365 Days How I Survival And Building Alone In A Rain Forest

Hello my name is jack i am from australia. Recently I did the challenge of survival and building alone in the forest using only rudimentary and available tools in nature. the whole process took a year, I have summarized it in 3 videos, please be patient to watch the whole video to know the process of me doing the challenge.

First, you need to prepare the tools to build vines taken from the forest cut into lengths of 1m arrange canes into a star shape note there needs to be an odd number of spokes using a long strip of cane start weaving over and under the spokes

If you run out of one strip just start weaving another in, after a few laps it will stay in when finished fold the top of spokes back into the previous coil Next need to make a water pitcher take clay from the stream bank forming a pinch pot coils added to build up walls

Lip formed by pressing top outwards Now need to make a fire to burn the pottery drilling holes in the baseboard with a stone blade carving a notch from the hole to let the hot wood powder (punk) to fall out

The base board is placed on the tinder with a stick separating them so more air can get to the punk the spindle is put in place and spun between the hands use speed, not force to avoid blisters stop when the punk smokes by itself

Gently blow the smoking to make it glow and ignite the tinder Dry the pot near the fire firing pot 6 hours later The pot is distorted in some places sharpen the stick to dig the ground digging soil from termite nests build a stove with earth Use a crossbar to make the oven door

Making a kiln grate from clay making a holes to let the flames through Burn inside for quick drying of the wall very strong fire After about 2 days of work, I am very hungry and need to replenish nutrients Insects are the easiest food to find in the rainforest

They often live in rotten logs so it is easy to find and catch them They look awful but they contain a lot of protein

The best way to prepare them is to wrap them with a layer of leaves, then cover them with a layer of earth and throw them into a pile of red hot coals. The temperature will cook slowly but still retain the nutrients Cook for about 40 minutes until the outer layer of soil cracks

One meal contains about 400 calories now need an ax to cut trees choose a stone that resembles an ax blade wetting a grind stone and grinding the axe head into shape cuting trees with axe making a stone chisel from mudstone carving mortise to haft stone head

A hot coal is used to burn out the mortise, fire hardening it in the process (prevents splitting) fitting the head tapering the handle Use a string to fix the outside to prevent cracking of the ax handle tree felling time reduced from 50 minutes to 10 minutes Chopping logs to make brick molds

Splitting wood with stone chisel carving tenons (a type of carpentry joint) the two ands of the mold carving mortises widen the mortise with hot coal assembling mold lashing with cane to hold it together make clay bricks , sprinkle a layer of ash on the bottom to prevent sticking setting out bricks to dry

I made about 300 bricks in 15 days Dry the bricks for about 10 days, then put them in the kiln Burn 30 bricks each time Burn bricks for about 2 days store a lot of firewood In the meantime, I’ll make a bigger jar 2 days leater

The brick is very hard and water resistant Brick is available now I need to make mortar build a small stove with fan system to burn at high temperature make clay pipe or “Tuyere” making a fan housing from clay cutting bark with a stone cutting bark with a stone

Assembling fan and rotor lashing together with strip of bark fiber carving another socket sealing with mud wooden stakes carving another socket lashing crossbar on with lawyer cane making cordage from bark fiber cord is attached to stick and looped aroud fan rotor rotor spins easier and faster now

Eucalyptus tree (any tree will do) collect fallen bark and leaves burning a lot of material for its ash fine white ash with nearly no chorcoal in it separate the coal from the ash adding water to ash mix retain the paste which contains the insoluble calcium hydroxide and calcium carbonate

compress into pellet make charcoal add charcoal to the smithy to increase the temperature heat the pellet to an orange heat the flames move through the pellets calcining them (he heat and oxygen converts the calium carbonate in the ash back to calcium oxide)

The pellets must glow red to orange to calcine (the hotter the better) 4 houre leater now, after calcining, the pellets are weaker and crush easily into a powder get sand at the bottom of the stream mix sand, cement and water Clear a flat land at the foot of the mountain

Digging the foundations for the hut (a 25cm deep/wide trnch around a 2 x 2 floor area) Build stone foundations to save bricks Moisten the nail so that the grout adheres better also, you should soak the bricks first to make the mortar stick better. dry bricks suck the moisture from the motar

Srcond layer, mortar on top of the first bricks and laying bricks on top foundation level is 3 bricks or 25 cm deep fitst layer done (i did about one layer a day, mixing the mortar as i needed it) a few weeks passed beacause i ran out of bricks and had to make more

Make an A-ladder to build the upper parts gable end walls were completed thusly build a bed and stove in the house build underfloor heating system covering with flat stones sealing with mud build Indoor stove chimney added at back to enhance draft chimney protected from rain by stone cutting purlins for the roof

20 purlins 2,75 m long The purlins simply sit on the gable ends with the force direct vertically down onto the wall, thus avoiding lateral forces that may push the wall outwards The purlins roll like wheels if unsecured. so they were mortared in place to prevent movement (broke a few tiles figuring this out)

The optimal roof angle is 30 degrees, steep enough for the tiles to shed rain but not enough for the tiles to slide off. weight and friction are enough to keep them on cutting notches folding along notches tying with cane fiber sprinkle wood ash on stone (prevents clay sticking)

Clay into tile frame tile left to dry drill a hole in the top of the tile tile removed from frame tiles stored in house out of rain tiles stacked into kiln firing begins The next day put the finished tiles in the house and then continue to bake more tiles

Make rope from the peel of a banana tree beat up Rinse with water and wring dry, then continue beating Repeat this about 4 times until the peel from the banana stem has become fibrous dry braid the strands into a rope

Thread the rope through the hole in the tile then tie the tile to the purlin making curved cap tiles paving the house with leftover bricks cut trees for the main door hewn into a square tree chisel the top of the column punch 2 holes in the column body for hinges

Make a manual drill grind the tile into a circle drilling a hole in it with a stone awl making stone drill bit splitting shaft lashing bit into shaft drilling hole in wood fitting disc onto shaft tying cord to notch

As the strings are pulled out wards, the spindle spins. when the strings are completely unraveled, the stones momentum wraps them back around the stick and the process is repeaed in the opposite direction Drill a hole to close the latch Secure the logs together with wooden dowels make wooden door hinges

Fit the door into the door frame make a mat tie each small bundle together to form a mat the bed is quite warm and comfortable My main food these days and bugs and insects, in addition, I have another nutritious dish, which is ant eggs.

Although the ant egg is quite difficult to eat, it provides me with protein and energy for about 2 days

It took me about 9 months to finish this house. Once I had a warm and safe place to live, I needed to create a permanent food source so that I could sustain life in the forest. To be continued