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Offline Swannie

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Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
« Reply #25 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

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Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
« Reply #26 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

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Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
« Reply #27 on: July 09, 2015, 02:26:51 PM »
Does sleeping in an igloo count. Mt Howitt, 1980.
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Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
« Reply #28 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 ...  :-[
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Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
« Reply #29 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.

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Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
« Reply #30 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.
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Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
« Reply #31 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 ..
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Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
« Reply #32 on: July 09, 2015, 07:10:12 PM »
Blowup!! Ha!!     We  used to live in shoe box int' middle of road. :-*
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Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
« Reply #33 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.
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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



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Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
« Reply #34 on: July 09, 2015, 07:49:31 PM »
OH swagged in . ????????????
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Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
« Reply #35 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,
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Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
« Reply #36 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

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Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
« Reply #37 on: July 10, 2015, 01:10:51 PM »
Im a non starter in the pissing competition, only about -4
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Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
« Reply #38 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


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Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
« Reply #39 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

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Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
« Reply #40 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

Cheers,

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Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
« Reply #41 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.
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Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
« Reply #42 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 :)
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Re: What's the coldest weather you've swagged it in
« Reply #43 on: July 11, 2015, 03:42:32 PM »
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