I think my coldest /out/ was a sleigh ride in -14°C when I was a kid. The coldest I've ever been outside for a few minutes was -22°C.
>>2851770i like winter camping and have done it down to -35fi like to use a very thick synthetic bag, slippers, and a spare fleece blanket to seal the cracks and as a sacrificial layer for frost. i keep the boots and water in my bag if i can. putting on boots that sweaty and cold in the morning is a serious frostbite risk imo. they might never warm upi also work outside and have done it down to -55f. can't really show any skin and even with gloves on touching metal sucks.overall not too bad if you know how to deal with it. i'd prefer it over 120f for sure
>>2851770Slept in -5 F with no shelter just a shitty non-insulated leather jacket on concrete
>>2851770I went couple of times to school as a minor at -28C knees deep in snow. Despite classes being cancelled kek. At around same temp we went on frozen lake with cousins to sleigh and do all kinds of shit. Winters back then were freezing and deep in snow, but somehow climate change isn’t real apparently.>t. from Eastern Europen shithole
>>2851786How did you survive that?
>>2851770It was -28C when I visited some festival in China a few years back. We spent a few hours outside looking at ice sculptures etc but it wasn't really /out/. Coldest /out/ing would've been when I climbed Ama Dablam. Base camp was only just below zero but the summit was supposedly -19, or -35C with wind chill.
In 2019 it got down to -40F (like -50F windchill) in Chicago overnight. I walked out of my apartment for like ten seconds just to feel what that felt like.Amusingly, that is the same night that Jussie Smollett claimed he was attacked by racists at 2am in Chicago (in -40F weather, lol)
>>2851770thawed out frozen oil wells for 16hrs at -44f with -60 windchill
-20c or -4f (per an outside thermometer) last week in the hautes pyrénées at about 2300 meters of altitude when the wave of cold hit europe
>>2851770Sleeping on the ground in freezing temperatures for Search & Rescue. The most fun I never want to have again. I built a nest of pine needles, laid my pad on that, put all of my spare clothes on, wrapped myself in my tarp and mylar, stuffed my shirt collar and armpits with hand warmers and just waited for the sun to come up. I tried not to thrash too much so that my teammates could sleep, but I could hear them thrashing throughout the night. The wind kept gunning right for the exposed part of my tarp, no matter how I positioned it. >>2851794I'm going to guess he moved around a lot or was sitting/standing instead of laying his whole body on it.
I would rather be in 120F than 30F idk how the fuck you guys do it.
>>2851819its in our dna, its why we have larger frontal lobes, cold weather takes planning.
-29 °C in Alaska, but had a cozy cabin to retreat to. The locals told me it hits -40 °C most winters, and even -50 °C sometimes.
>>2851794He's naturally insulated
>>2851770I had -45°f (-42.8°c) to years in a row in my back yard. I went /out for a few minutes to experience it.
>>2851770i routinely skied in -40 (with the windchill) in quebec as a child, we'd do like one or two runs and then sit in the chalet and eat poutine
>>2851770I remember -40 C (wind chill) waiting for the school bus
>>2851947forgot- windchill was pushing -70f. didnt stay out for long
>>2851770-40°
>>2851819>idk how the fuck you guys do it.Ive been snowboarding in the teens (F)If theres no wind its quite pleasant.
what would be the ideal ultralight winter camping setup? I'm doing a motorbike trip at altitude and I need gear that will keep me toasty but fit in a backpack so I don't have to have those gay panniers.
>>2851770I slept in my car in -16F(-27C) while up in the Yukon last winter.
>>2851770-53 deg Celsius in arctic
>>2851770The coldest I've camped in was around 20°F (-6°C) pic related. >>2851819It's easier to keep warm at 30°F than to keep cool at 120°F.
>>2851770Unironically it was in a city park. I was unprepared for a winter rain storm and the walk back to my car was bitter.In most cold settings I go so prepared the cold is an afterthought. I hope this never changes.
>>2851770I've done some day hikes in as cold as -17 F. I usually don't drive in my hiking boots so putting on cold boots in the parking lot was unpleasant, but once you get moving it's all good.>>2851819Niggers don't go out in the cold, its a white mans world in the winter.
>>2851811Jesus Christus
>>2851770The coldest I had so far was somewhere South of -24 Celsius, during a snowstorm in the Alps. I can't say how cold it really was with windchill.There is an interesting topological curiosity 2 hours from me.It's a large sinkhole at 1270 meters altitude in the Alps that is the coldest place in Europe. I've thought about going there when the weather is right for it. It's also a 4 1/2 kilometer hike with 800 meters of elevation gain to get there, so quite a demanding one. I really want to know what it's like there.
Around -15F and gusts of up to 126mph. With sustained winds of about 80mph. I don't recommend it. I will be returning there next week lol
>>2851770-24F. My dad's car, despite being garage kept, wouldn't start, but mine did, easily. Not that that counts.>>2851783Seldom as it would matter for all practical purposes, I'd like to have a full Caribou outfit, such as Amundsen wore, after the fashion of far North American natives.
I will attempt to not make this a blogpost but just apologizing now in case it is.I grew up in New England and have since moved countries (like 20 years ago). However, for a short period I moved back to MA because I was dealing with some visa hell in my country of residence, so I spent three whole years destitute back in my hometown while I sorted shit out. Anyway, I spent all my time with my lifelong childhood friends, and almost every weekend we would buy beers and go into our childhood woods at night and down to the train tracks to roam and be drunk and loud in absolute remote solitude. It was a great outlet for us to blow off steam, and for me it was a way of escaping my problems and anxieties about my failed situation.One weekend night in winter I was hanging out with my friend at his place, at the edge of the famed woods, middle of fucking January and it was literally -4ºF (-20ºC) plus wind, and with our boots and jeans and my fingerless gloves we got drunk and went out to tromp around the snow in the fucking woods at like midnight. When you're drunk you can tolerate a lot, but after about 40mins we realized we couldn't drink anymore because our beers had frozen solid, including the open beer I was holding in my fucking hand. We sat down in the snow and realized we were getting migraines from the cold effecting our skulls, and we suddenly realized that being blitzed drunk in that kind of weather in the middle of nowhere at night is super fucking dangerous, so we hoofed it back. By the time we got back to his house we could barely walk or breathe anymore. Fun memories.Pic related however it's not from the night in question.
>>2852347that would be greati usually wear a fur hat and fur lined hood under -30 just to keep the frost from building up. it's pretty nice
>>2851770almost -20 °C for one night when i was stranded on a tiny train station in the middle of nowhere because the fucking deutsche bahn doesn't function when it's a bit cold
>>2851770I started a hike at 10F (-12C) today. Never hiked in that kind of weather before. Also my first time hiking in snow. Not as bad as I thought it would be. I removed my fleece like 10 minutes into the hike. The only thing I had trouble keeping warm was my hands. I think the handwarmers i brought were duds or I didn't activate them correctly.My lips are a bit irritated after the fact though. I used chapstick thoroughly not sure how to prevent that.
>>2851819Nigger
>>2852571>The only thing I had trouble keeping warm was my handsJust get sufficiently thick mittens.
