Solo Camping in the Rain - Backcountry Calzone Mukbang

Yah I dont know what I was thinking cooking up such a massive Calzone. Looked pretty nasty on camera but it was a tasty thing to eat after putting in so much hard work.
0:00 Packing Bags
1:55 Camping Starts
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same! I'm always so pumped to watch the new video lol

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You got that right.

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Ohhhh it’s riveting times

[@glennlass8824]

I bet he had quite a download after that calzone and six English muffins too.

[@jarroddobben]

Xander, all alone in the moody late winter atmosphere: "I'm gonna die someday." Me, on my couch eating Chinese takeout: 😳

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But he sure is living now isn't he? Short life thats good or a long moderate one, whats your pick?

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This is the first ever camping video of yours that I watched. And now, after finishing all your videos, I'm watching this one for the second time. It is an absolute pleasure watching you do your thing man! I just love the way you appreciate your camping experience, the way you make and enjoy your food, and the way you make people smile with your goofy humour. Yours is undoubtedly the best camping channel there is and I'm gonna be watching you for a long time(in a non-creepy way of course).

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Aww thanks man that means alot :)))

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Love how respectful you are of nature. Little things like pulling the live branch out of the way instead of just hacking it off the tree. You a good dude Xander. Love the vids

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And thanking everything he took, just like the natives

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I'd love to see a map of Canada and all the places you've visited over the years (if you can remember where they are). It's obviously vast but that would be a great way to visually show your achievements of where you've camped/canoed/fished. Thanks for another great vid, Please keep them coming! 👍

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He pretty much goes to the same area. Not sure where it is but about 3 hours from downtown Toronto. I’m guessing he hits the Queen Elizabeth wildlands but I could be wrong.

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Thank you so much for the content you post, Xander. I have done a series of canoe trips, the longest of the them being 50 days, spanning across, Biscotasing, Kiapawa, Algonquin, Quetico, French River, Spanish River, Lake Superior etc. Unfortunately, due to school I haven't been able to head into the woods for a few years. Your videos allow me to reminisce of my time in the bush and bring back memories close to my heart. Thank you once again!

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Man it feels so exciting to see soil and rocks and dead grass. Nice touch on bending the branch back instead of clearing it 💚 Great vid as always sir

[@XanderBudnick]

it was so pleasant not to wear snowshoes. at one point I almost considered walking around barefoot :D

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I notice that Xander drops a vid and I’m happy and positive all day, the anticipation of watching him experience the simple act of spending time in nature is inspirational and it’s helped me get off my ass and get my camping gear out.. thanks Xander, fricken awesome!

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That was phenomenal from start to finish Xander! Loved seeing how you pack up, set up camp, and of course the food! Thank you!

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I always pick up valuable tips from your videos. They are informative, relaxing, skillfully filmed and relatable. Keep 'em coming! 👍👍

[@XanderBudnick]

Glad to hear it

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Bro, yet again you saving my rainy day mood with a banger, the food part is like the hotspot of the video and i look forward to each and every, thanks for the camping entertainment Xander, really satisfies an urge 💪🏽💯

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Love the videos and the food content is always inspired. It's like watching a Canadian version of Cowboy Kent Rollins without the cast iron....

[@MicajahMcCurry]

Raining here too, same story, stoked to go camping this weekend though!

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rained today and this video was perfect for it

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Really? Slicing vegetables is the last thing I want to be doing when I'm our bushwalking.

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A quote for everyone to live by: "I'm gonna die one day, so it's important that I live a really solid life every single day!" Thank you Xander for another amazing inspirational experience.

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I love when it rains overnight. I always feel like I sleep so well on a camping trip with the sound of the rain

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I'm always impressed with how massive your meals are, I could eat like half of that calzone and be tapped out for the day.

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Me too, I never pack enough food.

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Calories. Look at the effort gone into the campfire and campsite. Hard work means a hardy meal

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@@FirstDayson and cold weather always make you hungry

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You were cracking me up with the Calzone! It was a beast!😂👍🏻

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Your content has exponentially grown in quality. Really enjoy these videos Xander!

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it was always good!!

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Your not wrong... I gotta step my game up!

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What I love about this video in particular is the two second shot of your vehicle in what looks to be your neighborhood. Clearly several homes in the area. It shows that you can live in the city and the wilderness doesn’t have to be in your backyard to enjoy a little getaway. With a little planning and some travel you too can have a fun adventure for a day or weeks at a time to get away from the madness of society. Thank you for that.

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Loved the more personal comments you made in the video. I've been binge watching your videos in the last months and since I also started solo camping myself during an existential crisis period, it really hit home. Yes, we will die and that's a powerful thought and feeling putting in motion proper actions hopefully. I really appreciate you Xander and thank you for what you do! I am curious what your plan is for breaking the camping routine though. :)

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It’s so amazing that each video is relatively the same content and yet so unique at the same time. I always watch in anticipation of watching the fire being built and the shelter assembled. Not to mention his cooking content!

