My New Video: Making a Survival Shelter that Works!

[_Philo Sofee]

Kerry, I felt so sorry for you struggling to get up the next day. Must have hurt like heck.

Yeah I have to toughen up and wisen up...... :biggrin: All in all it was a total blast, and I will be doing more of that.....

[_Philo Sofee]

Did you ever learn how to make a buddy burner stove? It uses the tuna can (the buddy burner) fire burner I listed and is made of a metal coffee can. Ever do that? It would keep your cooking fire off the ground somewhat. I think it might be sturdy enough to hold your cast iron skillet but I can't say for sure. My camping cook set is aluminum so...light weight.

Two people can cook on the stove (thus the buddy) with one burner but it really depends on what you're cooking.

I do worry about people making fires directly on the ground. There is such a thing as root fires that can happen. I dunno...I couldn't see as much of the forest floor as I would have liked to see there but it looked really dry like it is here. Fires on the ground skeeve me out.

With the buddy burner stove you can set that on top of a table or something over aluminum foil. Then again, you might as well take a Coleman stove if you are going to do that. I only used the buddy burners to teach various outdoor cooking skills when primitive camping.

I've always said that aluminum foil is your best friend when camping. Though others may disagree. You can use it for a ton of things and use it over and over again. Examples, cooking, makeshift table top, a survival mirror----->I taught the "Hug a Tree and Survive" course outdoor survival skills for adults and children here in my state. :-D

And you can cook decent cake in tuna cans. Pineapple upside down cake..."upside down in a can". ;-)

You have so many cool ideas! I'm gonna do them and give you a shout out in the vid! I know what ya mean about fires on the ground, but for a different reason. I like em cause they are easier to control, sort of....lol...
I entirely agree about alum foil! I hope you guys are giving me a like, it helps generate the algorithm to get more people to see it in the search engines. Comments also help, even if they are just one word.... Thanks again for watching. I am such small meat and potatoes in the You Tube World.....sigh.....

[_Jersey Girl]

Philo Sofee my parents took me tent camping when I was very young. We did two long haul trips along the Eastern Seaboard and up into Canada then other trips as I grew older. I've camped in pretty much every state going up into New England into Canada and back down to the Jersey Shore again and then of course out here in the Rockies. I learned how to do at least part of what I know in childhood...how to pack up, making an outdoor kitchen and that sort of thing. My parents were part of the first aid squad so I picked up some of those skills from them, I started camping with Girl Scouts before I was old enough to join the program. All total I spent 18 years in GSUSA as a registered member--combination girl member years and troop leader for 2 troops and that doesn't count the years before I was old enough to join as a child. I knew about various styles of camping even before I became a leader so it was hard for me to get through their outdoor skills courses up to and including advanced outdoor skills (Level 3 Campcrafter at the time). Also took courses in outdoor gourmet cooking and orienteering...I dislike orienteering so when it came time for my troops to learn how to do that I had an Eagle Scout dad do it with us on 4 day primitive camping trips. I liked making trail signs but I hate the compass work, though I can read a topo map like a boss. I managed to take my troops safely in and out camping and hiking for years. We were an award winning camping troop because we hit all the required bases and then some. Some troops these days never camp at all but I would have never done it without camping. :-)

With the cooking I can cook for one or two, or twenty. I think I've cooked in all styles that exist but who knows? Wood fires, coal fires, wax fires, solar ovens, camp stove...I dunno if I missed anything though I think there is one style that has something to do with digging a hole using coal and a cast iron dutch oven? I never did fires of any kind on the ground because of the environmental ramifications--root fires.

I've done all styles of camping---tents, cabins, troop huts, primitive, and even pop up tent campers. Heat, no heat, beds, no beds, cots, no cots, on the ground, power no power at all, basically everything you can think of. I taught outdoor skills in progressions for 12 years as a leader and also the Hug a Tree and Survive and Leave No Trace courses. My children have the same experience and skills that I do. One of them started going to troop meetings in a stroller pretty much like I did only I was about 4 when I started going myself. So I do have a ton of ideas to share but these days I prefer to hop a plane and go to a hotel!

p.s. I bet you can find instructions online to make a solar oven using a cardboard box. They take longer to cook anything though.

[_moksha]

Was the premise of this survival camping that no tents were available? Tip: Use duct tape on tent joints to keep the tent from collapsing during the wind. I felt a little scared when I saw you eating with that knife.

[_Jersey Girl]

Was the premise of this survival camping that no tents were available? Tip: Use duct tape on tent joints to keep the tent from collapsing during the wind. I felt a little scared when I saw you eating with that knife.

With regard to survival camping. You can step it up or step it down depending on your interest or focus for the experience.

You can get camping knives that have silverware tools that flip out. Kind of like a Swiss Army knife.

I have a camp cooking set made of aluminum that has everything I need inside of it. Very lightweight and you can hook it to a backpack if needed or just stuff it inside.

I don't recommend survival camping alone in a wilderness area. But Philo Sofee isn't going to listen to me. I know him too well.

p.s. You can make a drinking cup out of a piece of paper. Now I'm just showing off. ;-)

[_Jersey Girl]

Look! I found a video of the cup!

How To Make A Paper Cup That Holds Water (HD)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6u_Ag6UTqs

They really work for cold drinks like water.

[_Philo Sofee]

Was the premise of this survival camping that no tents were available? Tip: Use duct tape on tent joints to keep the tent from collapsing during the wind. I felt a little scared when I saw you eating with that knife.

I had so much fun making it macho! I was hoping it would get some laughs. I mean it's what macho guys want to see, so I threw it in there. :biggrin: