2 Years Alone Building A Log Cabin like our Forefathers

Erik Grankvist March 18, 2022
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Sometimes we hear a call from nature. When I was 18 years old I ventured out alone with only a backpack full of simple hand tools to actualize my dream. Build my own traditional off grid log cabin by hand from the materials of the Swedish wilderness. Just like our ancestors. I had no previous experience in building, gathering materials or filming. So I started studying myself the old arts and learning from my grandfather. I began to cut down trees and film with my phone, learning as I go. My project started full time once I graduated high school in summer 2019. I film everything myself and edit these videos so you can follow my journey and hopefully learn as I do. Enjoy! Subscribe to follow my journey. My own hand made products: https://www.grankvist-outdoors.com/ My exclusive Youtube membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxByVUuLdxxiqQVmbOnDEzw/join Instagram: @erikgrankvist_ Business contact: [email protected]

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After building the log cabin alone in the forest for over a year, I now embark the next years challenges. Last year I ventured out, found a suitable spot, chopped down and dragged the necessary trees and shaped them into a four wall log cabin. You can see this in my "One Year Alone in Forest of Sweden | Building Log Cabin like our Forefathers" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBX5qh09OIE&ab_channel=ErikGrankvist This year I build the log structure for the roof, lay the complete roof and floor, build an underground root cellar under the log cabin for food storage and prepping and much more. I am now 21 and have built this log cabin from the materials i could find in my own forest in Sweden with only the simple hand tools I could carry in my backpack. Just like our Forefathers did. I had no previous experience in building, gathering materials or even filming. So I started studying the old arts myself and learning from my grandfather and mentor Åke Nilsson. I filmed everything myself using a tripod and edited this video so you can follow my journey and hopefully learn as I do. There is still a lot of work left to actualize my dream. To become self-reliant. For example I want to start a full out garden so I can live out here only reliant on that and the forest. Big goal and a lot of work. So if you are interested in my journey then definitely subscribe to the channel. The clothes I am wearing is from Revolution Race a Swedish brand. These clothes I use on a daily basis while I am working, hunting and so on. I have now partnered up with Revolution Race and received a discount code, that you can also use to get 15% off: GRANKVIST15 This is their website: https://bit.ly/Grankvist-RVRC _____________________________ From Forest To Log Cabin: (0:00) Where Is The Door?: (1:39) Log Cabin Roof Structure Using Only Logs: (2:44) Fitting Inner Roof Into Log Cabin: (7:18) Chopping Down The Logs To Fit The Roof: (9:22) Overnighting A Snowstorm: (10:41) Need To Take A Bath: (12:20) Finishing The Wooden Roof: (13:37) Taking A Ski Trip To A Sauna: (17:07) Making A Trail Through The Woods Using The Woodchips From Log Cabin: (20:15) Digging For Something?: (21:09) Burning The Barge Boards For Preservation: (23:16) Need To Clean Up: (28:18) Splitting Stones: (29:35) Cleaning The Walls In The Log Cabin, Nice Finish: (34:17) Vorsteh Puppy: (35:57) Collecting Birch Bark For Log Cabin Roof: (41:48) Reusing Abandoned Old Clay Tiles: (49:17) Just Living: (58:51) What Is This Going To Be?: (1:06:16) A RootCellar?: (1:14:25) Floor In Log Cabin: (1:20:38) Hunting Trip: (1:30:17) Secret Hatch Under The Log Cabin: (1:36:10) Crafting A Ladder Down The Root Cellar: (1:38:52) Bushcraft Shelf From A Log Using Only Axe: (1:42:26) Gathering Food For Root Cellar Under Log Cabin: (1:56:18) Celebratory Moose Meal!!: (2:00:35)

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