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.
@@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.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
@@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
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.
@@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.
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.
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
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
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.
@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.
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.
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.
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...
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
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.
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.
“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!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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!
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.
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!
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...
the best way of keeping your backpack‘s part hat touches your back from getting wet when you rest is by putting another backpack on top of it in a way that both those important parts touch eachother and keep themselves from getting snowy in both described ways
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.
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.
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 ;)
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
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
Lloyd is young but he's like a wise grandad with loads of stories and I cannot get enough of them. If anybody tells you not to upload your hour-long videos please don't listen to them. some might call this rambling but I just love it. especially when you go off on little tangents and sidetrack the stories your telling to give little facts or fun little snippets of history, for example, your sidney smith video was full of these and i loved it. your videos appease my history sweet tooth perfectly. Keep it up and keep enjoying it.
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".
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!
@@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.
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.
I used to teach kids how to winter camp in Minnesota. One of the first lessons we had to teach these kids: Snow is a thief! Also I can totally relate to the stumbling through the crusted snow.
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 .
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.
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).
I hope you liked it here, and thanks for taking part in reenacting the event that litellary shaped our own state, and our language isn't easy so Respect Lindy. We actually have many other interesting points in our history. I woud be glad if you made more videos about us, but i'll be watching nonetheless. :)
Your description of the different kinds of ice and Snow trips a special form of ptsd of the first Winter after moving to northern Sweden. My English legs weren't built for it!
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?
@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
I found that stitching a separate pocket in for your cover, on the bottom of the pack, is a great way to solve the snow problem. You cover your pack with the cover, top and bottom, and when you need to put it back on, you fold up the cover and slot it into it’s storage pocket at the bottom of your pack, where it can’t be getting anything else wet! Of course, this probably works loads better with modern waterproof covers, but I bet it would still be rather effective on older packs like the ones you were using :)
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?
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!
I have winter tyres in England for both my cars (and two sets of wheels). Hankook Icept are the best I've had. They make a fantastic difference to winter driving, totally transforming the experience. Winter's not too bad this year, but when the Beast from the East came, a Godsend.
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.
@@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
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).
This is great Lindy, sounds like a hell of a lot of fun! I want to set up my own historical "game," semi-scripted like you describe, dramatizing important historical events. I had a wonderful time 2 semesters ago in one of my history classes, we played a French Revolution game where everyone was given historical characters to play with specific goals and ideologies and backstories like your experience and it was just an absolute blast. (I was cast as Francois Buzot - a Jacobin, so that was a load of fun.) Thanks for bringing that memory back to me and reminding me that I wanted to make my own LARP/game.
The part about sinking in through the snow crust reminds me of my military experience ^^ running with a rifle in hand across a field when every couple of steps you break through and sink in truly is exhausting. Also, having someone shout at you to hurry doesn't help in most cases ^^
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 TH-cam.
Glad you mentioned middling snow crusts. When I was about 25 years old, I was walking across a lake with a crust that was exactly strong enough to ALMOST support me. Step up 8 inches up, add my weight, a bit more, damn, fall through, maintain balance, repeat. Every tenth step or so, the crust might not break. Perfectly calculated to be tiresome. Eventually, I found myself alone, on a sunny day, three quarters from the town, two thirds of the way to the cottage (lake access, no road) whose roof I was supposed to shovel off, and so tired that I couldn't take another step. Only just able to keep standing. I wondered for several seconds or so if I was in danger of dying. That tired. That stupid-minded. And after 5 minutes of standing still I could resume climb-walking again, and soon after I ran across a skidoo track on the ice and it was like I had been freed. The skidoo track passed within a hundred yards of the cottage, I rested, I didn't fall off the roof while shoveling, and although the wind had hidden my tracks, I was able to find skidoo trails easily enough for the tramp back to town, and my car. But those middling-thick snow crusts. Wow. Unforgettable.
About the snow covering packs. Simple answer - team up in pairs. First pack goes on the ground with backside up, second pack goes on top of the other backside down. Did that with a friend years ago in Norway during breaks when we were skiing with our school.
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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.
Well I guess there are ads
That’s crazy
WesLexner ... or just very modest.
@@arnonuhm4022 I meant that he‘s uploading since 2007
Free but takes time to watch.
“I was hit in both arms... but I was the last one standing!”
*insert monty python flesh wound clip*
'tis barely a scratch!
Golden opportunity for that joke if I've ever seen one
Phew I almost started to be productive.
Tell me about it, it was definitely touch and go there for a second...
Well we can’t have that!
Jorge Ptolemy that was a close one! Thankfully your back where you belong with us, wasting our time watching people be productive.
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.
