Two days marching through snow, being ambushed

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5 жыл бұрын

Sign up for your free trial to The Great Courses Plus here: ow.ly/lYch30noyJZ. My experiences re-enacting part of the march of the Czechoslovak legions to Vladivostok in WW1.
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Live action role play, or re-enactment? Improvised drama or role play gaming? You decide.
My character's story was very dark, but I'm afraid I cannot give you the details, because this event will be run again, and the organisers want to keep things secret for future participants.
Photographs by Petr Zip Hajek. See / petr.zip.hajek
Legion: Siberian Story is a LARP event organised by a company called Rolling. See legion.rolling.cz. See also the Facebook page: / legionsiberianstory
The song we sang, Ack Synku Synku: • Ach synku, synku .
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@1EDSEL3 5 жыл бұрын

24:19 "You can't expect something of this quality to be free." - says the guy giving us his superb content for free since 2007.

@1EDSEL3 5 жыл бұрын

Well I guess there are ads

@IGotBoergs 3 жыл бұрын

That’s crazy

@arnonuhm4022 3 жыл бұрын

WesLexner ... or just very modest.

@IGotBoergs 3 жыл бұрын

@@arnonuhm4022 I meant that he‘s uploading since 2007

@kristinfrostlazerbeams 3 жыл бұрын

Free but takes time to watch.

@jonathanlivingstonseagull3062 5 жыл бұрын

"Brother Sergeant" *Heavy breathing through power armour vox caster*

@mortisCZ 5 жыл бұрын

It would be "bratře seržante" in Czech..and as a fellow warhammer fan you've probably heard of Horus heresy Vaults of Moravec. did you know that Morava is part of Czech Republic? Moravec is practically a surename of someone from there. Greetings from Semtín, Czěch Republic...yeah the city quarter that Semtex is named after. :-D

@evaahh9584 5 жыл бұрын

“I was hit in both arms... but I was the last one standing!” *insert monty python flesh wound clip*

@bl4cksp1d3r 3 жыл бұрын

'tis barely a scratch!

@ltd4517 3 жыл бұрын

Golden opportunity for that joke if I've ever seen one

@jorgeptolemy5999 5 жыл бұрын

Phew I almost started to be productive.

@MrMonkeyhanger 5 жыл бұрын

Tell me about it, it was definitely touch and go there for a second...

@artificialavocado9652 5 жыл бұрын

Well we can’t have that!

@midshipman8654 5 жыл бұрын

Jorge Ptolemy that was a close one! Thankfully your back where you belong with us, wasting our time watching people be productive.

@fuzzydunlop7928 5 жыл бұрын

Same, except I almost started to be reproductive. Now I can feel her stabbing daggers with her eyes, I'm just staring intently at the screen until she goes away or something.

@zelosmiman5533 5 жыл бұрын

Iam very sorry .. I was the 421th like .. if it stood on 420 it would be perfect.

@iammaxhailme 5 жыл бұрын

Polite British man takes bullying lessons, more at 11

@artificialavocado9652 5 жыл бұрын

Lol thinking the same think had to be mostly British folks and maybe Canadians if they had to hold a workshop on how to bully.

@jamesholland5521 5 жыл бұрын

In my experience, the British can be very good at bullying, but equally normally not very willing to partake in it.

@ofthecaribbean 5 жыл бұрын

@@jamesholland5521 Its kinda funny. All white ppl r nice, 😬until they're not

@vaclavjebavy5118 5 жыл бұрын

@@ofthecaribbean I would say an environment (including the country itself) where someone was born is more relevant than -how black- what skin colour they are.

@ofthecaribbean 5 жыл бұрын

@@vaclavjebavy5118 Ye Where do white ppl live tho And *how* do they live

@Sharklops 5 жыл бұрын

Holy crap just thinking about the logistics of putting that event on is enough to give me an anxiety attack. Kudos to the event organizers!

@lindybeige 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, after 22 runs, they really had honed their craft. Dare say the first one was pretty decent too, mind.

@wobblysauce 5 жыл бұрын

@@lindybeige If wearing a jacket like in the event/story you were telling, get some length of string and tie your spoon to your jacket... no matter where you go so does your implement of choice.

@jamatheo 5 жыл бұрын

Czechs are really good at reenacting stuff. Their napoleonic and 7yw crowd is next to none.

@wobblysauce 5 жыл бұрын

@Marry Christmas People were also told not to smoke, and yet they still did.

@diaz5292 5 жыл бұрын

Indeed!

@andrewdriver3318 5 жыл бұрын

In the army, we used condoms to keep from fouling our barrels. They're also good for keeping things out of the end of your rifle.

@vold2268 3 жыл бұрын

Not stupid if it work

@jaymorgan8013 3 жыл бұрын

Don't want to catch an STD. Your rifle won't work properly!

