5 basic apocalypse skills

Wilkołaak

The apocalypse won’t be fast or cinematic. It won’t reward flashy gear or fantasy thinking.  Real survival is slow, repetitive, and built on fundamentals.  This video breaks down 5 basic apocalypse skills that actually matter when systems fail: • knot tying • food procurement • water purification • hygiene & waste management • competence over equipment  These skills aren’t exciting — but they’re the ones that keep people alive.  This is the kind of practical, real-world instruction taught at Barefoot Bushcraft.  Learn more at barefootbushcraft.com  #barefootbushcraft #survivalskills #bushcraft #selfreliance #preparedness #outdoorlife #lifeskills

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00:00The movies lied to you.

00:02They told you the apocalypse would be a high-octane thrill ride of car chases,

00:06leather jackets, and shooting zombies in slow motion.

00:10Here's the disappointing reality.

00:12The apocalypse is just a camping trip that never ends,

00:15and everything is trying to give you diarrhea.

00:18While your neighbor is in his backyard practicing his katana swings and looking cool,

00:23he is going to starve to death in three weeks because he doesn't know how to boil water.

00:28Survival isn't about looking like an action hero.

00:30It's about being a glorified janitor for your own biological needs.

00:34If you want to survive the end of the world,

00:37stop buying tactical gear and start learning these five incredibly boring skills.

00:421. Knot tying

00:43I know, it sounds like something you learn in Scouts right before you get beaten up for being a nerd.

00:49But in a world without Home Depot, a knot is the only thing holding your life together.

00:54Literally.

00:54Duct tape runs out.

00:57Glue dries up.

00:59But a rope?

01:00A rope is reusable engineering.

01:02If you can't tie a taut line hitch, your shelter will collapse the first time the wind blows.

01:07If you can't tie a bowline, you can't haul gear up a cliff or secure a load to your back.

01:13A square knot is not enough.

01:16If your knowledge of knots ends at tying your shoes,

01:18you are going to have a very bad, very wet time.

01:22The person who knows five good knots can build a fortress out of tarps and sticks.

01:27The person who doesn't is just sleeping under a pile of wet garbage.

01:322. Fire starting without a lighter

01:34Lighters are great, I love them.

01:37But they are finite mechanical devices filled with limited fuel.

01:41Eventually the click won't produce a flame.

01:44And if your plan B is rubbing two sticks together and hoping for the best, you are going to freeze.

01:51Fire isn't just warmth.

01:52It's cooked food and sterilized water and morale.

01:56You need to learn the physics of friction fire, a bow drill, a ferrule rod, flint and steel.

02:03You need to know how to coax a flame out of damp tinder when it's raining sideways and your hands are numb.

02:10Fire is the difference between a cold night and hypothermia.

02:13It's the oldest technology we have and if you lose it, you're not a survivor.

02:18You're a popsicle.

02:203. The art of patching things

02:23In the old world, when your jacket got a hole in it, you threw it away.

02:27In the new world, a hole in your jacket is a whole breach.

02:31It lets the cold in.

02:33It lets the water in.

02:34Basic sewing isn't a hobby.

02:36It's field surgery for your gear.

02:38You need to know how to patch a tent, stitch a rip in your backpack and darn a sock.

02:44Yes, darning socks.

02:45If you walk 10 miles a day in socks with holes, you get blisters.

02:49Blisters get infected.

02:51And with no antibiotics, an infected foot means you stop moving.

02:55And in the apocalypse, if you stop moving, you become part of the landscape.

03:01Learn to use a needle.

03:034. The field butchery

03:04This is the gross one, sorry.

03:07But meat does not naturally occur in styrofoam trays wrapped in plastic.

03:12It occurs inside animals that are covered in fur, guts and bad attitudes.

03:18If you manage to trap a rabbit or catch a fish,

03:22do you know how to turn it into food without rupturing the intestines and poisoning the meat?

03:27Do you know how to skin it without ruining the hide?

03:30If you look at a dead squirrel and your first instinct is to vomit,

03:34you are going to have a rough diet.

03:37You need to get comfortable with the anatomy of dinner.

03:39It's messy, it smells and it's the only way you get protein.

03:435. Water purification

03:46Clear water is a liar.

03:48Just because a stream looks crystal clear doesn't mean it isn't full of microscopic parasites throwing a party.

03:55If you drink straight from the river, you are rolling the dice with dysentery, giardia and cholera.

04:01You need to know how to build a filtration system with sand and charcoal.

04:05You need to know exactly how long to boil water to kill the bugs.

04:10Rolling boiled for 3 minutes, more if you're at high altitude.

04:14You need to understand that water is the most dangerous thing you put in your body.

04:18Skills weigh nothing.

04:20You can carry them in your head forever.

04:23They can't be stolen, they don't break and they don't run out of batteries.

04:28While everyone else is looting TVs they can't plug in,

04:31you're the one sitting by a warm fire eating a cooked meal under a shelter that doesn't leak.

04:37That is what winning looks like.

04:38Thanks for watching.

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