spider solo
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Thought I would ask some advice on this one... or at least see if anyone wanted to venture an opinon about it.
I see in the book "how to build an igloo" it says that it makes a good shelter and can be improved by adding more snow to the lower branches etc...
I have taken shelter under a spruce tree before esp. during a surprise snowstorm of a foot or more it was the 1st snow of that year so there was no shoveling involved..(probably the most I've ever "hugged" a tree)
I have often told myself that I could always dig down into the snow well around a tree if I had an emergency bivy.
but
I have a bit of a nagging memory of a fellow and his dog a few years back in the Whites. It didn't recieve much attention, but I think that's exactly what he did. He was rescued the next day and a follow up story told that he lost both his feet as they were frozen.
(It was discussed on these forums a little bit if I remember correctly)
So... has anybody used the spruce trap as shelter or made a shelter incorporating the tree as part of the "roof" of the shelter ?
Will it be warmer or colder?? Usually you read when sleeping in a Igloo that you should sleep on a "shelf" and let the colder air settle below.
Your thoughts ??
I see in the book "how to build an igloo" it says that it makes a good shelter and can be improved by adding more snow to the lower branches etc...
I have taken shelter under a spruce tree before esp. during a surprise snowstorm of a foot or more it was the 1st snow of that year so there was no shoveling involved..(probably the most I've ever "hugged" a tree)
I have often told myself that I could always dig down into the snow well around a tree if I had an emergency bivy.
but
I have a bit of a nagging memory of a fellow and his dog a few years back in the Whites. It didn't recieve much attention, but I think that's exactly what he did. He was rescued the next day and a follow up story told that he lost both his feet as they were frozen.
(It was discussed on these forums a little bit if I remember correctly)
So... has anybody used the spruce trap as shelter or made a shelter incorporating the tree as part of the "roof" of the shelter ?
Will it be warmer or colder?? Usually you read when sleeping in a Igloo that you should sleep on a "shelf" and let the colder air settle below.
Your thoughts ??
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