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Title: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: jswaggerking on June 26, 2015, 07:47:20 PM: Well from previous topics talking about how to keep warm in a swag

I'd like to see what everyone has braved

(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06/26/b70f823d59c77819c5148132d8bf2763.jpg)

This was a the morning after a cool -5

Let's see what ya got!

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Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: peter01 on June 26, 2015, 09:07:09 PM: Binadree Hut this year, nice and cold
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: Palmer on June 26, 2015, 09:22:03 PM: -1 or -2 at Abbotsfield in Tassie's South west would have to pull me up.
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: Rumpig on June 26, 2015, 09:50:25 PM: Nindigully many years ago on an endevour car rally, was minus 4 or minus 5 (forget exactly which it was) the publican told us that morning whilst we were having brekky. Would have done a few similar temps on that trip out West that year.... recall waiting atleast 15 - 20 minutes for the heater to defrost the front windscreen one morning so we could drive off, ice was to thick to scrape from the windscreen that day.
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: Kiwijohn on June 26, 2015, 10:17:50 PM: Aratula last year - somewhere between -4 and -6, we went through 8 bags of firewood that night.
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: tk421 on June 26, 2015, 10:18:24 PM: Tented it in -5 in the UK. Tent zips froze up with the condensation and we had to melt the ice on the zips with a lighter to get out of the tent.
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: Roo on June 26, 2015, 11:05:37 PM: -4 central highlands QLD last year but we had the luxury of rolling the swag out inside a shed.
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: briann532 on June 27, 2015, 12:28:39 AM: Got down to -6 at the farm last weekend...............

-10 rated bag with -10 bag as a blanket over me in a southern cross swag.
VERY warm and toasty.
It was the 3 o'clock bladder drain that sent a chill through me :'(
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: plusnq on June 27, 2015, 05:22:00 AM: Quote from: jswaggerking on June 26, 2015, 07:47:20 PM
Well from previous topics talking about how to keep warm in a swag

I'd like to see what everyone has braved

(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06/26/b70f823d59c77819c5148132d8bf2763.jpg)

This was a the morning after a cool -5

Let's see what ya got!

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Hi, which swag/cot is that please?

Cheers

Shane
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: jswaggerking on June 27, 2015, 08:00:46 AM: Quote from: plusnq on June 27, 2015, 05:22:00 AM
Hi, which swag/cot is that please?

Cheers

Shane

Hey, it's the Kings double on a queen oz trail stretcher, super comfy

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Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: plusnq on June 27, 2015, 08:07:35 AM: Thank you.
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: speewa158 on June 27, 2015, 09:48:16 AM: Mitchell Falls WA 3 weeks ago had to drink beerssss :cheers: sitting in the shade at 40deg . Geeeez the :cheers: were cold :cup: :cup:
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: GGV8Cruza on June 27, 2015, 10:45:41 AM: Boys weekend a number of years ago, Victorian High country and in rolls the snow, -9 that night and freezing

(http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh502/GGPatrol/DSC00076_zpskrdugvhe.jpg) (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/GGPatrol/media/DSC00076_zpskrdugvhe.jpg.html)

Camped in the swag and the wind was blowing it into the swag, getting the fire going and the cars was interesting in the morning

(http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh502/GGPatrol/DSC00079_zpsct0swmnx.jpg) (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/GGPatrol/media/DSC00079_zpsct0swmnx.jpg.html)

GG
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: Jasjul on June 27, 2015, 01:06:16 PM: Bindaree hut, very frosty.

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Howitt Hut, went to sleep with wind and rain, woke up to this.

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Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: jswaggerking on June 27, 2015, 01:09:40 PM: Wow that's awesome
Crazy weather Aus can bring 50+ to -10 lol
Looks good guys

What time of year GG and jasjul

Live the dream, not dream it.
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: Tim - Stratford on June 27, 2015, 01:39:02 PM: Mt Baw Baw - did a snow course with work and had to snow shoe up the hill and camp in igloos/tents - was a bit chilly but no thermometer. My camel back froze solid in my pack.

