Episode 1: Building the Foundation

A full series on making an Earth Oven is in the works. By summer 2012 we hope to have all videos published. This will include making and using all aspects of an Earthen Oven, including all associated tools.

Note: This video is intended to be instructional, but if you really want to make your own earth oven, you owe it to yourself to pick up Kiko Denzer’s wonderful book:

Build Your Own Earth Oven: A Low-Cost Wood-Fired Mud Oven; Simple Sourdough Bread; Perfect Loaves

A complete winter crossing of Killarney Provincial Park from the SE to NW. Heavy snow and mild temperatures led to poor ice in the creeks and some heinous portages around open sections! Absolutely stunning scenery on this trip!

In our first season of operation, we had the honour and pleasure of getting to go on trip with Canadian guidebook author and canoeist extraordinaire Kevin Callan!

We’re producing one video from this trip, and Kevin has produced a pile of great ones (with more forthcoming)!  View them all below.  Also, check out the photos from this trip.

Note: the video above is a series of 6 shorter episodes. Use the links below to jump directly to an episode:

• 1: Introductions  & circumcision;
• 2: “Threading the Needle” & Portage fun;
• 3: Campsite setup & Special Commemoration;
• 4: Summit Day!
• 5: How to poop in the woods!
• 6: Base camp fun!

Radio Broadcasts Related to this Trip

Hey whaddya know, we’ve been mentioned on the CBC twice this year!  You can listen to both interviews with Kevin Callan below:

1. Kevin Callan talks about Snowshoeing and Winter Camping;
2. Kevin Callan on Sat Phone at the end of our Silver Peak trip;

Season 0: The “Pilot” episode for Lure of the North.  Fittingly we returned to the location of our first hot-tent trip!

Check out the full video, and find more information about this trip here.