Re: Coldest you have ever been ?
[Re: Boco]
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11/12/20 02:26 AM
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Grandpa Trapper
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Good clothing in layers Grandpa.If you're working in the cold,peel off the layers when working so you can get the good of them when you stop.If you are not moving in the cold fur is what you want to be wearing.Same if it is cold and strong wind-wear fur. It takes a couple weeks to get acclimatized once the weather dips down low.Then it is no different than any other time of year.Sweating in the cold weather is what makes you feel cold. Some people have problems with cold feet and cold toes.it is because they strangle their feet with too much heavy socks-their feet sweat and then get cold. Best way to keep feet warm in winter is get a good pair of insulated boots one size larger than your regular size,and just one pair of thin socks.-Feet will never get cold. Sounds like good advice Bono especially about the boots.
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Re: Coldest you have ever been ?
[Re: dkrug]
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11/13/20 04:29 PM
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FairbanksLS
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Deep Gap, NC. Light rain, high winds and a job that needed to be done. I love the dry cold of interior Alaska.
formerly posting as white dog
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Re: Coldest you have ever been ?
[Re: dkrug]
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11/13/20 04:42 PM
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Gulo
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I'm convinced that a thermometer tells you very little about how "cold" it is. I spent 25 years in the Interior of Alaska and saw the thermometer push below -70F several times. When the thermometer is showing those kinds of temps, it's usually windless and very low humidity. Cold? Yes, but relatively easy to deal with. On the other hand, I spent 5 years in SE Alaska on the salt, and never saw the thermometer get below 0F. In an open skiff with wind and high humidity, I invariably was colder on more occasions in SE Alaska than I ever was in the Interior.
Jack
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Re: Coldest you have ever been ?
[Re: dkrug]
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11/13/20 04:51 PM
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Fallen through the ice many times. Swam in water like a blended Margarita at Polar Bear plunges, etc. Almost died of hypothermia a couple times. (My core temp was under 91F.) Camped in -24F. Worse than that was backpacking with it in the 40Fs and 50Fs then a Polar vortex dropped it to -18F. I was days away from the truck. Inconceivable it would drop that drastically. Never seen the like! Thus totally unprepared for it. Made it out with only mild frostbite.
Yeah, I been cold a time or two.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke "We are fast approaching... rule by brute force." -Ayn Rand
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Re: Coldest you have ever been ?
[Re: dkrug]
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11/13/20 04:56 PM
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Oh Snap
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Oh Snap
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The difference between low spots, creeks, rivers and higher country can be 15 to 20 degrees. For entertainment on long rides on the trapline I have a thermometer I can watch the variance in temperatures!
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Re: Coldest you have ever been ?
[Re: dkrug]
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11/13/20 05:24 PM
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slydogx
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We decided to try winter camping one January back around 1990...in a 20 year old canvas tent. Set up a nice campsite by 5pm... At 7pm it started raining buckets and filled about 2" of water in the tent. By 9pm the temperature had plummeted to around 20F. I've been dry in -50 wind-chill and that was not nearly as bone chilling cold as the night in that tent LOL
Just happy to be here.
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Re: Coldest you have ever been ?
[Re: Mike Cope]
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11/13/20 05:37 PM
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martentrapper
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I spent 3 years in Tok AK. 91-94 and we saw neg 68F and many days colder than neg 50F Actual temp. Minus 20 was about the lowest that I chose to go play in.
Spent the night in a snow cave at minus 43 during a winter survival class while stationed at Port Clarence AK. Coast Guard loran stations!
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Re: Coldest you have ever been ?
[Re: Gulo]
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11/13/20 07:10 PM
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Sharon
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I'm convinced that a thermometer tells you very little about how "cold" it is. I spent 25 years in the Interior of Alaska and saw the thermometer push below -70F several times. When the thermometer is showing those kinds of temps, it's usually windless and very low humidity. Cold? Yes, but relatively easy to deal with. On the other hand, I spent 5 years in SE Alaska on the salt, and never saw the thermometer get below 0F. In an open skiff with wind and high humidity, I invariably was colder on more occasions in SE Alaska than I ever was in the Interior.
Jack Staraya russkaya poslovitsa: "plokhoy pogody ne byvayet ... tol'ko plokhaya odezhda." Exactly , Jack....the coldest I have been is in wet cold, not dry cold .
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Re: Coldest you have ever been ?
[Re: dkrug]
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11/13/20 07:42 PM
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Gulo
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Sharon -
Spaceeba za Rooski yazik. Ya nravitsa!
You're correct. Reasonable clothing makes all the difference!
Jack
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Re: Coldest you have ever been ?
[Re: martentrapper]
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11/14/20 01:43 AM
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Mike Cope
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I spent 3 years in Tok AK. 91-94 and we saw neg 68F and many days colder than neg 50F Actual temp. Minus 20 was about the lowest that I chose to go play in.
Spent the night in a snow cave at minus 43 during a winter survival class while stationed at Port Clarence AK. Coast Guard loran stations! Yes Sir... Got to see some cool places while in the Coast Guard.
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Re: Coldest you have ever been ?
[Re: dkrug]
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11/14/20 04:45 AM
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danny clifton
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Fell in the river coon boat trapping once. Cold water sucked the air right out of me. Had to build a fire and dry me and my clothes to continue. Was not a pleasant afternoon. Still think the coldest I ever been was as a kid trying to sleep in an old milsurp sleeping bag on the tent floor.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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