Its -8 and Rick is Freezing his butt off now!

mtnfolk mike said:
man.. awesome pics Ken...:thumbup: looks like rick and his cousin had a great time...:) waaaay too cold for me..

Rick-- love that wool longhunter shirt man.. i have the same one.. i actually just ordered another one similar,but not as long and O.D. green with a hood, made by the same gal Teresa Asbell...
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Mike,

Link to where you're getting this shirt from please. I's still like to make an anorak like Rick posted last winter but........

Thanks,
Kirk
 
Stormstaff said:
Mike,

Link to where you're getting this shirt from please. I's still like to make an anorak like Rick posted last winter but........

Thanks,
Kirk
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sure thing Kirk.. these shirts are great... i have another coming soon.. i'm looking forward to checking it out...

here you go.. www.gfredasbell.com or www.shrewbows.com

her name is Teresa Asbell, she is the wife of well known trad. archer,bowyer,writer and bowhunter G.Fred.Asbell... she makes the ones for Ron Laclair of shew bows too...
 
mtnfolk mike said:
sure thing Kirk.. these shirts are great... i have another coming soon.. i'm looking forward to checking it out...

here you go.. www.gfredasbell.com or www.shrewbows.com

her name is Teresa Asbell, she is the wife of well known trad. archer,bowyer,writer and bowhunter G.Fred.Asbell... she makes the ones for Ron Laclair of shew bows too...
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Cool. Thanks! I may have to shoot them an email to see if they do any custom sizing. Sadly at the moment, XXL probably wouldn't fit me. :eek: :grumpy:

I'll poke around on there some more though.
 
I wonder if building a long fire during the day and getting a massive coal pit going and then, lift your TeePee over it. Would work well enough to keep your warm most of the night with out actually have a flame going.
Or bury two sets of coals and sleep over them?
 
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Marion David Poff said:
An interesting question. Of all the heat loss mechanisms, would the material of the tent cause any significant difference?[/IMG]
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Well if we oppose plastic tarp to say canvas.
Plastic 'd completly windproof, canvas might be less windproof depending on fabric grade although probably minor factor. Plastic would be vapor non-permeable so probably more condensation, either liquid or solid, with all related problem. If chimeney effect is important that problem might be negated.
Radiation is actually important with any sort of open fire, maybe the main heat source in certain situation. You'd probably increase performance a lot by lining tipi with mylar or any reflexive material.
Of course plastic is a lighter and probably better in case of any rain shed.
 
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I am not sure what you are pointing at here Rick - but I think you are pointing at your hat - which is very nice.


TF
 
Those damn floating arrows followed me around all day and kept poking me all night... Damn floating arrows! They usually scrurried off when Ken got his camera out but he snuck up on em in this pic.

The big one did find Ken's glasses, though.

Rick
 
Damn Canadians. No sense at all. That looks miserable to this southern boy.
 
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why does Rick wrap all his tinder up like that? to keep it dry? :confused:

oh, he's going to sleep on it - i see now, dual purpose! :thumbup:

;)

seriously, awesome pics - thanks for posting them! looks like a great time!

besides running the fire real hot, the other thing that'll increase draw on a fire is a longer chimney. that's why factories have such tall chimneys sometimes - very low heat source can require a long chimney to produce enough draw. no doubt that's why the Native American's tipis were so ridiculously tall.
 
Great thread :thumbup: and it looks like a good time was had by all.

Magnussen said:
We found it this time by walling up a fresh air corridor using large diameter logs that ran under the tarp. Basically we guided most of the incoming fresh air toward the fire and off us.
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I wonder if a birch bark tube (like the chimney you made before) stuck under the tarp and running close to the fire would work? If so that would put the air right where you wanted it.
 
BlackHills said:
Great thread :thumbup: and it looks like a good time was had by all.



I wonder if a birch bark tube (like the chimney you made before) stuck under the tarp and running close to the fire would work? If so that would put the air right where you wanted it.
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Same principle as a Dakota firepit?

I like the idea of the tube, maybe with a slightly digged firepit. That's something to try ;)
 
Well its been a few days now...if they havent come back you should go there and steal there nice stuff leave the rest for the animals. All kidding aside, did they stay all that night? I dont think -16 is best camping weather.
 
Awesome thread Ken, fantastic photos! Thanks for the close-up pics of that two-stick fire board. I have learned more little bits of info, ones that I have wanted to learn for a while, from this one thread than anything else I have read in a long time, thanks!
 
mistwalker said:
Awesome thread Ken, fantastic photos! Thanks for the close-up pics of that two-stick fire board. I have learned more little bits of info, ones that I have wanted to learn for a while, from this one thread than anything else I have read in a long time, thanks!
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Me too! Great thread :thumbup:
 
PorcupineMtns66 said:
I wonder if building a long fire during the day and getting a massive coal pit going and then, lift your TeePee over it. Would work well enough to keep your warm most of the night with out actually have a flame going.
Or bury two sets of coals and sleep over them?
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a fire bed is a great thing indeed.

if you build fire reflectors earlier in the day, and use the coals that night, you will be begging Nature to snow on you.

those reeds the brothers were using could've been used for all sorts of shelter and firebed options if the brethren had had the time in their plan. - that is by no means a criticism though, i think they did things just right.

vec
 
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