Who’s still watching in 2021? One of my fav channels. We love you Luke!

You may just be one of the most likable human beings I've come across on UKposts.

4 years later and I'm still watching this over and over. Absolutely brilliant content as always!

What's remarkable about this, is that Luke looks like a kid here and all grown up now. Not many men can add the muscle Luke has added in his forties. Those camp meals are doing him good! 🤜🏾

I was a Navy Hospital Corpsman with the 3rd Marine Division in Vietnam way back in 1969. I remember laying under my shelter half on the top of a mountain near the DMZ listening to Neil Armstrong on a little transistor radio as he stepped onto the surface of the moon. My next duty station was at the Marine Corps Air Station at Kaneohe, Hawaii. While there, a TV crew from the old Hawaii 5-O series came to our base to request some military "extras" for a scene being filmed at the airport in Honolulu. I volunteered and got to spend a day watching how the crew made the scene happen that I was in. I'm 67 years old now but I can go to Hulu any time I want and watch that old episode that I was in as a 25 year old kid. Hey, thanks for the video!

I went thru basic training in the US Army in the early 60's. The drill sergeants never touched us, but they got right in our faces and shouted. It was very intimidating (and effective) because they were all super in-shape and you knew you wouldn't do well at all in a physical conflict with them. The only pain they inflicted was through the pushups and laps you would have to do if/when you goofed up. That was a great fire you had! Thanks for the video.

I’m 80 and disabled and I do so enjoy your programmes:strength and honour

I've really been inspired by this amazingly detailed and highly enjoyable video. Such a friendly and pleasant experience. Living here in England we get all kinds of weather throughout the year that can come at very short notice. I'm 37 and have only ever camped during Summer, never winter. I've just promised myself next snowfall, i'm going camping. Thank you Luke for this awesome video.

Your a good man, thanks for the veteran shout out.

If I had a nickle for every time I have watched this video the past 4yrs.. Well I would have about Ehh $5 or so!! Great channel!!

I'm diggin' the opening music selection here in the beginning Luke! It's neat to see an episode from long ago. You are a great host then as you are now. This is another fun episode to watch no matter the year. Also appreciate the info you share with us!

Loving the military surplus theme. For me the most interesting videos. That said, sat here in the UK liking all your vids. Keep doing what you're doing it's top draw.

Watched the entire show, What I liked most was your great attitude and enthusiasm. I rarely watch a video this long. Great Job!

how do i get this guys attitude man hes the definition of optimistic which is important in survival and military situations also great video

I think your content is great ! God Bless ! Big MILITARY RESPECT !

Not only do your videos flow smoothly, but are also chocked full of very useful and informative tips and information. I thoroughly enjoy your easy going, positive attitude, and your love for the outdoors is refreshing and very apparent. Thank you for doing what you do and please keep up the outstanding videos rolling out!

I just found your channel and love this video. Thank you for taking us housebound types out camping with you. I miss camping and living outdoors.

Interesting to hear about your grandfather and his experiences of WW2... my two grandfathers had very different experiences during the war, my fathers father joined the British Army in April 1939, he was a member of the 8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry and fought the Germans in France in 1940 at Arras and then was evacuated at Dunkirk... he left the Durham Light Infantry to join a new unit called the Commando's in 1941, in 1943 was sent to the East to fight the Japanese, on the way his ship was attacked by Italian aircraft and then the entire flotilla was re-routed to fight the French on Madagascar, eventually he did get to India and fought the Japanese right thoughout Burma as part of 5 Commando... so he fought against (or at least was shot at) by every country Britain took on in WW2... my other grandfather was 12 in 1940, living in Tartu, Estonia. The Russians came to the town rounding up "volunteers" and whilst my grandfather was out hunting they tried to get his father and eldest brother to join the army, they refused, were put against a wall and shot dead. My grandfather and the few remaining young men of the town fled westwards. He joined the German army and worked as a translator (his mother was a teacher and taught various languages, including Russian and German), but he was sent to France in 1944 to be a translator where thousands of Russian prisoners worked on Hitlers Atlantic Wall defences against an Allied invasion. When the Allies landed he surrendered to the first American he saw, who shot him after taking his fathers watch and money. The American must have thought he'd killed him because he left him for dead but another American came along and they got a medic to look after him, eventually he was sent to England to get better and after a short time in a prisoner of war camp decided to stay in England.

