Here's a few pictures from my front yard
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Someone thought it would be cool to hang a disco ball on the beaver house....
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Center is my 600 sq ft house.
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Here's a river preserve I went to in the beginning of setember.
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And just last week I went biking around Shirley Chisholm park.
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Timber wolf therian-- Zhuardarian changeling-- horse hearted
~Being kin is a journey of finding yourself, losing yourself, searching and doing it all over again.~
These are nice! Frost always makes the prettiest patterns.
How long do the formations usually last? Around here we're lucky to get them for a day or so, though this winter they would have lasted a week or two.
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It also depends on whether and conditions here. Say, from a couple of days to a couple of weeks. The most common occurrence is in the beginning of winter, when clear cold weather sets in after prolonged rains. But it may also occur mid winter when the temperature suddenly drops.How long do the formations usually last?
Ok. Here are some photos from my recent 14 days solo ski trip.
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There is a river here. Somewhere. X)
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Evening tea:
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The earth is slowly defrosting around the fire:
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The depth of the snow:
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My DIY tent is pretty small and almost entirely below the snow level here (also, I will explain how it work later in "FW crafts" thread):
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This is a river I wanted to get to. It is not entirely frozen, but with hunting skis it is pretty safe to move on ice, because of very little surface pressure.
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Eurasian otter successful fishing:
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River banks:
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Otter tracks:
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Guelder rose berries (Viburnum opulus). Common winter berry in our places. It is eatable in small quantities, but is usually bitter. However, in the second half of the winter after some frosts it may become sweet.
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Beard lichen:
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My camp. Here was absolutely wonderful place for winter. Protected from wind but sunny. With less snow, plenty of firewood and a good assess to water from the river.
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My skis and sleds:
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This is a way how to wash in winter conditions, do some laundry, etc. One of the many ways... It's important thing for long-term sustainability.
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Moving on.
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Very damaged bridge across another river:
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Pine marten (and my for comparison) tracks:
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Forest lake:
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Crossing the river once again:
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Moving closer to a larger river:
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Some signs of coming spring:
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Along the frozen river:
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Another nice camp on the island. Pines and oaks - unusual mix)
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Inside my tent:
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Tea:
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All winter gear:
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This ice figures appear when a fire is burning for a long time surrounded by snow:
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Big rotten log has been tolling quietly all night:
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Beautiful morning and the forest around:
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Moving on.
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This blob down in the middle - is a fox. X)
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Some islands:
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Large ice plains and the local "penguin" colony. X)
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Feel myself like a sled wolverine.
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Shores of the big lake:
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More ice and snow:
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And more ice-snow plains :
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Oh, how awesome. Looks like a fantastic journey. I really love your small tent and minimalist way of traveling!
Hey! Thanks for taking the time to post those, I really enjoyed them. I'm actually a little jealous, we don't really have forests like that around here.... or snow.... our 'forests' are kinda like scraggly swampy underbrush with every type of biting insect you can think of... and mosquitos, heh, they say parts of FL used to be uninhabitable because of the amount of mosquitos. ^^;
Nice skis too, I was trying to check out the lashings they pretty old school, was normally my only gripe with CxC skis is then don't have that quick release the downhill ones have, like when you got to go up a hill and don't feel like doing the whole sideways bit can just shoulder them and go uphill and jump back on them.
Pretty hardcore outdoors-verine? Is it just sightseeing or training for the zombie apocalypse?![]()
It was wonderful. Very satisfied)Originally Posted by Kiso
I'm just enjoy the winter)Originally Posted by Koba
This kind of life is just feels right. The lifestyle I aspire to. It's not a hardcore for me. It is a way for me to compensate for the deficiencies of the human body, because it's really wrong that humans by default are unable to live freely in natural environment in the winter without dependency on civilization. The ability to live in my native environment, my theriotype environment.
And also it is a great extension of freedom too. Things looks differently with the ability to live in the wild in winter at any temperature, without the need to return to civilization (except food supply, but food sustainability is on the list in the future).
Also it is a bit of a training. Because I want to be able to do similar trips but in Siberian taiga, with the temperatures up to -50°C (-58°F). And I am pretty damn close to it.
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