That's so amazing to hear, thank you! Knowing people are enjoying the videos gives me fuel to keep going.

So glad you enjoyed it, and good luck in your own adventure!

I followed that entire series, the guy is a rock star. It had me think about styrocrete for my building, but in the end, I decided that would be prohibitively difficult in the woods with no central power source.

giving up on aircrete info kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hc2WZct6x9Xddn0.html

I'm a big fan of the word and concept myself, happy to get it out there ;)

Two years in and I've just barely carved out the basics, it's a lot of work as I'm sure you know. Good luck on your journey!

People seem to forget their differences when survival is on the line. Given that, why would humans want to distance themselves from so completely from what it takes to survive? How comfort and convenience benefits us is easy to see -- what it costs us, less so.

Translation: 3:36 You are the first to build a gothic survival arch with such a Philosophy. In 1965, I lit the stove and carried buckets from the well. Composting and powder/filled toilets are more familiar to me than the “conveniences of civilization.” I can't claim to be the first, because I used plans from bow-roof-shed.com ;) However, there aren't many KZfaq videos showing the construction, that's for sure. Sounds like you know how to survive without modern conveniences -- kudos!

Not sure how that would have worked given I was by myself. How exactly would the top beam go up in that case?

bow-roof-shed.com

I largely followed the plans available at bow-roof-shed.com -- very helpful!

I assembled them from common lumber. You can see the assembly process in Episode 32.

I write and record my own music for the videos. That piece at 7 minutes is one of the more unusual ones I've written. It's a Kala Ubass, finger snaps, and thigh slaps.

It really wasn't dangerous for me personally, but it *definitely* could have damaged my frame if it didn't work! I can't quite picture what you are suggesting as an alternative, perhaps a link to a picture?

@@lifetolive_one My concern was the frame slipping from your pole and landing on you, which can be very bad in a rural location. Here is a youtube video of a basic tripod plus block and tackle aka a chain hoist. I have seen people use a small tripod to lift larger logs and then even larger logs to make hoists tall enough to build 3 story structures. If you have more than one you can easily place heavy beams horizontally, or place heavy timbers vertically to use as columns, or lift heavy & awkward items to roof level. When you investigate how they are used, make sure to see how tripod legs are chained together so that the tripod can be "walked" into position. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/meBllslzzqubnZc.html Either way I like your videos and do not mean to discourage you, since I think that you've done well.

I did have the frame screwed to that vertical piece via a hinge. Man, the way that tripod was slipping in that example video, I'm not sure it would be safer! In any case, cool idea, which I definitely hadn't thought of, thanks for bringing it to my attention. I'm sure there's plenty of things I'm doing wrong on my adventure :)

@@lifetolive_one A correctly set up tripod has legs that are chained together and does not move. Also I don't think that you are doing anything wrong - it is just that I have also done a lot of construction in remote areas and know that when you are all alone someplace far away, sometimes something mundane like something falling on your foot or falling off a ladder can virtually cripple you for several years because help is far away or hard to call. Anyway I did not mean to lecture, and am sure that you have good judgment. Good luck with the rest of the build :)

Oh no worries, I'm glad you wrote, I love learning new ways to make things work out here!