Your enthusiasm is contagious. You always have a great time and clearly love the outdoors. Thanks, Amigo

Thanks for the video, enjoyed your review on the pack, bought one myself yesterday and impressed with all the room.

Ok concerning the tent. The 2 man tents we (USMC Infantry) used before were covered with a fly, and the poles ran under. When we would get out often in a rush in Afghanistan. When water or snow was puddled up on top it would soak us, our weapons, and gear. Which in -30 degrees would make for a very terrible excursion. We were in the Hindu Kush and Tora Bora mountains back in 04. To add some extra insulation plus some concealment (several green or tan tents sticking out like a turd in the snow is the enemy's best dream) so we shoveled snow up the sides to make a wind barrier. After the contractors got word of how bad those tents royally sucked, they changed the design. The exterior poles catches rain and diverts it off to the side of the tent. Unlike the old 2-person where all the rainwater fell off around the tent making puddles underneath even if we dug diversion lines around. And when it snows...the roof is covered and all the extra falls off the sides for better insulation and serves as concealment. I hope that helps clear things up. Great video! Sgt. USMC (Ret.)

thanks Luke for showing every one this video it was great. makes me wish I was young again. keep up the good work!

I'm newer to the channel and I'm enjoying this old video. I can see how much you have developed your site to the powerhouse it currently is. Very enjoyable and interesting. By the way, my Grandfather who served in the US Navy during both World War 1 and 2, had experienced two peacetime different vessels get shipwrecked within a 20 year span while he served as part of the enlisted crew. Imagine!

You my friend are a Madman love you videos brother, I am a lot older now and have never been winter camping but watching you has actually made me want to do it

Great video! I love being in the woods when it's snowing, it's almost magical. There's a very nice silence while it's snowing for some reason, I love it. Thank you for taking the time to share. Be well & stay safe.

Been watching lots of your videos brother and really enjoy them! Thanks for all the great tips and information you share. Really enjoy the overnight videos, I'm disabled and not able to go out and do them but enjoy the experience through your videos.

great spirits, good hearted dude, easy to tell you are a believer as well without you even saying it. Love it. Thanks for the great videos - would be great to hang with you out there and learn from you.

My brothers, friends and I experienced exactly this back in the early 80's while camping. We went to bed Saturday night with clear skies above and woke up Sunday morning with 8-10 inches of snow on the ground. We had no clue a storm was coming in, either. It's one of the best camping trips I've been on, and we still talk about it to this day. Thanks for reliving those memories for me.

This is a great introduction to a winter gear review. Loved it.

The amount of times he says I'll tell you what😂😂 love it

I was a SEER Instructor for the Air Force and it brings back a lot of memories watching the videos you do. Keep up the good work.

From one Virginia son to another I wanted to thank you for sharing. I am very familiar with the areas I have been able to determine the actual locations via your descriptions. SWVa is absolutely glorious and a true outdoorsman's paradise! Well done and thanks again! Looking forward to catching up with all your reviews as I just discovered your channel...

This is a great video, great speaker and good insight. Look forward to watching your other videos.

The satisfying crack of snapping old dry wood 😂

Really enjoyed the video - and how hard it was snowing. Your overnight trips in the snow are my favorite! So glad you know what you are doing to keep yourself safe.

Several years back when I was still very healthy in great shape as you are Luke, I remember I used to love sleeping out in tent in the snow,.. Just listening it come down and hit the tent. Sleeping getting all that cool fresh air. Becoming part of the woods, closer to nature etc,, I used to get as happy as you do.. So I definitely can relate Luke. Happy for you my friend... Stay Healthy Stay Safe, God Bless, Amen...

we have never met but I love your vid man, I was a Royal Marine, and I love the field too. thanks Man

Hi Luke love watching these military gear vids. Have you thought of doing a all British military gear camp and review?? Would be good to see that. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 cheers Josh

Thanks for the vids Luke love watching theese vids in theese messed up times hope you and your family are all well sir

Shared your joy - nothing like having a great campsite on you own property with a woodpile, a real decent fire pit and a nice place to sit. Just walk out the door with your food and gear and enjoy nature. From the number of hits you've gotten, I guess a lot of other folks enjoyed sitting around your campfire too! Thanks a lot for sharing this.

That polypropylene bag is an awesome find! I just ordered a couple of them for gathering firewood on the trail. Great video!

