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@wildsurvivalskills 2 күн бұрын
Gotta love how Matt says he doesn't need a shelter just as it starts raining!! Ive tried a lot of solar stills on the beach and the sand almost always has collapsed in the hole after a day.
@ROOTSSchoolVT 2 күн бұрын
@wildsurvivalskills yeah man, I've never seen evidence that solar stills make much sense in terms of producing a usable amount of water...
@ljj1369 7 күн бұрын
I love the discussion of pushing through essential hard work vs traumatizing yourself and potentially lapsing into poor judgement. It feels ideal and healthy to stretch our edges without tearing ourselves apart. There are also times when we don't have that luxury, like if we're born into trauma/danger or fall into a survival situation beyond our control. In those cases if you want to survive you do need to find a way to cope, do what needs to be done, and tend your mental health when you're safely on the other side. Sorta like drinking the giardia water if it gets you to the road and dealing with the projectile diarrhea later? At the same time, the glorification of "The Grind" and always buckling down/pushing through at all times & costs gets super toxic. I never would have gotten through parts of my life without being able to buckle down and keeping paddling, but now I'm all into the radical act of resting and living daily life without feeling constantly strung out. I wonder how much benefit there is to training trauma endurance, especially if you haven't already been forced to endure much in your natural course of life. Is it better to never experience trauma, or is it helpful to know how that feels? I do find myself kvetching about how soft kids are these days... but are they just not traumatized? There's got to be a sweet spot of toughening up without breaking ourselves.
@ROOTSSchoolVT 7 күн бұрын
I agree with what you are saying here, it's quite a balance to find. As I teach people of all ages and backgrounds and raise my own kids, as well as try and push my own training or find my way through life struggles, I am always pushing harder and then pulling back...let me know if you ever find the perfect sweet spot, for me it's a moving target!
@Sarah-hm2pe 8 күн бұрын
Only take what you need, be thankful for these gifts, and you've started the beginning of a wonderful relationship that can sustainably continue! ^_^ Thank you so much for this video!
@Backtracks905 10 күн бұрын
Nice to hear old friends and colleagues mentioned as teachers. So glad to see new teachers taking it further. It's been almost 10 years since we shut down the Bulletin of Primitive Technology. That was an amazing experience to meet and deal with so many amazing technologists from all parts of the world.
@ROOTSSchoolVT 10 күн бұрын
@Backtracks905 The Bulletien Of Primitive Technology is still such an important go-to resource. We recommend it and reference it all the time. Thanks for all the work over all the years!
@caribbeanearthskills5865 10 күн бұрын
I understand the difficulties in bringing out a publication like that.....but we sure miss those new issues arriving in the mail. we're glad to have a library of them.
@sessary 17 күн бұрын
Brad, i think an experiment with reflector walls is in order... Measure the heat at a number of dustances (simultaneously) and demonstrate the principle(s) you're talking about. Cool stuff to do. 😊
@ROOTSSchoolVT 16 күн бұрын
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse-square_law kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIW8f5yDrZ2ng6M Its pretty proven physics at this point. A wall to block wind makes way more sense to me! Convection heat loss is a real concern. It would be a hard experiment to account for wind etc. At some point its just semantics as a wall that makes you warmer from blocking the wind vs one that reflects heat is still making you warmer either way... These days with two kids to mind I'm gonna come right out and say there is no way Ill have time for an experiment like that but if you do one Id love to hear about it.
@sessary 17 күн бұрын
If you don't think debris huts are a great emergency "oh shit" device, what is?
@ROOTSSchoolVT 16 күн бұрын
I think that if you are taking your life into your hands by traveling in a region and season where hypothermia is likely if you get lost or hurt that you should carry what you need to carry to keep from freezing to death. If you didnt and you have to make a shelter then doing anything you can to mitigate heat loss should be your goal, starting with whatever is the most bang for your buck depending on the circumstances. Insulate yourself from the ground, block the wind, block precipitation, add insulation to your clothing and if you have the time construct a shelter. Being miserable by a fire or in a wet pile of leaves might me all you have time for... My argument is really for being prepared and knowing options that will work when you cant build a debris shelter due to conditions or time, as opposed to just seeing a drawing of a shelter in a book or a video about one, or even building one once under controlled conditions, and then basing your real life survival on it.
@sessary 17 күн бұрын
I get your point, especially in the case of a beginner. BUT... knowing how and why to build a debris hut teaches you certain principles -- namely, dead air space creates insulation. That knowledge, you can use without having to build the whole thing. Case in point ... two of my camp counselors got caught out in the woods at dusk. Not having time enough to build a whole debris hut, they piled leaves up as much as they could and slept in that. While it wasn't rhe perfect survival shelter, they did stay fairly warm and survive. I'm glad i know how to build one and have slept in one in freezing conditions, learning how to tweak it in the process. I wouldn't trade that knowledge for anything.
