Emergency Water: Part 2 - Obtaining Water From a Sapling

[@laurencetilley9194]

Thank you Gordon, even at 67 you are never to old to learn.

[@sandraconine-cz6vo]

recently discovered your videos. Sir, you have such great skills and teach them so well. Really down to earth and I thoroughly enjoy learning and remembering these skills. Thank you from SE Kentucky,USA.

[@paulmarren7970]

what a rare surprise. nice to see Gordon making videos again. true expertise, and typically straight forward aussie honesty. a treat.🤠

[@DROP_BEARZ]

I am fairly proficient in Australian bush survival and know many ways of obtaining water, however this one was new to me or at the least long forgotten. Thankyou for sharing your Knowledge.

[@matthewvelo]

I've tried the transpiration method a few times (more to learn than for survival) and a solar still, but have never seen that sappling method. Thanks Gordon, can't tell you how much I appreciate that there is a good channel like yours for us Australians to learn from.

[@miken7629]

Interesting, will keep this in the back of my mind in case I need it some day. I remember a similar item using a sapling as a water filter, the capillary tubes are an effective filter to exclude bacteria, would need to compress sapling filter in a hole in a bottom of a container for a gravity feed filter or clamp sapling in some tubing, also gravity fed.

[@CDPOutdoors]

Thank you for showing that All the best Clive 🤠

[@JustDoinMeOfficial]

Well we'll well, I never knew that. Thank you for sharing this. Always handy to know. Appreciate your time 😊

[@timothyarmaya5473]

Great survival skill ,definitely save someone lost in the bush.

[@RodzPSPModz]

Great tutorial yet again. Glad you're back making videos Gordon.

[@danielnixon6418]

Very informative and very helpful process if you find yourself in a life threatening situation. Thank you.

[@creativebeing1]

Always something useful to learn about on your channel!

[@bushcraftbasics2036]

Thank you, always enjoy your instructional videos.

[@bossybill7437]

Great vid... first time I've seen that method. Thanks. 👍

[@scottangel6462]

Greetings from the US!! I have never seen this technique before and learned something new. I don't know if it would work here but it is interesting. I do know about using vines in a similar way, but never seen this. Thx Gordon for the info!!

[@fatmanfaffing4116]

Excellent. In real dire need you take what you need to make enough water to survive... then plant some more trees to repay Nature. If four saplings twice the size can produce 1 litre or so per day you can stay alive on that. If you have the plastic bag, even better and of course, collect dew in the morning off the grass and bushes.I was taught the sapling method in the army 40 years ago. I had forgotten it, to be honest but thanks to your video I can pretend I remembered it all along!

[@RandomRants525]

Awesome video. Great tip.

[@banerifthammer4608]

Very informative i didn't know you could do that

[@Steve-ul8qb]

Amazing knowledge. Thank you

[@thejulesfather]

Great job brother

[@The_Stoic_PhilosopherAU]

Very useful! Thanks

[@RobsBushcraftandAdventures]

Nice bit of info right there. Thanks Gordon 👍🏽

[@outbackowl3040]

Hi Gordon, thank you for your time to make these videos available, muchly appreciated, just a thought could you cut the stem off in smaller lengths ,say 1 metre length and cut at 45 degrees and stand up, can it be done, please let me know, regards 🦉.

[@MattTrevatt]

Awesome! Ive not seen that before

[@BushKayakersCampingAustralia]

Nice one Gordon . I didnt know this method , hopefully I will never need to use it , thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@2807204]

Nice one mate.

[@barra650]

Looks like good snake territory . I enjoy learning a new skill , cheers.

[@johnnyg6380]

Thanks Gorden. Great info 👍

[@ANXIETOR]

I’ve seen this done with vines, but saplings surprised me. Also surprised by the blowing technique. Good video.

[@dotconnector3889]

Thanks for the teachings!

[@dodgygoose3054]

Thank you, fascinating.

[@W_H_K]

Good skill, Gordon. Every drop counts here. For getting the last of the water out, I’d try a heavy duty plastic bag (or two in case one breaks) - if I had one - attached to the end of the short sapling piece and some rope on the other end and then whirl it around like a “DIY Human centrifuge” to get at it; just like the spin cycle on a washing machine semi-dries your clothing. No idea how effective it would be or how much you’d get, or if it’s even worth the effort. Just an idea.

[@chaffcutter58.]

Awsome Gordon , you taught me something tofay! Ta mate 😂

[@BuckMckawtheotherone]

I suppose this would work in North America as well. In the prairie boreal forests of western Canada, the water holes have blue-green algae, which is toxic, and cannot be filtered out, nor boiled out. It may be a sound way of getting water if stuck out here, I must try it this Spring or Summer. We have birches, poplars, willows out here, which may work very well. Thank you.

[@kingchief4038]

What a Legend ✴

[@MoonKnightH8]

Would you know a good place to practice bush craft near the Sunshine Coast qld? Great video and really keen to do the courses in the future

[@davef5916]

Why does the thick end that the water is not dripping out need to be cut?

[@RicMyfraps]

I’m a coastal fella and I’ve read Pandanus seeks fresh water, how would that method work with them Mate.

[@patrickoberem9109]

How do you know if the tree is poisonous or not?

[@Bennybushcraft]

Hey buddy great video mate new subscriber here..catch you on the next 1 brother😊..benny

[@ArcheryGuy2]

Cool

[@GoneFalconcampin]

Just out of interest. Have you tried cutting the crown from a tree flexible enough to bend over leaving the roots in the ground to see if it will pump water?

[@thisisliving3212]

legend!!!

[@starlight8298]

Good trick , bet ya learned that from the First Nation people 🙏 Could save a life , if someone gets stuck out bush with no water 🍃 I knew the bag trick , but the sapling one is new to me , thanks for sharing .

[@user-he8qc4mr4i]

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