Surviving a Rainy Autumn Night without Gear...

Making a Debris Hut Shelter in the rain. With no gear, I have to make it through the cold & rainy autumn night in the woods. Will this natural shelter be warm enough and resistant against the fall rains? Will Julius fix it smooth?
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[@SmoothGefixt]

DEBRIS HUT or rather a LEAN-TO variant with Fire? What is the best in a Survival Situation? We try to find it out in our recent Shelter Battle video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/anLWnHlprNWrisk .

[@maxcarnegiebrown7452]

You can buy gore Tex mtp trousers if you need them

[@johnlansing2902]

Every young person should learn these survival skills. Not just for the survival aspect but also for the self confidence it gives a person.

[@richard_n]

So nice to see someone actually use their primitive shelter in bad conditions. This is what it's really like in an emergency.

[@CC-jv3wm]

No... It's not. You build your entrance downhill so the rain doesn't enter your enclosure. KZbin is not a survival guide 😂

[@dremix2614]

He made it look fun. 😂

[@clutchii1393]

NPC #3477 it actually is

[@jadonmjlyons12]

@@CC-jv3wm wouldn't all the water be going downhill? Why would you not want it higher in elevation?

[@SatanicTemptation]

@@jadonmjlyons12 The guy meant the entrance should face downhill so the water coming from higher does not enter

[@Hudon-qi8br]

I like how he said "We need more insulation". You mean you need more. I'm under all 3 of my blankets I'm just fine.

[@joops110]

He said "isolation". Probably because it's "isolatie" in Dutch.

[@mgmartin51]

More cowbell

[@ramondewilde05]

@@joops110 hahah yeah it is

[@K7volk]

Seriously 😐.

[@jessebrown4755]

Lmbo

[@McGowanForge]

No man should go through this and not earn a sub, you earned my subscription👍👍

[@teknorobul8975]

only the strongest make it trough

[@peppyrebel2391]

teknoro bul speak the truth 👌🏻🐿

[@outthasky]

As an introvert, I would agree that the “isolation value” is very important.

[@stellanevis3107]

Lol. I aint an introvert so I'd rather think of "insulation" 🤪

[@playertwoeightfourninezero4236]

Some guys just never outgrown building their own forts.

[@fishmut]

I heart them Cat vids ... lol you not wrong mate , I built them myself as a teenager and I’m much older now and still love to do these things , looking at building a small cabin now out of pallet wood just a little bit upmarket lol.

[@playertwoeightfourninezero4236]

I’m more into van conversions. Building a little room inside a van aka van life.

[@B._Smith]

Thank you! Anyone can spend the night in dry cinditions but this is real conditions.

[@joeldday]

Ace Ventura exiting the Rhino.

[@roaringlion4898]

Haha very true!

[@SmoothGefixt]

Haven't seen that:P

[@Jafmanz]

Hahaha I thought that and then saw this. Glad I am not alone!

[@hotzerienstra9938]

Ej julius, goed gefixt ouwe haha (ik zou het ook doen hoor

[@JD-ns9mr]

“Kinda hot in these Rhinooooo’s”

[@maxrobertson4120]

Really nice to see that in every video, when things don't turn out as planned, you always come back to the positive mindset - more important to survival than any piece of gear. Love your videos guys.

[@SmoothGefixt]

Thanks Max, appreciate it:)

[@thedeathwobblechannel6539]

good mind and staying dry can save your life

[@cowboykelly6590]

Ya, He's REAL . Gotta RESPECT THAT. 🖖

[@7outofthebox747]

Gives a new definition to the "Don't let the bed bugs bite!"

[@braznartn5176]

You are a GOOD human, and wow you got my RESPECT for surviving that ordeal.

[@victoryang3220]

Friend, you were so funny, and I just couldn't help myself but was laughing how you slept through the night.

[@SethingtonIII]

"Things appear to be looking Not good. AT ALL!"

[@niallnewman7354]

Seth Bowen story of my life.