Iam very sorry .. I was the 421th like .. if it stood on 420 it would be perfect.
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!
Yes, after 22 runs, they really had honed their craft. Dare say the first one was pretty decent too, mind.
@@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.
Czechs are really good at reenacting stuff. Their napoleonic and 7yw crowd is next to none.
@Marry Christmas People were also told not to smoke, and yet they still did.
Indeed!
"Brother Sergeant"
*Heavy breathing through power armour vox caster*
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
"I don't like snow. It's cold, and wet, and it gets in everywhere"
I understood that reference!
Anakin! I have the cold ground!
hello there
I read this comment when I really should be repairing my snow shoe.
@@Hugh-Glass did you ever repair it?
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.
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.
@@jubuttib - Yup... I was LRRP'ing while other lucky buggers were merely LARP'ing.
😂😄😄😄😄
Yes,, and you train to RUN with an injured comrade on your back .
Perkele...
These both parts basically make a full lenght movie about Czechoslovak Legions. Dekujeme!
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
@@TreeGod. Woah.
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
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.
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.
@@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
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.
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.
Polite British man takes bullying lessons, more at 11
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.
In my experience, the British can be very good at bullying, but equally normally not very willing to partake in it.
@@jamesholland5521 Its kinda funny. All white ppl r nice, 😬until they're not
@@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.
@@vaclavjebavy5118 Ye
Where do white ppl live tho
And *how* do they live
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.
You guys are crazy! 🤣❤
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.
Not stupid if it work
Don't want to catch an STD. Your rifle won't work properly!
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.
I got the joke.
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
We found the one that stabbed the great Lindy.
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
Go down in infamy/notoriety?
@@jeffmiller4168 I might or might not have been the one who tried to actually prevent that and failed miserably :D
@@Eightfinger no hard feelings, good on you for trying
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
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.
I lost my chopsticks and made makeshift spoons. Now people nickname me Spooner...
name checks out.
I was marching the Appalachian trail and accidentally lost my son.
Spork is the way to go it you can get one
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.
Well, he *is* a Lindy Hop instructor, so there's that.
He will be as soon as he masters the scholars cradle.
Love a good Lindy video to watch.
so true
He doesn’t have the coherency for a professor. He’s too fast and too easily gone off track.
An hour Lindy video at dinnertime? Pull out my slippers kids, dads not movin!
... oh, and bring me my spoon!
>grim tone
>dark backstory
>rank is "Brother-Sargeant"
Were you reenacting the death of a 40k space marine chapter!?
Brother?
@@tomhughes1055 brother I am pinned here!
@@Havermeyer7908 hold brother
@Niek Vels ...well, Lindy isn't allowed to spoil anything soooo...
@@Havermeyer7908 My face is my shield!
"For more information, there's a link _there..."_ *points to the wrong side*
So Lloydian. :-)
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.
I figured. Still, it's so...you. :-P
Cheers, mate - love this series! :-)
@@lindybeige sorry but i had to point it out. you don't want to be responsible for a major information leak
@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.
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.
We've never invaded anything subtropical...well we did but roughly 500 years ago.:-D
And instead of marching maybe they just sit around enjoying tropical drinks? I could totally LARP the mutiny on the bounty.
@@jayteegamble we have some pirate LARPs
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.
Lindybeige hasn't heard that TH-cam disabled anotations. He is too pure for this world.
Guillermo Ibáñez Gómez Wait, when did they do that?
When was that?
@@p7outdoors297 They removed the ability to add annotations to videos in 2017, and removed all existing annotations from older videos in 2019
Many YTers still mention them, plus the options for annotations is still there.
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...
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
@@firestorm165 Lyczyn hre, y jszszt dn ndrdzsznd th lngj.
So historically accurate you even give yourself hearing damage due to no ear pro
Gotta commit!!
Absolutely! This was the hard-core run.
_> historically accurate_
As accurate as Neo-Nazi torchlit marches in modern Kiev and Riga.
Ushankas were out of stock
@@Conserpov Well if the choice is between them and Soros...
I really want to do this! Let’s start “The Beige Legion”
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.
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.
“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!
When youre in the middle of a Lyndybeige video and you get a notification for a Lindybeige video :):):):):)
The pistol? Thank goodness he bothered to czech.
"Take some puttees, oh and a spare spoon, ohh and some string, maybe lip balm... ANYWAY"
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.
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.
Meanwhile I got flagged at the Statue of Liberty for year-old powder residue from a range trip.
Security theatre, making you feel safe because... why not?
@@jimmaccauley Somehow the thought of what a suicide bomber could do in an airport security line doesn't make me feel particularly safe.
