Wilderness Lean-To by Nutnfancy: Part 2

PART 2 OF 3: Building a lean-to wilderness shelter in snowy and cold conditions...good times! There are numerous shelters that you can construct in these northern, mountainous woods and this is one of them. It does require a fair amount of time, calories, and preferably some tools to get the job done. But the task itself is relatively simple. Many topics are discussed including the survival mindset and training, site selection, construction techniques, knife and tool usage (and breakage!), clothing and glove considerations, flashlights (Fenix L2D), common sense environmentalism, food procurement, etc. Conditions were adequately challenging with temperatures eventually dropping to 18F and snow continually falling. Allie the Mountain was the faithful companion on the outing.

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[RightWingCon81]

@PBTvids Nutnfancy was mauled by a bear once, then the bear woke up and apologized

[Renocasa]

nutnfancy and bear grylls on man tracker. lol

[DanielJosephTV]

@DragonRoLo his main reason is weight; it's much easier to carry a knife than an ax. Also a large blade can do more tasks than an ax. he put out a vid called large blades don't suck.

[Iryman]

@zenmastervex the opening should generally face away from the prevailing wind.

[TheRebiirth95]

@RightWingCon81 God you are SO stupid!

The bear didn't wake up...hahaha

[zenmastervex]

Hey nutnfancy, question for ya: Do you have a preference on which direction the lean-to points? Or is it entirely dependant on the area? Here in Ohio, most of the weather comes from the west, but is there a universal rule or some bushman's secret to it? Thanks.

[zenmastervex]

@DragonRoLo My guess would be to test them in unusual or extreme circumstances. Imagine you're in a survival situation and lost your axe. Wouldn't it be nice to be confident that your knife could fill that role if needed? We all appreciate his time, money, and effort in testing these things so we all don't individually have to.

[DragonRoLo]

why are you so partial to knifes rather then a hatchet or ax? for all that wood cutting?

[superdonkeyballs]

How did your jacket hold out? Your back is totally wet.

[jschwebs]

@Nutnfancy : I'm from Kentucky, a land of very few pine trees; that being said it gets real tough in winter using modern blades against the eastern hardwoods, especially when its super cold or on dead limbs. The wood is simply too hard and busts up modern steel pretty good. I've found that "old school steel" tools. i.e. iron or heavy headed steel hatchets or strong bladed knives work best. Even though you lose capability in packing weight, they work best out here. Love the vids as usual!!!

[guldahlrahmi]

Good stuff! I still swear to my bacho laplander saw and my bk-2, but i would still love a esee junglas it would make certain tasks go faster, i never bring an axe anyway, did considder it but naaa, if i break my bk2 i probably did something criticaly wrong with it ;) im not in a rush when it comes to fire, my sleeping bag is good for -25c and even -35c if i setup fire, shelther and cloathing of course.

[Verac1ty]

You're what happened when Huck Finn grew up!