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the world we live in has changed

dramatically in the last few months

with millions of us adapting to life

under lockdown

many are struggling with self-isolating

and social distancing

now is a good time as any to put your

mind to something and develop your

knowledge of nature and the outside world

world

we need to go back to basics

to reset the clock and focus on what

really matters

we need to learn from this

in this video i'm going to show you 20

survival tips that might help you when

you find yourself out in the wilderness

before i get into it i'd like to thank

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now let's learn some survival skills

daldinia concentrica

the cramp ball fungus

also known as the coal fungus

it can be found on dead or decomposing

ash trees

when dry this fungus can take a spark

from a ferrocerium rod

and it can burn for many hours

as well as its use in fire lighting

it can also be used as a mosquito repellent

repellent

simply split the top of a stick into

four using your knife

use small sticks to wedge it open

place your smouldering crampon fungus

inside and cover with moss

this will create a pungent smoke which

will deter flying bugs from your camp

these bug torches can burn for many hours

hours

and can be moved from place to place

the humble tin can

it has many uses in the survival world

snap off the ring pool by gently moving

it backwards and forwards

break one end of the ring and bend it 90 degrees

degrees

using a stone

sharpen the tip by rubbing it against

the rough surface to create a sharp point

point

now you have a makeshift fishing hood

tie this to some string or fishing line

bait it up with worms grubs or maggots

and you are good to go the rest of the

tin can can be used to make a candle

lantern or stove

using your knife and some gloves so you

don't cut yourself

cut down the length of the tin can

then make two more cuts across the top

and the bottom of your first cup

it should form the shape of a capital i

gently fold out the side walls of the

can and you have a candle lantern with

built-in wind deflectors

if you need to cook food or boil water

simply light a fire and add twigs to the

stove place your cooking container on top

top

and just keep feeding twigs to keep the

fire going

you can get a much stronger flame by

facing the opening of the tin can

towards the wind the extra oxygen being

forced into the fire will result in a

more efficient burn many coniferous

trees produce resin

a sticky glue-like substance which helps

the tree protect itself from various pests

pests

and heal any wounds from broken branches

you can collect the white resin using

your knife or a stick

i would recommend using a stick as the

resin is hard to get off your knife

collect it in a metal container a tin

can works well put this on the fire and

wait for it to melt

once melted it will look like black tar

this is called pitch

it is very flammable due to the high

levels of resin

when it has cooled slightly

begin moulding it around a small stick

you can use your hand once it is cool

enough to do so

once it has completely cooled it will go

rock hard

this is nature's primitive glue

you can take it with you in your camping

kit and melt it back down again whenever

you need it i used some recently to

weather seal the mortise and tenon

joints on the anglo-saxon house that we

have been constructing

there is a link to this series in the

video description

if you find yourself in the woods and

you have no cup to drink or collect

water from

then fear not

you can fashion one out of a stick find

a stick or small log with a diameter of

around 3 inches

and a height of roughly 6 inches

place your knife blade down the middle

of the wood and carefully batten it down

until the blade cuts through before you

split the log entirely make another

cross section cut at 90 degrees to the

one you just made now split the log into

four separate pieces

number each individual piece of the log

on the underside using a pen

charcoal or a stick wiped in mud this

will help you piece them back together

again when it comes to finishing the cup

on each individual piece

saw a groove about an inch above the

bottom of the cup then use your knife

to split the inner parts of the quarters off

off

tidy these cuts up afterwards to make

sure they are smooth and even now when

you put the pieces back together again

you will have a cavity

fasten the cup together with some cordage

cordage

here i am using bank line and a simple lashing

lashing

make a loop wrap your cordage around

this loop

pass the tag end through the loop

and pull it down into the lashing

there is a more detailed video on this

on my channel now the cup is finished

double check there are no gaps by

holding it up to a light background such

as the sky your cup will definitely leak slightly

slightly

as water always finds the easiest route however

however

if you submerge it in water for a few hours

hours

the wood will absorb this water expand

and close the gaps

hand sanitizer is in high demand these

days but it has more uses than just

keeping your hands clean from the rona

alcohol-based sanitizers contain varying

amounts and types of alcohol

often between 60

and 95 the one i'm using here has a high

percentage of ethanol a flammable

substance squirt some of this gel onto

some wood and ignite it with a match or

lighter although it looks invisible

there is actually a flame there this is

because ethanol burns with a smokeless

blue flame it is not always visible in

normal light hold a couple of sticks

above it for a few seconds and before

you know it you will have yourself a fire

fire

lord jesus there's a fire

ain't nobody cut time for that

