GROUND POUNDER RUNNING WATER

staying hydrated in the summer heat is a very important skill. The human body will require lots of water to combat the high temps of summer and to keep body functions working properly. In this video i will talk of how i use a 2 canteen base system to keep my water intake up in extreme weather conditions of high heat with high humidity. i will also cover why i carry a large 2 quart military canteen for cook needs while on the trail. thank you for watching my video and please check out my ground pounder playlist .
n this video i will talk about how to beat the summer heat when we go camping. i know thats sounds simple but in a way it is and in a deeper way it very complex. at the root our core temp of our bodies the the thing we really need to guard against over heating. when the out side temp is well into the 90's and the humidity is also very high our bodies simply cannot cool very well. To deal with this we have to get creative and use the environment as best we can to limit our time in the highest heat. the first step is to understand we can not beat the heat so to speak at best all we can do is adapt to it. so we start our high early in the morning. the magic hours are 6 am until around 9 am. that is when the day time temps are at the lowest.
we take advantage and start our hike at 6 we push hard until say around 9 am . by that time we should have made 7 or 8 miles and be close to our final campsite for the day. now from 10 am until 3 or 4 pm we rest in the shade and allow the high sunlight to pass . around 5 or so we walk on to our final camp site and then set up cook our only hot meal of the day and rest.

[@williamsisk2897]

I'm a Marine, served during Operation Iraqi Freedom. We had access to bottled water, so I reserved my canteens for a possible NBC attack so I would have something to drink while wearing a gas mask. As for staying hydrated, when I notice that I have a dry throat and lips a little parched I take a swing of water and swish it around my mouth a few times slowly drinking it. Once the throat is moistened it's time to drink.

[@leonstancliff7218]

A couple of observations; I use two canteens with one of them frozen as I leave the house. That one will stay cool half a day even in lower Alabama. I survived a summer at Ft. Benning that way. Second, if you are close enough to an enemy for him to hear water slosh in your canteen he already knows where you are!

[@marblemarble7113]

really? thats a relief! lol

[@168Diplomat]

Not necessarily lol I was an airborne long range recon ranger, twice I have had the enemy close enough to urinate on my ghillie suit. lol As to the canteens I carried one on each hip and two on the Alice ruck (large) or in it depending on mission and combat load. You pretty much mentioned most of the tricks that I know. I will say that the two quarts make great pillows, cool water in the summer and add warm water when it is cold make them very comfortable. Also if you have an ear or tooth ache. Put water as hot as the canteen will handle then lay on the or hold it against the side that hurts usually helps wonders.

[@zoltanpuskas5279]

… 😀 you are so right, keeping quiet, the eyes and ears open is essential, simply not only as long as we think in terms of friends and enemies

[@kennethgorum6519]

Great advice I put a couple of rubber bands around the neck of my canteens and carry a few coffee filters so when I get to a water source I strap the filter over the canteen top to filter out the big stuff so it will be easier to boil

[@MichaelR58]

Good video and tips Blackie , thanks for sharing , God bless !

[@jem6205]

Great video. OMG, I had one of those 2qt up until I got married and left my Alice pack at my father's house. Things that pop in your head when watch these videos. Thanks LOL I only remember old scout canteens turned into shingles for a common area camp ground. Nothing special, more artistic than anything. Every time I saw it I was reminded what my grandfather told me about canteens. "There are no bad canteens, just canteens that need TLC. Learn to fix what is broken and learn what they need (TLC) and they will out last you." Come to think of it, he said that about a lot of things. He was an old WW2 engineer and put the jury in jury-rigged. I still have a few canteens that broke from age and abuse, but I will get to fixing them eventually. LOL

[@paulmeade3180]

Blackie I’m done tired of this heat and I know it’s worse where you are. I’m ready for winter

[@aaronankney4984]

My grandpa was just telling me about his grandpa and how he remembers how his grandpa used to take his ww1 military tent to the lake to stay for 2 to 3 weeks and fish and live off the land, I wish I could have talked to him to here all the different tricks and tips he had

[@briarsmoke6046]

I’ve switched to a nalgene cantene and a grayl too, can’t beat it. Up here in the sierra nevada mountains it can be in the 90’s but the lakes and streams are quite cold with water temps in the 50’s. Hydrating with cool water from a grayl is about as good as it gets in the backcountry.

[@LoneWolf051]

same here! I live near Carson City and go up around Tahoe alot and use my Grayl Geopress all the time and carry an extra filter in my pack

[@jamescrowe7892]

Rivers and creeks down here in the South for the most part have a lot of sediment stirring around in them. You have to get up in the Smokey Mountains before you start seeing cold clearer water. I like those Nalgenes also. Especially the single walled stainless steel ones with the adjustable cap tether.

