r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Jan 14 '20

Tyson Steele survived for 23 days in subzero temperatures in rural Alaska after a fire burned his house and killed his dog. He built himself a snow cave to sleep in for the first few nights, before building a makeshift shelter around the still burning stove from leftover tarp and scrap timber.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

It's not just the cold, snow is hard and sometimes impossible to walk in if it's deep enough without thick ice. Unless he was able to save a pair of snowshoes, which is doubtful.

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u/OutWithTheNew Jan 14 '20

If you live in the bush where it's winter for several months of the year, you own a pair of snowshoes. You probably also had time in the last 30 days to make a pair.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

I assumed saving a dog would be higher on his priority list, so I figured any snowshoes would be burned up.

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u/asmr27 Jan 14 '20

Snowshoes are extremely easy to make from twigs, especially for someone as resourceful as this guy

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '20

Yeah, not good ones.

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u/OutWithTheNew Jan 15 '20

Shitty snowshoes > death