4 Days Alone in Alaska - Bushcraft Camping & Foraging Food

Luke here on the Outdoor Boys YouTube channel and I'm deep in the heart of the Alaskan Wilderness and for the next four

days

I'll be building my shelters,

camping

, eating my dinner, exploring glaciers and having a great time. to be a great video well there goes my beautiful walk well I'm going to leave the kayak here and I'm going to look for a camp abroad the first thing I'm going to do is explore a little well there's a lot of wood it looks like coyote I've been walking up and down along this beach and I keep finding tons of these little skeletons that feel very light like they belong to a bird a little sea urchin that's the jaw of a fish look at all its teeth that's the top half of a beaver's jaw look at it I just found those are bear paw prints, I'm not sure what kind of bear it is but this is where I want to build my camp.

I walked about two miles back and forth along the beach looking for a spring or stream, found nothing. I have about four liters of water and that's enough for today and tomorrow, but probably not enough for four

days

, but now I have to focus on building a shelter. It's getting late, stranger. Thank you. Alright. I already have a camp set up and no. a moment too soon it's getting dark with the rocks behind the fire and the tarp behind me this is very hot which is good because it's cold outside I could see my breath I knew I would get to this place a little late so I packed up A fairly simple meal, I bought some cured salami and some smoked salmon and pilot bread.

I caught some silver salmon a couple of weeks ago and smoked them and then mixed the smoked salmon with brie, honey, walnuts and garlic for dessert I have chocolate covered macadamia nuts, I bought some blisters on the spot and there it's late and I have a lot to do tomorrow I'm going to set up the camera hopefully we won't have bears accompanying us tonight see you in the morning oh good morning it's cold outside oh that's beautiful oh before we light the fire and start preparing breakfast, I think I want to complete the ring of fire.

A pair of perfectly shaped stones, one of which shows promise. I wouldn't mind another one of those. I'm sitting here finishing breakfast and I can see a flock of seagulls diving for a baitfish right there, maybe I need to get the rod ready, I just checked my bait and hooked a carnivorous starfish, okay let's put it back, that's a eagle. feather which is from a young bald eagle, but surf fishing wasn't working out well and we have a few hours before high tide, so I'm going to walk back to the kayak to see if we can go kayak fishing while I .

Now I want to keep an eye out for a water source. I only have about a liter and a half of fresh water left, so I have to go get water abroad. I'll tell you what I was thinking. I wish I had one I hope there are no lies, we have the bald eagle up there, oh those are such a big bird, okay we have some water, oh that's brackish, there's definitely a good amount of salt water in that , so this here is a tide. The river changes direction depending on whether the tide is rising or falling, so I think I'll put my kayak on and take a walk out to the bay to see if we can catch some fish, stop and have lunch a little beforehand.

I get into the kayak movie covered handle we let the current take me down the river a little fish a little in the lagoon when the tide changes we will catch the current back I'm sure it's nice not to have a paddle but I'm hearing an ominous roaring noise in that direction, we have Some pretty serious breakers here, but if I go all out on this, I'm going to get hypothermia immediately. I mean, there's literally ice washing up on the beach. This water is so cold it hurts to put your hand in it, but. I've been sitting here for a few minutes and I haven't seen any breakers to the left, so I think that's the trick, oh, that was a lot crazier than I intended, yeah, I may not come back that way, oh, this iceberg. making crazy noises it sounds like they are being fried the ocean water is about 40 45 degrees and so it is substantially warmer than ice oh that's cool I want to see if I can catch a fish for dinner and usually the fishing is better when We are fishing under the cliffs instead of on the beach, thanks oh hi Liz, it's a little baby salmon.

Oh, I have the little baby. The silver will not fill me, but it will taste very good, we will keep it. Oh, look at this count. green and pretty seaweed Green oh here we go oh little seaweed grilling oh oh another kill Foreign Greenlee Ling is not horrible, but I like other fish better and I think I'm going to catch something which is what we want there let's look that black bass where there is one of those there is usually more oh oh we have a big one we have a good fish oh look at that I think this is a copper rockfish I'm going to go ahead and return it you can only keep one of those a day oh here we go oh another one black mass you allowed three of these a day but I'm not going to eat these two suckers I have enough

food

oh there we go oh look at that beauty what a feisty little fish Puffin swimming right next to me, there, another black sea bass that I could have limited, come on, another big black bass, well the fishing has been amazing.