[@thethan302]

To add insult to injury; a lot of the rivers are in steep ravines you have to down hike into just to get to the fresh water. The good news is that that water is cold enough to help deal with heatstroke if you don't mind a dip. Most folks concern themselves with hypothermia; but hyperthermia can kill a body just as quickly; and i find it fascinating people aren't tuned into it as much as they should have.

[@johnburgin7478]

Can’t count the number of times I’ve went down from heat . Overdid it at work yesterday. You never truly recover. Just gets easier to go down . Good video and sound advice. Have a great evening

[@RS4393]

I'm in South Georgia and we call it bearcaught. I'm 54 and have to keep an eye on these guys in their 20's. They think they can handle it till it handles them. Powerade and an umbrella for them till they start sweating again then more shade and water..

[@Mississippi72]

I got that set up,during this heat travel at night

[@MAXCOBRALAZERFACE]

When I dry camp I bring 5 liters of water. lol I like to drink a lot of water. My tip is to eat beef jerky before bed. It helps you retain the water and not have to get out of your tent to pee as much.

[@stevenkuntryjones690]

Mark Baker is a wealth of information on the long hunter.

[@donpaco8163]

Once again, outstanding!💪 I am constrained to have to walk everywhere in Caribbean coastal heat. Sometimes I walk 5 miles each way to get groceries, though most times is around 3. I take along an old Coleman plastic bottle, 1 qt. and hydrate before going out, in spite of drinking 4 cups of diuretic black coffee, no sugar.🤗 I'll drink the bottle one way on most trips. An important aspect is that I have learned to pace myself, so even with a 15 lb small pack and four grocery bags I don't drip when sweating, even at 3:00 PM. I am 5'9", 230 lbs and 59 years old. I understand a lot of people like the Greyl however, as a water quality professional, I distrust the concept of having mixed ion exchange resins in one cartridge. The Sawyers are just one medium and can be backwashed. That's a *big* advantage over the Greyl. Big time. I am working on estimating my carry load given the dangerous & evil times ahead.* A sturdy medium pack is around 5#, 4qts of water plus containers say 10#. More than 95% of my walks are on sidewalks and pavement becauseof living in a small city. I can go back to 200# comfortably, which means I could carry a 50-60# pack on pavement. Make that half for wilderness mountains, like a deuce and a half!

[@philw8049]

Wondered if you would explain that “mixed ion exchange” bit? I have been considering getting a Greyl and in fact had decided after watching this to bite the bullet and get one. Then I read this and you caught my interest. I currently have a Sawyer squeeze but was considering the Greyl for simplicities sake. I was curious about the backwashing of the Greyl, don’t know how or even if they can be.

[@donpaco8163]

@@philw8049 There are two types of exchange resins: positive and negative. Positive resins have a negative charge and vice versa. The resins come in tiny beads and as water flows through them positive and negative ions (impurities) are removed. As an example, the Brita pitcher filters operate like so, with mixed positive/negative resins and some activated charcoal. In an ultrapure water setup there are separate filter tanks containing just positive or negative resins, with a mixed bed (containing positive and negative resins) always used as a last step called polishing. In a Brita or similar pitcher filter the water fed is tap water which has already been clarified, disinfected and treated, so the filter acts as a polisher. When outdoors in the wilderness the first step should be to clarify the water. To date I have not seen any video of someone using aluminum sulfate to clarify the water. The correct term is flocculation which consist of the coagulation of suspended coloidal sized particles which will never settle. That's why the military tablets are called chlor floc. I don' t see any reason why there would be an expiration date on the flocculating properties of those tablets. The chlorine will lose potency, though. Mechanical filters always need backwashing with clear water after x amount of input vs output pressure loss. The Sawyer filters with a backwashing srynge and tube are superb and that's exactly why they are so popular with disaster relief agencies. Some friends of mine who had a church gave me one after hurricane Maria. All resin exchange beds will become exhausted when all the exchange sites are used up. However, the bed fails way before theoretical saturation due to a phenomenom known as channelling. Resin beds must be constantly monitored for channeling. I don't wish resins in a filter for survival. That's just my opinion. Hope this helps.

[@philw8049]

@@donpaco8163 thanks for the detailed reply! I think I get the jist of it, I’ve been eying those Greyls for a while but something has always held me back. Think I will stick with my squeeze for now, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!

[@forestgnome55]

Hey Blackie, love the two-quart canteens put them in the fridge the night before, cool water till noon. Be careful, stay safe, Pink.

[@larryeddings3185]

Blackie, my two quart military canteen has served me as a pillow too. It works pretty well! however you do it, you are right, staying hydrated is seriously important.

