Bedroll Under Your Backpack. Is it worth it? Survival Gear, Bushcraft Gear, Classic Camping

what is up everybody snowy day here in the appalachian mountains of pennsylvania great day to be out and i was at camp i had a little camp set up i ate a little bit and on my way out i started thinking one question that i get asked all the time is about my federal underneath my backpack and how do you protect the things in the bedroll and is this something that people should maybe think about utilizing so the first thing about that is yes this is definitely something that i would highly recommend people utilize the reason that i like this technique so much is that we have our main backpack the one that we carry all the time with us we don't have to unload it we have the gear that we love with us and we just add in extra sleep gear and that's all i really utilize this bottom roll for is sleep gear so i would highly recommend this now being able to attach this to the bottom um you can use big rings all right brass rings on the bottom of your backpack in my case i just use paracord i tied paracord from my backpack straps to my bed roll straps and it works great hangs underneath your backpack and you are golden but the more important question i get asked all the time is how do you keep your gear dry and protected when it's hanging underneath your backpack when i tell you you're gonna be like oh man that was like a no-brainer so as i stated already in the video what i hang off my backpack is my sleep gear okay so that could be a wool blanket um my tarp my gum blanket maybe my heavy socks for sleeping i don't worry about putting that stuff inside my pack so i utilize my tarp as the cover to protect all that stuff it covers me and protects me so why can't it protect my gear so what i would like to show now is because i'm already coming out of camp this stuff is already a mess okay this tarp was protecting me from the snow that was coming through a little bit earlier and um i had my blanket out i had it around me for a little bit and you can see that this thing is just it's all packed with snow and ice at this point but when i open this up everything's going to be nice and clean on the inside nice and dry for utilization in the future but my tarp who cares if it's wet it's going to protect me anyway next time i set it up and the snow comes again it's going to get wet again so we don't worry about that all too much okay now as i'm taking this off one important fact to understand is that when i'm carrying it it looks like this okay what's important is that that last fold and we're gonna do this somewhat in reverse here but the last fold of that blanket as i roll it up should be facing downward we never want to face it upward because that's going to catch snow rain sleet anything like that we want to make sure that that is always face downward that way anything wet is gonna beat off it and not get trapped in it okay so as we continue our unfolding here okay um i just rolled it up not really folded it more rolled but when we get towards the end all right of the tarp itself you're going to have the end with all these different layers okay and what we don't want to do is just roll this up and have those layers exposed before you get it totally finished and totally rolled up what you want to do is take that end and tuck it back in on itself okay and then finish the roll what that's going to do is give you two nice smooth edges facing downward once it's on your pack it's going to eliminate every little bit of anything getting up inside there and that's really important so i unfold that i roll this back and now i just open my tarp up and you can see that it is all protected okay so my blanket's in here it's nice and dry this section other than a couple little snow flurries that fell down while i was packing it up um is not in there okay my blanket itself is good to go another little thing that i always like to tell people is make sure that your bed rolls not too big compared to you and your backpack it just makes it a hassle tramping around the woods especially if you're going off trail or anything like that so make sure it's the right width and if we're doing this now in the reverse fashion of course i would take the inside of my tarp what i was looking at when i was under it that's the dry section we're gonna face that up and then the wet section is gonna be face down okay so we lay this in here really quickly like this and then all that i do is i start back here and i just begin to fold okay fold and roll i'm not worried if there's snow trapped in here if you're super worried about it well go ahead and dust it off but i know this thing's gonna hold up till i get to my next location again this front flap i'm just flipping back roll it up and now i bed roll is ready to go sides are protected perfect so listen putting the bed roll underneath your backpack with all your sleeping gear is definitely a viable option and it's something that you should maybe consider again i love the fact that i have my primary backpack with all the gear that i love to carry and i don't have to swap it out or switch it out which i have done in the past and it's fun and we all love gear but sometimes i just want to take my normal pack with me and this gives me that option to be able to do so so backpack bed rolls i'm going to give them two thumbs up love them so this is dan wallace with coal cracker bushcraft hope you enjoyed this video as always check us out at coldcrackerbushcraft.com and until the next video stay in the woods

Channel: Coalcracker Bushcraft

Views: 127,222

Rating: 4.9570694 out of 5

Keywords: Coalcracker Bushcraft, Dan Wowak, Appalachian Bushman School, Camping, Hiking, Survival, Bushcraft, Survival Skills, Bushcraft Skills, outdoorlifestyle, survivalinstructor

Id: 2c0j7znmfGo

Length: 5min 47sec (347 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 01 2021