@andrewclayton4181 3 жыл бұрын

When I reenacted ACW, I carved a muzzle plug from a convenient stick. Kept the rain out. Being a muzzle loader you didn't want it wet down there.

@noahway13 4 күн бұрын

I got the joke.

@LS-go1kx 5 жыл бұрын

"I don't like snow. It's cold, and wet, and it gets in everywhere"

@AshTheDeerGuy 3 жыл бұрын

I understood that reference!

@Hunting380 3 жыл бұрын

Anakin! I have the cold ground!

@sumanthganapathibasavapatn141 3 жыл бұрын

hello there

@Hugh-Glass 3 жыл бұрын

I read this comment when I really should be repairing my snow shoe.

@dELTA13579111315 3 жыл бұрын

@@Hugh-Glass did you ever repair it?

@mikaelm6404 5 жыл бұрын

I have also done this all as Lindy, snow, cold, weapons, hunger, etc but it was a little bit longer period. It was not LARP or role-playing game. Her in Finland we call that general military service.

@jubuttib 5 жыл бұрын

I tend to look back on it as the biggest LARP I've ever taken part in... Made about as much sense as one, and everyone mostly stayed in character for the whole year.

@Mr.Ekshin 3 жыл бұрын

@@jubuttib - Yup... I was LRRP'ing while other lucky buggers were merely LARP'ing.

@christianfreedom-seeker934 2 жыл бұрын

😂😄😄😄😄

@myparceltape1169 2 жыл бұрын

Yes,, and you train to RUN with an injured comrade on your back .

@matthiasthulman4058 2 жыл бұрын

Perkele...

@blabla260 5 жыл бұрын

These both parts basically make a full lenght movie about Czechoslovak Legions. Dekujeme!

@TreeGod. 5 жыл бұрын

blabla260 time before I leave you I must tell a tale of an earlier time, An earlier me even, I was but a wisp of sand a little grain of wheat Half of one even When I came across a strange looking stone, A pebble in the road it was not But a great boulder in the dirt Protruding from its corroded, jagged edges was a green gem stone More vibrant then I could only wish to of dreamt up in a greatest fever dreams of all time It almost looked as though light was emanating from deep inside it, I was in awe, speechless, emotionless as if I had lost all the sense of time and reality I started towards it almost falling into each step after its Beauty, I out stretch my hand and I felt myself becoming heavy as I’m stumbling into complete darkness I can’t see anything but hear only what has to be myself falling face first into the rocky dirt path in front of the stone Only to wake up 24 miles away from the area 13 hours later Safe to say I haven’t returned

@bmtsings4843 3 жыл бұрын

@@TreeGod. Woah.

@oteromason 5 жыл бұрын

I love hearing people from warmer places talk about snow and cold weather as a novel thing. It's so interesting to think about it from a different perspective than I'm used to

@coupledyetivonvanderburg5385 5 жыл бұрын

Right? I'm admittedly not from the coldest region in the world (Colorado), but seeing people so interested that snowy nights are so bright, and other such ubiquitous things, is genuinely quite entertaining.

@PaulMab9 5 жыл бұрын

Coupledyeti Vonvanderburg As someone who has lived my whole life near the equator (currently in Florida). Snowy, or otherwise *really* cold weather, just has SO many things that are different. It feels like a different world.

@interdictr3657 5 жыл бұрын

@@PaulMab9 indeed. im from australia and ive seen snow once when on a holiday. what surprised me was that it was not as cold as i imagined and I ended up with shorts and a teeshirt

@PaulMab9 5 жыл бұрын

Interdictr it’s just so very different than I expected. Used to it now though, traveling and all that. But the first few times, wild.

@GrrrIamMad 5 жыл бұрын

It must have hardly been below freezing for shorts and a shirt. When it's very cold out, touching snow with bare skin is a nightmare because it is so cold.

@fredlind8270 5 жыл бұрын

As a Swede, hearing you talk about your experience with the "different types of snow" was hilarious. So many times have I cut my ankles going through the "ice crust" when running barefeet on the snow from the sauna to the lake and back in late winter/early spring.

@FirstLast-di5sr Жыл бұрын

You guys are crazy! 🤣❤

@Erraddo 5 жыл бұрын

>grim tone >dark backstory >rank is "Brother-Sargeant" Were you reenacting the death of a 40k space marine chapter!?

@tomhughes1055 4 жыл бұрын

Brother?

@Havermeyer7908 3 жыл бұрын

@@tomhughes1055 brother I am pinned here!

@henrymilner7061 3 жыл бұрын

@@Havermeyer7908 hold brother

@TransMiqote 3 жыл бұрын

@Niek Vels ...well, Lindy isn't allowed to spoil anything soooo...

@hazeltree7738 3 жыл бұрын

@@Havermeyer7908 My face is my shield!

