5 Days Bushcraft Trip - Fatwood Torch - Canvas Poncho Shelter

#bushcraft #camping #survival Out for some hiking and bushcraft in the remnants of summer. Autumn is here now finally and looking forward to winter. Interesting experience making a torch and actually trying to use it in the dark. As always you get things so wrong from how it is depicted in the movies. They are sensitive to wind. The vision you get is very limited and your night vision gets ruined. You see about 2 m in front of you which makes navigating or walking in a straight line absolutely impossible. I managed to cross a small peninsula in the dark down to the shore, mostly because I had an idea of the topography, getting some water and made my way back again. And recorded it as good as I could with two cameras....let me tell you it was not the easiest thing I've done. I think when navigating through a dark forest it's better to get used to the dark and just use your night vision. Because it's almost never pitch black outside. Around camp a torch is good though to find things on the ground, walk a short distance when nature calls or... why not fend off a blood thirsty pack of wolves! I lost my wooden spoon at the end there and that's why I had to improvise. Bummer. It was my favorite spoon. I think its beside a tree at camp one on my friends land and hopefully I can retrieve it later this fall. Thanks for watching!