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Primitive Shelter: Thermal Mass Fire Pit

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walk around my wickiup a little bit just putting some rocks on the bottom my fire pit

I'll start in the middle he's armed enough so that way when I'm burning a fire the rocks will be radiating heat long after the flames are gone creates a thermal mass inside the bottom of the pit

put them on leftover we put it up again you know [Applause]

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what you got Bush Park yeah nice each season birchbark what was this underneath the top stuff from earlier Oh familiar that's cool drop down

in the middle on top just gonna just give it a minute to build up its internal heat from that dry it out running in the new wiki pit nice little stones on you I'm gonna get really hot I'm sleeping in here and they spire don't last time I was in here was minus 2 Fahrenheit just laying in my sitting bag next to a little fire it was great I'm having stones under it now it's gonna reheat a long time after hours and it also insulates the embers the charcoal everything leftover don't only be sitting on the dirt that's sitting on stone and they'll keep each other hot longer

run it down a little more we head out just wanted to burn it in seizing her up a little bit huh no so those rocks know what they're for

cool man well this was a good day enjoy hanging out oh yeah like you can make it some good times had some rain hung out at the top burn to run on the fire and a wiki to season up the pit try it out a little bit yeah that's your dad though it's pretty you dry in here yeah almost part not you Beth

the top of the roof is kind of missing so it's a little damp it's settled after the snow melted never pack up head out of here and they said what they can [Music]

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NativeSurvival

NativeSurvival

Mitch is a Wilderness Living Skills Instructor, he has been featured on The History Channel's program "ALONE" and written articles for Outdoor Magazines; he owns and operates The Native Survival School which provides woodland living and survival classes, as well as offering quality outdoor gear he's designed. Defintely, he is a master at bushcraft's techniques.

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