@ROOTSSchoolVT 16 күн бұрын
I agree, and that's why I teach them to students. But I've also been in enough situations where there is an inch of ice on the ground and only conifer debris and its just not a realistic solution. Where I live many people a year die from exposure and most of the cases I read about debris shelter would not have saved them.
@johnnyandnik2204 17 күн бұрын
a very good podcast...maybe the next one could be arrow material... spining arrows for shooting off your hand...thanks for the hard work...
@ROOTSSchoolVT 16 күн бұрын
An arrows podcast sounds like a good idea to me! Ill put it on the episodes to do list.
@wildsurvivalskills 17 күн бұрын
Nice one guys. I wish I could have seen your face when you realized you were out of focus Brad 😅
@ROOTSSchoolVT 17 күн бұрын
@wildsurvivalskills I've just started to use auto focus the last two episodes, always been a manual or die guy....so I wasn't too hard on myself...but yeah, you would have seen some emotion!
@wildsurvivalskills 17 күн бұрын
@@ROOTSSchoolVT Haha, it happens, good podcast, I always look forward to it.
@kaim.2161 17 күн бұрын
Thank you guys, the humor has become my favorite part!!!
@growingupinthegarden8998 18 күн бұрын
🇨🇦 mom of 2 young son's. Lol i need to know what suggestions to give for the oops fixes. 😅
@caribbeanearthskills5865 17 күн бұрын
It depends on the oops, but there are lots of fixes for them.
@ROOTSSchoolVT 17 күн бұрын
Build them long, at least thier height to start, if working from green keep them oiled as soon as the bark comes off, draw lines for them so they don't dig holes!
@MattBlandford-j2f Ай бұрын
Great conversations guys. Loving it. Would like to hear some discussion on the tambi bambi and its place (or not) in all of this. On the one side you have the rambo type survivalists with 12 in bowies, several firearms, and full size axes on them at all times and on the other side you have the walk into the woods naked folks that are one with the trees and speak to the lady bugs. Most of us are probably somewhere in between. How do your beliefs affect your ability to survive? How does living these skills change your beliefs?
@ROOTSSchoolVT 29 күн бұрын
This is a great idea for a conversation and we have some topics scheduled that will touch on at least the edges of it. Thanks for listening.
@Pillarthebluesky Ай бұрын
"Stress testing" is a key point. This is incredibly important conversation. Thanks guys.
@ROOTSSchoolVT 29 күн бұрын
Thanks for listening!
@Connective-Roots Ай бұрын
Love it !! :)
@ROOTSSchoolVT 29 күн бұрын
Thank you!!
@Connective-Roots 27 күн бұрын
@@ROOTSSchoolVT I was wondering if I knew your face..? Were you at tracker in 2023 or 2022? :)
@ROOTSSchoolVT 27 күн бұрын
@Connective-Roots no, haven't been thre since 2006 I think. Matt was probably there!
@Connective-Roots 26 күн бұрын
Yeah sure, Matt was there :)
@cloveNurse44 Ай бұрын
Strong injury prevention mindset!!! 100% yessssss
@jaschojaschoirgendwieso181 Ай бұрын
Really enjoy listening to you guys, thanks! A series on traps and food procuration in general would be awesome.
@ROOTSSchoolVT Ай бұрын
Ill put it on the list!
@wildsurvivalskills Ай бұрын
Nice one guys! Shelter, Water, Fire, Food, Comfort!
@ljj1369 Ай бұрын
This may be beyond the scope of this podcast, but your discussion made me curious how folks with disabilities approach primitive skills. Nearly all the presentations of skills I've seen & experienced make it seem like they are only accessible to people who are relatively young and able-bodied. I'd love to hear lived-experiences of someone who has a passion for primitive skills and has adapted their practice around physical limitations. Maybe if you ever have a guest host join for an episode. I also appreciate that this was much more nuanced than the hard-line "go hard or go home" messaging I got around physical conditioning when I was in the tracker-verse 15-ish years ago. I'm really enjoying these discussions!
