3 Days Solo Winter Camping - deep snow, no tent, below -20°C

(wind whistling) (Xander sighs) (saw rasping) (fire roaring) - That was a slog of a hike in. Oh, my God. That was not easy. It's going down to negative 20, feels like negative 30, tonight. Out here where I am is quite exposed except for the fact that the wind's coming from my back, if there's any. (saw rasping) I forgot all my cutlery. (Xander exhales deeply) (Xander exhales deeply) (kettle clanking) (kettle hissing) Hot chocolate at negative 20 is (smacks lips). (sighs) The best. (Xander sighs) (hatchet thumping) (Xander exhaling deeply) (sausages clanging) (sausages sizzling) Out of all three utensils, a spoon is definitely the least effective for eating sausages. Yeah, 100%. (Xander exhaling deeply) Ah, beautiful. Two boots. I slept like a baby angel last night. I got smoked out hard though at one point. All the smoke from the fire was just billowing in here and just recirculating, I was choking to death. That was like, really crappy. Feels good to get through that night 'cause it was particularly cold. (ice rattling) (kettle hissing) (Xander sighs) (bacon sizzling) That's poo. (knife scraping) Come on. Nice. (tree cracking) (Xander sighs) (fire crackling) I might not even set up a tarp tonight. Some animal left their imprintation from probably sleeping there a couple nights ago, last night, I dunno. Can't tell anymore, but there was a big impression right here with tracks leading to it and from it. My guess was a moose slept here, which means that this area is probably pretty protected from the wind. So I'm gonna camp right there, 15 feet from this spot. And I'm gonna hope that no moose comes by, or I mean he can come back and could just be neighbors. Neighbors and chill. It's not, it's not the rut, so he won't come and pummel me or try to, you know, (grunting) get me. (sausages clanking) (sausages sizzling) (tarp rustling) (fire crackling) (sleeping bag rustling) I woke up at two. It was snowing and the fire was completely kaput. Getting snowfall on your face while you're sleeping is like a PG version of being waterboarded. Just like, "Ooh, cold, ooh, cold, ooh, cold." (kettle rattling) (bacon sizzling) Pack up was a cinch. All I had to do was roll up my sleeping mat and my tarp. And it took all of five minutes, and I'm basically ready to head out. (tea burbling) That was an awesome trip. That was a very, very awesome trip. Just because I'm very comfy right now, doesn't mean I can think that this whole trip was a cakewalk. The snowshoeing was real tough. The first night was absolutely freezing. And the second day I was so tired, and I was dragging my feet. It was not an easy adventure. It was tough. And I think that this moment right now and the comfort and the serenity I'm sitting in is due to the fact that I went through all that, that difficulty. Really accentuates this moment and this experience. I'm feeling pretty good right now. Thank you, God, for this beautiful day, all this beautiful food I've eaten over this trip. All the wonderful fires I could create, the great amounts of sleep I had, and just such... Thank you for this beautiful, beautiful experience. It's been a real treat.

Channel: Xander Budnick

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Length: 18min 0sec (1080 seconds)

Published: Sun Jan 31 2021