Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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What if you lost everything and truly had to start over but there was no money, no Home Depot, nothing but the earth beneath your feet. Where would you start? What would you do? Could you utilize the natural resources of the land to support your long-term survival?

This is the first of a new series exploring this topic of "New Beginnings".

Learn my humble beginnings in my book: amazon.com/-/e/B0DD9ZJ519

My social media links:
Instagram @chadzuberofficial
Facebook @ChadZAdventure

Key moments:
00:00 Exploring the land
03:02 Finding location for shelter
04:57 Collecting building materials
09:02 Cutting with stone
12:26 Collecting yucca leaves
13:37 Building the frame
20:29 Finishing the frame
28:35 Making my bed for the night
30:54 The next morning
31:56 Looking for more materials
34:11 Drinking water
35:33 Testing out the palm leaves
36:36 Gathering more palm leaves
37:00 Wetting the leaves
38:31 Making a palm thatched roof
44:20 Finishing the roof

Music credit:
Drums of the Deep by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0