If W&SS organized the winter olympics......

[Rotte]

I've been enjoying the Winter Olympics this year, but I was wondering what events we might have if we organized a W&SS Olympic games. Just for fun, what events would you include?

I had a couple of ideas:

1) Archery Biathalon: have to ski and navigate to a range, shoot game target in vitals, move out smartly, and navigate to next target set.

2) Iditarod: 1000 mile dog sled race, course not marked out, GPS not allowed. Athletes may eat dogs if necessary.

3) 100 Km Snowshoe Relay: 4 man/woman team race, navigation required

4) Fire Bow: Team or Individual event. Timed race to make a fire and boil billy can of water using only a Mora...and a billy can.

5) Snow cave: Could be individual, team, or even relay event. 'Athletes' would need to spend the night in the cave. Judged event. Points for comfort, structural integrity, and decorative carving.

6) Igloo. Same as above, but team/individual must build igloo.

7) Ice fishing: race to procure 2000Kcal of food. Parsley optional.

What else would we include?

 

[DPKnives]

a snowball fight, Icicle toss. An ice block cutting and hauling race. there is a couple for you rotte. Doug

 

[Bushman5]

a chop off!

 

[savagesicslayer]

Bushcraft knife sharpening.2 leagues.scandi and convex.

Rabbit prep and dining.

 

[Iboschi]

[youtube]Dma2iCqgQpU[/youtube]

 

[Bushman5]

tomahawk throwing!

 

[Iboschi]

Womens team:

 

[Munky88]

Debate; convincingly argue to a panel of judges that a busse is "worth it", that a bush-craft knife is infact a bush-craft knife, the merits of machete vs axe... in a desert, that it is necessary to carry a minimum of 3 knives at all times, and that Bear Grylls in infact a pretty cool guy with useful information. That wool and oiled cotton are clearly better than that heathen non-sense known as Gore-tex. The debates will take place with the debater submerged in a frozen lake.

 

[Bushman5]

Debate; convincingly argue to a panel of judges that a busse is "worth it", that a bush-craft knife is infact a bush-craft knife, the merits of machete vs axe... in a desert, that it is necessary to carry a minimum of 3 knives at all times, and that Bear Grylls in infact a pretty cool guy with useful information. That wool and oiled cotton are clearly better than that heathen non-sense known as Gore-tex. The debates will take place with the debater submerged in a frozen lake.

MUNKY88 for the GOLD Medal!!!!!!!! :thumbup:

 

[jeroboam]

Sounds like a cross between the Highland Games & Eskimo Olympics!

J

 

[fujita yuji]

Ice water swimming

 

[DPKnives]

How about Ice jam clearing. Doug

 

[Rotte]

Ice water swimming

I'd expand on the idea: "Athletes" are dropped through the ice of a pond or lake and then must effect a self-rescue. Timed event. Finish line is dry land with hot chocolate available. Finnish line is dry land with schnapps available.

 

[mymindisamob]

Debate; convincingly argue to a panel of judges that a busse is "worth it", that a bush-craft knife is infact a bush-craft knife, the merits of machete vs axe... in a desert, that it is necessary to carry a minimum of 3 knives at all times, and that Bear Grylls in infact a pretty cool guy with useful information. That wool and oiled cotton are clearly better than that heathen non-sense known as Gore-tex. The debates will take place with the debater submerged in a frozen lake.

ROTFLMAO!:thumbup:

 

[Bushman5]

along the lines of fujita yuji & Rottes post, throw a person into ice cold waters, full submersion, with clothes and pack on. They must get out, get out of their wet clothes and into dry, and light a fire using a firesteel.