Always interesting videos. I have tested a lot of gear. A Hobo once told me, be able to throw your pack 10 feet, if not, then it's to heavy, mainly for hopping freight. In the desert it's 1/2 weight for water. Water purification. Shade Tarp. Knife #1. Knife #2. And I always have Coffee! I never camp in town unless absolutely necessary to do so. Hygiene Kit! Pocket First Aid Kit. Flashlights Fire Starting Kit. All of which are common sense items to have with you. There is no such thing as an overall survival pack, unless you have a truck to haul it all in, to wherever. Survival items are based on the environment a person may find themselves in. A lot of pocket carry items. Always modify to improve on your gear again depending on your environment. Adaptable Clothing. Boots, leather. With extra Socks! Flask, for fuel, lightweight. Read! Watch Everything possible about Survival! Stealth Camping is important, learn as much as possible! It will improve your odds!

On the east coast it's easy to be homeless...on the west coast it's tougher you do need a bike too to get around ... you'll never have a problem getting food cause Americans they waste so much of it

0:40 your right about keeping the pack weight down

I know depression is a hellofa thing to live with. Mine isnt major anymore, but it was for a couple years after briefly being homeless last time (with a child and two little dogs). I hope yours gets better. Here is an additional bright side for you: you dont have to be responsible for others, and you dont have to deal with bleeding for a week out of every month 😅. I hope you get really lucky, find someone who will let you have a chunk of their land or something. In the meantime it is cool to be someone so simple, real, and authentic on youtube, sharing what its like to be less than fortunate like so many are.

my kit in my pickup, in my highway tractor for work, the bag at my front door for hikes: all the cutlery sets are mismatched stainless steel from 2nd hand stores. they clean up like any other, they work, and they're cheap.

Excellent video. Good advice.

Great advice Sir! I've done backpacking for decades and become "stuck" trying to reduce my pack weight... Going to try some of your tips with my go bag to reduce the weight! I'm a truck driver looking for a gear list to get me 140 miles home in a worst case scenario... Great video!

You can create a good sign to panhandle saying you need money for car to get off street. People will help you.

I'd say get a job and then a car to live in. You might be able to get a car within a month or two if you save. That's what I would do and then you are like 10 times better. I know because I was living in my car for a few years. I would also be panhandling and trying to start a patreon for a car fund. You could change your situation but you have to do a couple things different.

I understand how you feel man. Im lucky to still have a vehicle, for now. Im struggling, all alone , its not easy. I pray we all find some peace.✌️

Thank You

p.s. what state r u yeti living in

love your channel big h... yeti

I have been wanting to know what to give a homeless guy near me. I went to the river a couple days ago and he is still there and I told him I thought he would have been long gone by now after all he had told me about another guy helping him and of having got a good job to work. He had purchased a smartphone too. I had left him a bag of sweatsuit hoodies and clothing to wear the last time I was out there. I do not get out of the house much at this time of the year. I need Spring and Summer weather hot and sunny to be outdoors but I am susceptible to pneumonia and flu and near death experiences in Fall and Winter by going outside. My dog doesn't get as much attention this time of year as he needs too so I told the homeless guy I was surprised he was still living in the woods by the river. He said the guy that had brought him here from Seattle had now gone to Ohio. They had been planning to get a house together but they other guy left him stranded. I do not have much at all but I am looking around to see what I do have that I can give him.

Good stuff

Great thinking! Wonderful ❤️‍🔥

Formerly 50 of 64 years a hobo. I made it almost a science for my survival gear. The very basic because I walked many miles and every pound I could shave was helpful. A backpack that would hold my sleeping bag.and a can of bean. A camp pad rolled up in a tarp. Then a couple lengths of ropes to strap the roll to my back pack. A empty quart bleach bottle for water. It helped purify water and gave it that city water taste. My pockets carried little odds and ends like a pocket knife, spoon, paracord, P-38 can opener, and a church key. Most anything else I could get along the way. Of course planning my movements as well as possible was at least 50% of it.

I have maintained a “oh crap I’m homeless again” bag with everything I wish I’d had when I was homeless last time. It’s about 40lbs with everything but I don’t plan to hike it on my back just have it in a bag I can carry short distances if I need to get off the road in a spot too rough for the 🛒 I do find it funny we have a lot of the same equipment, my favorite knife is the mora $9 light weight and great for woodwork or cooking.

I appreciate you and your channel. You give real advice, tips, and tricks. Thank you for sharing and keeping it real! I hope your day doesn't suck for ya!

