6 Days. Taking No Knife, Food, & Fire. 🛖

Making...1) Crab/fish pot. 2) Fire Pump Drill. 3) Kite. 4) Tree Glue. 5) Lure. 6) Cordage. 7) Raft & Sail. have been looking forward to doing this one for a long time. With just the clothes on my back and one mystery item in my top pocket, I am embarking on an adventure on the coast using only primitive tools. Clay Tall Stories Videos & Music are self-filmed in New Zealand mostly in the South Island
You can get a 10% discount off Micklagaard outdoor clothing using this link collabs.shop/ihlmkn
0:00 Climb down to the primitive hut
01:46 Gear breakdown & survival clothing Link collabs.shop/ihlmkn
03:25 Foraging Food
07:00 Making Crab/Fish Pot off the beach
09:54 Fishing with Pot
13:03 Making Fire Pump Drill
16:08 Making Fire
17:40 Cooking Fish
18:35 Fishing with pot in sea pond
20:05 Making Trap Entrance for Fish Pot
20:50 Making Primitive Kite (Munu Tukutuke)
23:10 Flying Kite & Fishing
24:24 Beach Fishing with Pot
25.28 Making Lure
27:55 Making Pine Pitch Charcoal Glue
29:11 Making Flax Cordage
30:34 Making Raft & Sail
33:20 Completing Raft & Setting sail to sea.
35:00 Fishing Off the Raft
39:25 Outro
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[@paulthomson2288]

Late stoneage technology was still advanced enough for cultures not just to survive and but to actually thrive. It's engineering and art combined with ingenuity. This is the most impressive and genuine survival clip on KZbin.

[@YourFavoriteEnemy]

Mr. Clay... Crazy crafting skills you have. I actually got stuned with the auto-drilling method to make fire... I mean I know other methods and watched other people follow the principle, but you took it way further, and I mean not just the drill... The basket, the raft, the glue, every tiny peace you crafted you did it with so much care and quality. Really impressed by you sir, respect.

[@ClayTallStories]

Thanks for taking the time to watch the full video. Cheers mate

[@Wizard_of_the_Tower]

@@ClayTallStories Why was the stone in the fire maker / drill? To add weight? To stabilize it?

[@MrMegaSuperBoy]

​@@Wizard_of_the_Towerfor the momentum and the weight

[@blackknightz5036]

It really show that nature will provide you with more than enough food as long as you know what to look for.

[@brienmacgearailt7801]

Absolutely amazing! You made 1,000's of years of Oceanic traditions come to life. I really appreciate this as a life long learner of Pacific cultures and history.

[@dpitt1516]

One of the best solo survival videos I have ever seen !!!!!!!!!! Well done Clay !!! Please keep em coming !!!

[@ClayTallStories]

That is a pretty humbling comment mate. Thanks for the bottom of my heart.

[@YourFavoriteEnemy]

@@ClayTallStories I agree with Pitt, I've watched other survivalist/campers and I assure you I like them and all, but you amazed me beyond of what I expected. Really great time watching this video and you are an incredible handy-craft-man. Well done.

[@RebziSquad]

the island with bear grylls is a joke to you? women vs men episodes are the best

[@michaspringphul]

@@ClayTallStories Thank you the interessting video. But on 17:23 you are wrong. Horse Hoof Fungus is not Chaga. It is also known as Tinder Fungus. But Chaga is something completly different. Chaga grows in cold climate zones and not only looks very different, it grows different and is not usefull for making fire. It is a very healthy fungus tho. Also Tinder Fungus is quite healthy, bc it is anti-inflammatory and therefore usable for tea making.

[@centralpametaldetectorist289]

Sorry that comment was not for your video. It somehow ended up here was for a different guys channel. Not sure how that happened. But you my friend are legit. My bad

[@uncletiggermclaren7592]

Just to let foreigners know, the passion fruit, figs and peaches, gooseberries, walnuts, and others are not native plants, these are plants that have gone wild out of someones homestead. New Zealand had VERY few fruit or vegetable native plants, before Europeans brought things from overseas. And what we did have, modern people wouldn't recognise as viable food, they are nothing like modern fruit. And most of what we did have needed a LOT of careful preparation to take poisons out of it. The Kawakawa berry he ate to begin with, five would give you strong stomach cramps and the runs, 20 would give you CRIPPLING pain.