Tim
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: tracker on June 27, 2015, 02:46:35 PM: Quote from: GGV8Cruza on June 27, 2015, 10:45:41 AM
Boys weekend a number of years ago, Victorian High country and in rolls the snow, -9 that night and freezing

(http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh502/GGPatrol/DSC00076_zpskrdugvhe.jpg) (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/GGPatrol/media/DSC00076_zpskrdugvhe.jpg.html)

Camped in the swag and the wind was blowing it into the swag, getting the fire going and the cars was interesting in the morning

[img width=640

height=480]http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh502/GGPatrol/DSC00079_zpsct0swmnx.jpg[/img] (http://s1249.photobucket.com/user/GGPatrol/media/DSC00079_zpsct0swmnx.jpg.html)

GG

Wowwww...I just love North Queensland .... ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: markymark on June 27, 2015, 08:03:36 PM: Quote from: Tim - Stratford on June 27, 2015, 01:39:02 PM
Mt Baw Baw - did a snow course with work and had to snow shoe up the hill and camp in igloos/tents - was a bit chilly but no thermometer. My camel back froze solid in my pack.

Tim
Similar here - slept on Mt Stirling in the snow in a small tent when cross country skiing. Had a duck down sleeping bag and 2 cheap foam mattresses. Would say I was comfortable but certainly not toasty.

Mark.
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: swanny on June 27, 2015, 08:45:20 PM: Back country survival course some years ago up at Guthega, no SWAG, snow cave and sleeping bag......F$#%@ing freezing....but got thru....

Swanny
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: lino6 on June 27, 2015, 10:06:03 PM: Years ago I got a bit drunk and may have made a footpath pizza before heading off to bed. Was frosty that night :D

Quote from: markymark on June 27, 2015, 08:03:36 PM
Similar here - slept on Mt Stirling in the snow in a small tent when cross country skiing. Had a duck down sleeping bag and 2 cheap foam mattresses. Would say I was comfortable but certainly not toasty.

Mark.

We did a cross country ski trip in high school on Mt Stirling. Camped in a tent and a borrowed sleeping bag and roasted most of the night. Snowed over night but wouldn't know what the temp was. Getting out of the sleeping bag was the worst part!
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: Jason B on June 27, 2015, 10:24:41 PM: Similar to others around - 11 or 12. Camped at Denison on lake Eucumbene working. Watch stopped, water bottle froze solid, canvas lid on the swag was solid and the zippers frozen shut. We could pick the rope up that was tied to the boat and it was like as stick for about 10 feet.

I don't have a photo but it's etched into my mind.

Jas
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: pinarelloman on June 27, 2015, 11:52:32 PM: Chamois and Tahr hunting on Glentanner station near Mt Cook in NZ. 3 guys in a 2 man tent. Plenty of snow, not sure on temp. Middle of winter.
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: Tim - Stratford on June 28, 2015, 12:55:59 AM: Quote from: pinarelloman on June 27, 2015, 11:52:32 PM
Chamois and Tahr hunting on Glentanner station near Mt Cook in NZ. 3 guys in a 2 man tent. Plenty of snow, not sure on temp. Middle of winter.

A work mate just got back 3 weeks ago - he couldn't have his hands out of his sleeping bag to hold his book in the tent!
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: dales133 on June 28, 2015, 01:35:50 AM: Quote from: Tim - Stratford on June 28, 2015, 12:55:59 AM
A work mate just got back 3 weeks ago - he couldn't have his hands out of his sleeping bag to hold his book in the tent!
I slept in the back of my commodore ute in fiordland national park mid winter.
Drove down there and back in the day the petrol station was open for 5 mins every hour on the hour and shut at 5.05 until 9 am the following day.
One of the least enjoyable moments of my life. I just slept in my clothes... no sleepingbag
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: sol on June 30, 2015, 06:46:41 AM: -4 right now at Bathurst.
;D not used to that!!!!

:cheers:
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: Swannie on June 30, 2015, 07:51:56 AM: The frostiest for me was when I got home a little late after a BIG night and slept on the front verandah, it was frosty in the house for a few days as well ;D

Swannie
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: Palmer on July 08, 2015, 10:25:43 PM: Quote from: swannie on June 30, 2015, 07:51:56 AM
The frostiest for me was when I got home a little late after a BIG night and slept on the front verandah, it was frosty in the house for a few days as well ;D

Swannie

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Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: Barry G on July 09, 2015, 02:26:51 PM: Does sleeping in an igloo count. Mt Howitt, 1980.
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: james2115 on July 09, 2015, 03:38:12 PM: Bloody hell - and I thought my -2 at Bents Basin last weekend was cold. Thin nylon tent, but nice tarp over the top kept the inside of the tent around 8. Not my idea - my son wanted to go ... :-[
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: gronk on July 09, 2015, 04:51:19 PM: Minus 4 at Burraga Dam a few yrs ago......big fire and 2 doonas, meant the only cold bit was getting from the fire into bed.

