Movie Wind River

[JodyH]

Deer hunters do. Or, the shape of a barn roof, but l know you didn’t mean that.

I think Lost is being a little critical about rifle choice. I grew up in rural West Texas. I saw many lever guns in backs of pickups and on ranches growing up. On ranches, they were carried in pickups for predator control and might be used during deer season. A large bore lever gun didn’t look out of place to me when Renner’s character was going after the mountain lion in timber. It certainly didn’t look out of place like a muzzle loading pistol on a modern day police officer.

A .30-.30 lever action has probably killed more critters of all types on ranches than every other caliber/action combined.

[jlw]

When he was hunting coyotes, he used a bolt-action. When they started hunting bandits, he used a levergun. Leverguns are appropriate for bandit whacking.

[EMC]

I've seen some frozen people, and I spent a lot of time running in cold including sub zero temps. Never seen anyone bleed out in lungs. Russian cross country and biathlon teams had a base near my town, they put on up close to 50 km in training. Cold air is a very dry, low humidity air, there is not much there to crystallize when inhaled, as I remember being explained in the film.

Yeah doesn't the air immediately warm upon entering the esophagus? Pretty lame fictional cause of death.

[JHC]

They said in dialog it was -20 F at night IIRC. Below -10 shit get weird IIRC. But IDK. No running for me that cold.

[TAZ]

I’ve been in cold chambers at -20 and even -40, not running of course, but my lungs didn’t freeze and I obviously didn’t drown in my own blood.

Running barefoot, in snow with no real protective clothing, yeah I can see dying in that environment jiffy quick. But it would be from hypothermia.

[LOBO]

Calling coyotes in like that so fast and the second coyote sitting around going “huh” was pretty funny. Still, a great movie.

Who here besides @Lost River and I, knew what a gambrel is?

Yep...

[JHC]

I’ve been in cold chambers at -20 and even -40, not running of course, but my lungs didn’t freeze and I obviously didn’t drown in my own blood.

Running barefoot, in snow with no real protective clothing, yeah I can see dying in that environment jiffy quick. But it would be from hypothermia.

When I deplaned at Ft Wainwright in -40 I discovered my WI experience of -15 was bullshit compared to -40. First inhale felt like it was freeze drying the hair in my nose! UP went the snorkel hood! I can't imagine running in it. Walking with face exposed was painful fast.

[Matt O]

When I deplaned at Ft Wainwright in -40 I discovered my WI experience of -15 was bullshit compared to -40. First inhale felt like it was freeze drying the hair in my nose! UP went the snorkel hood! I can't imagine running in it. Walking with face exposed was painful fast.

It’s ok to be a mouth breather when it’s -40.

The coldest I’ve ever experienced was about -45 degrees in Harbin, which for someone born and raised in Virginia, was a bit of a shock. After a certain point I don’t even think about the specific number of degrees below zero, it’s just fucking unreasonably cold.

That said, while I sure as shit wasn’t running around at the time, I’d agree that a death related to exposure and hypothermia seems far more realistic.


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[blues]

Coldest I've been out on multi-day winter backpacking trips was -15* and below for up to a week on Mt. Washington in NH, (a locale known for its monstrously high winds), in the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks, specifically Mt. Marcy, the highest point in NY., and in the back country of Yosemite near Vogelsang Pass.

Granted, we weren't running, but climbing, backpacking, snowshoeing in cold / deep snow will get your motor running.

I can't recall any respiratory distress during those outings.

[45dotACP]

I suspect hyperventilating from a traumatic event whilst running outside in -40 would be a different ball game. Still, pulmonary hemorrhage seems like it was chosen for shock value.

I think hypothermia would be more plausible in the real world.

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