[@ClayTallStories]

Good point mate 👍

[@uncletiggermclaren7592]

@@ClayTallStories That flax descent made my eyes stick out on stalks. :) That is a nice spot you have found there mate. :)

[@swim2kill]

Good info thank you

[@vigneshg5322]

͜

[@Dwightpower88]

Thank God for Europeans.

[@kennysung5068]

Biting the head of the fish, “I don’t have a knife..so he’s dead” had me cracking up

[@Roczen24]

that was crazyyyy i was like aint no way this dude just bit that niga like he aint got no fam or past

[@datboiya8942]

You're not just entertaining, you're an inspiration. Truly the best survival video I've seen to this date

[@charlininthechoco1883]

34:50 "this is the life for me boys" you know this guy found a kick ass life

[@nasserczar4953]

Day 1000 : Fighting shark and bear with bare hands

[@suarrrrr.]

Bare?

[@VikasYadav-gt4pg]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@JulioSolMusic]

Lmao 🤣

[@markosmauro3608]

@@suarrrrr. 😀😂

[@billy4148]

Your bush skills are phenomenal you should do more stuff like this.

[@therealyfy8727]

Hey clay I grew up without a father in Blenheim , thanks to your videos I was able to motivate myself to go out and catch my first fish. Cheers mate

[@ClayTallStories]

That's awesome buddy. Cheers

[@kamikariad]

Clay, I watch all of the survival channels and you are at the top of the class. Such a display of knowledge and presented in a wonderful way. Thank you sincerely for this world-class content!

[@ClayTallStories]

Thank you for injecting some thought and positivity into this heart warming validation.

[@benish0r]

I am one of those anxiety ridden folks secretly wishing they could do what you do. Thank you for the transitive experience! Your skills are absolutely amazing

[@flum4us]

you can, until you realize its all in your head and nothing is stopping from doing this tomorrow except yourself. It boils down to you just dont want to, generally speaking.

[@dud5606]

@@flum4us Nothing is stopping you from just doing it tomorrow. But If you do, you will probably just fucking die though 😆 To live like that even for a week you need to be physically fit, healthy and very knowledgable to survive in the wilderness. There is a reason why most people who were ever born never even managed pass on their genes. They died before they had a chance.

[@MrShenron89]

@@flum4us Ahhh yes anxious people love not doing anything and it's an absolute choice. Thanks for the insight.

[@user-id9kZf7T8Bl3Y]

Don't wish. We are 8 billions people on the planet, if everyone starts doing the same thing as the guy in the video does, there will be no nature left, no bird, no fish, no trees, .... We will destroy everything.

[@datboiya8942]

been there but yesterday I came home from my first solo camping trip and I can't believe Ive waited this long it's really just in your head, don't let that keep you from living

[@DonGrigorianFishing]

He made a drill out of stone and sticks!!!! Then he made fire with it!!! That's the craziest thing I've ever seen! I'm astonished by everything you built in this episode, you got yourself a lifetime subscriber!

[@letmesleepinpeace7052]

He's smart to take a camera. Cameraman never dies.

[@krameranderson8865]

I saw a video of a guy filming himself on teaching people how to get out of quick sand, alone by himself in the middle of the woods. Needless to say he didn’t make it and that iconic movie shot of the hand sticking out reaching for something while slowly sinking is 100% accurate and gives me chills now.

[@letmesleepinpeace7052]

@@krameranderson8865 but that meant that he was not the cameraman anymore. The camera survived... didn't it?