[@SethingtonIII]

@@niallnewman7354 Agreed brother

[@nesiege7477]

Niall Newman Couldn’t say it better

[@SethingtonIII]

@@nesiege7477 Cracks me up like there Is a difference between something being "Not good" and then something "Not good AT ALL!" Then it's really Not good lol

[@myself3209]

13:03 Me every morning trying to get out of bed xD

[@bonma]

Looks like ace ventura coming out of that rhino

[@cowboykelly6590]

BAHAHAHA...🤣

[@ManyMagix]

I enjoyed the video. It's rare to see such a primitive solution and I admire you willing to take the chance of being wet and cold at night to share it! I personally would have put down some evergreen branches with the needles still attached on the floor of the shelter for comfort, but maybe you didn't have them. Cheers from America!

[@ericktrujillo894]

Finally a video I’ve been waiting 20 years to watch. Thank you

[@goransemb5689]

Well done, and I appreciate your good humor throughout.

[@bushman9315]

Your falling through the ice video deserves more views and respect. People don't realize how hard it is and how well you guys did. My hypothermia experience was extremely brutal, so I enjoyed watching someone else endure it from the comfort of my home. Seeing what you guys did, I have nothing but respect. Cheers from Canada!!

[@SmoothGefixt]

Your supportive words a greatly appreciated:) Thank you

[@blaine9496]

bushman Has

[@johnmaaate2833]

KZbin has blessed me with this recommendation.

[@jm4672]

Your videos are always so awesome and you work so hard at doing all of it just to give us a little hint of how life would be surviving and I do appreciate it so much all your hard work you're just a great guy all around love you videos Julius keep it up

[@SmoothGefixt]

Also thanks to your support it's possible:) Thanks, John.

[@MrMaxenen11]

Hahaha just watched this again, its very entertaining and interesting! 13:21 gets me every time. Mr Bean combined with that scene where Ace Ventura comes out of that rhino.

[@Mister_H.]

Great video mate. I like your style and sense of humour. You really didn’t need to apologise for the hat though. You’ve got my sub 👍🏻

[@IQzminus2]

I’’m impressed, I don’t know if I would have been able to stay in the shelter a whole night unless I really was in a survival situation. Though it looked like it worked great. And pretty efficient and smart. But for me personally it would definitely be hard mentally. The darkness, sleeping in a pile of leaves that are somewhat mouldy/decomposing. And being stuck in the dark thinking about the bugs. Should be a bit less bugs in autumn, but that log and those leaves especially in the bottom layer should still have some. But yeah I would take it over sleeping in the rain a autumn night any day. Impressive to have stayed the whole night in it.

[@harrymills2770]

Suggestion: Take all that energy you put into moving those leaves around, and just make one great big pile. Yes, those leaves were damp, but clearly not waterlogged. They had pretty good loft to them. Do what we did as kids and just burrow into the pile. You won't get any more water on you, and you will dry out the leaves right next to your body, and with a big pile on top of you, you might be damp for a while, but you will warm up fairly quickly. Your shelter placement would be anywhere you could protect your pile from blowing away in high wind. You'd wake up warm and dry.

[@roflcopterkklol]

Coming from Australia a forest like that looks so strange, it looks better kept than logging forests here do.

[@nudibanches]

Also because here in Oz most of the native trees don't lose their leaves seasonally, only their bark.

[@roflcopterkklol]

@@nudibanches You mean bluegums shed their bark to promote fires right? Fucking pyrophiles.

[@roflcopterkklol]

@@oodeezydeezy6629 I would need you to show me how first.

[@calebaustin700]

It’s so sad what those abos did to your country’s forests

[@roflcopterkklol]

@@calebaustin700 We still have some, Mainly in Victoria and Tasmania which are old growth forests but good on your for knowing about fire stick farming being the reason for Australia being a desert.

[@haraldharam9334]

Let us know when you run into a Wendigo.

[@waffle1967]

Until dawn lol

[@ITS2forT]

+XXDEAD SHADOWXX well done

[@rustle7019]

I just watch supernatural

[@another90daystochangethis34]

Or the Pee Pee Poo Poo Man

[@yt-xe8ws]

I'd be more worried about spiders.

[@shadowscout9872]

My hats off to you. I always wanted to see someone build a debris shelter from wet leaves and you did a great job!

