Survival
His name is Michel Blomgren and his greatest interest is survival in the wilderness and primitive, but comfortable, outdoor life.
He has earlier shared his outdoor experiences and experiments through photographs and stories.
This engagement has now resulted in the making of a short movie series about survival with a documentary touch.
Episode 1 – Five Points Survival
I illustrate a person who get lost and at the same time go through my 5 points. The episode deals with immobilizing fear, our need for warmth & water, spruce roots as string, fire with fire steel, tinder, feather sticks & fire wood, spruce bows as a bed and smoke signal.
Episode 2 – Starvation
If it’s something I maintain to that one can do without in a typical survival situation (shorter than a couple of weeks), it’s food. In this episode I get out in nature to starve for one day while I also present my gear in (too much) detail. I also brought a blood glucose meter to measure my blood sugar level. It’s revealed that spruce needle tea contains some amount of sugar (although small).
Episode 3 – Quest For The Stone
A short episode about fire making with a carbon steel knife, quartz and charred cloth. The episode also demonstrates how to boil water or cook food without a pot. The speech is now in English (or Swenglish rather).
Episode 4 – In The Cold of The Night
No shelter, no sleeping bag, no food, just a multitool, a traditional fire making kit, and some spare clothing… in other words: an ordinary weekend after work.
Episode 5 – Survival and Abseiling
Me and Johan Forsberg from Nordic Bushcraft starve in the forest during a weekend while attempting to move cross the terrain and abseil/rappel down mountain cliffs. It was rainy and Johan didn’t bring a sleeping bag or a proper shelter. We brought very little food, but I still enjoyed the comfort of a bivybag, a sleeping bag, and a sleeping mat which made the night comfortable. (Excerpt from bushcraft.se)
You might want to note, that this is NOT in English.
Or, see if there’s a version with subtitles.
THX
I can assure you that all episodes are in English. Episode 1,2 and 5 are subtitled. Just press the “CC” button down-right on the player if you want English subtitles. Episodes 3 and 4 are spoken in English and there is no need for subtitles.
Lol, it’s swedish, subtitled though.
Episode 4. Interesting wording at the end. Totally agree with that, humanity within the modern city seems to act as if there is evolving but in reality the city life is blind, it is not in harmony with nature and will eventually collapse if harmony is not restored.
Great vids, well presented. Simple straight to the point and easy to understand. If the video quality was better these videos would be more appealing but for a one man job, very good indeed.
Great Effort! Thanks!
Nice vids. Learned some useful stuff. Likeable film maker.
I disagree with his five points in his first video–that was certainly verified in his last video: perhaps the MOST important bit of survival gear is a good sleeping bag (certainly more important than first aid kit)! You CANNOT last long if you can’t sleep, and you cannot sleep if you can’t keep warm. FYI, there’s actually a “circuit” in your brain that signals to warm your feet before you fall asleep–and if your feet do not warm up, you cannot fall asleep.
steve – its advisable in such situations to wash your feet in cold water before you try and sleep, they almost feel like there burning as they warm up lol.
i do understand what your saying still :)
grate docs, very likeable film maker, very straight forward docu’s
thanks for the upload
Really meditative doc actually. Very cute survival interested guy.
Funkar alldeles utmärkt!;)
SURVIVAL 101
Bring along a Swedish-English dictionary. I will remember to always bring along a GPS locater and a stainless steel pot… the next time I decide to get lost in the woods.
Hey Man! Where’s the ZIPPO lighter. Screw the flint and steel ****…get serious this is Survival camping isn’t it? Spruce Tea anyone? (and where’s the closest McDonalds?)
this guy sounds like he swallowed a millitary survival guide and its given him verbal dioreaha!
but seriously, top 5 important items for a kit list are:
1- machette
2- striker/mag glass/lighter/tinder etc
3- basha and cords
4- hide tool
5- metal pot
the most important thing is a prior knowledge of your envirnment and of the food sources available and the possible weather conditions you may face.
a real survival junky would not be seen dead wearing man made fibres! wool,leather,cotton,feathers,silk and felt are more suitable/practical than the stuff they sell in amature camping stores, just try drying man made fibres on a fire when its below zero one sides frozen stiff and the other halfs on fire! . also the stuations in these docs are our natural environment and we VERY succesfuly have been living in it for thousands of years. if you don’t have the skills/knowledge to survive, equiptment won’t save you. just about the only thing this guy has right is the idea that ‘will to survive’ is of key importance. i think if it came down to it you might just about survive using his methods/kit, but theres a lot more that can go wrong and it encourages an unhealthy mentalty in relying on technology and/or a rescue team. over all i give these docs a fair 2/5. i can respect what the guys trying to do and the scenery is beautiful, but i’d class this more as light entertainment than a true survival doc.
thanks to vladko for making this site one of the best on the net, zed.
thanks to VLATKO for making this site one of the best on the net!
Thanks for the info and the clips. I am aware it is firstly for Swedish peple and it’s a ‘first aid survival’. I agree there are many more ways to learn how to survive in the wilderness, but I like this one too. As about not being in English, we have to forgive the world for not being of English speakers 100%. We are humbled by other smart nations.