sometimes licking the snow helps too..
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especially when it's yellow
nature's limoncello
eww no. even white snow is not prob good. at least dig below the surface π
your supposed to snort it instead of licking it ser
not that kind of skiing π
i dunno if it's exactly accurate but in the game The Long Dark you have to boil the snow or put water purifier stuff in it or you will get sick for a day or two. seems right to me, though. if i was stuck in the snow i wouldn't be doing it any other way, the cold, nope, the sick belly while you have to trek to survive, big no.
probably the only thing i would say is you may not have to boil it, just filtering it through reasonably fine cloth (even denim) with freshly made charcoal in the bottom is said to be good enough so, probably, you can get away with just jury-rigging some spare piece of cloth for the task, and carry a bit of charcoal in your pack. also, charcoal has uses if you do get a sick belly you can eat a bit of powdered up charcoal, and that will help settle things down, bad stuff sticks to charcoal and it gets flushed out.
fun fact, in some old soviet car it was standard issue with a little first aid kit that included charcoal tablets
snow is not clean no, but.. even worse is, if you are dehydrated you cannot survive on snow because you use too many calories and water melting it in your mouth etc so you will eventually die without boiling assistance
boil + filter should work no?
curious how much unhealthy bacteria remains
boiling is fine, 10m. i ate snow all the time as a kid tho i turned out fine π it doesnt quench thirst tho
sounds like somebody didn't eat enough
well if it's the only water you can get your hands on and you are already suffering from cold exposure it can accelerate to hypothermia
charcoal is all that is really needed tho, but you still have to melt it, and best not to do that with your body in any case... if you got a gas cooker then that's better than trying to scrape together a fire in the snow, also