I had dinner and lost count of how many fish I caught, but I'm thirsty. and the water is running out a lot. I need to find a source of drinking water. I am very happy to see this water, which is all the water we have left. This is the best water filtration system. It just pulls it out by gravity. I have four liters. of drinking water and three liters that I can filter later ah, it feels good to have water. I've been stressing about it, damn, some of those waves are popping up to six feet high.

I'm simply going to transport the kayak over this small spit of land. Here that way I can avoid all that madness there we go we're back on the river and we're moving quickly in the opposite direction we were a few hours ago man that current is breaking if I stayed on this river I'd do it would do. Take me to a lake full of icebergs and a huge glacier that is crumbling into the lake. I really want to go see it, but I'll have to wait until tomorrow. Well, that wasn't very good. Well, here we go, we have dinner and we survive.

Tell him it was a little cold last night and it's supposed to get even colder as the week goes on, so I'm going to turn off the stove. Oh, I think it's time to cook up some fish and some maple syrup. Here we go. I put it in the smoke but to get out of the heat I have some bread flour in these here walking miles on those rocks in these boots it's been killing my feet those are some beautiful steaks right there some smoked paprika bolete and mole here There we see, you have chicken and green mole, Hatch chiles and a lot of rock fish, a little sauce.

The rock fish is such a firm white meat, so good, oh it was good for dessert. I'm going to finish my bread with a little honey, I don't know what. It is, but there are some things better than warm bread and honey, ah, that was good, oh, I'll see you in the morning, good morning, putting up this stove last night was the best idea I've ever had, oh, that's such a warm idea Oh, pancakes are hard to make. Beat I guess technically this is breakfast in bed. Okay, the foreigner is done, it's small but okay, well, despite the weather, I really want to go see that glacier.

This is the footprint of the bald eagle. Check out the size comparison on my hand, from one Talon to the next. another one that's probably eight inches, oh damn, I missed the tide, it's going the wrong direction, maybe I can stand up against the current, we'll see in the middle of the river, the current is moving faster than I can paddle, but Maybe if I follow the sides I can sneak up the river Oh, my hands are so cold, okay, look at that eagle, a bunch of pink salmon right there, look at that, I think I made it to the lake that feeds the river, now it's hard to see with all this fog, but there's a huge glacier falling into this lake somewhere out there.

I just have to see if I can find a way to get through all this ice. Oh, that will be polished. I must be careful when passing between these icebergs. Some of them weigh more than the buildings and as the tide goes up and down, they will change and move, this clear water can disappear or worse yet, you can get crushed between two big icebergs, okay, this place is full of seals and sea ​​otters. I've seen about 20 of them. this sheet of ice goes on forever the ice comes from the bottom of the glacier it's super compressed and has that really cold blue color the fog lifted and I can see the face of the glacier the tide changes in about an hour and a half and it goes away I'm missing three hours to get here, so I'd better go back abroad.

I know I'm hungry when I fill it with a double fist. That kayak exhausted me. It was about five hours. Thank you. Well, it's almost time for dinner and I have some bread. There was dough left over so I think I'm going to make a Bushcraft bread oven, we have the oven full of wood, the dough rose in the pot, okay just stick it here and let it sit there, come on oh is there anything better than warm fresh bread yes, warm fresh bread with honey butter oh that was so good oh the crust is so crispy on this thing oh I'm getting so full my belly is full of warm bread and it's nice and cozy in here.

I'm going to take it easy. I'm sore after all that summer kayaking. I signed a number that he worked with in the description, although here we go, a nice little wooden spoon, well, I think I made a little mess here, it's been. a fun relaxing afternoon but i have to go to bed i have to get up early in the morning i will see you guys so oh good morning i have to hurry up and pack i hate packing in the rain all my gear is soaked and dirty now i just have to wait for a ride, look there are a bunch of seals out there trying to catch pink salmon, oh there's my boat, wait I don't need my shower for the month now they're doing it, well guys I hope you enjoyed this adventure if you want to see more

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