[@lanecountybigfooters5716]

Much respect. This is "real deal" survival!

[@HeedeeyusOne]

I always use the Photus position everytime I camp. Sweet vid dude, thanks for the education on how the water can get in your shelter. :)

[@SmoothGefixt]

Nice one, pretty efficient ey:) Thanks

[@kennethsalyers3809]

always have a plastic water bottle when you have to pee use the bottle it will help keep you warm

[@thedeathwobblechannel6539]

great idea. also if you have to pee 237 times a night like many middle aged men, you wont have to ruin the shelter getting in and out.

[@et0474]

Urine also keeps animals such as badgers away

[@et0474]

But I live in the UK so we don't have big bad bears and stuff

[@hoboundertheporch]

bus tea what about paddenting

[@alandsprime9791]

Plus you can take little sips from it to keep you hydrated

[@jacobzheng4619]

Who likes watching these vids when there snug in bed and it's 5 degrees winter night but you're still warm.

[@msespinosa5305]

I'm so scared 😨unbelievable 😫might any insects out there..feeling so scary...best survivor ever...I love you guy❤🙏🙏🙏

[@martinpaquet8353]

Holiday inn just over the hill

[@rythaguy1893]

Martin Paquet and so is the weenie hut jr

[@tp7393]

No credit card!

[@chardblack]

Great video as always. Love your honesty in all your videos. Keep up the good work.

[@hampeblixt7677]

One of my favourite videos on the internet. Thanks man.

[@TommyEVR]

Bring your rain trousers! Yes! Very important!

[@tildenmueller8645]

I tried making this type of shelter myself and it is very good at keeping you warm in the cold rain love the design

[@SmoothGefixt]

After watching this video? Realy cool dude:)

[@Shivaziv]

Best channel ever! Thank you for suffering for us brother! 💪

[@SmoothGefixt]

Thanks to you too for the support:)

[@julierains2578]

This information is extremely useful. I live in the ozarks of southern missouri USA. There are woods everywhere and people have gotten lost when the weather drops many degrees and it begans to rain. Several year ago a father and two sons died in such conditions. I hear a dutch accent. My husband's mother was from the netherlands and my husband speaks dutch.

[@epiccybergoat2711]

When he was talking about taking a peek inside. It was very Nice to that you really don’t want to cheat. And thats when you know that you are watching a good youtuber

[@ravenfeather7087]

A good idea and great follow through. Might have been better if you had planned ahead and had removed the wet leaves and placed the dry leaves before you covered the shelter. Including crushing the leaves you were going to end up sleeping on before you crawled in. There must have been a lot of compaction. I learned something. Thanks for that. When I was a kid I ran away from home and spent the night covered up with oak leaves. Dry oak leaves. Just lay down and covered up with leaves as much as possible. Got cold in the middle of the night. Probably scared the petunias out of my parents. I have not set foot in a forest again (kidding).

[@ItsJustLucky]

13:00 the face of real struggle

[@Bluwesnikodem]

Avion 💀

[@bejare2]

Being reborn lol

[@randylouis5936]

😂😂🤣🤣😂

[@raulduke1528]

aannd the weettnessss!

[@springwater9981]

This was amazing! Well done!

[@mattheotelonidis8132]

The way he talks is the best thing ever

[@bekabeka71]

Why

[@RickTOutdoorAdventure1969]

Great job as usual Julius. Loved it fella 🖒🌲🌳

[@SmoothGefixt]

Always great to see you come by:)

[@peedsii1991]

tip. Its very important to use allot of leafs as isolation inbetween you and the cold ground. Reason are that the cold ground will cool you down 2x faster than the air and "duvet" of leef you have above you when you sleep. ;-) A good way to build a bed is to find some small branches from example "christmas trees" and put them on the ground first, and then put leafs on top of that. ;-)

[@MyelinProductions]

EXCELLENT! Thank You! Very Informative & Useful videos. Peace & Health

[@MJK808]

Let's get it to 1M views it's so close!!!