@anonpers0n 5 жыл бұрын

I hiked the entire 2190 mile Appalachian trail in 2016 and got the nickname chopstix because I lost my spoon and so I made chopsticks each night for dinner. Don't lose your spoon years later everyone you care about will call you chopstix for the rest of your life

@grejsancoprative 5 жыл бұрын

That's kind of what I've heard about the most important things you ought to always carry in the military: Your spoon, and your canteen.

@-R.E.D.A.C.T.E.D- 5 жыл бұрын

I lost my chopsticks and made makeshift spoons. Now people nickname me Spooner...

@rjsteeves 5 жыл бұрын

name checks out.

@fuzzydunlop7928 5 жыл бұрын

I was marching the Appalachian trail and accidentally lost my son.

@GAndreC 5 жыл бұрын

Spork is the way to go it you can get one

@aussiebloke609 5 жыл бұрын

"For more information, there's a link _there..."_ *points to the wrong side* So Lloydian. :-)

@lindybeige 5 жыл бұрын

It turns out that they have removed the feature that enabled one to place these links where one wanted them. Now it is top right of screen or nothing.

@aussiebloke609 5 жыл бұрын

I figured. Still, it's so...you. :-P Cheers, mate - love this series! :-)

@sethbennett617 5 жыл бұрын

@@lindybeige sorry but i had to point it out. you don't want to be responsible for a major information leak

@Milamberinx 3 жыл бұрын

@BenjaminTheRogue I hazard to guess they removed the feature for usability on a more diverse set of device types. Televisions, phones, and chromecasts all present different user interface challenges. Not to mention accessibility for the blind.

@TribuneAquila 5 жыл бұрын

I once got through security (unknowingly) with 10 rounds of spent .45 cal. And 2 live rounds that were buried under everything in my bag. But they confiscated my Swiss Army knife. Thank god for airport security.

@moosemaimer 5 жыл бұрын

20-some-odd years ago I was halfway through a tour of _a certain government building_ when I thought "hang on, what's in my back pocket?" and realized my knife had made it past security.

@Aeleas 5 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile I got flagged at the Statue of Liberty for year-old powder residue from a range trip.

@jimmaccauley 5 жыл бұрын

Security theatre, making you feel safe because... why not?

@nathanbrown8680 5 жыл бұрын

@@jimmaccauley Somehow the thought of what a suicide bomber could do in an airport security line doesn't make me feel particularly safe.

@jeremiahfoster5810 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve accidentally brought 5 .22 rounds in my bag. Didn’t know it until I got to my destination and decided to try and bring it back. Both times they didn’t notice it but instead focused on this metal card. Airport security is a joke.

@headrockbeats 5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a great experience. I'd be very willing to participate, had only the Czechoslovakian army marched its way through, say, a subtropical tourist resort.

@mortisCZ 5 жыл бұрын

We've never invaded anything subtropical...well we did but roughly 500 years ago.:-D

@jayteegamble 5 жыл бұрын

And instead of marching maybe they just sit around enjoying tropical drinks? I could totally LARP the mutiny on the bounty.

@jordansblabbering6303 4 жыл бұрын

@@jayteegamble we have some pirate LARPs

@Richard-Vlk 3 жыл бұрын

Actually, the Czechoslovak legions travelled mostly by train. And they were also active in the summer. And the troops were rotated - after a few weeks in the frontline they were given a week or so for recreation. So i suggest a reenacment event which would comprise travelling by a train in the summer, sunbathing and swimming in the lake of Baikal, and evening dancing lessons with girls from Yekaterinburg :-) But beware, it was explicitly prohibited to keep women companions in the train.

@robotslug 5 жыл бұрын

An hour Lindy video at dinnertime? Pull out my slippers kids, dads not movin!

@maxhugen 4 жыл бұрын

... oh, and bring me my spoon!

@Eightfinger 5 жыл бұрын

Great video about a great event. Didn't know you had a youtube channel. The strange thing is, when I first got to meet you, I immediately thought that you are the kind of person that would be great as an entertainer on TV, or some kind of host on a youtube channel. And now I stumble across this video :D Glad to have met you, you were a damn good LARPer to have in the squad! Best wishes, "Zaboj", who, eh, ment well. :D

@wobblysauce 5 жыл бұрын

We found the one that stabbed the great Lindy.

@jeffmiller4168 5 жыл бұрын

Of course we can’t know if you were the one who stabbed Lindy, but if you were, damn sir you are a legend and a villain lol

@wobblysauce 5 жыл бұрын

Go down in infamy/notoriety?

@Eightfinger 5 жыл бұрын

@@jeffmiller4168 I might or might not have been the one who tried to actually prevent that and failed miserably :D

@jeffmiller4168 5 жыл бұрын

@@Eightfinger no hard feelings, good on you for trying

@keithrogers589 5 жыл бұрын

So historically accurate you even give yourself hearing damage due to no ear pro

@johan.ohgren 5 жыл бұрын

Gotta commit!!

@lindybeige 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! This was the hard-core run.