Great video . Its goven me a few pointers so i know if people take this journey seriously it will be a big help to everyone.

I know this platform really pushes the live streams, and portrait mode lives apparently like 10x more. I don't know how feasible it would be with battery and data, but it might be worth a shot. You definitely already have the requirements to go live on your channel.

As ive listened to several of your vids i guess the mother in me steers my thinking to "working this out"? Finding a compatible roommate/houseshare is likely the only way? This applies to many as multitudes of our brothermen can barely make do without making these choices, even though not our preference. Ugh,trust n believe i relate to many points. Ive noticed, for me anyway that becoming less and less social is not serving my existence well. Do your best. Its enough ❤

I know how you feel. Can't is not a good word. That is one word I don't use. Even that I getting the help it is not really helping me. Take care and easy Brother.

Same bro….we have the intelligence and focus to change our reality. Get that energy in,,,coffee up the ass bro lol

Do you live in fear?

You are so strong! I am not homeless and my depression wants me to tap out so hard. Good luck

Right on right on

what city are you in in oregon?

Sending love and prayers for you. Please don't give up. ❤

On that movie Groundhog Day he started out depressed & bored then he spent every day learning new things, improving his life, only then the loop ended, watch the movie again, it was inspirational

Been homeless for 7 years lived in sheds about four years the last 3 years in a van in the woods The last two your trying to get government housing that's along waiting list Hope the best of luck for all the homeless Americans And I'm one them

2:22 Hey brother I’ve flirted with full blown homelessness more than once in my 52 years. Firstly I want to commend you for describing the down cycle of the depression, (specifically the desperate need to escape) so honestly. Been there. Many times. It blows. Here’s my comment. In the issues I’ve faced there was usually-nay, consistently-three things that happened: 1. I got an unexpected and often extremely “unfair” jolt that screwed up my routine. Basically we’re talking either losing a job or losing the girl. Or both. Total kick in the nuts. 2. I proceeded to get as out of my head as possible. Alcohol. Pills. Speed. Coke. Weed. And always cigarettes. And for as long as possible. What breaks this is when even the best baggie of…whatever and the perfect immediate circumstances no longer accomplish further enabling of my pity party. This phase has lasted a year or more in previous times. 3. I kick myself in the ass as hard and as long as needed to get employed, get off social media, put down the time-suck-monster that most people call “my phone” and simply start putting one foot in front of the other. Accepting that there will be hours, days, maybe weeks that suck or bore me. Or both. I got sober 6.5 years ago and frankly that’s changed EVERYTHING. The 12 steps didn’t work for me. Accepting that my sins were paid for by Jesus Christ, did. I refuse to attend meetings where the first requisite is to introduce myself by calling myself the propensity I’ve struggled with toward addiction. That’s precisely why Jesus sacrificed his life for me. So that through Him I could be free of bondage. I’m not slamming the rooms or the meetings. I’ve been to easily 500 of them between 2005 and 2016. Anyhow the only way to start hitting that ball is to pick up the bat and head to the plate. If the crowd is booing you to beat the band, feed off of it. Get up there, swing for the bleachers and do your level best to send that ball right into the mouth of one of the naysayers. This is your life, brother. Chin up and LIVE.

I'm from The Netherlands and even over here more and more people are becoming homeless. It's so sad to see, I am also slowly getting into struggle because of all the prices going more up and up. To prepare my self in case I do end up homeless because of all this, I am doing my research and came across your video! It is really helpful! I hope you're safe and well! Keep your head up

Thank you for sharing your raw emotions with us, it takes a real man to do that imo. I too went awol when I was in the Navy, twice. Im not proud of that, nor do I care to share that with others, but since you've shared I thought I would too. If you ever want to share some navy stories, I'm listening.

Being😊 a Veteran, you can go to the VA for help, Im guessing you have PTSD of some sort, as do I...I was homeless, now 100% disabled, service connected, own my hom

All humans deserve the basics to sustain their lives. None of us asked to be in this world, the least the world can do is provide the basic needs for us. But we are a world full of humans without empathy. This will be a story that plays out until humanity ends itself. Sometimes there is nothing you can do when you are gridlocked. The best you can do is hope for serendipitous change. I think this youtube channel and the traction you are gaining is signs of good things to come. Keep working at it, vlog whatever you can. Build a backlog you can always upload. I want to see you in that damn van! I love that you're calling this chapter of your life a dip in the road. That is a good way to look at it.

the positive: your able to to survive outside. very few people can do that and it actually gives you a separation from the system which will be very useful when the system fully turns on us (or WWIII starts)

