Surviving in a winter climate

[catspa]

Well, I was speaking in rather general terms. But when you're shivering bad and your fingers get numb, if you can't start a fire or get warm by some means, you're gonna be just another snowdrift come morning.

Parker

[Rosie]

How does this happen in the first place? I'm having a difficult time imagining myself stranded on a mountain in the snow with no sunglasses. Seriously how did this man get himself into this predicament.

[Pathfinder1]

Originally Posted by Rosie

How does this happen in the first place? I'm having a difficult time imagining myself stranded on a mountain in the snow with no sunglasses. Seriously how did this man get himself into this predicament.

Hi...


Good question. However, there are ways to protect your eyes...with made-on-the-spot eye "shielding"...cutting small slits in duct tape, for example.

Centuries ago, Eskimos used ivory with those same small slits carved into it as shields against the glare.

Incidently, there is also a little-known phenomenon known as snow burn...which can happen in those areas of bright sun and max glare from the sun.

[Grandpa]

Originally Posted by Pathfinder1

Hi...
Incidently, there is also a little-known phenomenon known as snow burn...which can happen in those areas of bright sun and max glare from the sun.

Actually, it is well known, especially to skiiers and snowmobilers who go to the mountain without sunscreen. Normally, clean shaven, I decided it was time to grow a beard after a glorious weekend of skiing in the Tetons while a college student.

[Pathfinder1]

Originally Posted by Grandpa

Actually, it is well known, especially to skiiers and snowmobilers who go to the mountain without sunscreen. Normally, clean shaven, I decided it was time to grow a beard after a glorious weekend of skiing in the Tetons while a college student.

Hi...


Thanks, Oldsarge. Most of my compatriots weren't aware of it.

[Rosie]

Originally Posted by Pathfinder1

Hi...


Good question. However, there are ways to protect your eyes...with made-on-the-spot eye "shielding"...cutting small slits in duct tape, for example.

Centuries ago, Eskimos used ivory with those same small slits carved into it as shields against the glare.

Incidently, there is also a little-known phenomenon known as snow burn...which can happen in those areas of bright sun and max glare from the sun.

I'm pretty sure the fear of incriminating snow burn on the face everywhere except for where your ski goggles cover is what prevents most of us from playing hookey from work to enjoy an extra day of skiing.

[racoon]

I am not from a snowy climate, so I had no idea of any of the things posted here. I think it is particularly beneficial to know! A person never knows what they may be confronted with in life. I saw on TV once, if stranded in the snow, to build a mini igloo and go inside for protection until rescue comes, if ever.

[ejdixon]

Best scenario I can think of is that he might have lost it along the way, rosie. I did see this episode in Discovery's I Shouldn't Be Alive of a family getting trapped and lost in a snowy wilderness for 9 days with their baby with no eye protection or stuff. Apart from the frostbite and blisters on their face and skin, they didn't seem to have suffered problems with their eyesight. Pretty curious now on why that man became blind after getting lost while this family didn't within similar conditions.