RE: [at-l] The nastiest winter camping

Does it have to involve camping?

When I was in North Dakota I used to hunt a lot. One of my favorite areas
was the Sheyenne River near Coopperstown, ND. I remember tracking a large
buck for two miles one morning at -20F...with a bow.

If work counts, how about -60F for 8 hours in the middle of the night with
wind chill hovering around -110F? (Only in the military are such things
possible, in any sane world we would have been snug in our beds.)

Of course, then there was the 10 hours stuck in a blizzard on US 2 less than
a mile west of Grand Forks. In a pick up. With six people. At -110F
including wind chill. No bathroom. After 3 pots of coffee. No, you can't go
outside at that temperature, it'll freeze off before you're finished, and
that's if you're a guy, two of the six were women!

Hey Turtle, you still out there? Tell 'em all about cold weather...

Lee I Joe

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> From: owner-at-l@backcountry.net [mailto:owner-at-l@backcountry.net]On
> Behalf Of woodelf@juno.com
> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 7:26 PM
> To: AT-l@backcountry.net
> Subject: [at-l] The nastiest winter camping
>
>
> Chainsaw's post about winter in Va. and other resent post, got me
> thinking about some of the winter hiking and camping I've done. What's
> the worst weather you've ever been in?
>
> The coldest I've seen was an unofficial -62  in Michigan, about '72 or
> '73 on a 3 day cross country skiing trip. This temp was
> recorded at the
> air traffic control tower of Wortsmith (sp) Air Force Base.
> We were about
> 5 miles away. I had a -5 bag, it's the coldest I've ever been
> in my life.
> We drank hot water all night to stay warm (except when we had to pee).
> The next day made the trail head in record time.
>
> The biggest snow fall was in the mid '70s on the way to Mt Collins
> shelter. About 3' in 24 hours, we had to shovel snow (using pots) from
> the tent off and on all night. No sneux shoes either, the
> next day after
> it stopped it took almost 4 hours to do the last 2 miles to Mt Collins
> Shelter. We stayed 3 days, it was great.
>
> Anyone else?
>
> woodelf
>
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