winter fun

[partisan1911]

Not a knife post but a little survival since there seems to be some discussion about this on this forum. My esee 5 has my metal match and a few other items on the back of the sheath. On the front is my leatherman. Wrapped around the sheath is 30' of 550 cord and about 30' of wire.

I forgot my camera again! But I had my cell phone so all you get are some crappy pictures. I am a bit of a minimalist but still make sure I am prepared.

Today I set up a small camp. Started a fire, set up snares, procured water, set up a repeater setup for my ham radio (it also sends out gps coordinates via internet and connects through satellites). Nothing real exciting there that can't be done anywhere so I didn't take any pictures of that.

Here are some pictures of a quick snow cave I built. There was about 4-5" of snow on the ground and it was coming down pretty thick. The temp was 20F so a little warm but a shelter is still important. Basically I just shoveled snow into a big pile which took about half an hour. I waited about an hour for it to set up firm and started digging in. In the background on one of them you can see my buddy in the field walking out an X-signal. It was quickly covered after inspection to ensure no false calls.

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If you plan on burning any kind of heat source in there you will have to make a hole so the smoke etc can escape.

 

[texastonydobbs]

cool thread but I see red X's

 

[JUST1MOR]

Not a knife post but a little survival since there seems to be some discussion about this on this forum. My esee 5 has my metal match and a few other items on the back of the sheath. On the front is my leatherman. Wrapped around the sheath is 30' of 550 cord and about 30' of wire.

I forgot my camera again! But I had my cell phone so all you get are some crappy pictures. I am a bit of a minimalist but still make sure I am prepared.

Today I set up a small camp. Started a fire, set up snares, procured water, set up a repeater setup for my ham radio (it also sends out gps coordinates via internet and connects through satellites). Nothing real exciting there that can't be done anywhere so I didn't take any pictures of that.

Here are some pictures of a quick snow cave I built. There was about 4-5" of snow on the ground and it was coming down pretty thick. The temp was 20F so a little warm but a shelter is still important. Basically I just shoveled snow into a big pile which took about half an hour. I waited about an hour for it to set up firm and started digging in. In the background on one of them you can see my buddy in the field walking out an X-signal. It was quickly covered after inspection to ensure no false calls.

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If you plan on burning any kind of heat source in there you will have to make a hole so the smoke etc can escape.

partisan 1911, maybe it's just my computer, but your photos are showing on my screen as a blank box w/ a red x in them & the initials "/IMG" in parenthesis. Maybe something I need to do different on my end?
Be safe.

 

[partisan1911]

I think I fixed the "redx"? I know crappy pictures but you can see the idea behind how easy it is to build one. The last picture shows the inside hole being started.

 

[JUST1MOR]

Here are some pictures of a quick snow cave I built. There was about 4-5" of snow on the ground and it was coming down pretty thick. The temp was 20F so a little warm but a shelter is still important. Basically I just shoveled snow into a big pile which took about half an hour. I waited about an hour for it to set up firm and started digging in.


partisan 1911, not bad at all. Our daughter is down at McMurdo Air Base in Antartica on her second go round. When she was home this summer, she said her first week there, the instructors took the "newbees" out one night on the ice for survival training & had them make shelters to stay overnight. She said the one her & her instructor made they slept in t-shirts & shorts all night, & the outside temp. was -19* with a wind chill of -38*. She said you could not imagine how warm it stayed in there with just a small fire. She will be home next March with more stories & pictures of this new adventure.
Good job on yours too.
Be safe.

 

[partisan1911]

Can the pictures be seen or are they still "red x"?

JUST1MORE-I am looking forward to seeing the pictures from your daughter and her adventure. "Sounds like it was a blast! The wind definitely makes things more miserable. Snow caves hold up better than tents do!

Snow caves actually retain heat a lot better than the tents you can buy in stores, they just take a little longer to set up. I have been in -35F in one I built that was a little larger and stayed plenty warm. It can be built quicker when it is colder but I wanted to make sure the snow had time to freeze in place. You can also add additional rooms, make doors for them etc. Just depends on how much time you plan on spending in the woods.

Side note-I think this is my 100th post. Do I win anything.....just kidding. No seriously, do I get to at least know the secret handshake yet?

 

[adaman04]

Cool snow cave man.

Last fall we had a shelter contest here and there were some pretty cool ones. No one had enough snow for a snow cave, but you took the cake. No snow here yet, I'm in no hurry for it!

 

[partisan1911]

I am too cheap to pony up and pay for a membership on the forum so I will never get to compete in the reindeer games. I figured I would pass on a few pictures and know how anyway. Just because you have read about it, seen it on t.v., or stayed at the Holiday Inn last night doesn't mean you can apply it. These pictures may just spark someone to go out and try it themselves.

 

[Battle Creek Knives]

Cool snow cave man.

Last fall we had a shelter contest here and there were some pretty cool ones. No one had enough snow for a snow cave, but you took the cake. No snow here yet, I'm in no hurry for it!

you and I both... but I doubt we'll get any here at all this year, its gonna be mild, so they say..

OP: cool pics (pun intended)