if you find yourself in the wilderness

and you have no cordage

nature can provide the roots of many

conifer trees grow relatively shallow

even more so in densely populated woodlands

woodlands

where these trees are fighting for light

simply use a stick and dig down a few

inches until you find a root

follow the route along and gently pull

it up

take off the rigid outer layer of the

root using two sticks

this will expose the flexible inner layer

layer

you can make the root even more flexible

by further splitting it down with a knife

knife

you can then take this one step further

by bashing the roots with a stick to

break up the fibers

if you soak them in water for an hour or so

this will make it easier to tie knots

with you can use the root as it is for a

simple binding

or you can weave two or three roots together

together

to make two or three ply rope

this will be much stronger than just the

root on its own

use the roots to lash sticks together

when building bushcraft shelters or

making primitive traps

if you can't get a fire going because

the wood is wet

split it down to expose the dry inner wood

wood

using your knife at a shallow angle

gently carve off thin strips like a feather

feather

keep these feathers on the stick

place your fire steel or ferro rod

against the flat side of the stick and

shower sparks onto the thin feathers

doing it in this way means that you do

not flick your wood shavings elsewhere

and end up getting the wet gently rotate

the stick to allow the flame to crawl up

the wood shavings and get stronger quick tip

tip

note that i made very small curls at the

base of the stick when i finished this

is so that they are more likely to

ignite when using a ferro rod clematis

clematis

is a climbing vine that is commonly

found in deciduous woodlands here in the uk

it has many uses

if you find yourself in the woods with

no backpack or carrying container

you can fashion a basket using the vine

of the clematis you will often find it

climbing up a large tree

pull the vine down

but note don't take the whole plant

one or two vines is all you need you

will need to gather various diameter of vine

vine

the main frame of the basket needs to be

about one to one and a half inches thick

and then some smaller thinner ones are

needed for the weave

firstly make a spider-like structure

with three pieces of the large vine

then using the thinner diameter weave in

and out going diagonally across the

large vine each time once you have your

main framework in place

you can begin your weave

start with the thin vines and weave over

and under the thick vines once you have

weaved an area for the base of the basket

basket

you can begin to use the thicker vines

wheat in and out to create the basket itself

itself

finally cut off the ends of the thick

line or fold them back into the basket

and leave two opposite ends remaining

these can be lashed together to make a

carrying handle

and now you have yourself a basket which

you could use for carrying your gear

or harvesting wild edibles

if you have the need to chop firewood

but you have no solid chopping block

you can use a log laid horizontally on

the ground

lean the log that you want to split

against this base lock

make sure only the top end of the log is

touching the bottom log

and chop down to split the wood

it is actually safer to do this with a

longer axe and not a hatchet

keep your knees bent and legs apart

that way if you miss

your axe head gets buried into the

ground and not into your foot

as a word of warning it's probably best

not to attempt this if you are a

beginner and make sure the bottom log is

on hard ground if possible do you find

yourself having lots of loose cordage

that is constantly getting tangled and

messy you can sort this by using a

simple method to hang up your cord and

keep it tidy place one end of the chord

on the v in between your thumb and forefinger

forefinger

pinch it there

and then loop the chord over your baby

finger and round back over your thumb

in a figure of eight movement

with a slight rotation of your hand

you can wrap the cordage fast and

tighten it off around your finger

by wrapping up the cordage this way

you now have the option of quick

deployment by simply pulling on the cord

it will unravel fast and it's ready to

use right away

no having to undo knots and tangles

if you wake up in the morning and your

fire has completely gone out and there

are no embers

you can still get it going again

as my friend dustin from bushcraft tools

demonstrates here pick up some of the

powdered white ash and fine grains of

charcoal place this into some cotton wool

wool

and roll it into a tube-like shape like

a cigarette the tighter and more compact

you roll it the greater the chance of

getting an ember using a flat piece of wood

wood

begin rolling the cotton wool backwards

and forwards

applying pressure as you do it

the laws of physics apply here

the downward pressure and backwards and

forwards movement

is creating friction

and friction creates heat

which when hot enough will warm up the

ash and charcoal particles and create smoke

smoke

when you add oxygen to the cotton wool

an ember is created and this can be

placed in a dry tinder bundle

the cedar tree is one of nature's best

providers of natural materials

it has so many uses the leaves branches

bark and roots can all be used

as either building materials or for fire

lighting it is also incredibly rot resistant

resistant

which is why it is commonly used to

build log cabins and wilderness structures

structures

the inner bark of cedar can not only be

fluffed up and used as a tinder bundle

but it can also be split down and used

as natural rope or cordage

i have used it to lash together a hazel

frame when building a native american wigwam

