How Did Mountain Men Survive At -40°F With No Modern Gear

Mountain Man, Survival, Wild West At forty degrees below zero, two mountain men lay down to sleep under nothing but a roof of fir boughs. No tent. No sleeping bag. No cabin. Just a wool blanket, a buffalo robe, a fire, and whatever they had eaten before dark. By morning, both of them were still alive. That was no accident. Every piece of that camp was a decision, and a man who got even one wrong could lose his toes before sunrise, or never see them again. The first decision of the night had nothing to do with blankets. Pay attention to this one, because a man who got it wrong could pile every robe he owned on top of himself and still lie shaking until dawn. In today's video, we look at How Did Mountain Men Survive At -40°F With No Modern Gear… Keep watching to see Mountain Man, Survival, Wild West Also check out:    • How Did Mountain Men Actually Sleep Throug...   #wildwest #mountainman #wintersurvival