This WWII Trick Beat the Cold Better Than Any Sleeping Bag

[titsonritz]

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yf63TYTv7Rw&pp=0gcJCR4Bo7VqN5tD

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[Idaho44]

Key word is "survival"! Not my choice if I have access to ensolite and "snow cave"! PLUS you have to have access to a cutting tool and conifers or evergreens.

Also; if the snow cover is really thin or lacking, consider a hammock to keep off the ground.

 

[monkeybutler]

If anybody doesn't want to sit through a painfully slow video full of stock photography….

Use about six inches of branches, pine needles, straw, et cetera to insulate yourself from the ground.

 

[PNWLion]

If anybody doesn't want to sit through a painfully slow video full of stock photography….

Use about six inches of branches, pine needles, straw, et cetera to insulate yourself from the ground.

Figured this was the trick cuz I already knew it and wasn't about to spend 10 minutes waiting to confirm it. Thank you for your service!

 

[FnFal69]

Interesting

 

[CamoDeafie]

Older than WW2. This practice goes back to prehistory. Archaeological evidence of plant based bedding goes back to 200,000 years ago in Africa. Native Americans used pines for bedding and medicine, and foods before European contact.

 

[gmerkt]

When nature doesn't provide a Serta Perfect Sleeper, regardless of temperature, just about anything is better than sleeping on hard ground.

 

[CamoDeafie]

When nature doesn't provide a Serta Perfect Sleeper, regardless of temperature, just about anything is better than sleeping on hard ground.

Slushy snow, ice sheets, swampy mud, brambles/blackberry and poison oak/Ivy all would be worse than cold hard ground

Lesson from homeless people seem to be that bare rocky surfaces, like cement/,concrete are better for sleeping on, than grass fields... Because of critters and dew/moisture. But any form of insulation makes things better by far.

Pine boughs and needle nests would be better than bare hard pack dirt, and has a long history of usage.

Animal furs and wool batting, also better. Down insulation great on the top as quilts though.

Synthetic closed cell foam also pretty good but not as good as insulated down filled inflatables apparently.

Getting off the ground is key, be it branches and needles, hammock, cots, or log bed platform.

With hammocks though, you still want insulation; hence the popularity of "under quilts" that hangs on the outside of the hammock body. Foam pads would work well here too. Wool blankets maybe. Open cell foam insulated inflatables also decent, like Thermarest.

 

[monkeybutler]

Older than WW2. This practice goes back to prehistory. Archaeological evidence of plant based bedding goes back to 200,000 years ago in Africa. Native Americans used pines for bedding and medicine, and foods before European contact.

Well beyond 200k years ago. That practice is likely older than buggery.

 

[CamoDeafie]

Well beyond 200k years ago. That practice is likely older than buggery.

Just saying archeological evidence.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

A really good trick to beat the cold....
Don't step too far away from the fire or stove....

Sleeping on the ground...yep...done that a lot.
Something between you and ground is always a excellent idea...no matter the weather.
Layers between you and the ground is a most excellent idea.
Andy