Heading off to Mexico tomorrow, so we'll see how cold it gets down there ??
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: champin on July 09, 2015, 05:25:53 PM: Mt Lovick about a couple of months ago. In a bit of a cutting between Lovicks and Bluff huts. Both huts were occupied and it was snowing lightly. The wind howled over us like the sound of 10 x 747's. The next morning the brakes on the 4b's were frozen so when we moved off they let out an almighty bang. Scared the bejesus out of me til I realised what it was.
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: edz on July 09, 2015, 06:56:06 PM: A swag Hahh I wish I'd had one, Long long ago in the Green Machine on exercises out around Singleton ... there was a bunch of young diggers from the northern parts that only had a blowups nylon case [ used to contain 3 twin tubed blow up PVC air matress ] a thin corse blanket and silk as sleeping issue, needless to say temps got below freezing so it was on with the one spare change of uniform and socks [ on hands ] a howard green jumper and a coats man field then wrapped up in a Hutchie at night..
Reckon I dam near shattered my teeth shivering that much those nights, several days before the end of the Ex a mate transfered into our section " Herb Singh " and his wonderfull white lightening [ a form of home made alchohol from banana's ] filled waterbottles got us through the rest of the cold ..
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: champin on July 09, 2015, 07:10:12 PM: Blowup!! Ha!! We used to live in shoe box int' middle of road. :-*
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: yes dear on July 09, 2015, 07:13:21 PM: 6 years ago at O'Connell near Tarana.
In a tent -7, sheets of ice on the inside tent roof.
Couldn't walk on the grass the next day till 9.00 as the frost was so slippery.
and
When I was a young block stayed at Saw-pit creek in snow season in my Kombi pop top.
Snowed so hard that the roof closed on me and the girlfriend in the middle of the night.

Both bloody cold experiences
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: two up on July 09, 2015, 07:49:31 PM: OH swagged in . ????????????
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: grizzly on July 09, 2015, 07:55:50 PM: Roma this time of year 3 years ago,-2,on our way to Lawn hill and Darwin
Glenelgen today go the ranges between Glen Innes and Grafton Queens birthday weekend about 6 Yrs ago -5 on. Scout hike,we where the back up/transport,
Grizzly :cheers:
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: markeaust on July 10, 2015, 01:08:50 PM: In tent whilst backcountry ski touring on 29 June 1994......tested the limits of my sleeping bag at -23

http://wmo.asu.edu/australia-lowest-temperature (http://wmo.asu.edu/australia-lowest-temperature)

Cheers,

Mark
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: Bird on July 10, 2015, 01:10:51 PM: Im a non starter in the pissing competition, only about -4
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: Tim - Stratford on July 10, 2015, 01:47:33 PM: Quote from: markeaust on July 10, 2015, 01:08:50 PM
......tested the limits of my sleeping bag at -23

:o :o :o
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: markymark on July 10, 2015, 03:47:30 PM: Quote from: markeaust on July 10, 2015, 01:08:50 PM
In tent whilst backcountry ski touring on 29 June 1994......tested the limits of my sleeping bag at -23

http://wmo.asu.edu/australia-lowest-temperature (http://wmo.asu.edu/australia-lowest-temperature)

Cheers,

Mark

you win, lock the thread!
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: Black Diamond on July 10, 2015, 04:18:13 PM: Quote from: markeaust on July 10, 2015, 01:08:50 PM
In tent whilst backcountry ski touring on 29 June 1994......tested the limits of my sleeping bag at -23

http://wmo.asu.edu/australia-lowest-temperature (http://wmo.asu.edu/australia-lowest-temperature)

Cheers,

Mark

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Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: peterdeg on July 10, 2015, 05:17:55 PM: Bendethera 2006. -9 in a nylon tent with +5 sleeping bags.
Wife ended up wearing all clothes she'd taken away with her.
Wanted a coffee in the morning but couldn't make it as (a) the cups had frozen to the table and (b) so had the kettle, so we couldn't boil water to defrost the cups.

Fortunately the fire was quick to start and we managed to get defrosting water using it.
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: 4.2_simo on July 10, 2015, 05:46:34 PM: This was an overnighter last winter we did into the snow, up the top of Mt Selma in the Vic High Country. Don't know how cold it was, but when I woke up I had a layer of ice on the inside of the swag from the condensation... Was bloody cold, but hoping to do t again this season :)
Title: Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
Post by: markeaust on July 11, 2015, 03:42:32 PM: Quote from: markymark on July 10, 2015, 03:47:30 PM
you win, lock the thread!

:cup:

:cheers:

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Mark