@ROOTSSchoolVT Ай бұрын
We are certainly not subject experts in this matter explicitly, but both of us have varied experience helping folks with a range of differences have successful experiences with the skills. There is a limit of course, but I have seen people who were severely vision impaired carve and make a bow drill kit and could smell when they got a coal. I have seen people in wheel chairs use a fire crutch, parking on the fireboard, and countless people with bad backs modify the skills to be more comfortable. Most people above 40ish have some limitation they need to work within or around. In general adapt and overcome is an abiding principal of survival. All that being said, it certainly helps to have more physical resources than less and it also help to be realistic about limitations. Humans arent really meant to survive alone, so being of value to a group can come in many forms, and sometimes folks with less physical limitations can pull certain weight while those with wisdom, knowledge, and humor can be of value in other ways. Just my two cents. Awesome question.
@ljj1369 Ай бұрын
@@ROOTSSchoolVTLove these examples. It does come back to one of the most important (maybe the most important?) survival skills being figuring out how to be of use to a group. That would make a great episode! I just looked up the fire crutch, that is great! I'd never seen that before. It took me a minute though bc google was *sure* I was trying to search for 'fire crotch'.
@ROOTSSchoolVT Ай бұрын
Good to hear Google is still up to its old tricks. Great question.
@caleblamont5788 Ай бұрын
It might be interesting to see what results you would get from wearing a weightlifting belt while doing some basic skills like stalking. The belt provides proprioceptive feedback and helps you recruit internal musculature.
@ROOTSSchoolVT Ай бұрын
In general Ive found that giving myself and others the cue to brace their core can improve balance for stalking so this could be interesting to try at least to get the sense of a braced core for those who dont have it.
@az55544 Ай бұрын
Googgod this is such a bro talk best to have been left at the fire pit.
@ROOTSSchoolVT Ай бұрын
Trashing on bros is the best! That's kind of what this podcast is, two friends, who happen to be guys talking about skills. We almost named it Matt and Brad's Fireside Shit Talklng.
@caribbeanearthskills5865 Ай бұрын
I love that your comment is pure bro talk...welcome to the club broski!!!!
@jaschojaschoirgendwieso181 Ай бұрын
So what would be the best full survival shelter in the tropics if its not the debris hut?
@ROOTSSchoolVT Ай бұрын
@caribbeanearthskills You want to shed some light on this one?
@caribbeanearthskills5865 Ай бұрын
I rely on an a-frame. Its the easiest to run the rain off and because of that you can use a lot of different materials, although my preference is palm leaves. I also always get myself off the ground, at least with a pile of saplings and then grasses, but if I have time, a platform.
@jaschojaschoirgendwieso181 Ай бұрын
Thanks for your answer. And what do you use for Insulation?
@caribbeanearthskills5865 Ай бұрын
I generally use grasses, although I've also used royal palm leaf sheath. There are numerous other palm sheaths that are similar but smaller and I'd make a mat with them if there was no royal palm.
@jaschojaschoirgendwieso181 Ай бұрын
I will use your tips when i am back to the Bolivian Jungle! I tried the Debris Hut there once and as you said already, too many ants😂
@caleblamont5788 Ай бұрын
Rake up a pile of leaves to keep yourself warm on the first night. Bury your gear under the leaves to keep it dry. Then on the second day decide if you want to put in the extra work to make it a debris hut, or keep walking.
@wildsurvivalskills Ай бұрын
Great video guys, I agree that by the time someone admits its time to build a shelter its likely not enough time to build a proper debris hut. At that point though, most beginners/intermediates cannot get a bow drill going either. I think its a last resort and if it helps even a little on that first night its something. The second day, if you get that far, is the day to put in the time to make the debris hut correctly. Maybe the title should be "the best of all the bad options".
@AndresMorantes-Villalobos Ай бұрын
I loved the coverage on this topic! Nice work to both of you 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
@ROOTSSchoolVT Ай бұрын
Thanks for listening!
@kaim.2161 Ай бұрын
A series on bows,Arrows and all that good stuff please!!!!
@ROOTSSchoolVT Ай бұрын
In the works! Thanks for listening.
@okaminess Ай бұрын
I’m here because I’m a woman and I like being taught by other women. ❤
@Pillarthebluesky Ай бұрын
Great chat about staying warm. Love being warm and cozy myself.
@ROOTSSchoolVT Ай бұрын
Thanks for tuning in.
@ljj1369 Ай бұрын
This is great! I'd love to hear your thoughts on the best methods for water filtration and purification that are easy to keep on hand.
@ROOTSSchoolVT Ай бұрын
Important topic, we are talking about including it in a Survival Priorities episode. Thanks for listening!
@crashjetto Ай бұрын
You look like kirk cousins
@caribbeanearthskills5865 Ай бұрын
go steelers?
