Winter Wilderness Survival (circa 1750) Part 1 | Primitive Shelter | Bush Craft | Foraging | Pioneer

Peter decides to challenge himself to surviving alone in the winter wilderness for one week, without taking any provisions. Portraying a settler from the 18'th century, he employs only what they would have had available. He selects a site and proceeds to build a primitive shelter with the materials at hand and his two oil cloth tarps. He constructs a dry laid stone fireplace, lighting his fire using flint and steel, and catching the spark with char cloth. He forages for wild edibles, but this proves much more challenging in the winter than in the spring, summer or fall. He is successful in finding wild grapes and ghost apples and he does manage to harvest the occasional squirrel with his flintlock, .62 calliper, smooth bore musket. His shelter is cosy as he listens to the coyotes howl in the night.

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Featuring - Peter Kelly
Cinematography - Catherine Wolfe
Producer & Editor - Shane Kelly

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