I was digging around my photobucket, trying to find a pic of a fish we cooked on a snow shovel, and rediscoverd a lot of great pics. just thought i'd bung em up, perhapse you might find them useful.The course was in the mountains between Fagerness and Gol.if you have any questions please fire away.
These shelter were made buy cutting the tree down around shoulder height then building up the walls with branches and then snow about two foot up the side. to give you a tear drop shape inside, with a fire at the door they are very comfy.
this one was a bit more of a substantial build, the reflector and fire are off to one side as it's the only way in and out.
looking up the spine of the felled top, note the upper most brances are removed to lower the profile.
here's the thatched back of a snow grave, with a bivibag a issue synth bag quite warm, you'll see the sleeping shelve about a two and half feet from the floor, so as to have an effective cold sink.
Tents, personally the coldest nights out were spent in the tents.
check out the admin, full packs and ski's for the first time is a fun day!! funily it's a lot easyer to do at night?
getting ready for a bit of skioring.
check me right hand side second back, white rim gogs looking cool as.
these were two man shelter made in the same way as the large tree shelters, but a bit more tacticle, no fire out side, just primus inside.
this was an instructors build, lookin good.
Ahem!
signalling tequniques, using a smoke grenade tied to the end of a stick at an angle to allow you to point the base directly into your prepared elevated signal fire, not only lighting it but giving it a colored thermal punch to get through a tree canopy if you had to sight it under cover(you can use the same style in the jungle)
off for an over nighter with limited kit, note the BV tracks and the poop snow shoes,ok in a pinch.
Stunning, can you guess what we are sleeping tonight, the circle of skis might give a clue.
getting bigger!
YAY QUINZI!just pile up the snow and compress it down, utill head height push stick in (20-30cm long) then hollow out the middle untill you see the sticks on the inside, nice a warm, about -2>0oc , they do compress over night and ou tend to wake up with you nose touhing the cealling.
thats me second from the right of the whites.about to get very cold indeed, the water's not the coldest bit,it'sthe running to the heated tent to get changed.
the biggest snow man I've ever seen.
why we were there, check out Norwegian army guy, he gave us all loads of ullfrotte kit, what a star!
I've got loads of scenery pics, if you like to see, give maa a shout and i'll chuck em up.
hope you like these.
Southey.
These shelter were made buy cutting the tree down around shoulder height then building up the walls with branches and then snow about two foot up the side. to give you a tear drop shape inside, with a fire at the door they are very comfy.
this one was a bit more of a substantial build, the reflector and fire are off to one side as it's the only way in and out.
looking up the spine of the felled top, note the upper most brances are removed to lower the profile.
here's the thatched back of a snow grave, with a bivibag a issue synth bag quite warm, you'll see the sleeping shelve about a two and half feet from the floor, so as to have an effective cold sink.
Tents, personally the coldest nights out were spent in the tents.
check out the admin, full packs and ski's for the first time is a fun day!! funily it's a lot easyer to do at night?
getting ready for a bit of skioring.
check me right hand side second back, white rim gogs looking cool as.
these were two man shelter made in the same way as the large tree shelters, but a bit more tacticle, no fire out side, just primus inside.
this was an instructors build, lookin good.
Ahem!
signalling tequniques, using a smoke grenade tied to the end of a stick at an angle to allow you to point the base directly into your prepared elevated signal fire, not only lighting it but giving it a colored thermal punch to get through a tree canopy if you had to sight it under cover(you can use the same style in the jungle)
off for an over nighter with limited kit, note the BV tracks and the poop snow shoes,ok in a pinch.
Stunning, can you guess what we are sleeping tonight, the circle of skis might give a clue.
getting bigger!
YAY QUINZI!just pile up the snow and compress it down, utill head height push stick in (20-30cm long) then hollow out the middle untill you see the sticks on the inside, nice a warm, about -2>0oc , they do compress over night and ou tend to wake up with you nose touhing the cealling.
thats me second from the right of the whites.about to get very cold indeed, the water's not the coldest bit,it'sthe running to the heated tent to get changed.
the biggest snow man I've ever seen.
why we were there, check out Norwegian army guy, he gave us all loads of ullfrotte kit, what a star!
I've got loads of scenery pics, if you like to see, give maa a shout and i'll chuck em up.
hope you like these.
Southey.