[@brittburton3264]

Back in my day in the 10th Mountain, I did the same as you with that 2 canteen system. The Army was really good about keeping us hydrated, so while I had purification tabs, I never had to use them… a few hundred gallon water tank on a trailer, we called them Water Buffaloes, that was always going to be around somewhere at least once a day, so we knew we could drink our canteens dry, and we did, no sloshing at all was how we moved through the area, so, if you were thirsty, you’d wait, and wait some more, until you really needed to drink, then you’d drink the canteen dry, switch canteens, then the next time you saw that water buffalo, fill up, and keep moving. When I was down to one canteen, I’d really not want to drink from it at all, because while I knew that water buffalo would be out there somewhere, you never knew when you’d see it, so… you were really careful. Now in the Mojave Desert, well, then we all carried that extra 2 quart canteen as well.

[@jamescrowe7892]

I've got a couple of the old style canteen carriers I picked up at an A/N store somewhere. Have had them at least 40 years. One is nylon with with some type insulation and the other is canvas with a fur type insulation. Never thought about dunking them in water to cool the canteens, though. The current issue carriers should have some insulation in them. Cheapest contract I guess. I have a 2 quart collapsible also. They have all sure come in handy. I have got to get a couple of those Grayls for the family just in case. Stay hydrated, my friends.

[@calummcneil6006]

Great info.Much appreciated.

[@davegoodridge8352]

Here in Oklahoma it so hot it’s just siesta time.

[@jenniferbauman4802]

Good video. Good advice. God bless. From Glenn CATT in Massachusetts.

[@thadrobinson8343]

I cut the linings out of all my nylon canteen covers. I figured that here in Florida where 90 degrees and 90 percent humidity are pretty much a given that any "evaporative cooling" was going to be wishful thinking. If you're crossing streams or swimming at all ditching the liner saves a good bit of weight oncet you have to walk again. Makes it easIer to get your cups in and out, too!

[@grampawterry8957]

108 plus heat index here this week . I to carry two canteens plus the 2 liter this time of year . cant handle the tablets i use a filter now days . Thanks for passing this info on brother . shared

[@benterwellen]

Blackie, I also use the nalgene grayl setup, instead of Gatorade ( don’t like Gatorade ) , I use those pedialyte powder packs, I prefer them to flavor the water…

[@Flashahol]

I try not to rely on finding water and once still ran out while carrying 7 liters (1.8 gallons!) on a 4 hour trek with no water source. I wasn't expecting 95F on top of the mountain (100 at ground level) and still went through wondering "where are the other hikers??" 3.5-4 hours later, I was downing 2 liters of Gatorade and peeing brown. I didn't pee at all during the hike. Never expect to have enough water on or around you and If you don't pee at all, that's much worse than orange pee.

[@joshuajohnson4396]

I watched a training video of Mike Tyson and was talking about not drinking cold water during training because it caused the human body to make fat. Thanks for the video Blackie, you're a excellent teacher and I feel you truly help your fellow man. Thanks

[@fredfreiberger7878]

Blackie would you tell us how to keep our canteens clean while on the trail and not in use

[@Terminal-Vet]

Haha...as soon as you pulled out that 2qt and said it had other advantages, the first thing I thought was a pillow. Spent a many a night resting my head on my 2qt in the Marine Corps.

[@ProtectAndPersevere]

Just casual walking/outdoor work i’ll take either 2 nalgenes or a camelback but if i was doing a lot of foot traveling abd exerting myself in the summer heat i’ll bring both canteens and halfway fill my camelback because if you only start drinking when your thirsty your already dehydrated

[@jackiewatkins8636]

Thanks for another informative video!

[@smoothvern165]

Awesome information! Man, you know a lot of great stuff!! Thanks for making these videos!!

[@brianvannorman1465]

Camelback use to have this sort of Alkaseltzer tablet that is actually a rehydrating salts thing. You put it in 8 oz of water and et viola a Gatorade like drink. They also made a tablet that is caffeinated. Now NUUN in Walmart has this formula. Look into sports section. I work on utilities in San Diego so I keep a roll of these tablets in my work truck and one in my back pack. Saved my bacon when I was working on the Steam System. Those holes were scary hot.

[@STEVEN-STEELE]

Use the skin pinch method while on trail to check for early stages of dehydration. With thumb and forefinger pinch the skin on the back of your hand or under your collarbone. The skin under normal hydrated condition will spring back into place. If the pinched skin slowly goes back or worse stays up. Hydrate Now. In the heat you must stay ahead of it. Because dehydration will get way out of hand faster than you think. Blackies idea of keeping Gatoraid in powder form is a great idea. This will help in keeping hydrated and help keep those very painful leg cramps from hitting you in the early morning hours while sleeping after a long day of hiking the trail.

[@danwidmer8276]

Definitely hot out now! good advice black thanks, I will use this information.👍

[@RS4393]

I seen an old timer turn a metal canteen into a distiller of sorts. Used rubber tubing instead of copper, but it worked. It was only to distill water for drinking and cooking but it could've easily been used for OTHER drinking supplies had he chose to do so.