@Conserpov 5 жыл бұрын

_> historically accurate_ As accurate as Neo-Nazi torchlit marches in modern Kiev and Riga.

@user-kd2qd1sh3o 5 жыл бұрын

Ushankas were out of stock

@jorgeptolemy5999 5 жыл бұрын

@@Conserpov Well if the choice is between them and Soros...

@cameronstewart6016 5 жыл бұрын

I really want to do this! Let’s start “The Beige Legion”

@jaybot303functionerror4 5 жыл бұрын

Cameron Stewart The Czech Republic is a great place to visit, would love to go back to do this L.A.R.P. for want of a better word. It sound really interesting & it will give me a great history lesson on something I know very little about.

@guillermoibanezgomez3031 5 жыл бұрын

Lindybeige hasn't heard that KZfaq disabled anotations. He is too pure for this world.

@JesusFriedChrist 5 жыл бұрын

Guillermo Ibáñez Gómez Wait, when did they do that?

@p7outdoors297 4 жыл бұрын

When was that?

@notaname8140 4 жыл бұрын

@@p7outdoors297 They removed the ability to add annotations to videos in 2017, and removed all existing annotations from older videos in 2019

@Cheepchipsable 3 жыл бұрын

Many YTers still mention them, plus the options for annotations is still there.

@jamathy9953 5 жыл бұрын

"Take some puttees, oh and a spare spoon, ohh and some string, maybe lip balm... ANYWAY"

@Dezzasheep 5 жыл бұрын

he protec, he attac but most importantly he walks down icy hills at the back

@jimandaubz 5 жыл бұрын

Quite honestly, Lloyd, your should be a professor, if you are not one. You really have the skill of lecturing down, quite entertaining really *edit* Surprisingly entertaining for a man standing in front of a wall and speaking of a subject whilst stationary pictures occasionally flash on screen.

@coupledyetivonvanderburg5385 5 жыл бұрын

Well, he *is* a Lindy Hop instructor, so there's that.

@ianb9028 5 жыл бұрын

He will be as soon as he masters the scholars cradle.

@wobblysauce 5 жыл бұрын

Love a good Lindy video to watch.

@karlkriz9497 5 жыл бұрын

so true

@factbeaglesarebest 4 жыл бұрын

He doesn’t have the coherency for a professor. He’s too fast and too easily gone off track.

@norman1646 5 жыл бұрын

Do you still do model kits? Id love to see some videos of you favorite model kits perhaps in the future.

@MrGoldenV 5 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@lindybeige 5 жыл бұрын

I really miss making stuff. Soon, I hope. Next big project might be Roman buildings.

@Quickxphos 5 жыл бұрын

Lindybeige that would be incredible, make leptis magna

@benwilkins6208 5 жыл бұрын

When youre in the middle of a Lyndybeige video and you get a notification for a Lindybeige video :):):):):)

@tomstafford7510 5 жыл бұрын

In the hat and coat with all hist 6"4', he really looks the part. He could easily be an extra in a film playing a role like this

@mandowarrior123 5 жыл бұрын

*staring role

@jakemckeown9459 5 жыл бұрын

Pro tip for these kind of army trips you take: lanyards. Strapping your pistol, and especially your gloves to a belt or pack is a life saver.

@Eightfinger 5 жыл бұрын

On the topic of tears and very dramatic acting: I am very sure that suffering and exhaustion, in any way or form, just like alcohol, lower inhibitions and remove defence mechanisms in our mind that would otherwise subconciously prevent crying and sobbing, for example. On one particiularly dark scene I found myself shivering, sobbing, barely able to get out a word - and yet I was still very clearheaded, which I wouldn't have been, had the emotions been truly real. I can't force tears, can't provoke them, but during Legion it was very, very easy to let go of pride and whatever else would subcounciously have blocked that desperate behaviour. Exhaustion plays a major factor in how dramatically we ALLOW ourselfes to display certain emotions. Look at someone that has just come back from extremely exhausting work, or even a workout in the gym - all their emotions seem amplified, more direct, less filtered. I often times catch my self deliberatetly exhausting myself at LARPs, because it makes it so much easier to be immersed in the scene and "be" the character, rather than putting a second layer above my own self to portray a certain thing.

@JackVermicelli 5 жыл бұрын

The pistol? Thank goodness he bothered to czech.

@tr-vh3ec 5 жыл бұрын

glad to see you showing interest in Czech Republic - been living here 5 years now and it's a magnificent country with great people and history. If only their language wasn't quite so hard...

@firestorm165 3 жыл бұрын

I know that feeling, I am very quickly becoming more Czech than Australian but for the life of me I cannot figure out what vowels did to them which necessitated the response of banning them from their written language

@Aqueox 2 жыл бұрын

@@firestorm165 Lyczyn hre, y jszszt dn ndrdzsznd th lngj.

@peppybocan 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, SAD on that bus meant "Slovenska Autobusova Doprava" or, in English, Slovak Bus Transportation.