[@CoreyFromMinnesota]

I'm fairly new to your channel, but I have been watching all of your videos. All very informative, and entertaining. I recently started getting into bushcraft, and I appreciate how you engage with your viewers and share your knowledge as you go. Keep up the great work!

[@SmoothGefixt]

Great supportive words Corey:) Thanks a lot!:)

[@alex-vr2ll]

Lmao “foetus mode” this dudes amazing 😂

[@mikedang3613]

Wherever this is, your country's woods are beautiful!

[@SmoothGefixt]

South-east Germany! Not my county though;)

[@patricianunez4025]

You stayed alive and actually slept a little. Good job. I think I would have fill the bed area first then added the top.

[@Armotiro]

Amazing as always, keep it up Julius!

[@jls.mp4]

thanks xd

[@jm4672]

I love the ice breaking video it was so awesome I watched it three times and I watch it again I really loved it

[@SmoothGefixt]

Nice one friend!:)

[@Myn6211]

Well done Julius. That was quite the snug fit. You got in to the shelter more easily than you got out of it. I did watch your winter survival video where you both fell through the ice, on purpose. Quite frankly you scared the daylights out of me. I was just thankful that every thing turned out alright. I worry about people taking such extreme measures for making a video because things could have gone so very, very badly in the blink of an eye. It certainly was an excellent teaching video which is what you wanted but please, when planning your next adventure always remember your life is not worth a video.

[@SmoothGefixt]

We didn't have the feeling that we were risking our lives, and we won't do that for a video. We had an emergency bag with us and people on standby. Thanks for caring! Cheers, Julius

[@SunShine-ud6nk]

The water dripping is just asmr for you to sleep better

[@sonydschx200]

Lmao that thumbnail is hysterical

[@theodoraldea710]

This was so relaxing and well thinked. Thx very much julius but keep good care of you and your e health. Drink much tea. Kisses

[@SmoothGefixt]

Sweet! I definitely will, you too!:)

[@rfletch62]

Great job! Far better than squatting against a tree with nothing but a poncho.

[@stephenbray9816]

My wife and I were stranded up here in the Canadian north, we build a leaf shelter to stay warm through the cold night. In the middle of the night she rolled over and took the whole shelter for herself.

[@nathantoy5711]

Sounds about right

[@Fovai]

This is the first ever video of yours that I've watched and I've already subscribed!

[@SmoothGefixt]

Nice one! Welcome:)

[@smokekey3846]

Same

[@trippingonrocks1165]

Great video and awesome tips. It's so different to forests here in New Zealand, very beautiful. Hearing the trees and branches crack in the wind is something special and spooky. Thank you taking us with you, I subscribed

[@bpetnoi1472]

I like this guys open honesty about his projects. Kudos for being so.

[@noahburkhardt9316]

Nice video, I also had built a shelter in an autumn forest was also very cool

[@SmoothGefixt]

Nice one! Autumn

[@semis9901]

is it me or does he remind me of walter jr. from breaking bad

[@cameron6783]

Flynn*

[@alfredrobinson475]

Or golum from lord of the rings

[@tschooptschoop]

Daniels Semjonovs i was thinking Kyle from Road Trip. watch this 😂 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hanOZZporpdrhdU

[@eddyquigley2350]

He does 😂😂😂

[@hotrodhotrod-wc3bu]

Daniels Semjonovs yea he does lmao

[@isufan89]

I got to do this for school in 7th grade. They took us out in the fall to make a shelter, then dumped a bucket of water on us in the shelter to see if it kept us dry. Fun times

[@SmoothGefixt]

Whoo!, you were on some a sick school!:O

[@FatPanda2012]

You guys deserve way more popularity.

[@FelixImmler]

Julius..you are a hero!! Thanks a lot for this fantastic video!!

[@SmoothGefixt]

Thank you my favorite bushcraft skill guru out there!;)

[@stefandingen3477]

Leerzame video ouwe,gr uit nederland

[@sosteve9113]

Groeten van België

[@321654987510]

Nice work Julius appreciate all the extra content

[@joedanette998]

Wow!!! That's all I got for this one!!