Hey Luke, 'food for thought", next time you eat an MRE, try cutting it long ways. it makes a nice little bowl out of the entree packet. Great video bro, Keep-em-comin!

I don't care how old this video is... It's my favorite! Can't tell you how many times I've watched it. My kids and I only use military surplus sleep system when we go outdoors! Thank you for your videos.

Love your passion for snow & outdoors

This is my favorite gear got mine for free, kinda I like how you present this video and improvise when you find something useful grab it and use it.

I like seeing the house in the background. That's where I would of slep. Lol

Big fan of your winter vids Luke, keep em coming

Thanks for the inspiration! I plan to do the same this winter

I want whatever you're on, dude. You are the happiest person I've ever seen who appears completely sober.

Great video, you contagiously made me yawn at 48:49 ! Can't wait to see more ! Bon courage !

I enjoy your enthusiasm for survival in the woods..I have done some cold winter camping in the snow and it was challenging and a lot of fun..With the right equipment it isn't very hard to do..I think it is more mentally challenging and that is what I enjoy..Great video and thank you..!!!

good video, I did some servival camping 2 yrs ago and my tent of choice was 2 shelter halfs. it was for me a test of my skill to see if i still had what it took to make it through the winter months.

This was my favorite overnight adventure!!

Wow I really enjoyed this review and video as a whole! I am new to camping and currently gathering the right gear for winter expeditions, so it is really nice to see such an in-depth guide as yours! And I just love your enthusiasm about just about everything you get your hands on, its great to watch someone who is truly enjoying what they do! :D I almost didn't believe I'd ever find someone who loves snow the same way as I do :) Man I'd be stoked to get out in conditions like this! Unfortunately I live in Denmark where winter consists mostly of rain, and without mountains, so I need to travel around in europe to get similar conditions, but that won't stop me from hunting that snow. It's like an addiction.. just worse ;) But yeah, great video and best of luck with future tours like this!

Love this video. Starting out in a beautiful dry camp and ending in a beautiful snow storm. I just wish you could have stayed another day.

Hey brother, thanks for the great video. It's packed with lots of good information to use. Another thing is you do the "practical application" part of it whereas I've seen other videos of guys showing off gear from their living room or garage. I appreciate all you've done. I'm a Marine vet of twenty years, grunt (0311 MOS), so I can totally appreciate your work...especially down to eating those MRE's.

Thx for sharing Unable to go out due to an arm infection. It’s hard living in the mountains and just looking out the window. Hope all is great. Cheers

Quick tip, put the MRE meal in the bag first then add water, It will keep you from burning your finger if the thermal reaction is too quick also you can shake the meal/bag to make sure the water hits the whole heating pad and lastly put the meal in backwards into the box gives it better seal, It may blow up the box so keep an eye on it, Semper Fi Good video TY

Great vid man. Been wanting to watch this one for a while now, but haven't had the time for an hour long video. Thanks for sharing!!

Wow, liked your stories. Hearing about your grandfather, makes me see why I live the way that I want to be remembered. Great video and count me as a new subscriber!

The MRE you chose is actually an 8 on the scale. You have to eat some of the more nasty ones first. Then the spaghetti is actually pretty good.

This was so entertaining. It is 3:00 AM now and I can't stop watching.

Wow, finally someone who isn't an armchair extreme weather camper actually in the field, amazing! Hats off to you, sir. Great vid!

Luke, I Watch your videos and reviews all the time and I love your enthusiasm and your knowledge of what you're showing in reviewing the overnight military camp out blizzard video was awesome you look like you were having so much fun I love doing the same thing just by myself it's so much fun it's challenging. I just wish I had more opportunities to get out there and enjoy the outdoors like you do but with kids family it's hard to make time for yourself to get away I love going camping in a survival mode if you will during the colder months and it's a it's a way to test your gear to try new set up's to see what works what doesn't always just make sure that I take plenty of equipment and shelter material so something doesn't work that I want to try i've always got back up great videos keep them coming, thanks

I enjoyed your video on military items. If you could in the future could you add links or access to your load out list of items.

Love your vids, mate. Keep up the great work. (Work??? What am I saying? You're clearly having a blast.)