@Asptuber 5 жыл бұрын

Doesn't words beginning with "sad-" also usually mean something like orchard or garden? (Or am I thinking of Polish or Slovak maybe?)

@peppybocan 5 жыл бұрын

@@Asptuber yes "sad" means orchard, but not on the bus ;)

@PetrZipHajek 5 жыл бұрын

In this case was Sad shortcut of whole name of (probably) owner bus-service (i dont remember his name).

@zoria2718 4 жыл бұрын

What a sad acronym ))

@Efebur 4 жыл бұрын

It actually means Soukromá Autobusová Doprava (private bus transportation). It's a czech company.

@eemelilounela1212 5 жыл бұрын

Alternative title: A british person talks about the perils of being in a snowy environment for nearly 60 minutes.

@Magmafrost13 5 жыл бұрын

It would be nice to have a version of this video that's less aggressively spoiler-free. There is absolutely no chance Ill ever participate in this event and Im sure the same is true for probably even a majority of your viewers.

@Cov1ngtonsGhOst 5 жыл бұрын

BEIGE! Now that I've got your attention, NOW IS THE TIME, Lindy! Get your pilot,"Built for the stone age" and get it published, now with an older and more dashing Lindy!

@mackenshaw8169 5 жыл бұрын

Given how historically important they are could we please have a video discussing puttees and gaiters?

@Traderjoe 5 жыл бұрын

Lloyd, now that you have had this experience of the moving column in snow, do you think that the Hannibal story would have likely had similar stumblings and losing gear and difficulties since they were moving through the alps in winter too? Imagine how they might have been clad and what gear a North African type of ancient army might have used as kit.

@benmurray8810 5 жыл бұрын

traderjoes didn't he have lots of celts and Spanish mercenaries though?

@onetwothreefour3957 5 жыл бұрын

the alps arent bad at all outside glaciers and winter. you can hike there topless, in shorts and sandals no problem in high summer at nearly 3km height. it does get cool past 2km, but you are hiking and carrying shit and the alps arent too grand. you can easily get over a mountain in a day, no matter what, so you would get through the coldest parts in the hottest time of the day mid-march when you are properly warmed up. granted, unexperienced people can get into major trouble on any mountain, but a single somewhat experienced mountaineer is enough for informing everyone. lastly, passés. by far most are fairly low and reasonable to climb, even if you go through the harder parts. edit: between mountains (in valleys) there are tons of (evergreen) woods for fires, so even if it was super cold, they can warm up whenever they need to

@isaacderr2799 3 жыл бұрын

“You can’t expect something of this quality to be free!” *consistently puts out hour long lectures that are more engaging than anything I heard in my 4 year degree*. You always bring such great energy, without he aid of a crowd. It’s really a testament to how much you love what you’re talking about. Great humor, great information, great stuff!

@jonathanhastings4171 5 жыл бұрын

Your photo fell down lloyd,

@Incab 5 жыл бұрын

Dammit. Now I can't not see that.

@MrrMatts 5 жыл бұрын

40:20 That was close. Lindy is still on track for his knighthood.

@onetwothreefour3957 5 жыл бұрын

in many eu countries it is forbidden NOT to use winter tires when there‘s snow or ice

@helojoe92 5 жыл бұрын

About the back of the backpacks getting wet when you put them down: One tip I learned from my time in the austrian army was that you always pair up in 2: The first guy puts his backpack on the ground with the back facing up the 2nd backpack is put on top with the back facing down. This way the backs of the backpacks are facing each other and are safe from snow/water on the ground and from the weather. I shall continue watching now :D EDIT: This was great! As always thanks for bringing us along and sharing your insights! Especially the last part about getting desensitized and how the environment and situation changes everything!

@capnclawhammer3024 5 жыл бұрын

Yep, those thin military blankets are surprisingly warm - until the wind blows at somethig below zero...

@khartog01 5 жыл бұрын

Lindy "gets wounded" and is immediately surrounded by all the nurses. Several were reportedly impregnated.

@VidkunQL 5 жыл бұрын

25:42 "...For a couple of days every couple of years the whole country grinds to a halt." That sounds very pleasant and civilised.

@SyoaranBarker 5 жыл бұрын

Hour long video from Lindy? Czech that out!

@Quickxphos 5 жыл бұрын

Syaoran Barker comment of the day goes to u sir

@maxkosterlitzky6597 4 жыл бұрын

Oh Jesus that pun, someone kill me

@bohhymobile9984 3 жыл бұрын

@Vladimir Kozlovsky more like Munich Disagreement

@bugzyhardrada3168 5 жыл бұрын

Had a conversation with an English friend of mine some time ago and jokingly said to him that Lindybeige should become the next prime minister......he turns his head to look me in the eyes........to say: meh probably wouldn't work.......slowly i turn to look at him......in silence....i took me phone up and showed him a photo of theresa may......best reaction ever.... Lindybeige on that note, you should be considered a national treasure mate. Keep up the great work

@kelborhal2576 5 жыл бұрын

Loyd would win in any negotiations because he'd just talk other people into submission about why the Brits are best at everything complete with hours of completely irrelevant tangents.

