It's a nice sunny day, but it's cold and it's only supposed to get colder tonight.

Supposed to get down to nine degrees.

The wind chill well below that.

But we're going to camp out in the woods.

I'm not going to use a tent or a sleeping bag, so I'm going to build a shelter using natural materials.

And I'll be making an all night fire.

That's what I'll be relying on to keep me warm out there all night, along with a wool blanket.

And we're going to be cooking some food.

I do have a good sleeping bag in here, just in case of emergency.

Something were to go wrong, but most likely I'm not going to need it.

I also have some lights for my camera and a lot of battery packs because when it's cold like this, batteries drain really quick.

I also have some food with me.

Extra socks, extra gloves, an extra hat, things like that.

Always go prepared and Ill lock the truck.

Its not working.

Might be too cold.

All right, let's head out.

That sun feels good.

It's nice and warm, but when it goes behind the clouds.

And I realize how cold it is out here.

So this is a new area for me.

I haven't camped out here before.

I'm looking for fallen trees that I can use for firewood.

And I'll set up camp near that.

Take this jacket off.

Starting to warm up?

Don't want to start sweating.

Little swampy.

Luckily, I have my Mickey Mouse boots.

Waterproof.

Only problem with these boots is they make my feet sweat a little bit, but.

So I bring extra socks.

I just switch them out.

So we have some pines straight ahead.

That's probably where I'll go.

That's where deer and other animals will go to.

When it gets real cold.

Keeps them protected from the wind and snow.

Here's some deer sign right here.

Let's see if I can find some fat wood, too There's a fallen tree here.

I might have some fat wood on it.

These branches.

This little section closest to the tree.

That's where the fat wood will be.

If it has a real strong turpentine smell.

So, you know you have good fat wood.

The rest of this branch is rotten.

But this will be nice and solid.

It's nice and amber colored on this side.

A little reddish on this side.

It's more pale and softer.

For whatever reason.

Red pine produces the best fat wood.

At least in my area.

White pine is not bad, too.

But red pines, even better.

This stuff is saturated with resin, and it's highly flammable.

Very easy to ignite.

Now I just have to find a fallen tree that I can use for firewood.

One that's not rotted.

Beavers have been chewing the trees a long time ago.

Looks like they chew the trees down to build their lodges and their dams.

That's a dam over there.

They really tore this place up.

These dead grasses make great bedding material.

Insulation.

Tender.

This looks like a good tree here.

It's right by the pines.

There's some fallen pine boughs over there that I can use for my shelter.

Some grasses over there if I need it.

So we're going to cut into this and see if it's rotten or not.

That looks good.

Beautiful.

It'll make good firewood so I can use this whole tree.

I'll make my camp close to here so I don't have to drag it too far.

So these two trees are spaced perfectly apart.

I can put a ridge pole across them, build my shelter, and then right out in front of it.

Nice clear, open area.

I can build my fire.

There's a lot of fallen trees in here I can use for my shelter.

I'm not going to cut any live trees.

I only use dead, fallen wood.

I'll start by building my bed.

First glance, I thought that was a coyote.

Standing there looking at me.

So these are the fallen pine branches I found earlier.

Freshly fallen.

Which will be perfect for my shelter.

Looks like this branch is a little rotten.

There's one.

So you can tell how much daylight you have left by using your fingers.

There's the sun there, and each finger represents about 15 minutes.

So I have about five fingers to the horizon.

Maybe a little less.

So that's about an hour and 15 minutes of daylight I have left.

Give or take.

But it's not a big deal because I have everything in one spot here.

I don't have to venture too far.

So even if it does get dark, I won't get lost or anything.

Looking for stuff Instead of making my shelter between these two trees, I'm going to make it between these two.

The ground's a little raised in between the two.

And the trees are closer together.

That side's a little lower, so I have to raise that one up more.

Good and Solid.

Now they're about even height.

And I'll lay some logs across the top of them.

Kind of hard to find matching logs, so it's going to be a little uneven, but I'll be able to even it out with my bedding.

Pine boughs or on the grass, whatever I use.

It's getting chilly, so I'm going to get a fire going and build the rest of the shelter later.

With some kindling.

To use fat wood.

I like to split it.

Burns a lot better that way.

Ill just process this.

Takes a spark.

Break up those fibers.

Put my fat wood on there.

I light a piece so you can see what it burns like.

Burns like a little candle.

You see, the smoke is black.

Because it's the resin burning.

I had to take a little break.

Charge my batteries.

Batteries don't last very long in these temperatures.

I'll go cut those bigger logs and add them to the fire later.

But for.

Right now, I just wanted to get a really good hot, blazing fire going.

Just a warm up.

So as soon as that sun went down, it got cold.

Temperatures dropping fast.

Not here though.

It's nice and warm by this fire.

Warming up my water bottle.

Water starting to freeze.

I guess I'll start working on my bed again.

Looks good to me.

Now for my ridge pole.

So I'm just going to tie an overhand knot at the end of this line.

Just like so.

Take that around the tree and I'll tie an overhand knot around this section.

Tighten that down.

Ill just cinch it.

These two knots will jam against each other.

Get nice and tight.

