...like last year when it wasn't -31C (-43C windchill).
A subforum for sub zero? This is my kind of place! I hope I've got the right idea for this forum. If this better belongs elsewhere, perhaps a mod could move it for me?
But speaking of sub zero... It's been SO cold here in my part of Canada, that I've not been able (well, willing, really) to go out alone. And for me, that means I don't get out much. It's been so cold that the suspension on vehicles can break, and the shocks don't work so well. Things and people alike are hit hard, and animals, well, it's hard on them too. Birds only come to the feeder during highest sun (and don't even show up some days), and it's rare to see deer out and about at all. Nothing's moving out in the bush right now.
To cheer myself up, I'm hitting the forums a bit more than usual, and I thought I'd try to give something back. I hope you take a look at some past winter shots. I'll attempt to make it slightly more interesting by prattling on about some of the things I've learned about cold weather outings. Any questions are welcome.
Tripods are great in the winter when the earth is too frozen to plant sticks. Plus it's easier than freezing or balancing a stick to hang your pot from. (New pot initiation. Very impressed with it thus far.)
Discovering the parcel hook on my SAKenstein is great for cold hands touching hot pot bails.
Last year I tried this esbit type stove. It was too cold for these wee little tabs to heat my water, so I had to supplement with twigs. This year, I moved up to a firebox.
Before the firebox, I did make an IKEA hobo stove, and it worked OK (as did the old can trick), but wasn't exactly what I wanted.
Bad weather moving in on the Canadian prairies. Time to get home. (If, BTW, you were staying out on this day, and by the time this pic was taken you hadn't got your fire and shelter squared away, I'd say you'd be in for a very rough night, indeed.)
Skunks around here generally don't sleep on top of fence posts... unless they're um, well, dead. (I've NO idea how that got there...)
Heat the stick before you make bush bannock.
Fetch along lots of T paper and keep it high and dry! (My daughter's boots, BTW. Just sayin'.)
Thanks for looking. Hope it was MILDY interesting...
A subforum for sub zero? This is my kind of place! I hope I've got the right idea for this forum. If this better belongs elsewhere, perhaps a mod could move it for me?
But speaking of sub zero... It's been SO cold here in my part of Canada, that I've not been able (well, willing, really) to go out alone. And for me, that means I don't get out much. It's been so cold that the suspension on vehicles can break, and the shocks don't work so well. Things and people alike are hit hard, and animals, well, it's hard on them too. Birds only come to the feeder during highest sun (and don't even show up some days), and it's rare to see deer out and about at all. Nothing's moving out in the bush right now.
To cheer myself up, I'm hitting the forums a bit more than usual, and I thought I'd try to give something back. I hope you take a look at some past winter shots. I'll attempt to make it slightly more interesting by prattling on about some of the things I've learned about cold weather outings. Any questions are welcome.
Tripods are great in the winter when the earth is too frozen to plant sticks. Plus it's easier than freezing or balancing a stick to hang your pot from. (New pot initiation. Very impressed with it thus far.)
Discovering the parcel hook on my SAKenstein is great for cold hands touching hot pot bails.
Last year I tried this esbit type stove. It was too cold for these wee little tabs to heat my water, so I had to supplement with twigs. This year, I moved up to a firebox.
Before the firebox, I did make an IKEA hobo stove, and it worked OK (as did the old can trick), but wasn't exactly what I wanted.
Bad weather moving in on the Canadian prairies. Time to get home. (If, BTW, you were staying out on this day, and by the time this pic was taken you hadn't got your fire and shelter squared away, I'd say you'd be in for a very rough night, indeed.)
Skunks around here generally don't sleep on top of fence posts... unless they're um, well, dead. (I've NO idea how that got there...)
Heat the stick before you make bush bannock.
Fetch along lots of T paper and keep it high and dry! (My daughter's boots, BTW. Just sayin'.)
Thanks for looking. Hope it was MILDY interesting...