@morrighanwermarn-arnburg7333 5 жыл бұрын

I don't know anything about Lindybeige's political views. That being said he would probably be better than any other Prime Minister England has had. Even if he sold out and allowed all the global banks and corporations to bribe him and implemented policies that destroy the English people, it wouldn't change anything and wouldn't be any worse or different than current politicians. If he didn't accept bribes and pressure and implemented policies to try and help the English people, blame Putin.

@bugzyhardrada3168 5 жыл бұрын

@wood1155 Lmao dude that comment is legendary mate, has me laughing more then i care to admit

@wobblysauce 5 жыл бұрын

While doing a speech to the House... I am hear to talk about The Great Courses Plus...

@rodneykelly8768 5 жыл бұрын

26:10 A while back, I was watching a documentary on Ötzi, The Ice Man; more importantly his kit. One item in particular was a copper headed ax. The true purpose of this ax didn’t become clear until they tested the kit in the Alps during winter. The true purpose of the ax was to chop a path through crusted snow.

@scruggs6633 5 жыл бұрын

In his situation he was most likely using it as a weapon. Otzi displays multiple injuries from a severe fight, including lacerations on his hands and arms, bruising on his chest, and a contusion on his head as well as the arrowhead in his back. They did DNA tests on his clothes and found the blood of 4 other people on various parts of his jacket, knife, and arrows. The old theories that Otzi was a neolithic mountaineer seem to be bunk now that it's fairly conclusively proven he was part of a group of people fleeing from somewhere where they had just been attacked.

@rodneykelly8768 5 жыл бұрын

@@scruggs6633 Any shovel can also be used as a Halberd.

@johan.ohgren 5 жыл бұрын

About those two cartridges.. .. I found a bag of unused machinegun ammo that weighed about 4-5 kg. Two years after I quit the armed forces.. ..ooops!!

@m0rtez713 4 жыл бұрын

That's what you call a treasure. Sometimes, you can find strange things in the back of a freezer. I found an old t-shirt of mine that was chillin' there for about ten years.

@AzuriteCoast 3 жыл бұрын

@@m0rtez713 you do what with your clothes

@m0rtez713 3 жыл бұрын

@@AzuriteCoast I think my mom left it there to get rid of a chewing gum or something but forgot about it.

@catbee5803 4 жыл бұрын

I have a place on one of the runs next year. I am super excited, and your video has helped calm some logistical fears and answered some queries I had. Thank you!

@SquidwardAF 5 жыл бұрын

You didn't pick the real hardcore option: actually go to Syberia in winter.

@todddaniels1812 5 жыл бұрын

or winnipeg

@silvesby 4 жыл бұрын

@@todddaniels1812 Is there really a difference? Winnipeg is practically Siberia.

@nickc4063 5 жыл бұрын

Mr Beige, you're the best. Thx for the great content

@d_boi9345 5 жыл бұрын

My country, YAY. Proud of our history Cheers

@crsmyth4428 5 жыл бұрын

So glad to see another long LindyBiege video! Love your content and hope one day you can get an actual show, but if not these are just as good

@PhilipLeitch 5 жыл бұрын

These episodes are fantastic. Thank you for your time and effort.

@janondrich123 5 жыл бұрын

My grand grandfather fought in russian legions, intrestilngly enough there were czecho_slovak legions in france and italy, in second worldnwar there were czech pilots as part of RAF

@sevenproxies4255 5 жыл бұрын

Props to the person who lent you puttees. I remember a situation during an outdoors milsim event where one of our guys had forgotten to pack his sleeping bag, miles away from home and despite being summertime, the temperature dropped to below zero during the night. I didn't have a proper sleeping bag either. The one I had was for summer temperatures. But I did have a fleece liner for my sleeping bag, intended for cold nights. So I lent him my fleece liner, and another guy in our squad lent him a bivak, so combining the two he had something that was better than nothing to sleep in. I really froze my ass off during that night. But it wss worth it, knowing that a squadmate would be able to get some sleep at least.

@BoristheBlade 3 жыл бұрын

I love how excited you were when taking about all this, it's infectious

@davidbgraham461 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant !! Loved every word !!!

@vaclavcervinka65 5 жыл бұрын

It is so amazing to hear you say some words in my mother tongue Czech! The song you learnt "Ach synku, synku" was the favourite song of the first Czechoslovak president T. G. Masaryk a.k.a. "President Liberator".

@MartinBrabi 5 жыл бұрын

"mother tongue" :) roztomilé

@lindybeige 5 жыл бұрын

Yes - sorry that I had already forgotten the rest of it. At one check-point, I was challenged to prove that I was a true Czech, and started singing "Ah sintu sintu" WHOOPS!