Now I just have to tie a stopper knot.

Right here with another overhand knot.

And just move that down against the other ones.

Now that's solid.

Wont go anywhere.

It's looking good so far.

It's not too many pine boughs left over there, so I might have to start using some debris from the ground.

Lots of pine needles on the ground.

That's what I'm going to use.

I'll just start throwing that on there.

Filling in all the gaps.

If there is enough snow on the ground, I would just do this with snow.

But not enough to insulate the shelter with.

On the sides, I'm just going to pack in with some grass.

Some out of time boughs.

Yeah, it's nice and cozy already.

Test this out.

I like it.

It's warm.

I brought some rocks over.

Put them against the fire.

Those are going to heat up.

I might put them under my bed later on.

I always got to remember to stay hydrated.

When this runs out.

I'll melt snow.

Seems to be holding the heat pretty well.

I'm happy with it.

And as long as I keep moving, I stay warm.

But as soon as I lay down for the night, I'm going to cool down fast.

That's why I'm going to need a fire that lasts all night long.

And the shelter will retain some heat.

It is getting chilly.

Let's see what the meat thermometer says.

8 or 9.

Sounds about right.

So I'm going to go over to that fallen tree that I found earlier and start cutting logs.

That's going to be for my all night fire.

There it is.

I need 5 or 6 logs off of this.

This is one log I can use.

The one I cut earlier, I make the other one about the same length.

About 3 feet or so.

This is black cherry.

Smells so good.

It's going to smell really good.

Burning too.

Go get the rest of them.

I'm going to put this big log down first.

And then.

I'll lay these logs on top of it.

All the logs are touching where the fire is.

They're slanted up and fanned out so the fire can't really travel down them.

Obviously, I just have to make sure my grass doesn't catch on fire.

I want the fire to keep me warm tonight, but not that warm.

I usually make the fire about one step away from the bed.

Always works out good that way.

So clean this up a little bit.

Not bad.

This is called the Siberian log fire.

It's nice and warm in here.

Or at least a lot warmer than it is out there.

So this fire should burn for the rest of the night.

I'll have to do a little maintenance to it, but probably not much.

All I really have to do is push the logs forward as the ends burn.

That cherry smells good.

I'm tired.

That was a lot of work.

Grass bed‘s.

Pretty comfy.

These logs are perfect, too.

They're nice and dry.

Nice and seasoned.

Sitting out in that sun, it's burning great.

Let's get the blanket.

Slay this down over the grass.

Another layer of insulation for me.

I feel like a mouse burrowing in here.

I'm getting hungry.

Time for some pepper Jack smoked sausages.

I've been looking forward to these all day.

These boots don't breathe at all, so feet tend to get sweaty.

Im gonna take my old socks off, dry them out, put my new dry ones on.

Definitely don't want to have wet feet in these temperatures.

I got my nice thick wool socks ready to go.

Much better.

Hot dogs about done.

Beautiful.

That's good.

I might eat that whole pack.

Just the perfect amount of spice.

Not too much.

Not too little.

To rest of tonight.

Mainly clear.

Very cold.

We're steady.

Temperature around ten above.

Light and variable wind becoming southeast around five miles an hour.

Last one.

My stomach might be a little messed up after this, but it was worth it.

My water's frozen.

Yes, I got to thaw that out.

I'm going to slide these rocks under my bed.

They're nice and hot, so that heat will radiate up through my bed.

Keep me nice and warm.

And these rocks will retain heat for a long time.

Few hours at least.

And move these logs forward a little bit.

Gathered some snow.

I'm going to melt it.

It's about four degrees colder than it was supposed to get.

Snow's melted.

I'll let that boil for a little bit.

I'll let that cool down.

That'll be my water in the morning.

Well.

I'm tired.

It's getting late.

I'm going to go to bed.

Good night.

See you guys tomorrow.

Morning.

I survived the night.

All the fire lasted all night.

I had to fix it a couple times overnight.

The bottom log burned out a lot faster than I expected, but it kept me warm all night.

I didn't sleep real good.

As you could probably imagine.

The only thing that really got cold on me were my toes.

So I kept having to grab some rocks off the fire.

Let them cool down a little bit.

Then I put them next to my toes under the blanket, and that warmed them up real quick.

Got down to about three degrees last night.

It was cold.

It's time to cook a lamb rack.

We're going to add a little sea salt to this.

Suns warming it up a little bit out here.

It's reading about ten degrees.

When I was a kid, I was a very picky eater, Theres not much I would eat.

One of the things I would eat was lamb.

Not sure why I didn't like much else, but I did like lamb.

I haven't had it in a while.

My wife got me some, so we're going to cook it.

Give that a flip.

Get some coffee brewing.

So that is smelling good.

Lamb's about done.

I'll let that rest for a little bit.

Look at that.

Looks like the Ravens want some.

I don't want to share.

It's my lamb.

Very good.

Well, I'm going to pack everything up and get out of here.

Put the fire out.

Take the shelter down.

And I'll just follow my tracks out of here.

Well, thanks for watching.

Hope you guys enjoyed the video.

I'm going to be making more videos like this, so join me in my next one.

Let's crank that heat up.