Why You Wake Up Cold in a Hammock and How to Fix It
At Camp Wut Da Heck, with smoke drifting from the fire and Mississippi kites overhead, Chris dives into a lesson every hammock camper eventually learns. He recalls his first cold night in a hammock wh...
22 Sep 202528min
Setting Up Camp: Water Filtration, Sleeping Pad, and Dinner
In Part 3 of our Fundamental Friday series, This episode of Fundamental Friday takes you deeper into the camp setup process—moving from survival basics into evening comfort and cooking. You’ll see ste...
19 Sep 202512min
From Clogged Filters to Rainwater: Bushcraft Water Tips
Sometimes the best outdoor lessons come from the worst mistakes. In this episode, I share one of my earliest survival trips with my brother when everything went wrong. Our water filters clogged, we ha...
15 Sep 202534min
Scouting Camp, Collecting Water & Building a Lean-To (Step-by-Step)
In Part 2 of our Fundamental Friday series, we move from pack talk to practical fieldcraft. You’ll see how I:Use American beautyberry as a natural bug repellent and grab elevated pine straw for dry ti...
12 Sep 202518min
From Swiss Army to Custom Blades: A Knife Journey
Episode HighlightsHot day under the tarp at Camp Wut-Da-Heck and the focus on knivesChildhood memories with a Swiss Army knife and homemade haversacksKnife evolution: homemade bed-rail knife, Mora Gar...
8 Sep 202534min
Fire, Food, Shelter & More | Primitive Camping Gear Essentials
This episode kicks off a 4 week Fundamental Friday series by diving deep into my complete primitive camping loadout. You’ll see exactly what I pack, how I organize it, and the reasoning behind every i...
5 Sep 202514min
The Night My Lean To Faced the Storm
The sky was heavy with rain clouds as I sat by the fire at camp, listening to the treetops groan in the wind. That sound carried me back to a night on the river when I built a simple lean to shelter f...
1 Sep 202523min
Fundamental Friday Episode 2: Reviewing 2 Survival Kits for Bushcraft & Outdoors
This week on Fundamental Friday, we’re doing a hands-on comparison of two survival kits—the Entropy Survival Bag and the ESEE Survival Tin kit. From tourniquets and ferro rods to whistles, filters, an...
29 Aug 202521min