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.
he protec, he attac but most importantly he walks down icy hills at the back
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!
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.
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.
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!
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
*staring role
Yeah, SAD on that bus meant "Slovenska Autobusova Doprava" or, in English, Slovak Bus Transportation.
Doesn't words beginning with "sad-" also usually mean something like orchard or garden? (Or am I thinking of Polish or Slovak maybe?)
@@Asptuber yes "sad" means orchard, but not on the bus ;)
In this case was Sad shortcut of whole name of (probably) owner bus-service (i dont remember his name).
What a sad acronym ))
It actually means Soukromá Autobusová Doprava (private bus transportation). It's a czech company.
Do you still do model kits? Id love to see some videos of you favorite model kits perhaps in the future.
Yes!
I really miss making stuff. Soon, I hope. Next big project might be Roman buildings.
Lindybeige that would be incredible, make leptis magna
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.
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
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.
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.
@wood1155
Lmao dude that comment is legendary mate, has me laughing more then i care to admit
While doing a speech to the House... I am hear to talk about The Great Courses Plus...
25:42 "...For a couple of days every couple of years the whole country grinds to a halt."
That sounds very pleasant and civilised.
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.
traderjoes didn't he have lots of celts and Spanish mercenaries though?
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
Your photo fell down lloyd,
Dammit. Now I can't not see that.
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!
*himself , he's quite unandrogynously a he
Yep, those thin military blankets are surprisingly warm - until the wind blows at somethig below zero...
Given how historically important they are could we please have a video discussing puttees and gaiters?
Alternative title: A british person talks about the perils of being in a snowy environment for nearly 60 minutes.
Hour long video from Lindy? Czech that out!
Syaoran Barker comment of the day goes to u sir
Oh Jesus that pun, someone kill me
@Vladimir Kozlovsky more like Munich Disagreement
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!!
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.
@@m0rtez713 you do what with your clothes
@@AzuriteCoast I think my mom left it there to get rid of a chewing gum or something but forgot about it.
40:20 That was close. Lindy is still on track for his knighthood.
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!
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...
the best way of keeping your backpack‘s part hat touches your back from getting wet when you rest is by putting another backpack on top of it in a way that both those important parts touch eachother and keep themselves from getting snowy in both described ways
in many eu countries it is forbidden NOT to use winter tires when there‘s snow or ice
Llyod, I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your stories. You are one of my favorite TH-camrs.
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.
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.
@@scruggs6633 Any shovel can also be used as a Halberd.
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 ;)
My country, YAY. Proud of our history
Cheers
Mr Beige, you're the best. Thx for the great content
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
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
Lindy "gets wounded" and is immediately surrounded by all the nurses. Several were reportedly impregnated.
Yes sir
Lloyd is young but he's like a wise grandad with loads of stories and I cannot get enough of them. If anybody tells you not to upload your hour-long videos please don't listen to them. some might call this rambling but I just love it. especially when you go off on little tangents and sidetrack the stories your telling to give little facts or fun little snippets of history, for example, your sidney smith video was full of these and i loved it. your videos appease my history sweet tooth perfectly. Keep it up and keep enjoying it.
You should march from the Prague to Vladivostok
betarage tb to that vid
They did have a hundred trains to help...
Hour long videos of quality Lindybeige content... life doesn't get any better than this.
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".
"mother tongue" :) roztomilé
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!
@@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.
@@vaclavcervinka65 díky, to jsem nevěděl
Dokonce naopak když jde o takovéhle "sentimentální" použití, přijde mi skoro _lepší_ říct "mother tongue", protože je to taková... zavedená fráze. ;-)
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.
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?
I used to teach kids how to winter camp in Minnesota. One of the first lessons we had to teach these kids: Snow is a thief!
Also I can totally relate to the stumbling through the crusted snow.
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 .
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.
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).
I hope you liked it here, and thanks for taking part in reenacting the event that litellary shaped our own state, and our language isn't easy so Respect Lindy. We actually have many other interesting points in our history. I woud be glad if you made more videos about us, but i'll be watching nonetheless. :)
Oooh how exciting have just started watching, especially as this is somewhere I’ve actually had a the privilege to visit
Your description of the different kinds of ice and Snow trips a special form of ptsd of the first Winter after moving to northern Sweden. My English legs weren't built for it!
You didn't pick the real hardcore option: actually go to Syberia in winter.
or winnipeg
@@todddaniels1812 Is there really a difference? Winnipeg is practically Siberia.
25:55 This surprised me, in New England a lot of us swap to snow tires in the winter
british airport security 😂
finds two bullets:
finds house keys: STOP RIGHT THERE! WHERES YOUR LOICENCE?
