are you still breathing if so and hopefully you still are then congratulations you've fulfilled the first priority of survival your next priority is maintaining your core body temperature and your clothing is your first line of defense for this so what's the simplest most useful item of clothing you can think of well for me it'd probably some sort of big blanket and my favorite big blanket is known as the great kilt or the belted blade perhaps the most iconic scottish garment and through centuries of its use it's become a symbol of highland culture and identity but beyond its interest and cultural significance the main thing that fascinates me is just how simple multifunctional and useful it is as an outdoor garment with many stories and legends of highland warriors and drovers surviving the harsh scottish environment with not much more than their faithful faily wars since starting my highlander survival series i've been testing out and experimenting with this mighty cloth on hikes and multi-day expeditions comparing these experiences with modern day survival knowledge and equipment has made me learn a lot about the second most important thing in this video i'll explore in depth what we can learn from the wildlife around us our ancestral cloth and how this applies to effective layering of clothing in general i'll discuss what the humble plate can teach us about simplicity multifunctionality and sustainability of resources finally i'll share all the ways i've found to use it and wear it so far and using high quality wool fabric made in the uk i'll have some fun testing out its thermal qualities and camouflage can you see me here so stay tuned so this video took a ton of work and research and it genuinely wouldn't have been possible without the support of the great courses plus and i actually believe in what they're offering after the will to keep going knowledge is the second most useful thing in life and the great courses plus offer a mass of backed up knowledge and one convenient subscription think of it like the netflix of learning is a subscription-based on-demand video learning service and through your subscription you get access to a massive library of over NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN video lectures about pretty much anything that interests you from science math history literature or even how to cook play chess or become a better photographer lessons are given by experts in the field from ivy league universities or organizations like national geographic and content is updated monthly some courses i personally found valuable are survival mentality the psychology of staying alive real zen for real life cooking across the ages and the meaning of life to name just a few my favorite thing is you can download the audio of these lectures on your phone so you can learn while driving or doing other things so you can try it out for free by going to URL_TOKEN forward slash fandabydozy or click the link in the description below get yourself some knowledge and also help keep the channel going cheers now onto the video hi folks tom from fandabydosi and URL_TOKEN thanks for tuning in so for those who are new to my channel i mainly make videos about bushcraft and wellness survival often from a historical perspective and one of my favorite things about this topic is it forces you to simplify life to its absolute basics and it's the practice of continually stripping away the fluff until you're left with the bare bones of what you actually need to survive in every experience i take a step back in time in terms of tools and equipment i learned something
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