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Snow Camping - Tips

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Pichi
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Hey,

Im going to go camping on the snow for 5 days tonight, and I want to know any tips you guys might have for this adventure. Where to camp and all those kinds of things help.

Thank you!
Aug 14 2012 3:36PM
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Broommasta
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dont
Aug 14 2012 3:37PM
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KillaSteeze
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bring your skis
Aug 14 2012 3:37PM
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theabortionator
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Watch out for yetis!
Aug 14 2012 3:39PM
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snwbrdmilf
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Do not pee on your friends to keep warm.
Aug 14 2012 3:41PM
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Pichi
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Thanks guys, I forgot all people care about here are parks!
Aug 14 2012 3:44PM
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Broommasta
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no actually dont go camping in the snow sucks it worse than rain
Aug 14 2012 3:46PM
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beezey
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Take some dope pictures, make sure you can still rock out to your fav music, and then post the pictures on the internet. Those are all good tips.
Aug 14 2012 3:54PM
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Holte
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what temperature is your sleeping bag rated to?
Aug 14 2012 4:01PM
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WPoch
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Bring. the fucking. handwarmers.
Aug 14 2012 4:03PM
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Merrill
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sleep naked
Aug 14 2012 4:50PM
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RICK_ROSS
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feed the bears
Aug 14 2012 4:56PM
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theabortionator
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I bring one that's only rated to about 40 F. Then when I start to get hypothermic my friends have to get naked an cuddle with me all night to keep me from dying. I really like playing the role of the sad cold victim. The old damsel in distress routine I guess. Nothing like a few good friends to help get you through those long cold nights. I miss winter camping. I haven't been in a while because my friends got a little tired of me trying to reuse the same game plan.Hopefully this winter I can get some new friends that want to go camping with me.


How many people in your group op? Room for one more?
Aug 14 2012 4:57PM
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cool_name
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do jumping jacks before getting into your sleeping bag
Aug 14 2012 4:58PM
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MLB
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Make sure you have a winter sleeping pad, or your ass is LITERALY going to freeze on the ground. Also a 4 season tent and sleeping bag are gonna be key.
Aug 14 2012 5:01PM
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theabortionator
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If you make an igloo or snow cave, be sure to dig a cold ditch.
Aug 14 2012 5:04PM
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Pichi
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My sleeping bag is rated -1 comfort and -6 extreme, in celsius.
Im going solo, but if anybody wants to join, just let me know, Im going to Antillanca, Chile =D.

Im so excited hahaha
Aug 14 2012 6:19PM
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RICK_ROSS
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so to freezing? and 21.6 degrees extreme? and alone?


do it you wont.
Aug 14 2012 6:26PM
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Pichi
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Exactly!!

Im doing it!, I leave in 2 hours!
Aug 14 2012 6:39PM
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Broommasta
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good luck bud!
Aug 14 2012 6:41PM
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Pichi
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I just got back, and well the weather sucked, I got rain the 3 days that I spent there, and I couldnt climb/ski the volcano I wanted because of the fog too. Me and my tent enjoyed winds of 70 km/h the first night and I got to sleep in a crater of a volcano, that was pretty sick!

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Thanks for the help and the good wishes. My sleeping bag ended up to be 6 comfort and -1 extreme (celsius) but I didnt get cold at all, but I slept with fleece pants and my puffy jacket!

Aug 18 2012 9:48AM
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B-runge
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hell yeah fuck the haters fuck the parkies!
Aug 18 2012 9:50AM
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bermbuster49
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nice brotha sounds like a fun trip bummer about the weather
Aug 18 2012 10:22AM
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Willgum
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Nice! Just wondering, whatd you do if you couldnt climp/ski?
Aug 18 2012 10:40AM
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50Kal
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3 things to consider when winter camping

           1. Have at least 2 inches(or 5cm) of padding under you when sleeping on ground. I prefer foam over air in winter cause air can leak out if it gets really cold.

            2. Piss bottle. I'm serious. I dont practice this method cause I fine with waking up, throwing on my boots and jacket, then finding a tree in the dead of the night. Some people wont get out of their sleeping bags till morning so they get a empty bottle with a good lid and piss in it while in their sleeping bags. Warning: This method only really works for men. Sorry women. 

           3. Every night before I go to bed I boil some water. Then I pour it into my nalgeen and put it in my sleeping bag about 20mins before I go to sleep. Nothing is better on a cold night then a pre-warmed sleeping bag.  Be careful cause some cheap water bottles will leak from the lid do to temperature exchange.
Aug 18 2012 10:48AM
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Pichi
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Soo, the first day I basically slept all day, the second day I woke up just to go cook some stuff at the resorts place that was near-by. The rest of the time I just spent it inside my tent thinking about stuff that I had to think about (recent changes in my life hahaha), but I should have brought a book!

Aug 18 2012 10:59AM
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alex=
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Bring a snow shovel and snow shoes. Depending on the depth (you're going this winter, right?).

Bring a negative-rated bag, and bring a pad. Don't bring a pad that inflates with air, that will make you colder, because the ground cools the air, making you colder. Obviously, bring a 4 season tent, and one of those things in the top of the tent so you can cook inside of it. This is only if it's really fucking cold though

dress appropiately and google some shit
Aug 18 2012 2:23PM
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Pichi
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Thanks buddy! I already went though, came back in the morning haaha.
Its funny how all the useful tips came in after I came back!
Aug 18 2012 2:30PM
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