An old Inuit hunter, once told me that what they do when they go through the ice into water; is to immediately roll in the snow to coat all their clothing. He said that even though you are wet the snow crystals seal in the body heat much like a vapour-barrier system does. He did also say that you needed to keep moving, to keep blood flow up, yet not so fast as to promote sweating. He said that as a young hunter this had saved his life. He also said it made him more wary on thin ice. LOL

I've picked up so many wool items from the thrift shop, it's really the best thing for cold weather!

Interesting tip! I always wear wool socks in the outdoors, and we do not have here such low temperatures, but it always interesting to know, and how to wear the socks in an emergency! As always, the "Old Man" knows it all!!! Thanks for sharing, Mr Mors! You are the best! From Portugal, my deepest respects and admiration!

Great advice here on how to save your feet. I use USAF mukluks with thick wool socks and no felt liners, just the felt insoles. Very warm and feels like wearing slippers in the outdoors.

Very interesting demo. I have heard Mors speak to this before, and he is the only person relating this technique that I am aware of. In my reading of the literature, people would always go to the fire ASAP. I suppose I will have to try it out soon with my sock system and see how it works. It makes sense based on flexibility of the foot and blood circulation. I wonder if using felt liners on the outside of sock system, if walking in the felt liners works also to get the moisture wicking out?

RIP Mors....I have my wool socks on and warm feet. Cheers to you!

Very good. Thank you very much

excellent, thank you

I tried this in about -10C just in my backyard. I soaked my feet with three layers of wool socks and walked around my backyard for an hour. Immediately after I got them completely soaked, my feet didn't feel cold at all, just wet. After 10 minutes, the toes, soul, and heal had completely frozen solid and my feet were still warm. My feet were a little damp but not really noticeable and they were warm anyhow. After 30 minutes, one foot was doing perfectly fine, not like having a boot on but not cold and not particularly damp feeling. The other foot however was getting a bit cold on the bottom of the toes but it was manageable. It didn't feel wet though. After the full hour, my one foot was doing surprisingly well. It wasn't warm but it wasn't cold and it wasn't dry but it wasn't wet. The other foot though, was just getting worse. My toes were uncomfortably cold. Its not that the whole foot lost heat and I was feeling it in the toes, it was that it felt like there was just this one cold spot. It felt like I was walking directly on the snow in that one spot under my toes. Conclusion: So one foot worked fantastically. The other foot didn't but it was better than nothing but not so good as if I had perhaps kept soaking wet footwear on. I don't know why one foot was better than the other, I couldn't find any difference during the trial or upon inspection afterwards. It might work better or worse depending on how much snow there is...??? I might have been better off if there had been deep snow because I would have had to work a lot harder and would have generated a lot more body heat. I didn't have a whole lot of deep snow to walk in so that might have had some negative effect. I'll have to try it again with more snow. I can see this being useful if you lose your boots somehow and get your feet drenched. It would definitely save your feet. If I had had just bare feet, I would have gotten frostbite very quickly. Doing this turns certain frostbite into slight discomfort. I would certainty be enough protection until you can get a fire going. tldr: It'll probably work for like 2 hours in about -10C. Great but don't trust it too much.

Great video. Big problem for me is finding socks big enough to wear two pairs. I have size 14-15 and can barely find ones big enough for a single layer.

Cody Lundin (who took courses from Mors) used this on Dual Survivor and was ragged on by that idiot Joe Tetti for it, "You're compromising the mission!!!" etc. Good thing Tetti knows more than Kochanski or Lundin eh?

I always bring 8oz pair of rubber Nike slippers n a pair of triple thick wool socks. Takes no space or weight n even if no water trouble i have warm feet around camp at night. Totally worth the carry.

THANKS

I worked in a trench installing pipe. In the wintertime, I would have wet shoes and trousers normally. Once the water freezes the trousers, they are actually warmer than before they got wet, Of course I dressed for the cold before hand. I have stripped my shirt off and shed a layer in below zero because I actually dressed too warm.

Winter's on its way in the North East. Good Tip to know and prepare for by experiment. Thanks Mors!

Amazing information! Rip

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did he say? 30% wool hair...70% wool? wtf ? 1:20 never heard of a sock with 2 wools discribed as such