Buidling Winter Wilderness Shelter & Fire in Maine

Buidling Wilderness Shelter & Fire in Maine and demonstrating some simple methods to start fire

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[aseglkj]

to even try to make a bowdrill fire in these conditions shows complete delusion and detachment from reality

[rhonbell2003]

@aseglkj - If you were to get lost while snowshoeing in the Maine winter, would you just curl up and die? Preparedness is key. You must live in Florida.

[aseglkj]

@rhonbell2003 your reply makes absolutely no sense. preparedness is key? I agree. that's why I'd never go into a winter forest without a bic lighter, a peanut lighter, a firesteel and an assortment of firestarters and tinders. (I wouldn't get lost anyway because I always carry a GPS and a compass.)

the point, which flew completely over your head, is that you will simply not be able to get a fire started with a freakin bowdrill in heavy precipitation like this. to even try so shows poor judgment

[rhonbell2003]

@aseglkj - that's ridiculous to even say, let alone argue on youtube. If you are telling me that knowing how to start a fire with natural materials is unnecessary, you wouldn't have survived 100 years ago and you would never survive nowadays if there were a disaster and you ran out of "bic lighters". Please never go into the woods.

[aseglkj]

@rhonbell2003 dude, do you have ADHD? I said it depends on the conditions. If it's dry and sunny, a bowdrill fire is no problem. In the snow, while it's snowing? Impossible. that's why people never used bowdrills in northern climates. They used flint and pyrite and then later flint and steel. Oetzi had flint, pyrite and tinder mushroom with him 5000 years ago. with these tools I can make a fire in the snow, no problem. in short, you don't know what you're talking about or what you're doing

[rhonbell2003]

@aseglkj - That's why we got fire with bow drill 15 minutes after this video. When you get experience instead of book knowledge - let me know.

[cslr11]

lol this video is how to fail and try to talk like you know what you are doing 

[mars6190]

wow nice insolation those walls you dont have will really keepout the wind

[dubuque2010]

Smoke means ignition, try blowing sometime.

[billwho62]

Could'nt you just use gasoline and matches?

[NorthSurvival]

That was just stupid to try, you can not make a friction fire when it literally snowing outside, the humidity is too high.

[nitroflesh]

Don't listen to the pessimists. You can make fire while snowing if you're under a shelter wich you obviously were. But your friend didn't do it the right way. You should be more energetic. His skills with the firesteel were also poor. But you've tried and that's what counts. Next time you'll do it better. Cheers

[sjappienl]

Assuming they took dry wood for the bow drill from home it was worth the try and he got pretty close to creating an amber it seems, but I was expecting him to fail in those conditions anyway.

[solobackpacking]

Obviously the rednecks are NOT happy with the video.

[neuroleptika]

so many wrongs and so few /none) rights in one video....hopefully you learned something haha

[1s1t1e1v1e1]

When you have enough wood you have to worry about your fire melting down through the snow.

[bander87]

Give the guys some credit, they are actually out int the woods practicing - the only way to gain experience.

[dreamthinker79]

@aseglkj

not really, but needs to be done right, need to split into dry wood, and keep it dry. Cottonwood makes a great base. if its your only way of making fire. its worth the effort. specially after you build a nice shelter, and have a dry protected spot.