[@krameranderson8865]

@@letmesleepinpeace7052 hmm.. so does that mean whoever touched the camera 3 months after he set it down and uploaded the footage would get the technical credits for cameraman? That could be an interesting stipulation in being a cameraman haha neat point

[@1OnlyOneOnlyOne1]

Watching you eat that fish really put things in perspective... How hard reality hits. So much preparation and knowledge required just to acquire that little meal. It must have tasted so good. Bless you and thank you.

[@gabrielg.2401]

Seriously one of the best bushcraft survival videos I've ever watched. Definitely subscribed!

[@ClayTallStories]

Welcome aboard!

[@Daniel-ed4wv]

+1

[@Howard710]

This gives me nostalgia of the first time I saw Les Stroud's Survivorman as a kid. Your primitive survival skill is just unparalleled by anyone I've seen who makes these types of videos. I truly wish you had a production crew so I could see the maximum potential of your skills and knowledge. Hats of to you sir.

[@ClayTallStories]

Thank you very much.

[@kevin15776]

Nothing short of amazing. Probably the most resourceful and knowledgeable person I've seen on any survival challenge anywhere. I can barely change my own light bulbs.

[@shoutatthesky]

Jeez Clay! You really knocked it out of the park with this one. Those are some impressive survival and crafting skills!!

[@ClayTallStories]

I appreciate that mate.

[@chuckchuckles1688]

@@ClayTallStories what brand jumper is that legend

[@jsa4864]

YEAH, HE GOT THEM FROM THE MOVIE CAST AWAY

[@ClayTallStories]

he we go mate.survival clothing Link collabs.shop/ihlmkn

[@shakirelfanan5149]

one of the best solo survival vids ive ever watched. This man has taught me alot.

[@arthurfarrapo]

what u learned?

[@ClayTallStories]

That is such a supportive comment. Thank you for the encouragement.

[@gatoel2511]

@@arthurfarrapo taught hìm but doesnt mean he learned it lol

[@sdasda-kd3ew]

This dude is a survival genius. Amazing to watch!

[@duven69]

forever amazed by how resourceful you are man!

[@JohnViinalass-lc1ow]

...hieremai, companion of the native ways!...what a teacher you prove to be!...I am so grateful to have found your site!...on go and well be, good man!...

[@Jafmanz]

First time on your channel and I'm blown away with the content. I rarely sit and watch a full video of this length but you had me hooked!

[@ClayTallStories]

Welcome aboard!

[@coodaytah6312]

Pun welcome ☺️

[@ts6603]

one of the only real survival videos i have seen. a video in which actual animals are caught for food. great job!

[@madmax6961]

Really nice. You`re resourceful and very patient. Seems like you take your time to do things right the first time. Looks like your basket weaving skills came in very handy as well.

[@celiajean7093]

Well done!! You accomplished a lot in only 6 days. NZ is a gorgeous country. Thanks for all your work in sharing your adventures.

[@freerangewhanau]

That fire starting set-up was next level clay! What a bounty that coast offers

[@user-bi1yw1du7q]

Wish I could live like you do. Amazing to watch.

[@ClayTallStories]

You can do it!

[@JeSeeDeSee]

man i've been watching these kind of videos for years, you my sir are a statement to how to do it properly keeping it old school and true, very impressive

[@SamMarkham]

Great video Clay. What an amazing showcase of bush craft / survival techniques.

[@papabear9481]

I never thought I would utter these words, but with all of the TV and internet survivalist channels out there, past and present, Survivorman Les Stroud has always been my go-to for realistic survival tips and living. Now I'm forced to say that I think I've actually found someone who not only can match with Les, but in a lot of areas, far exceed him. Such a breadth of knowledge. Thanks for the video.

[@HairlessPotato]

Your ability to tell apart edible food is so fun to watch. Just seeing you eat what looks like random plants is greatly entertaining. Nice video.

[@escapetherace1943]

rosehip and walnut and fig are "random" to you? 👁👄👁

[@HairlessPotato]

@@escapetherace1943 none of those are native to the uk so yeah

[@escapetherace1943]

@@HairlessPotato oh UK 🤢🤮I am sorry for you friend. You should still know a lot of fruits even outside of your locale though, it's useful to know.

