Hey.... excellent job filming!! Lots of information and detail and delightfully shot!! Nice job.... thanks for sharing! Ax

I like that you display all temperatures in celsius

Great video. The more I see videos on snow caves, igloos, etc the more I'm convinced it's only worth the effort if you find yourself in a desolate place, with no protection and very high winds. We have this romantic idea of a igloo but I think the Eskimos only used in exposed, Ice plains, most of the times those guys probably used some sort of leather tents. Other than those precise, excepcional situations I believe it's better to pass on the snowcave/igloo and use the energy and time in other ways.

@MrCaptainTea

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed but snow caves are so cool. Igloos too

@oyajiblues

2 жыл бұрын

I say more power to ya if you wanna sleep under enough snow to suffocate you. The fact that the ceiling sagged is enough to get me running for a warm lodge. I just don't think they are safe unless you let them set up for at least a full day. You just don't know what they are going to do. Snow piles in layers, and each layer has a different quality. If you have a dense layer above a soft layer and you dig a hole under that.... whalla! Death. But, I have no judgement about what anyone wants to do, up to each one of the risks we want to take. I think I would prefer digging down 2 or 3 feet and pitching my tent. Build up a windbreak of snow and probably stay just as warm. But as you said, it is a romantic idea.

Really good video, looking forward to more when you upload

Looks like a fun adventure, too cold for me though

Dynamite Video!

Do you completely wall of everything before sleep ? I was wondering about oxygen lasting through the night.

very interesting

4 hours to dig a snow cave... that's harsh ! ;-)

how do you go to bathroom? especially #2?

@covidnineteen4304

2 жыл бұрын

Depends

Do you rebuild your door every time you go in and out?

@TheRamblingShepherd

5 жыл бұрын

No, it's just an open doorway, to let cold air and CO2 drain out. If the wind's at a bad angle you can put a tarp over it.

@fordrac1ng81

4 жыл бұрын

in theory you should build your cave on the leeward side of a hill so the cold air isn't going to blow directly into your cave but it still lets fresh air in

what was the R value of your sleeping pad?

Hey. I d love to build such an cool snow cave. How about the danger of breaking down or lack of oxygen in such a cave? Can you tell which watch you have ...? Greetings from germany

@KevinN3

4 жыл бұрын

When I did this, we built our snow cave just like he did except that we also poked a hand sized hole in the top to allow for a small flow of oxygen. Maybe it wasn't necessary, but it was still warm enough.

@TheRamblingShepherd

3 жыл бұрын

The cave isn't sealed up by any means, and the position of the entryway at the bottom of the shelter allows heavier CO² to drain out. If I wanted to cook inside, I'd make provisions for more ventillaton, but that's best done outside if possible. As for collapse, you just have to feel out the cohesiveness of the snow. Here in California, we tend to have relatively warm, heavy snow that's very structural. It's not like I was doing structural analysis to prove that collapse was impossible, but in the morning I did walk over the top and even jump on it with no ill effects. The watch is a Casio SGW300H-1AV

If there where 25°C his breath would not kondensiert

Next time put a couple of candles in the cave...creates cool light effect and makes for amazing video...

I would eat the walls because I love snow so much

@TheRamblingShepherd

3 жыл бұрын

Eating TOO much snow would probably be counterproductive to staying warm, but otherwise...sure, no reason not to go Hansel and Gretel on that bad boy.

How do you get electricity to plug in the rice cooker?

What hand warmers are you using ?

@TheRamblingShepherd

3 жыл бұрын

Zippo brand.

when you make those meals, how do you package them? Vacuum sealer?

@TheRamblingShepherd

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, often, but a ziploc would work too.

Imagine a wolf just crawls into the cave

@pawefiett2468

3 жыл бұрын

but why, wolfs are shit scared of people!

@kachoww5981

3 жыл бұрын

@@pawefiett2468 you realize a hungry wolf isn’t gonna just take off in that situation

Minecraft !!!

@TheRamblingShepherd

3 жыл бұрын

Minecraft is a lot crazier when it takes 4 hours to mine 5 blocks.

why cooking outside, humidity?

@TheRamblingShepherd

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. Plus, while my stove burns fuel quite cleanly for what it is...a gasoline flame in an enclosed space still makes me leery. Unburned hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide...a well-ventilated kitchen is just more comforting.

The leaking hot water bottles are also due to that the silicone seals shrink in cold weather.

Lol,

17:59 He woke up and set the camera and then again get inside his bag and 'Good Morning'

@TheRamblingShepherd

3 жыл бұрын

Literally just reached out and pressed record where the camera was stuck from the night before. Never got out of the bag.

Enough of the drawing already