It is always interesting to watch your videos and listen to what you have to say about homelessness. Some people comment without having a clue about homelessness, such as there are agencies that help the homeless, which is bullshit, especially now. The homeless I know consider themselves lucky enough to get food stamps which is next to nothing, most people don't realize that fact. Homelessness is viewed in many places as a crime. Your channel helps to clear up the misconceptions about it. Most people don't realize the importance of the Gear required to survive. The type of homeless people nowadays are a different class of people who are of a different generation due to the influence and the availability of drugs and alcohol and the common citizens stereotype homeless people as the same because they don't realize that each and every homeless individual is different and cannot be stereotyped into a single category! Keep up the good work and continue to make the facts known!

...soon to face the same, depression, spouse terminal, ,..thank you for keeping on, I cried and felt relieved , you're not alone..,sending love and blessings

Have you ever considered getting a job? My old pappy told me,long ago. He said, son, can't never did anything.

No matter how bad things get or how hard life is I try to count my blessings. I wish you health and prosperity.

💔Words...Empty words...Love is action...Surely we can all donate to this gentleman and change his life for the better....Please, listen to your hearts and allow God to direct your steps...Blessings...Xo...

Just managing your every day life is pretty challenging from what ive learned from your videos. With depression thats already very impressive. Stuff like verifying youtube is much more challenging with depression than you might give it credit for, with all the waiting and uncertainty involved. Just thinking about it during that time might have already cost you a lot of energy. But now you got it done and i think thats something you can be proud of. If you get negative comments just think about how much those people would do in your situation. Probably much less than you do. They simply are lucky to have a smooth life, it doesnt have to do anything with stuff they could control.

no it has to be the algorythm i literally had to activly look for your channel

Hey, why not jump on a multi-currency crypto wallet (e.g. Exodus) and from there list out some 10 crypto wallet addresses (BTC, ETH. LTC, DOGE, SOL, etc.) so people can easily donate a few coins to you. Then from there, get a bank account and register with Coinbase and allow yourself to cash in these crypto coins to bank account cash. Doesn't take long to setup, and in reality you might not get all that much in the way of donations, but without having an easy way for people to make donations online, how else can we help you. Take some time to set this up, I bet it will be beneficial, at least in a modest way, going forward.

You're doing well. I was in 23 prisons across the United States from 1982 through 2017 never guilty of a thing. Out here in the world now all I can do is hate police authorities every day and hope a District Attorney doesn't pay off another drug addict a $1000.00 reward and a dismissal of his pending charges for making an unsupported hearsay statement against me.

Best thing I could ever do for myself was get myself into the tiny home village. Set aside my pride and get help to the services I needed. I stayed sober, not sure if that is your issue or not. Got housing, got into school and just graduated. And even lost my mother in the process, and I didn't relapse. I highly suggest doing it, it's scary at first and stressful but so worth it in the end. Anxiety and depression is real here in the PNW. I don't think you're too far from me as I am in Longview, Washington. You got this Brother!.

My No. 1 problem is morally self-righteous, sexually perverted homedwellers. They are constantly sending the pigs after me---a single, older gent---because they find my presence "suspicious". To make matters worse, I'm a "low priority" issue, so they typically show up at 3am to terrorize and threaten me.

I've been homeless in BC since January 2014, and share many of your experiences and perspectives. Here in Canada, there are no gender-sensitive mental health services for men, even though 80% of our street population is male, even though 80% of suicide victims are men, even though 80% of opioid poisoning victims are men, even though 53% of IPV victims are men. Every mental health agency in Canada is operated by feminists, whose foundational dogma states that, because my anatomy includes a penis, I am a dangerous, violent, sexual predator who has no social value whatsoever. Things are not likely to change in my lifetime, so I've already scoped out at least three ways to take myself out; I don't have any friends, family, neighbors or colleagues who would give a fnck. Something I've found to help maintain my sanity is to have routine activities, a hobby or two, or even a project to work on---something that cannot be completed in less than a few months or a year. My projects give me focus and a modest sense of daily achievement, that eventually produces something significant. While homeless, I have written two books---compilations of music and poetry biography---which I'm now using to expand my performance repertoire for open mics, coffee houses and busking. Maybe someday, I'll have an online channel somewhere to share my work. In the meantime, I derive pleasure and grounding from my daily routine of studies and practice. Standing by, brother.

I been homeless since 2018; when I got hurt on job list house; lived in tent 2 winters climb ladder up; now live in travel trailer.