wigwam

similar to the tree root when soaked in water

water

it helps to create a stronger binding

when the bark is damp

and the log is holding plenty of

moisture it can be prised away from the

log by hand

you can often peel the bark away from

the log in one piece

this incredible resource can be used as

roof tiles or shingles

we used to see the bark as the reefing

material for our viking house

if you would like to watch the viking

series i will put a link to it in the

video description

one thing to note when using cedarbark

as a roofing material

is that once it's peeled it will start

to dry out fast

when it dries it shrinks

so we kept it wet by putting it in a

lake overnight

we also use cedar bark for the roof of

our native american wigwam

it is certainly a resource our ancestors

would have used

potassium permanganate

pretty lengthy word

it's used for a number of skin

conditions such as fungal infections of

the foot dermatitis

dermatitis

and superficial wounds

but it can also be used to light fire

sprinkle out some of the powder

and pour in some vegetable glycerin

which is also widely used in the food

cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries

it can take a minute or so for the two

products to react chemically with each

other but once they do you will start to

see the potassium permanganate bubble

and smoke will be released

soon after the materials will burst into flame

flame

and you have yourself a fire

the lesser spotted dogfish are very

common in uk waters

they are voracious feeders

and can be caught from the shore

or by boat

you can catch them on mackerel squid or

in fact most sea fishing baits

it is edible although not eaten as much nowadays

nowadays

however the skin of the dogfish is very

unique it has the texture of sandpaper

and it was once highly sought after

to use when polishing wood

word of warning if you are squeamish you

may want to skip the next part

once dispatched humanely you can use a

knife and a pair of pliers to peel off

the skin of the dogfish you can then use

this skin straight up as sandpaper or

you can dry it out which makes the

denticles in the skin stand out more

this will make it more abrasive

as my dad demonstrates here on the

youtube channel ta fishing

he's used it straight up and you can see

it wearing the wood away

often when a head torch is left in a

backpack it bumps around and the torch

gets switched on you open your bag only

to find that the battery on your head

torch is flat not a good thing to happen

during a night time survival situation

to help prevent this flip the battery

around so that the positive and negative

terminals are reversed

this should stop your head torch turning

on automatically

alternatively you could add a small

piece of blue tack

or cut out card to create a gap that

will prevent any electrical connection

being made

the silver birch tree is one of the most

resourceful trees in the world

it is fairly easy to identify with its

silvery white bark being a standout factor

factor

but even when dead and rotting this tree

can still provide a natural resource

when it's decomposing the tree rots from

the inside out so the bark tends to be

one of the last remaining pieces left

if you cut or pull the bark off you can

use it to light a fire even in the

wettest of weather

if you scrape away the outer layer of bark

bark

you will see the red orange inner layer

this is full of resin

which when scraped into a dust pile can

take to flame incredibly fast

it also burns hot for a relatively long time

time

long enough for you to build an

established fire

duct tape something we are used to

seeing in a diy or hardware store

but this should be one of the first

items in anyone's survival kit

it has so many uses

you can use it to build shelters

repair clothing and tents

cover wounds to name just a few

but one thing that is great for is fire lighting

lighting

in this example i am using gorilla tape

you can hold the lighter to the tape

itself and it will light easily enough

but what if you don't have a lighter or

a match

if you use your knife you can tear the

tape into thin strips

if you bundle these strips together into

a ball

and shower sparks onto it from a

ferrocerium rod it won't be long before

you see a flame

it also burns for a long time

giving you plenty of time to get your

fire built up

beware though

if you're lighting the tape in your hand

the flame will crawl up it fast and with

the tape stuck to your hand you could

burn yourself

probably best to light this one on wood

or the ground

sadly plastic bottles are all too common

in the wild these days

but they can come in useful in a

survival situation

cut the bottle in half

keep the cap on the top half

gather some moss and put this in first

the cap will stop this falling out

compress this down and then add grass

next add some small stones and then a

layer of larger stones

this layering system will help to catch

dirt particles from muddy water

with another container gently pour in

the dirty water

the stones will catch the larger

particles and the grass and moss will

filter out smaller particles

you can already see the difference in

colour with the first paw

but after two or three pause you will

really begin to notice a difference

note that whilst this plastic bottle has

filtered the water

it is still not completely safe to drink

you will need to boil the water

afterwards in order for it to be drinkable

drinkable

you can also use wood ash and charcoal

from the fire or sand in part of your filter

filter

thank you for watching this video

i hope that you learned something from

it and that you can apply some of these

skills when you're out there in the wild

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