Alaskan and Canadian posters….

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'Into the wild'



Yeah... I'd take MRE's and not eat strange plants

Poor bastard

Brrr..stay warm SPUD :)

I'll be heading up to Alabama around Christmas time. I'm hoping we have some cold weather while I'm there. I've lived down here most of my life and I'm getting to where I absolutely dread the summers.

These are the socks I picked up for my trip:

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I enjoyed skiing a lot, but climbing mountains…fuck that! A lot of people I knew climbed McKinley, etc, etc….I went ONCE…couldn't feel my feet coming down and part of my legs…was puking up undigested food from the day before….oh yeah, was a blast! FUCK that! Never did it again.

Nice socks! You have a good one man! Had fun!

there are different types of cold. the coldest temp I've had the pleasure of was in Chestochina area at -62. however, the Coldest I've ever Felt was last January in Barrow and the wind was howling off the arctic ocean. I don't know the official temp...it was way to Cold to even care, just Pain. plus it was Dark, no daylight, that sucks

Lol

Yeah that sounds like something i would rather never do lol

Do people still wear bunny boots? They were all the rage back when...

I lived in Yellowknife for 10 years. Not many people have garages there. A block heater and an oil pan heater are enough for most people, though some use battery blankets too. If your car gets left unplugged for a day or so, it will take at least 3 hours on a heater, before it can be started with jumper cables.

At -50F, your car seat is as stiff as a board and plastic things crack very easily. I knew a guy who got into his car at -60F. He hit the steering wheel of of his car and cracked it.

Here's my trick to starting a car without a battery heater.
Turn the headlights on for 30 seconds, turn them off, then turn ignition key. You will get a better power surge than from a cold start.

Unplug the heater cords. Don't be the idiot driving around with cords hanging from your bumper.

While you wait for your windows to defrost, put your automatic transmission into neutral to better warm the fluid. Idle like this for at least three minutes.

Drive the first few blocks at 10-15km hr. to work the square out of your tires.

Most northern gas stations sell gas line anti-freeze additive bottles if your fuel lines are a problem.

That sounds like a dodge I had one time…then it would pull!

Man, it's been a long time…I'd love to hit Alyeska one more time for old times sake.

" the jamaicans in Toronto wear woolen hats with long sleeved woolen sweaters & pants in july"
The Jamaicans in Jamaica wear woolen hats in July as well.

You ought to do it man! Fart a couple times and you'll be tooooo old to do ANYTHING! Go chase your dreams before they're all fucking dead and buried.

Yea just watched a netflix "cold blooded Alaskan killers), you know these people that live 60 miles past the end of the freaking road, seems in the winter they go crazy and start killing each other.......who knew right.

I could see cabin fever setting in if I lived like that, shit does things to yer mind.

I celebrate when its -25 c. Thats when you can enjoy winter. We just had -48 with wind. Thats brrrrr fuckin cold. Burns your lungs.

I had two wheels go completely square once, after I hit a bridge and continued to drive to the other side.....cost me one of my nine live there I'll tell ya.




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I remember this movie came out while I was there…living out in the wild was the theme
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i wonder if they still complain they're cold?

this one jamaican dude lives in my building & he heats his apartment in july when i have my air conditioner on

he wears his parka & scarf when he stops by my place to get a little green baggy

he jumps in my apartment & jumps back out quick after he gets his bag

acts like my place is the freezer while im in nothing but cargo shorts with AC turned on high

I live off the grid in saskatchewan canada, yesterday was -35c. We have no way to plug in our vehicles, and ill tell you a propane tank with a tiger torch is my best friend. I get a piece of stove pipe, with a 90 in it and shove it under whatever i have to start. Truck, tractor, car, generator. 30-45 minutes of that and anything fires up. A trick of the trade.

Well, this thread was fun…so... at -30 and below this condition happens even now with radial tires…I don't know how cold it was that night, too cold is the answer, my guess would be from -50 to -75…your doors and glass want to break shutting them cold. I do remember for almost two weeks straight the daytime high was -26f or 9 though.

yes, there are many that do. I have a pair. the thing is, as as someone who lived there, you know, there is different winter gear for different situations. I like the bunnies for some conditions, the Sorel Explorers for some and my old Mukluks from Sishmeref for other situations.

just as the Inuit have over 100 names for snow, anyone living in the FAR north has many ways to deal with the weather.

my uncle (lol) runs the iditarod so I have a great source for trial and error on gear.

We watched the iditarod take off out of Anchorage a few times…never gave that much thought to what all was involved. Are the sleds packed with dog food and human food for the whole trip? I wouldn't think you would find much to eat along the way. Is there food available at check points, or what?

I never had any luck out of bunny boots, or full shank climbing boots, I froze in both(didn't fit right? IDK). I had some felt packs …i remember snow going down them but not much else. I guess n1b air force mukluks were the warmest thing I had…but they didn't do well in water. There has to be some good stuff out there now, like you said, with waterproof materials and all that is available today.

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there are checkpoints. the musher must carry sufficient food for the team and musher between checkpoints. its a race now, not like the big camping trip it was at the stat. No one would take the time to hunt today. it is still a very brutal and demanding race to go 1000 miles via a team of dogs across Alaska.

Just before it gets to -40.

Hmm. I am living where its somtimes -40, and i have never had trouble with square tires. Maybe its under pressured tires. I usually pump my tires with 35-37 psi in there when the winter sets in. Usually tires hold 30-32 psi. you usually lose a few psi for sure during the first couple cold nights. Also A couple shots of gasline antifreeze is a must in every tank. Most of the time my fuel lines freeze before anything else. Ther is also differnt kinds of cold. Alaska gets that wet, ocean cold that is humid and brutal. Canadian prairies get that cold, dry, winter desert cold, where the snow is like shovling sugar.

Here in the bush i live in its called "shack wacky". Its a real thing. If i cant get to town for a while, i go wonky! Like bonkers... Im the guy in the bank who keeps looking at the fluorescent lights like their toxic, and checking over my shoulder like im being followed by the CIA. Its like a mix between extreme social withdrawal, OCD, and paranoia. Peppered with some stir crazy, and a dash of February funk. People turn on each other in deep winter, and then if your that isolated you have guns for sure.

Mat-Su Valley here it's a balmy +28 today

the one I remember shot those people in a valley only reachable by air in the winter. He was a programmer from Ca. turned bunny hugger.