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As an undergrad student in Toronto, your vids have legit inspired me to book some solo 1 nighters in the Algonquin backcountry this spring/summer. Massive thanks dude 🙏

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Enjoy that backcountry! Sounds like amazing sunsets there. Cheers 🇦🇺

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your cooking skills are getting better, first time I didn't see anything burned to black :) Love your videos, found you last week and already watched almost every one of them. Thank you

[@MicajahMcCurry]

and its all on an open flame, so its even harder

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It stresses me out watching xander cook. Bank some coals my dude, cook on the coals not the flame.

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Perfect! Thank you so much for taking us out there!

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Thanks for making such great content, I love to watch at the end of the day to unwind. Can't wait for the next adventure

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Love these videos brother! Out there doing what you love and bringing us along! Keep it up!

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Hey man! Love the content! You mentioned changing it up your routine a little bit. Which made me instantly think about Cave Camping. I use to go caving where we would be underground for 6-12 hours at a time. Ive camped twice in a cave and its an experience like no other. With good lights and a couple Canadian cavers it would definitely change up the routine. It made me see camping from a different perspective with no sunlight, wood, or shelter.

[@XanderBudnick]

Where are these caves at?

[@12345hardy]

@@XanderBudnick I live on the east coast of the US so we just go to local ones here. In terms of locations in Canada you could reach out to some local grottos or clubs to see if you could join a trip. You would most likely need a guide or at least two others with you for safety. But only certain caves have a “sleep-able” area.

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@@XanderBudnick there are caves in Ontario Xander

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Great video Xander. I get so much satisfaction out of watching you cook and eat ambitious meals in the woods. Great work 👍🏼

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That was a great looking spot to camp. I always look forward to your videos, I love your spirit and your outlook on life. You are always having so much fun and that is great to see in this crazy world we live in today. Keep up the great work my friend.

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Big fan from Scotland. Your videos are well put together mate, very satisfying and easy to watch! Congrats on your sobriety, looking forward to many more videos.

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I love the longer videos! Loved the cooking and the camping as always. Phenomenal filming and editing and it was great to hear you VERY appreciative of your job, I could see it on your face. It’s so sick you can do this full time

[@therudimentroom]

I love that you cook actual meals out in the wilderness. Love it.

[@ExitKills]

I came for the camping and good vibes, stayed for the existential crisis over the Calzone Keep up the amazing work dude, best vids on YT!

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“I’m going to die one day……so it’s important that I live a really solid life…every single day”….. I first found you on Jon’s channel…subscribed instantly…loved that you didn’t take the gear-headed approach to getting out and doing it….I had lost that for a while…those words struck a chord…

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Awesome

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I've just recently found your channel and I'm super glad I did. It's given me a lot of ideas and knowledge for my own camping, and it's greatly inspired me to go out more often. Thank you so much for sharing this with us :)

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slow calming rain hitting the shelter will never get old man

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I came across your channel recently when contracted covid and being stuck indoors drives me mad , but your videos help me to escape very inspirational and I can’t wait till I get back out there thank you

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I love your fun take on this. Not taking away from the more serious channels, but I absolutely love the comedic aspect in your videos. Keep up the great work Xander!

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Another amazing and inspiring video. The way you relate to the camera is such that I feel present with you on the journey. Keep up the amazing work, you are doing good in this world.

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Very cool to see how and what you pack on your adventures! Love the content

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It takes a lot to push yourself to strive to make every video better than the last. Your hard work does not go unnoticed brother!

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Thanks my man :D

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These videos are so great, look forward to them every week!

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Just found your channel recently, enjoy every moment of your video, so real so raw so living! Loving and enjoying every bits of life, close to nature, enjoying food to the fullest! Happiness and to be content is so easy to achieve in life when we go back to the basics!

[@JonUchaczOutdoors]

Great show, Xander! You were right about that calzone being gooey AF! Lol! I loved that breakfast too. Great little camping spot, such a nice vista. Excited to see what the warmer weather brings for you! I’m itching to get out and fish again.

[@XanderBudnick]

lol it was messy! fishing soon!

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Forgot to brush your teeth THIS WEEK? Lol 🙈

[@monpetitcharlot]

It's incredible, you're the best Xander, Thanks!!

[@Toxicmindset]

Love this! Glad to have found your channel. This inspires me a lot :DD

[@lilliandurham7713]

Oh, Xander.!! I love your calzone put-together.! Plus, I saw your can opener at REI Sporting Goods store, and now I can see how it works (and it’s so tiny and lightweight). Plus, it’s good for a Bug-Out-Bag. Always great viewing.! Thanks to you.

[@rexleung914]

It sounds weird but it’s such a relief to watch your videos especially when you’re preparing your dinner. Your videos keeps reminding me how much I love camping. At the moment I can’t camp because of ACL injuries but I’ve learn lots of things from your video. Thank you for your amazing clips.

[@XanderBudnick]

Heal up friend!