[@matthewjohns825]

@@HairlessPotato rosehips are native, walnuts have been naturalised in much of the uk, only figs aren't but even then you can buy them anywehre?

[@joshmaitie5954]

I so appreciate you risking your life in allowing us to gain knowledge of this greatness you have created much thanks to you

[@martinkillips180]

Clay, very impressive knowledge and set of skills. I think this is the most authentic 'survival' video I've ever seen. Well done.

[@ClayTallStories]

Thanks 👍

[@michaelreeder188]

I agree.

[@danieldani3315]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Nomisdit]

This video was a bloody ripper! That looks like huge effort to achieve all that stuff and video it, edit it into another great episode . Thanks Clay. Inspiring achievement bro.

[@ClayTallStories]

Cheers mate for taking the time to comment is such a positive manner.

[@russellking9762]

@@ClayTallStories is it possible/legal to live out in the NZ bush indefinitely….bloody well done by the way…Subscribed

[@ClayTallStories]

It depends on what land you are living. I would say just do it and keep everything clean, respect the land, sea and water ways and no one will bother you too much.

[@littlewigglemonster7691]

what a pleasure to watch edited so well, always engaging and interesting, excellent job darling.

[@greenlamp9219]

the amount of joy i got watching that piece of smoldering scrub burst into flame was one of the most satisfying things i ever seen. great video Clay

[@TheDrogan111]

Loved this video mate. That drill and fish trap you made were bloody amazing 👏🏻

[@shaunmccaw2911]

What an adventure mate thanks for taking us along with you hope your proud of yourself you done bloody awesome mate 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ClayTallStories]

Great comment mate. I am proud of myself but not for the things that you might see but for overcoming my crap health & mental challenges that battle with in.

[@danielmutton7369]

@@ClayTallStories I’m a bit late but just wanted to say that I hope you’re doing well. This is the first video of yours I’ve come across and it’s an instant subscribe from me. The things I just watched you do have blown me away. You are incredible mate.

[@lexisworld7427]

Thanks for taking us with you on your adventure it looked like it was awesome 👍

[@randyho8315]

This is the best survival show I’ve watched yet

[@saltandvinegar4444]

Nicely edited video. I love the musical drums in between.. got my heart pumping!

[@TheCluelessFive]

Primitive survival videos have made me feel inspired or amazed before, but adding on hungry is a new one for me! All those fruits looked delicious

[@milesnoell]

The casual competence and genuine gratitude are a great combination.

[@sharpskilz]

I love this. particularly the honesty, not cutting out all the setbacks like some others might.

[@ANXIETOR]

Clay, your bushcraft skills are legend level. I just love the rare occasion when I see something new hand crafted. A bushcraft kite! Outstanding video.

[@ClayTallStories]

Thank you very much mate!

[@villain1409]

Call him Bond,Clay Bond & his mission is,staying Alive. Loved it & wished i was with you!

[@user-vj3xm2bv5b]

يضعه٢ رشض٧٧٢

[@mavvasquez]

Just randomed across your channel, and MAN I love it. I thought I'd watch maybe a few minutes while eating dinner, but instead I watched all of it and subscribed. You might be older than me, but I'd wager you might be living much better than me. I'm newly inspired... Thank you

[@ClayTallStories]

Welcome aboard!

[@janetsantero4438]

Very skilled, creative...very impressive... fantastic job Clay

[@ClayTallStories]

Here are the chapters for anyone wanting to learn any of these survival skills.Thank you very much for your comments & ratings :) Clay 0:00 Climb down to the primitive hut 01:46 Gear breakdown & survival clothing Link collabs.shop/ihlmkn 03:25 Foraging Food 07:00 Making Crab/Fish Pot off the beach 09:54 Fishing with Pot 13:03 Making Fire Pump Drill 16:08 Making Fire 17:40 Cooking Fish 18:35 Fishing with pot in sea pond 20:05 Making Trap Entrance for Fish Pot 20:50 Making Primitive Kite (Munu Tukutuke) 23:10 Flying Kite & Fishing 24:24 Beach Fishing with Pot 25:28 Making Lure 27:55 Making Pine Pitch Charcoal Glue 29:11 Making Flax Cordage 30:34 Making Raft & Sail 33:20 Completing Raft & Setting sail to sea. 35:00 Fishing Off the Raft 39:25 Outro

[@pointblank0022]

mister, wich place ??