[@jenniferbauman4802]

Good video. God bless. From Glenn CATT in Massachusetts.

[@motomuto3313]

The IDF back in the late 50's of 60's experimented with their soldiers drinking water. They would let the soldier drink all the water that they wanted pulse 1 liter every hour. Then they marched from southern Israel to the north with a series of tasks. The results pointed to drinking water improved moral and fighting ability of the soldiers. Meaning they would operate longer in the heat. When I was in Civil Air Patrol, I'd have my cadets and those assigned to me to drink water. My water order was to beat the heat. I was in the first aid station due to heat injury I ordered a cadet I saw sit and drink his canteen of water then refill it so he wouldn't fall from the heat. I got the heat injury while very hydrated.

[@hiramhaji7813]

Great video

[@dontfearthereaper9528]

I once heard Mors say drinking water that is close to your body temperature will absorb quicker than cold water. Would like to know your opinion and the pros and cons of that. Thanks Blackie

[@darrellh1840]

Great information Blackie!

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

Thanks for watching!

[@bushcampcrafter2165]

Treasured information👍

[@couchcamperTM]

When you drink too much at once, most of what you consumed will just run thru you. The stomach can only take in small amounts at once. Always take just 2-3 small sips but do it every 10 minutes. this is much better than having a cup or pint twice an hour.

[@asmith7876]

Water is absorbed into your body from the small intestine, not the stomach.

[@couchcamperTM]

@@asmith7876 true, but still not in large amounts at once. Water in your body is just like water in nature: a constant supply keeps you growing, a huge flood does not give you any benefits and is a burden. I learned about water consumption from a survival instructor working with several NATO SF and I have no reason not to go by that advice.

[@vince6460]

Man tang , do they make that anymore?

[@robertnelson1098]

Google says YES..... Try Walmart online.... $ 3.18 per 20 oz powder......

[@timscarborough7575]

What are your thoughts on water filtering kits?

[@gijr2003]

Do you change canteens for different hikes? Cause in another video you had them backwards, left was your primary.

[@timlacy2284]

Blackie , Great Video and Outstanding Information, Thanks for sharing Tips and Tricks on staying hydrated. I'm like you I've have drank plenty of hot water after boiling it . Being a U. S. Army Vet. I carried the GI canteens one on each hip on LBE gear , or WEB gear. In Southern Germany there were lots of springs to get water. But Fort Sill , OK , Fort Bliss ,TX and Central America Fort Sherman , PN. we used the tables to purify the water and it didn't taste that good but we had to drink it anyway. You said all the tricks that I know about the Army Canteen . Thanks Again for sharing your time and knowledge and wisdom and passing on the craft. You Are The Master Woodsman and Buschcrafter. I'm still looking for the German Tree Brand Boker Barlow for you, is your mailing address on your FB page. Tim L.

[@shastaham7630]

One problem (albeit not insurmountable) with soaking a canteen cover is that it can contact clothing and get that clothing wet, resulting in chafing and a painful rash. I've carried as many as four canteens and, even in the heat, I will wear an unlined lightweight field jacket and carry the canteens on a aweb pistol belt high on my waist versus on my hips. I thought I'd struck gold when I found canteen covers with Alice clips instead of wire hangers. No more low hanging, flopping canteens. With a belt around your waist, the canteens roag high on the waist instead of on the hips. One last comment, water out of a Lister bag is the military's way of torturing soldiers!

[@shannondavis1106]

Blackie, do you ever drink right from the source? I've watched a lot of videos that talk about filtering,boiling,using different methods of purifying water, but I have always drank strait from the source and never had an issue. I understand that the next time may be the one that gets me but is this really that big of an issue or is it that the area I'm in just has naturally clean water. I'm in northwest florida. Thank you for this series of videos

[@cedarbrake1309]

My dad told me that when he was a teenager back in the late 30’s he used to do that all the time. Once it did not work and he did not end up with bad belly but scarlet fever. Lost all his hair and almost died. Just country doctors back then but he made it through and his hair grew back but never drank river water straight again.

[@shannondavis1106]

@@cedarbrake1309 wow. Probably need to stop doing it then, just in case

[@Mississippi72]

But I tell yea not far from bama line,im on the Tenn Tom river valley it's HOT and skeeters will tote you OFF,LOL

[@jason60chev]

Blue Duck, from Lonesome Dove: "I like my water wet"

[@NorthGeorgiaSurvival]

LOL, both of my knees are bad and have gone out of whack on me so many times that I learned how to put that kneecap back in place by myself. It hurts like a bitch, but it must be done! One time I was 7 feet up a ladder at work and had to have a buddy catch me from the ladder and help me put it back in place. It ain't fun!