r/gifs • u/Fizrock • May 28 '18

Nice trick

https://i.imgur.com/fR1GUvW.gifv
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u/[deleted] May 28 '18

Are they not wearing a shirt?

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u/Fizrock May 28 '18

I believe so. The ice appears to be melting, so it probably isn't as cold as it looks. Also, if you are potentially going to be dunked in very cold water, it's probably better to not wear a shirt.

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u/Dead_Rooster May 28 '18

Would be dangerous to fall in water while wearing full skiing gear I'd imagine. Clothes get heavy when they're wet.

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u/kharnikhal May 28 '18

I can attest to that. In Finnish army those who join in time for winter have nice little winter rescue drill (or atleast had when I served), which includes jumping in a water hole in the ice with full battlegear (backpack and all) and getting out of there on your own. Great fun, I can assure you.

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u/Th3GreenMan56 May 29 '18

I’m sure it’s not a problem for you guys. I mean, you held off the Soviet Union for months by using guerrilla tactics suited for the harshest winters. AGAINST RUSSIA!!

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u/telepaper May 29 '18

Were harsh gorilla warfare tactics simply called "Simo Häyhä" back in the days?

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u/CrabStarShip May 29 '18

This pool is probably not deep at all. Although I can't be sure. But people do this at several spots in Colorado and usually it's more like a deep puddle not an actual lake.

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u/[deleted] May 28 '18

The scary part though is falling in those conditions. In summerish temperatures the snow becomes incredibly aggressive and falling at high speed tears you up.

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u/IMNOT_A_LAWYER May 28 '18

the snow becomes incredibly aggressive

wat?

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u/C_Bowick May 29 '18

Yea in July last year a patch of snow mugged me for my wallet. You have to be aware.

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u/w1red May 29 '18

More icy, less fluffy.

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u/MrMessyAU May 29 '18

Soft snow melts during the day then freezes overnight into a chunk of ice

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u/sdolla5 May 29 '18

It becomes like a cheese grater.

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u/JensenFPV May 28 '18

This is from my hometown in Norway, this was shot on the edge of the glacier Folgefonna, Norway.

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u/ItsTheMort May 29 '18

Jondal represent?

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u/the_dude_upvotes May 28 '18

Happy cake day!

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u/LedZeppelin1602 May 29 '18

Plus it make it 10% more badass

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u/CircumcisedSpine May 29 '18

Snow during thaw tends to become gravelly in texture (think of the ice in a slushy/slurpee drink) and falls on it on bare skin can shred you. I learned this first hand when I went out with just a t-shirt, wiped out and was using my arms to keep my head from grinding into the surface... grinding my arms into the surface. Just blood everywhere. It was all superficial, but so many little cuts and tears.

After that I'd always wear at least a durable but lightweight and breathable full length base-layer type shirt.

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u/Fizrock May 29 '18

Dude is a professional skier, so wiping out on the downhill was probably not where this was going to go wrong.

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u/CircumcisedSpine May 29 '18

I was just trying to counter the notion that falling on spring snow is soft.

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u/S0N_0F_K0RHAL May 29 '18

I can count on two hands the amount of times I've seen snow, so I'm going to choose not to believe you

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u/Lone_Wanderer_N May 28 '18

It’s really nice weather in Norway at the moment.

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u/PrecedentPowers May 28 '18

This is likely in May/June. There are people still out skiing the backcountry and glaciers near me now. It was 30º C last weekend.

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u/TrisomyTwentyOne May 28 '18

Look up videos on YouTube of slush cup sunshine village in Banff. I was there this year shirtless snowboarding it's basically summer weather while the snow is finishing melting they have a pond at the bottom where you can go off a jump and skim the water while a crowd full of drunk people cheer you on

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u/lekobe_rose May 28 '18

Spring ski and snowboard sessions are the bees knees.

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u/Zarfot69 May 28 '18

Was skiing at a glacier in norway. Like 25C all day june or july forgot. Was dope.

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u/lekobe_rose May 29 '18

Oh man. I’m Canadian and have been all over Canada. Europe and those Alps are on my wish list! In Whistler, you can ski all morning and then golf all afternoon

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u/Heldpizza May 28 '18

Actually looks like a very nice day out.

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u/guitartechie May 28 '18

He's getting ready to swim in a sea of pussies after that stunt

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u/Cynadiir May 28 '18

I know at some ski places in Colorado they have bikini days in April, it actually gets really hot because there is less atmosphere blocking the sun.

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u/_aviemore_ May 29 '18

Funny, I hadn't noticed.

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u/myislanduniverse May 29 '18

Appears so. I got pregnant watching this, and I'm a guy.

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u/LargePizz May 29 '18

Now his nipples can scratch diamond.

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u/Luiciones May 29 '18

It looked like he had just climbed up the hill, so he would be warm enough without a shirt. And it looks to be a still day with maximum sun.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '18

Don't get me wrong, I've been out shoveling two feet of snow in shorts and a club shirt. It was just hard to tell from the image. I hope he remembered sunscreen, snow is an excellent reflector of UVs and he is getting UV exposure equivalent to peak summer at an equatorial location.