@vaclavcervinka65 5 жыл бұрын

@@MartinBrabi Pokud si myslíš, že jediný správný výraz je "mother language", tak se mýlíš. "Mother tongue" je sice knižní až archaický způsob jak říct totéž, ale je stoprocentně gramaticky správný.

@MartinBrabi 5 жыл бұрын

@@vaclavcervinka65 díky, to jsem nevěděl

@beth12svist 4 жыл бұрын

Dokonce naopak když jde o takovéhle "sentimentální" použití, přijde mi skoro _lepší_ říct "mother tongue", protože je to taková... zavedená fráze. ;-)

@erikjarandson5458 5 жыл бұрын

The Winter Adventure of an Englishman! Being from Norway, where we have plenty of it, I never realized that snow could be so interesting. I'm desensitized, I suppose ;)

@Grepadu 4 жыл бұрын

I enjoy your rants and explanations quite a bit, but this was the most enjoyable tale I have ever heard from you. I really felt the experience you were conveying and recalled experiences of my own, hiking in the snow, being disoriented and the shift of priorities. What a great experience for you. Thank you very much.

@porphyrogennitos7758 5 жыл бұрын

i love that you already made 2 videos about the Czechoslovak legions which are together more that 1 and a half hour long (more than some documentaries). I really enjoy your videos and keep them coming. Much love from Slovakia

@TheMovingEye 5 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh, I missed my opportunity to meet he living legend itself! The organizers of this larp are awesome, I visited their Sudetenland larp, one of the most memorable experiences I ever had and I'm participating in Reichskinder this May but due to medical problems I couldn't make it to Legion - maybe we'll see each other at one of their other events!

@Xxsnipedawg72xX 4 жыл бұрын

*himself , he's quite unandrogynously a he

@Phelixc 5 жыл бұрын

When I was in the military I lost my gloves (gloves/mittens, glomits?) in the snow in the middle of some woods on an exercise... About 4 months later when the snow had melted, we had orientation training in the same area, and I accidentally stumbled across them lying on the ground. Didn't look too shabby either, in fact it looked like they had been out for a couple of days only... I still have those gloves 15 years later... Just needs a replacement of the velcro that holds the mitten part on the wrist when you are using them as fingerless gloves...

@Daekar3 5 жыл бұрын

Llyod, I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your stories. You are one of my favorite KZfaqrs.

@johnretard7275 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for covering this important topic from my beloved country, means a lot.

@hollybrereton3140 5 жыл бұрын

Oooh how exciting have just started watching, especially as this is somewhere I’ve actually had a the privilege to visit

@belstar1128 5 жыл бұрын

You should march from the Prague to Vladivostok

@Quickxphos 5 жыл бұрын

betarage tb to that vid

@mandowarrior123 5 жыл бұрын

They did have a hundred trains to help...

@jackbeeman9177 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this awesome hour long video Lloyd! This is the kind of stuff I subscribe for!

@phlashtheband4939 5 жыл бұрын

I look fwd to all your vids, favorite channel on the tube! Thanks Lindy

@MattyFez 5 жыл бұрын

When will Lindy talk about the Finnish skier who took his squad's supply of amphetamines in WW2?

@VilleKivinen 5 жыл бұрын

I haven't heard that story please elaborate. Sounds like someone from Lahti city.

@christopherconard2831 5 жыл бұрын

Play this video at 1.25 speed. You'll get an idea of what it would sound like.

@MattyFez 5 жыл бұрын

@@VilleKivinen Soldier skier Aimo Koivunen was ambushed by Soviet soldiers but managed to escape. Feeling fatigued and knowing he couldn't stop, he used his army issued Pervitin to stay awake. But as it's tricky to take out a single pill while running away he decided to pour all the pills into his hand and consume them. After a short burst of energy he woke up 100km away in the freezing snow without his squad and no supplies. You can read the rest here: www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n1001/a05.html?5235

@VilleKivinen 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@espalorp3286 5 жыл бұрын

If the Russians had more amphetamines I bet they wouldn't have needed to threaten the conscripts at the front to make them charge.

@bugfighter5949 5 жыл бұрын

As a Québecois it's funny seeing you discover snow.

@christophersutter9370 5 жыл бұрын

Bug Fighter it doesn’t get much better here out west

@collinmclaren6608 3 жыл бұрын

40:18 I know he didn't mean to say it, but I actually love the idea of royal guards referring to the Queen as "Mum"

@Virtual0Fire 5 жыл бұрын

Great video as always!! This event sounds amazing! I hope I'll find a way to go some time. Thank you for sharing this with us

@404killer 5 жыл бұрын

british airport security 😂 finds two bullets: finds house keys: STOP RIGHT THERE! WHERES YOUR LOICENCE?

@mandowarrior123 5 жыл бұрын

Was on the way back, so european security. Dont have both end security on european trips.