[@lachlank.8270]

My man ❤

[@ClayTallStories]

Kina cliffs, top of the South Island, New Zealand

[@yusufucar8604]

Clay you are an absolute legend, I've learned a lot from one video already!

[@markleslie1839]

Wow this is incredible. Glad to stumble upon this channel 👍

[@jungleoflaos7996]

WOW… I’m 40 and I have never seen someone as badass as you 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@VIMINACIUM]

Those are some impressive survival and crafting skills. One of the best solo survival videos I have ever seen! Bravo Clay,this is great advices how to survive without civilization!

[@BoggleMeBog]

Looks like so much fun. Literally better than any vacation.

[@3runjosh]

the way you made fire was so good!

[@100thiswilldo]

I get the impression that your skill with tough long grass is key. Very entertaining to see you in action. To make a sail, a bed, a raft, all good skills.

[@100thiswilldo]

I actually thought the thick grass weave you made was meant as the seat of the raft.

[@IronMan-raho]

Once again you have delivered an awesome survival video. As a maori living in Aussie I love watching how they did things in the old days thanks for sharing your knowledge. Awesome mahi my bro

[@ClayTallStories]

Thanks a heap mate

[@kurtu5]

I hope the rest are like this, because without hesitation I subscribed. Many videos of this genre do not use primitive skills at all. Which is a shame. Our is tool the mind. Our ancestors basically conquered 90% of the surface of the land and water with handmade canoes and spears.

[@Thake82]

Calm, collected, knowledgeable. This is quality content.

[@oteimoto85]

Respect. Nothing that ever feels contrived or strained. Well edited, narrated and executed. Agree with others...this may be the best. Thank you for the lessons and entertainment brother 🙏

[@silviofancyboy]

superb video. your survivalist skills are monumental. you are deserving of high acclaim

[@ClayTallStories]

That's the kindest comment I think I have ever had. Thank you.

[@asiansrus2]

This guy accomplished more in 6 days than most will their entire lives.

[@shanefrancis6586]

This channel is definitely underrated. So much knowledge and skill in all the videos its amazing to watch keep it up 🔥

[@skybellau]

Awsum life mate. Love your aussie accent. Excellent crafting. Im a kiwi expat lived in OZ most of my life. Was full time offgrid doing the The Big Lap for 5 years. Nature be in it 💪👍

[@liamhopper6202]

Great video mate , so cool to see it done on home soil , can't wait for the next one 👍

[@jmgalaxytab2325]

"This is The Life for me!" he says, there on the water on a beautiful sunny day, sailing his own private raft chilling (enjoying the fruits of his hard work) and doing some fishing. Cost of all that: 0$. Just a stone and some wood is all... and a sane brain, that most valuable tool of all. Invaluable. And of course a lot of patience to use those extremely basic tools to build better tools and utilities.... He's showing us how "simple" it actually is. You gotta be an engineer (therefore the necessity of a working brain) but man was born with a brain so we were all meant to be good at engineering stuff from the start. Thank you for sharing these precious moments! Live long and prosper! 🖖🏻

[@philphilphil]

Simply amazing to see the abundance in nature and how we can thrive in it. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Extremely inspiring!

[@bubstacrini8851]

Great vid, but let's not get too polyannish...just a few hundred people on the same beach and in days their would be shortages and conflict

[@roverlandingza5731]

wow, your knowledge is above and beyond. very knowledgeable. glad i came upon your videos.

[@6foot8jesuspilledpureblood82]

Wow, I wasn't expecting that amount of food! Good stuff too. The production quality on your survival videos is amazing.