[@davisstellman]

I am so impressed by your ability to cook in the woods, that's hard to get those ingredients out in the backcountry. You've inspired me to get outside my comfort zone and try cooking for real on my next camping trip

[@cowboy6591]

Another great video, I live pretentiously through the videos you post Xander, some of us can't get around the way you do and it takes me away from the office and busy life. As always plenty of Xander humor in this. Thanx.

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It's just incredible what beauty, what atmosphere you were able to create. This is truly a meditative experience watching you. I myself started making videos about my adventures in bushcraft, so I'm interested in everything. Grretings from Belarus tourist.

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Ill have to check it out. One weird thing is nature in europe feels the same as the states. Trees only speak one language :)

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I appreciate the camera work and edits and time you put into these. When you threw the stuff out of your bag I imagined the extra work for setting up that one quick shot haha

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I thought the same.

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the beginning when you stomped on it and the camera tipped over, greatest thing I've ever seen😂😂😂 can't wait to enjoy this one with you Xander!

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Thank you so much for releasing your videos on Monday mornings! This has become my favorite part of the week and a darn good way to start the week at that. I tried that breakfast last week after a sunrise hike with my dog. Epic! Thanks again Xander

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I'm just posting when my videos are done. I don't have a schedule ATM :p

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Absolutely amazing videos! I’m extremely envious, I love camping, and I’d love to do it the way you do! I understand your issue with a routine. What if you went to a different country to camp? A totally unknown climate, location, etc. Maybe would be cool! I know I will always love all the videos you put out, I just want to make sure you do too!!!

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That's definitely going to happen at some point:)

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Thanks Xander for sharing your nature experiences ✌🏼🙂

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Thank you for showing us how you pack your bag👍

[@XanderBudnick]

My pleasure 😊

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@@XanderBudnick Thanks for replying to my comment! Your videos played a big part in me starting this hobby of backpacking/camping. Keep up the great content!👍👍

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Solid work! Maybe someday you will take to the trees in a sleeper hammock. The air pad is nice but a lot of work and stress. I'd love to see you, Jon (lost Lakes), and Shug (Shugemery) do a canoe trip together. I love your video edits, thanks for all the behind the scenes stuff. Looking forward to 2022.

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Just got back from a hammock trip today. Next week I'm going on a trip with Jon lol

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Waterloo region checking in!! Love your stuff man, keep it up! always happy to see a new video!

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Xander make some of the best backpacking videos out there, lots of tips and tricks, a sense of humor, and not afraid to admit when he screwed up and did something stupid. Keep it up 🙂

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This is you Xan, "Remember that time I poorly cooked oversized steak calzones? well how about I do that again but even more oversized?"

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You are a hella lot better than me with packing. You didn't even bring a footlocker lol

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@@marblesoda._. It's a locker where you store feet

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@@papabear9481 why would you bring that to a camp?

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Every video... I absolutely know I'm gunna be thoroughly happy that it's time for a new Xander video and that I'm gunna burst out laughing at least once (but most often a few times more). Thanks brother 😁

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This sort of cold weather camping makes me think about how soft i am!

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😂😂😂🤣😂🤣🤣🥲 At least you know, admitting it is the first step to growing harder

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Xander has the best outdoor videos! So wholesome, it feels like I’m camping with him.

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Definitely enjoy that one as much as you did. 🤙🏼. Thank you for posting

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Straight to the point and with the facts. I love your presentation. I get sick of posts that can't get to the point of their junk backpacking ideas.

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You’ve have grown so much as creator and you truly show the best parts of being human. Thank you 😊

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one of the best video i saw in a reeeally long time... warm heart, unique sense of humor/philosophy, sprinkle of psychopath in eyes.... big love from slovakia and a subscriber

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I just love your vide and the relaxness you transport in your uploads

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man ive watched hundreds of backpacking/bushcrafting/thruhike videos you name it. this is probably one of my favourite videos, you keep it real and that calzone looks fire my guy. good stuff! xan da man 😎

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How BLESSED are you?? To have such wisdom so early in life. You are am inspiration to those in recovery!!! I just learned that about you because I just recently fouhd your channel. People i love the most are in recovery. I am PROUD of you Xander.

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Don't know how long I've been following you but for some reason I enjoy watching your videos. I dunno if it's the calm and relaxing that comes from watching but whatever it is. It's new to me and I enjoy them. Takes me to a calm place in my head. (:

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Comfort from the living room.. Comfort from wildernest is priceless..

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you are the only one who can make me finish a camping video here in yt! love ur videos

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right now im trying to sober up and this channel really helps me getting relax and give me some sort of enjoyment..thanks xander and congrats on getting 400k+ subs...hope this channel continue growing and best of luck to you..

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Always puts a smile on my face when I see you upload ☺️

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New subscriber - what a great channel! I was glued to the whole vid , many thanks

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Always inspiring. Thanks, Xander

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Another enjoyable video mate. Keep them coming 👍🏼

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I love what you do Did a bit of it when I was your age and can’t anymore . The freedoms sensation is phenomenal and yes time flies faster than we think

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