[@coltnoah4779]

Fings are wet fings are not good hahaha awesome video man

[@c-459]

Pretty neat...years ago I used a Beaverhut as my crib when I was on the Bum it was real nice and toasty then I gave myself the name Beavereater...My Wife dont like that handle these days lol 🇺🇸

[@bigfatpear]

i look forward to all of your video's, and enjoy them a lot .keep them coming.

[@aeriozz7047]

i would really want to try something like this and love the idea of surviving in the forest by yourself

[@Lfomod1Dubstep]

Awesome video! I like that you made it by your self like that, it takes some balls to do that alone in the woods at night :D

[@SmoothGefixt]

Thanks a lot Lfo Mod:)

[@jaji4915]

Short video but still amazing as always.Nice shelter and video editing, you guys deserve a lot of recognition.btw nice cap julius!

[@SmoothGefixt]

Nice one Jazzy, Thanks!

[@britinmadrid]

Good, basic bushcraft! More videos like this, please.

[@MustafaBiggun]

puts the roof on, then cleats the floor - GENIUS 😂

[@No_one-special]

Smooth gefixed Julius! I always admire the way you guys challenge yourselves, I think this would be out of my comfort zone... Pretty hardcore survival! 👍 The sounds you made crawling out in the morning were hilarious! 😉

[@SmoothGefixt]

If it's just out of your comfort zone, the more reason to do it;) Thanks a lot!:)

[@bezalelex31]

Duuude! Where's your swiss army Leaf rake? 😄

[@paulbradford8240]

A great idea. It just shows you what you can do with what you find around you.

[@ThePraetorianOfTerra]

I too enjoy the 'Foutus mode'

[@Mutex117]

13:17 how a Julius is born. He even was in the fetal position pre-birth.

[@SmoothGefixt]

Haha xD

[@clodsworth]

Weird as hell seeing as I have the same name as him

[@fbiagent9781]

@@clodsworth same here

[@TheGamerX12]

Photus

[@sebastiannielsen3444]

I’m early today! Keep up the good work

[@neilblackman2965]

Excellent , highly valued information if caught outside. Made one of these style shelters myself, fortunately​ it was dry. Respect due sir.

[@Finn-uz2fv]

Daaaaamn man, respect for that!

[@lithostheory]

Clothing != gear??

[@alfredekblom5290]

13:32 there is a tent/tarp in The right

[@sirslothyy]

He literally explained it 2 seconds later stop being impatient and looking for everything wrong

[@charlieterrell8501]

Alfred Ekblom finish the video yard.. he says 5 seconds later what it was for🤫🤫

[@wolfborn3359]

Love this channel just wish it was more popular

[@CottonTailJoe]

Wow, just now saw this video, but me and a friend had this conversation years ago. Like if you were just randomly stuck, you would have to try to something exactly like what you made. Lol glad to have watched this, gives one confidence and now the experience to try it for ones self.

[@terryadavis3458]

You sound like you have a dutch accent lived there for 3 years i reconise it

[@pinut187]

No Kkcap yup its Dutch, quite obviously

[@27Redone]

where's your partner?? btw, good video.

[@SmoothGefixt]

Doing other stuff... But he will be back sometime this winter hopefully;)

[@crammer249]

This is so wholesome honestly

[@bnoss8978]

Man u r so cool . u r teaching the young people. Thanks for being your self.

[@UzumakiBarz]

Hahaha I love how you worry about the ugly cap, isn't it function > beauty (especially in survivalling?). Keep it up bud, cya soon :)

[@SmoothGefixt]

You're absolutely right, but the freaking camera is the influencing factor here:P

[@badromenful]

You need to learn how to build a rake homeboy

[@SmoothGefixt]

May be;)

[@thedeathwobblechannel6539]

i thought the same thing. an improvised rake would keep from getting too hot and then sweating.....often the start of death from hypothermia. plus you can go overboard in your pile of leaves.here is where the animal part of us is left behind by our supposed intelligence LOL. with our brains and opposable thumbs we can build rakes.

[@charlesatwell9976]

Great stuff ! Thanks.

[@bradriccardo5461]

Love the issued tissue and deputy dog hat.