[@ClayTallStories]

Hey thank you a lot pure blood bro.

[@wizewizard1840]

This is the first video I have seen of you and I am very happy that youtube recommended it to me. I loved it! One new subscriber for you!

[@ClayTallStories]

Thanks mate

[@neeltjekayser9883]

Wow! THANK YOU! For making this video. Such skills you have.. I'm so impressed! And really happy to have found your channel.

[@litimhmida2793]

Amazing Craft skills, I was blown away with that fish trap like that was something!

[@pizzazombie7373]

Amazing dude🤩you’ve inspired me greatly!! Thank you so much 💪🏼

[@porkpork2169]

this looks so relaxing. ill be camping soon but not on this level this is next level skills right here

[@jayoliver67]

Your skills and knowledge are incredible .Absolutely Brilliant

[@Pulp_Riction]

This was fasinating to watch. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@suemick8709]

That was fun.New Zealand is so beautiful!

[@dirtyrb26det]

Not one to ever comment, but Clay, you're a champion bud! Quintessential Kiwi, but more importantly.....you're real! I truly appreciate the efforts you put into your videos, and again, being real with what you have to say and put out there. It goes a long way for me personally, and I'm sure you're having the same impact on other viewers. Much love

[@ClayTallStories]

I appreciate that comment mate. 🙏

[@thomasmander7033]

loved this, brilliant video. Such cool things you made, what a life

[@milesemmons]

This is just amazing. Best survival catch and cook videos out there. Impressive mate, cheers

[@AngiMangie]

Best videos ANYWHERE! Kia Ora From Christchurch

[@knk-katchnkai538]

Wowww.thts like the perfect Kai forage mission.plenty Kai to feast on.yur knowledge Is powerful clay💯.

[@agapelove916]

Absolutely loved watching your skills. So fascinating. Thank-you.

[@bingowashisnameo80]

This is actually really great to learn from I have been on and off learning about survivalism for years and some of the stuff I have learnt from this video alone is really handy so Thanks. I like how you are using the Chaga many of our hunter gatherer ancestors use to carry it around with them in pouches with embers burning to keep fires going if you didn't know that already!

[@Casper-fl1wy]

that crab/fish trap is a masterpiece

[@Progamer-kq7mv]

The minute he bit the fish I subscribed

[@chuckram2188]

Amazing skills and creativity, thank you for posting.

[@ashishcharan219]

Wow.. How nice to see you eating those half ripened fruits but still thanking and enjoying the nature. God bless you my brother..Keep doing what you are doing..

[@estebandelossantos7887]

Cheers, Clay! Amazing mission you got for yourself... Not only for the adventure itself, but for reaching this whole to our hearts! from tips, knowledge, advices... the music and love you put in it! Amazing music. I would really like to join you one day, as an adult apprentice, I really would. I need this, I am not made for living on a city but I've learnt to do so. On my 25 years I had discovered that I need to be one with nature, that I need to travel... so it is what I am working on wherever I can. Big hug from a city of Argentina.

[@peterjohnstaples]

Classic! Great to watch someone else do it and doing it much better.

[@lukejhenuelmalinao4079]

this is the greatest solo survival video that I have ever seen, I learn a lot from you :) I love your video

[@yasintonge823]

your fiber work is out of this world boss. amazing video!

[@user-jc9oo9ut3h]

Your weaving is impressive. Love the coastal survival👍🏼

[@ClayTallStories]

Thank you very much!

[@michaelpani4856]

Kia Ora from Orange NSW Clay I go hunting for deer goat fresh water fishing I showed my Aussie maté your videos he loved this one

[@FluteboxFan]

Absolutely fantastic crafting skill sir! Would love to hear some more info on how you make some things, but I understand you don't have time filming in detail and explaining while crafting. Just an absolute joy to watch.

[@daverodgers6208]

Amazing journey! Reminds me of the quote "Someone asked me, if I were stranded on a desert island what book would I bring... 'How to Build a Boat.' by Steven Wright