. You doubt that, then go into mountain country and build a survival shelter , and lay on top of the snow.Then see how long it is before you loose your body heat by direct contact with the snow, that has now melted enough under you to get you damp. See how long it takes for hypothermia to set in.

[jake4569]

Hey man that was really well done i like how you did it all on cam for the most part very helpful i subbed.

[Kuploosh]

@stidumaron Well put. I agree if you have logs definitely keep the snow.

[stidumaron]

@Kuploosh

See that the conversation is getting harsh somewhere else. what a pity. but your words make sense. I mean: if you have a tarp or some waterproof plastic sheet or some logs to put under your body, well maybe you'd better keep the snow. but if you lay directly on the snow, your body heat is surely going to melt it with all the inconveniences you said. thanks for your answer.

[Kuploosh]

@stidumaron The risk of leaving snow under you is that if it starts to melt, you can get wet and you have no place to go. The snow will help insulate at first, but because you body is directly on top of it with just a small amount of insulation, it will start to melt and seep up through your insulation, clothing, and ultimately make you much colder than if you had removed it.

[branchingvine]

@Kuploosh Agreed, which is one thing I should have done in this video. Unfortunately the goal was to make a very quick shelter to get a person through the night, who, because of weather conditions does not have time to do everything that will bring comforyt...just enough time to make a very make-shift survival shelter. But thanks for bringing that out it is a very good piece of advice to add!

[branchingvine]

@ATXwingkid yep...because you were wet...always dangerous in cold weather. I'm glad your okay. In spite of your bad condition...without the shelter you most likely would have died of exposure. When you're wet especially in winter conditions you lose body heat fast through conduction. But I'm glad you survived...you are truly a survivalist now! And again the situation you described is exactly why I recommend removing the snow where you build your shelter, all the way to the ground.