3 weekends in minus temps practicing survival.

[Wildman]

(17 February 2013, 05:32)Scythe13 Wrote: Sounds pretty intense.

Great outing WM.

cheers m8, i learn a much as possible through out the year and then test out what i've leaned in the winter.

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(17 February 2013, 09:53)Highlander Wrote: That sounded like a good weekend, all good fun, I often do this, I go out with my dogs with minim equipment

There is no disgrace in not getting your bed right, its a very common mistake to make, more cold will come up from the ground than down from above, so that has to be made right,... I tend to put down small twiggy branches, these lift you off the ground and form an area of air between you and the ground, then I add bracken, and top off with moss,.. the `mattress` is about a foot thick by the time I am done

nice man, that sounds 5 star compared to what we had to work with. we were a ft off the ground with about 10-15 % insulation lmao.

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(17 February 2013, 12:35)Prepper1 Wrote: Watch out for the cliff though wm, check above to make sure there's no loose stuff...

I'm sure your missus would be pissed if you came back on your own one day...

Theres a cliff near me where me and my boys go but there's also huge rocks that fall off so we're always ready to run...

Thanks for the pic hl there always great, you can visualize stuff but pics sometimes just confirm what you see in your minds eye...

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Also is there a trick with the moss?
I've always been put off using it because the moss around here is always sopping wet and still dampish if you squeeze it...

i hear you there m8, aspecialy this time of year. there was a massive one whilsts we were there. the danger in the winter time is that as the ice under ground freezez, it expans pushing the cliff from with in. there is one point in witch we have to cross to get to our location, other than that we're ok. although i will say, the beach along the coast was my land untill i found my self running for the sea with the soul cracking rocks behind me!! went down the next day as it was dark, and the rocks that fell werent much at all. i still dont walk along the beach at high tide anymore. low tide only.