@wildsurvivalskills Ай бұрын
@@caribbeanearthskills5865 Falcons, but close
@caribbeanearthskills5865 Ай бұрын
@@wildsurvivalskills I know
@FrancoFanco Ай бұрын
Name of the rocks please
@ROOTSSchoolVT Ай бұрын
Greenstone mostly, which is a metabasalt. Most basalts are good, and really looking for hard, small grained, high density stones. Most areas have something that will work.
@ethanjamesgarcia3914 Ай бұрын
Cool
@wildsurvivalskills 2 ай бұрын
Nice one guys, stoked to see this grow!
@davidgraham2673 2 ай бұрын
THIS is the video I've been looking for! I wanted to see the entire process, including seeing what dogbane looks like dead standing in a patch. I undestand how to make the cordage, but preparation of the fibers from the standing stalks. You even showed the seed pods which I wanted to visually inspect. Great video. Thank you. You have a new subscriber.
@ROOTSSchoolVT Ай бұрын
Thanks! I'm glad you found it useful.
@ronkarson8314 2 ай бұрын
I have been attempting to sign up for your course on Vimeo. The program won't let me get beyond entering my name, email and password. Is there another format that this course is available?
@ROOTSSchoolVT Ай бұрын
Not sure why, its working on our end...
@nathanschomber5719 2 ай бұрын
Brad, remember Phish 2000 at Big Cypress??? Fkkin best giant bow drill, fungus in the swamp, garlic cheesy frybread....😂❤😅❤
@ROOTSSchoolVT 2 ай бұрын
I never went to a Phish show, must be something clouding your memory🎉
@nathanschomber5719 2 ай бұрын
@@ROOTSSchoolVT yup, it was the swamp fungus.... I thought you were part of that tracker group....whoops😜🤓💩
@nathanschomber5719 2 ай бұрын
You guys are fkkn awesome! ❤
@davidnewland2461 2 ай бұрын
Iveead some where it works better with a little sand at the base of the drill.
@ROOTSSchoolVT Ай бұрын
We use a tiny bit of sand if its burnishing or if we are drilling through something.
@cwgumby 3 ай бұрын
Copper pipe?
@ROOTSSchoolVT Ай бұрын
No, just a hand drill stalk with sand.
@bgjr2304 4 ай бұрын
Maaaaaan, just.. wow... EXCELLENT info and great content! Keep up the GREAT work. SUBSCRIBED
@jeffandthings77 6 ай бұрын
This video has been such an inspiration to me-I must have watched it 100 times myself! But it is the reason I now have a play list experimenting and learning all sorts of ways to spin dogbane. Have you made any sort of garments out of the dogbane yarn?
@LionManReWilding 6 ай бұрын
How did you make your drop spindle?
@ROOTSSchoolVT Ай бұрын
This is an arrow shaft that didnt want to be an arrow with two pieces of horn for the whirl but it could be two pieces of wood.
@LionManReWilding 6 ай бұрын
What is the name of the tool that you use to comb the fibers?
@ROOTSSchoolVT Ай бұрын
This is a comb I made from horn. We have also had good luck using a florist frog, just make sure the base isnt lead.
@jeeveswinston2545 8 ай бұрын
Nice shots of bark and forest litter. Awesome images and description of the mushroom. It’s time,
@KMLong-hi9iw 8 ай бұрын
Thanks. Great tutorial!
@محمدالصالح-ذ2ن 9 ай бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5Ctf4N4adCEl9k The Holy Quran❗..👍👍👍🎧
@MrSlacker104 9 ай бұрын
WHEN IT COMES TO RESEARCHING NATIVE AMERICAN MARTIAL ARTS THIS IS BEYOND COOL THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO.
@zahrazulina5830 9 ай бұрын
i love terpentin product by conifer plants as product secondary metabolit .
@Zuke89 10 ай бұрын
bUt HoW dID tHeY WiTHoUt pOWer ToOLs!!?!?!?!!?!!?!!
@ROOTSSchoolVT Ай бұрын
No power tools in this one.
@travisbitters7964 10 ай бұрын
ahh Roots, you're cheating! That hand drill clip had an edit. If you're female instructors can teach hand drill then they are bad ass! So film the entire process. Prove it. I'd be impressed because out of at least 200 hundred women I know practicing friction fire all of them could do bow drill and 1 could do hand drill. So if she can do hand drill I want to see it. Otherwise show her (advertise women teaching) doing bow drill.
@ROOTSSchoolVT 10 ай бұрын
...ugh...this again. We posted one of her doing it straight through. I know tons of women who can make handrill coals. It's a finesse game if it's done right.
@plastermonkey44 11 ай бұрын
very helpful- thanks
@ROOTSSchoolVT 10 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!