All joking aside, these sorts of temps shouldn't be taken lightly. Got a bit blasé this morning. Left nice warm tipi to shovel a bit of snow and didn't bother with gloves as it was only a few minutes work and shovelling keeps you warm. Within three minutes my hands were so cold I couldn't undo a zip. Back into tent to thaw them out. A salutory reminder about the speed with which extremities can be affected. Frostbite was probably only a few minutes away.
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12" in the village, 60" - 84" up top. -12C at sunrise this AM. My garden is your garden. Don't mess with cold. Just don't.
You can pass the point of no return where you cannot (fool) make up the heat loss. I don't give a tweet about kit.
How many of you have passed an avalanche course? Got a Pieps? Got an Avalung? (you can rent those in my village.)
Understand the dangers of a tree-hole?
You can pass the point of no return where you cannot (fool) make up the heat loss. I don't give a tweet about kit.
How many of you have passed an avalanche course? Got a Pieps? Got an Avalung? (you can rent those in my village.)
Understand the dangers of a tree-hole?
jimbo75
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Andy, you are crazy! Im madly jealous though... hope you have some Hong Thong to keep your spirits up!
Appreciate the sentiment, Robson, but I'm in a Lappland forest near a lake, not up a mountain. No risk of avalanche here! Plenty of food, water, heat and warm gear with me in both the car and tipi, and being on my own i'm never more than a few hundred_yards from one or the other. An those that know me are well aware that excessive exercise of any sort is anathema to me!
The general point is well made though. Cold kills.
Surprised me as well! Before the trip I,d checked the min-max temps for the area, and was expecting -8 to -14c, and that's about what I'd been getting till yesterday when it dropped to -22 in town in a couple_of hours, and i'm guessing around -27 or more overnight at the tent. However my gear will cope easily down to -40 or so, so so far, so good!
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Ive been on the prowl for some 'egg crystals' used to sell them on amazon but cannot find them. These impromptu trips, look downright appealing now, as Ive got a 4wd LR Freelander 2 and snow tires.
I just never imaged you'd see those kind of low temps.
Keep posting. Looks great.
I just never imaged you'd see those kind of low temps.
Keep posting. Looks great.
Driving back to the forest last night, The headlights picked up millions of ice crystals on the road and trees, giving an impression of being surrounded by little fairy lights. Magical. Haven't seen it before, so imagine it had to do with the sudden temperature drop. Tried to get a picture of it, but no joy. Guess you had to be there!
Driving back to the forest last night, The headlights picked up millions of ice crystals on the road and trees, giving an impression of being surrounded by little fairy lights. Magical. Haven't seen it before, so imagine it had to do with the sudden temperature drop. Tried to get a picture of it, but no joy. Guess you had to be there!
Thank you!
The one I'm thinking of was in hikinginfinland.com a review of the fjellpulken x-country 130, exactly the same as mine.
