Tree Bark as Insulation

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When the ground is cold it's imperative to insulate from it. Chunks of tree bark can make quick work of it as all or part of a sleeping mat, or a mat to stand on on the ice. Video by http://wildernessinnovation.com

Tags: Thermal Insulation,sleeping pad,ground mat,snow,ice,sleeping,winter,survival,training,gear,Cold,perry peacock

Video Transcription

I found me tell me a big piece of bark off a pine tree up there that falling down the start peeling off the sites like thought I'd bring it down here hey perry peacock care with wilderness innovation a little quick tip for you today you know you get to get on the cold ground or snow or ice or whatever it can be kind of chilly on you and there's a lot of time to use the pine boughs and stuff like that and insulate from the cold but another thing that can be done is bark like this you know you sack this stuff up several inches three or four inches thick I can make a pretty good difference on you I've been sitting on this one piece for a good while and I'm really not really haven't been feeling the ice through it it's kind of the same thing that we used to do with the Boy Scouts for kind of a cheap inexpensive way for a sleeping pad is taking cardboard from cardboard boxes and cut it and then stack it up and then the boy sleep on top of that same kind of deal this bark here is pretty loose and porous and provides a pretty good insulation so that's something out in the out in the wilds besides pine boughs and dry grass and twigs and different things like that another option you can use to get yourself up off the cold from the snow and the ice make me a little floor mat now there we are I'm not standing right on the ice so done so as that right here that you make a little bit of difference alright this fish is coming along nicely so I perry peacock with a little bit of a quick tip for you today have a great day and we'll talk to you later on another video take care you