Survival Skills Firemaking in Snow, Part 1

PART 1 of 5 A complete series of videos by Nutnfancy and my friend chronicling firemaking in cold and snowy conditions using backpacking equipment only. The series shows the scenery, adventure, survival philosophy, gear ob...

PART 1 of 5 A complete series of videos by Nutnfancy and my friend
chronicling firemaking in cold and snowy conditions using
backpacking equipment only. The series shows the scenery, adventure,
survival philosophy, gear observations, our standard joking around,
and the good times with long time friend BuggetNuster (YouTube name)
and Allie the Mountain Dog. We hiked into the snowy and cold Rocky
Mountain bivouac location I had chosen earlier for my Wilderness
Lean-To series of videos. A few shelter mods are discussed and shown
but the focus of these vids is the making of the fire. I used few
edits in the video making because I needed to demonstrate the work
needed to create a sustainable fire in these conditions. I have
found no shortcuts in the wood preparation for wilderness fire
making. Several blades including the Ontario RTAK II, Ontario RAT-7,
and KaBar Heavy Bowie are used to strip limbs and baton the logs
into burnable pieces with the advantageous sharp edges. They
performed exceptionally well in the outing and withstood some real
tough use in 15