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This was our last trip of the year before spending some time with our families for the holidays.
Unfortunately we were not able to go to the island, the lake was frozen but not frozen enough for us to feel safe to cross multiple times with our gear. So we decided to ask on the community tab and Instagram if people had any questions and did a little Q&A.
Hope you enjoy, its a bit more about us, the island plans and a just a bit of everything.
Thank you everyone for an amazing 2024, happy holidays and we cant wait to get back to work in 2025.
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Switching to Finnish was trippy in a good way. I think that might've been my first time hearing the language.
if you can walk over the other side, you can pull a sled over the ice with a long rope. then there is only the sled's weight on the ice at a time.
Good decision not to go. If you would have gone with the boat you might have gotten stranded in if that open water would have frozen over..
Also you need to make a serious note of that open water – that will always be a weak point through the winter even if it freezes over – be careful !
I'm so happy to see you take the ice crossing seriously and got proper safety gear. <3
Congratulation on your graduation.
Have peaceful holidays <3
Thank you, friend; good luck and Happy holidays.. best wishes ❤️
How far is it to the island at the shortest place? If you manage to walk across, tie a rope so that you can use it to pull yourself if the ice breaks. Use skis or wooden planks when you walk to distribute weight, same on the sledge. Have one person stand on the shore with a rope to pull the other if the ice breaks. Good luck!
Instead of rowing the boat, if you have alot of stuff to move to the island, have one person on each shore, pull the boat back and forth with 2 ropes. Or is it too far?
4:00 clever decision and I love this about your channel. Not everything has to be about feeding the content monster 😂 (ie me, the viewer)
Best wishes for you and your friend/family. 🎄🎆
Question: can’t you “ski” over in a canoe? So you are safe If the ice breaks?
Thanks for another great video!!
I live in Taipei, Taiwan and Love the ducks as well!
Looking forward to when the ice is thick enough and you get to straps on the blades and go for a skate
Such a wonderful project, very inspiring! 😍 Thanks so much for sharing how everything goes. Can't wait to see what's next! 🤩 Merry Christmas and happy holidays to both of you! 🎄 Much love from Germany ❤
Marry Christmas to you and your loved ones. 🏕
I have a question for you, Helena: why did you choose to study in Finland?
With love from Denmark ❤
🤠🎄🎄🎄🥳🥳🎉🎉👋👋
You could get in your boat and push yourself across either with your legs or your break bar
Maybe it's just me, but I feel how americanly confused he is measuring ice thickness using centimeters😂
sled would exert a lot less pressure than human walking (because area of contact divided by weight), even when completely loaded with equipment. Also, maybe worth having snowshoes or skies for this purpose to increase are of contact so you can also travel safely.
There seem to be a lot of foot traffic during the winter near your island. Aren’t you afraid that someone might do something nefarious to your property??
It's always better to be safe than sorry
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
ROCK ON!
Happy Holidays ❤
Why not build where your tent is. Since you have a floor.
go cut down a tree or two, and make a sled/raft. Your gran pappy would have. If the ice cracks, you are on a raft. If the ice doesnt crack, you are on a sled. The ice is thin at the edge of the lake because the ground… even if its frozen, under the ground is the heat of volcanos. The ice gets thicker in the middle. I would cross with a sled raft before I would cross in 100% fog.
Hyvää joulua Oliver and Helena . Something to consider: You could hire a professional Logging company to come over with their real equipment. They can take down all the trees you will need for all your projects, debark them in seconds and leave them stacked and ready for you to build in Your time. I have had friends that did this in the states and have no doubt that your timbered country has the same. a four man crew with proper equipment can do this in 3 days – and I'm talking about your House project as well! Take care and I agree, wish decision to not cross the water😉