Solo Winter Bushcraft Trip - Old School Camping and Cooking - Sleeping in a Wool Blanket

#bushcraft #camping #survival #primitivetechnology This time I set out on a more primitive approach than usual. Can you be fed, warm, rested and comfortable, traveling the winter woodlands without a modern tent and sleeping bag? Without freeze dried meals etc. Im bringing the basic bushcraft tools as always and I try to live 19th century life in the woods. Wool blanket, and a rein-deer skin for sleeping. I was hoping for colder temps but managed to get through it. Just under freezing and then up over the melting point is the worst conditions when wild camping. The fire is called Nying. I have done them several times before and they worked great. But before it was colder outside. This log needed some extra preparations to work as a long fire. Some extra cutting away of damp material in the beginning. Still I had to feed it for an hour before it burned on its own. I took it where it was off the ground but it was a bit too moist. The positive thing is it smoldered and glowed giving just about the rig
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