@onetwothreefour3957 5 жыл бұрын

i once accidentally carried a proper portion of cocaine with me on my trip through europe not one border control bothered, not a single dog barked i guess good packaging?

@SgtKOnyx 5 жыл бұрын

@widhbnw efDwdwDW It's funny and also commentary on UK society, so probably not

@SgtKOnyx 5 жыл бұрын

@widhbnw efDwdwDW Well the UK does have more than its share of licenses that are somewhat silly, in addition to efforts like the recent one by Sadiq Kahn to require *all* knives to have rounded points. The meme didn't just pop up out of nowhere after all

@qwadratix 5 жыл бұрын

Americans have some really funny ideas about the UK...

@glynwelshkarelian3489 5 жыл бұрын

Gave a great deal of context to my mum's family's experience in the Winter War. Thank you. Also: can you do a puttee (and possibly gaiter) history?

@Nero3335 5 жыл бұрын

Love these history story sessions!

@iangeorge5079 5 жыл бұрын

I love your long story videos they help me relax

@starless_void 5 жыл бұрын

The song Lloyd is referring to at 9:01 Is called „Ach Synku, Synku" (trans.: „Oh Son, Oh Son"), and it was the favorite song of the first Czechoslovakian president Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk who was elected very shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia (28. 10. 1918).

@jorgeptolemy5999 5 жыл бұрын

20:30 smokers definitely know the struggle of keeping lighters warm enough to work

@rodchallis8031 5 жыл бұрын

Pocket inside the coat. I have a leather vest I wear under my coat, keep the lighter in that, never had a problem down to -20C.

@INSOMNIACification 5 жыл бұрын

Shepherds lighter makes it easier

@jorgeptolemy5999 5 жыл бұрын

@@rodchallis8031 I'll have to start doing that

@johnladuke6475 5 жыл бұрын

If it DOES get too cold, rub vigorously between the hands for 5-10 seconds, shake vigorously for another 5-10, and presto, you and butane beat the laws of physics.

@johnpenn597 5 жыл бұрын

Hour long videos of quality Lindybeige content... life doesn't get any better than this.

@quesodip1770 5 жыл бұрын

Your videos are always the highlight of my day

@Rumunsko8 5 жыл бұрын

Lindybeige - what was the name of the event or could you put a link in the description for this event for any people who would be interested to participate in the next year?

@archangelgaming2463 5 жыл бұрын

In before the whole event gets overrun by Lindy fans

@battlemeister7106 5 жыл бұрын

Its called Legion: A siberian Story. I took part in this Run. It was an awesome experience, but you have to watch out: the organizers said, that they are going to do only 2 more runs. So last chance upcoming winter!

@lindybeige 5 жыл бұрын

In description now.

@onetwothreefour3957 5 жыл бұрын

gelegenheitsgamer 😢 how come?

@wobblysauce 5 жыл бұрын

@@onetwothreefour3957 Might want to do a different reenactment?

@bohhymobile9984 3 жыл бұрын

Yup , that was the Czech experience , the legionairse are something for us like that one american that escaped POW camp and fought with soviet tank division .

@Rakkhot 5 жыл бұрын

Welp, I actually watched the whole video from start to end without any skipping, very interesting and surprisingly endearing, thank you very much for sharing this story

@The_sound_Of_Thunder 5 жыл бұрын

Great to see you open your historical wings apart from the usual. Fascinating story.

@paddymetz 5 жыл бұрын

I was just binge watching lindybeige..........this is scary

@Alopex1 5 жыл бұрын

Lindybinge.

@davedogge2280 5 жыл бұрын

LOVE THE Judge Dredd style giant badge.

@rubenskiii 5 жыл бұрын

Me too, but he never (Or i missed it!) explained it's origin.

@hsrobbins 2 жыл бұрын

Had similar fun with snow in Colorado. Much fun stepping myself out of the snow only to crash back through it at the zenith of the step... over and over till I made it to a sturdier patch.

@thegreatskinkpriest8104 4 жыл бұрын

Oh man this looks like a great time. I love the snow and cold and role playing and military history and oh man this looks awesome.

@Arkeze 5 жыл бұрын

It’s always perplexed me that Lindy doesn’t have more history related regalia on his wall. What are those, nature and wildlife pictures?

@littleratblue 5 жыл бұрын

I believe that his core interest is actually in evolutionary psychology, it's just that there's a lot fewer explosions and sword attacks when discussing that, so it's not as good when it comes to trying to make a living off of KZfaq.

@bitnewt 5 жыл бұрын

I find it amusing that they're the same pictures in approximately the same places that appeared in videos he posted a decade ago.

@mrmoth26 5 жыл бұрын

I am Polish so I would not have that much of with Czech names and words because the languages are similar (because they're western Slavic languages just like Slovakian, which is more similar to Polish that Czech and possibly any other language. And Slavic languages in general are similar).