Luke I love your outdoor adventures...always good to see you travelling light, somehow it makes my backpacks lighter :)

I came across your video and was amazed that your video stuck out like a sore thumb, why, because you teach as you go. I live in Oahu, Hi and we do not have snow and I find it very interesting. I love snow and find it just beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing and keep your great videos coming. Aloha

It needs to be winter! This will be my first full winter in the mountains of NC. :)

I didn't read all the comments so this might have been covered, but your tent seems to be missing the rain fly. Those seams would hold liquid water also.

I plan to teach my grands to build a simple shelter this spring. I am taking notes. Great viewing!

Still watching it after 7 years before sleeping, your videos are calming luke.

Don't throw away the spoon! They last forever! I've been using one for over 5 years!

Watched this twice now - great stuff!

I know it’s an old video but nothing better then watching a winter snow storm to get ur mind off the heat here in Georgia...looking forward to more winter videos

Very informative. Thank you for sharing your expertise.

Hey brother. Love the videos. Would you be able to do a gear review on the Eberlestock G4 operator? You do some of the best reviews and I'm not finding a lot reviews on then G4 operator

Really good... "Once a year go someplace you’ve never been before.”

Thanks for sharing this video with us.

I'm always looking for a better campfire configuration, and I really appreciated the simple elegance of yours. In a fire ring sort of a setup, I build 90 degree layers, flat, then start the fire on top of the pile that might be 5 to 6 layers deep. Requires very little attention (but it's hard to resist rearranging a fire...just because!). Thanks for the tip. And thanks for the upbeat and enthusiastic tone of the video. I too enjoy the colder weather, probably because all of my military experiences were in very hot places that I never wanted to visit to begin with... As far as the military experience...it's such an overwhelming and totally immersive experience, even if one's experience wasn't that bad. Lots of people react in lots of different ways, after millions have come home to have wonderful lives. Coming home front Vietnam, I soon found that there were precious few people that I could share the experience with, to sort of work it out, so like most people, it got buried. Took awhile, but I was able to have a full and happy life. But remember, for those who were difficult to deal with, like your grandfather (and I acknowledge that some may have thought that of me...), their prayers were answered for the most part, and they were able to come home and live into old age. I'm sorry your grandfather met a violent end, but we are the product of many factors that are not always in our control, and war tends to be all that and more, in spades. Thanks again for your upbeat enthusiasm...it really is nourishing for the soul!

MREs... Meals Refusing to Exit

Damn I live in Blacksburg I didn’t expect to hear that in the opening

Oh Luke that is funny about the tasters choice being in that pack. God bless you and have a safe trip.

hi this is Gary from UK England keep up with the good work IE camping it's brilliant to see different people going out doors .👍

Back in the 80s I was going thru Army Basic and during a run I was starting to lag behind. Not saying I was hit but I felt a boot kick my ass. I soon picked up the pace for fear what could be next. Looking back whoever did that was giving me the "boost" I needed to carry on lol.....

Thats a fantastic pack. Is it water resistant? Water proof? That was a genius fire technique, I gotta try that.

Just found your channel and subscribed great video also loved the shed/cabin video awesome. Thanks.

How incredibly interesting to see and listen ing to your voice love it!!

I've worked at Ameriqual making the MRE's here in my hometown of Evansville.

i like your videos, i always wanted to do camping but as i am in india i am unable to do it but i lov u subscribed your channel

Great vlog sir , brilliant. Thank you 🙏🏽

Finally getting to see some of my more favorite vlogs

I love military surplus I love'd your vid you have a new subscriber thank you for your helpful information! yours sincerely Nick

add about 60-70 pounds to that and thats the weight a average soldier carries awesome video by the way cheers

We live your videos and like you so much you are a calm , with carism person.

I honestly am not sure if you are ex military? You mentioned not being comfortable in camo? Either way, I respect the heck out of you for doing a military surplus load out. Few of these items I carried myself. Thank you for this. 👍

$200.00 for a pair of pants??? yeah thats not happening

Super vid so much enjoyed the content n easy explanations n fab stories. I too had all great uncles in WWII. They were mostly stateside. One killed in hedgrow of Normandy n one. Wrote memory of North Africa n visit to holy land. Thank for big snow n look forward to more. Stay safe n take care.

8 years ago. And I’m just watching this. I would have thought this was a month or 2 ago. Awesome videos man.

No one deserves that kind of death. That is horrible for someone to die that way I am sorry. No matter what you have done even if it were so bad you have to forgive them and pray for them.