Was on the way back, so european security. Dont have both end security on european trips.
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?
@widhbnw efDwdwDW It's funny and also commentary on UK society, so probably not
@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
Americans have some really funny ideas about the UK...
I love how excited you were when taking about all this, it's infectious
As a Québecois it's funny seeing you discover snow.
Bug Fighter it doesn’t get much better here out west
I found that stitching a separate pocket in for your cover, on the bottom of the pack, is a great way to solve the snow problem. You cover your pack with the cover, top and bottom, and when you need to put it back on, you fold up the cover and slot it into it’s storage pocket at the bottom of your pack, where it can’t be getting anything else wet! Of course, this probably works loads better with modern waterproof covers, but I bet it would still be rather effective on older packs like the ones you were using :)
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?
In before the whole event gets overrun by Lindy fans
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!
In description now.
gelegenheitsgamer 😢
how come?
@@onetwothreefour3957 Might want to do a different reenactment?
I have winter tyres in England for both my cars (and two sets of wheels). Hankook Icept are the best I've had. They make a fantastic difference to winter driving, totally transforming the experience. Winter's not too bad this year, but when the Beast from the East came, a Godsend.
20:30 smokers definitely know the struggle of keeping lighters warm enough to work
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.
Shepherds lighter makes it easier
@@rodchallis8031 I'll have to start doing that
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.
Experiences like this fascinate me so much! Whenever I get the chance, I’ll sign up for max discomfort. I want the rawest thing possible.
When will Lindy talk about the Finnish skier who took his squad's supply of amphetamines in WW2?
I haven't heard that story please elaborate. Sounds like someone from Lahti city.
Play this video at 1.25 speed. You'll get an idea of what it would sound like.
@@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
Thanks!
If the Russians had more amphetamines I bet they wouldn't have needed to threaten the conscripts at the front to make them charge.
Sounds like quite a romp. Immersing.
Not following to closely in a column works well in street traffic too
I was just binge watching lindybeige..........this is scary
Lindybinge.
Great to see you open your historical wings apart from the usual. Fascinating story.
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).
This is great Lindy, sounds like a hell of a lot of fun! I want to set up my own historical "game," semi-scripted like you describe, dramatizing important historical events. I had a wonderful time 2 semesters ago in one of my history classes, we played a French Revolution game where everyone was given historical characters to play with specific goals and ideologies and backstories like your experience and it was just an absolute blast. (I was cast as Francois Buzot - a Jacobin, so that was a load of fun.) Thanks for bringing that memory back to me and reminding me that I wanted to make my own LARP/game.
LOVE THE Judge Dredd style giant badge.
Me too, but he never (Or i missed it!) explained it's origin.
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
It's not dramamtic re-enactment if you're noto doing it in -40C to emulate the mild Siberian winters.
The part about sinking in through the snow crust reminds me of my military experience ^^ running with a rifle in hand across a field when every couple of steps you break through and sink in truly is exhausting. Also, having someone shout at you to hurry doesn't help in most cases ^^
It’s always perplexed me that Lindy doesn’t have more history related regalia on his wall. What are those, nature and wildlife pictures?
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 TH-cam.
I find it amusing that they're the same pictures in approximately the same places that appeared in videos he posted a decade ago.
Glad you mentioned middling snow crusts. When I was about 25 years old, I was walking across a lake with a crust that was exactly strong enough to ALMOST support me. Step up 8 inches up, add my weight, a bit more, damn, fall through, maintain balance, repeat. Every tenth step or so, the crust might not break. Perfectly calculated to be tiresome. Eventually, I found myself alone, on a sunny day, three quarters from the town, two thirds of the way to the cottage (lake access, no road) whose roof I was supposed to shovel off, and so tired that I couldn't take another step. Only just able to keep standing. I wondered for several seconds or so if I was in danger of dying. That tired. That stupid-minded. And after 5 minutes of standing still I could resume climb-walking again, and soon after I ran across a skidoo track on the ice and it was like I had been freed. The skidoo track passed within a hundred yards of the cottage, I rested, I didn't fall off the roof while shoveling, and although the wind had hidden my tracks, I was able to find skidoo trails easily enough for the tramp back to town, and my car.
But those middling-thick snow crusts. Wow. Unforgettable.
Ach synku synku was favourite song of president T.G. Masaryk ...latelly fairly overused
These episodes are fantastic. Thank you for your time and effort.
I would love to do something like this, but can’t act to save my life
About the snow covering packs. Simple answer - team up in pairs. First pack goes on the ground with backside up, second pack goes on top of the other backside down. Did that with a friend years ago in Norway during breaks when we were skiing with our school.