Thanks for posting your pack Weight cause if this is the hardest you’ve been on then if I can hammer myself with some tough stuff like this I might just be prepared to join
@@gazzarover In Germany it's usually round about 50 kg total (including weapon+ammo) although some in the squad have to carry the MG + bipod wich weighs more.
@@synthilein No but its much for a non ligth inf unit to carry. I think my countries army carry the most or atleast among the most. the swedish rangers that work in the mountain area often carry around 60-90kg + a sleigh in -25 C for 7-21 days without support. But its their job and the are trained for it. The mec.coy whould had problem with 30kg + wepon in the this terrain. you will become good at what you train
Did two arctic warfare courses back in the 1970s. Trying to poop in a plastic garbage bag at -30 convinced me that I must explore other avenues of self development :)
whats even better is coming out of the tent with a bag of shit in your hand while others are standing there waiting to do the same, at least it was summertime
There's nothing harder than infantry living in the field, and you had but a wee taste. You patrol or advance to contact all day, you (potentially) fight, you dig your hole at night, you take a watch shift or (if you're a leader) stay up later than the rest of the platoon briefing and planning, you perform maintenance of weapons and kit, you get maybe two or three hours of sleep, and you do it all over again the next day. And, of course, winter operations add an extra layer of complexity, with snowshoes, sleds, and tents, and freezing sweat, frozen ground, and snow blindness. Anyone who's done it has tested themselves beyond what most humans will ever experience, and truly knows their breaking point. These are lessons that stick with you for life. Thanks for the video.
I’ve done this early in the 90s when I was in the Canadian Reserves and I would defy anyone who think and say we Canadians have it easier than those larger “more professional” armies like the Brits and the Americans. The amount of kit we needed to carry in Arctic Warfare while tracking through the snow was extremely punishing. You are either sweating like a pig in your parka or your freezing when you stop. Then in the moment of truth you find your rifle frozen and you can’t fire because it was that cold.
H2X2E2532 Having served as an infantry captain in the USAR, I can only say that actual US soldiers have the utmost respect for our Canadian, UK, Aussie, Kiwi and NATO allies.You are all tough SOB’s! Please the COD commandos who never had the pleasure of humping a ruck! Those who are talking shit have no clue what a PITA carrying all that kit is up and down hills getting nice and hot and sweaty just in time to stop and start to freeze. As they said in Vietnam about the Infantry, ‘Home is where you dig it.” Thanks for sharing this. I applaud you cannon cockers for going out with the grunts. My grandfather was an artilleryman in WWI with Battery B, 21st Field Artillery, 5th Division. Finally, thanks for not trying to act like some badass and actually admitting that some troops had minor injuries and you needed a brake. I have no doubt that many people might have actually edited that bit out. Instead, you were up front about it all. In the US Army, Courage, Candor, Competence,& Commitment are five key traits, and you clearly demonstrated Candor repeatedly. While humping a ruck with assorted extra gear definitely bites, I bet having to manhandle heavy guns, ammo, and related gear probably have their enjoyable moments, too! Thanks again and much love to all my fellow soldiers!
motorcop505 Brilliant response and brotherhood really. Many thanks. My old regiment was in 3rd Canadian Division Juno Beach and my regiment still have Jocks in Afghanistan. Best thing I have done in my life to have served and I wouldn’t have done it any other way.
@@dragoonTT Perhaps. But such a proposition is a bit specific. Maybe *they* just think that he's relatively unfit, and emphasize it with a vulgarism that just happened to sound very derogatory.
I love all the self-masturbatory comments from people talking about how they have it harder and heavier like that's the only thing that matters from a experience standpoint. A reserve unit is not going to have the same level of experience, training, or environmental context that (for this example) 3 PPCLI's Mountain troops will have. Hard to pack for something that you have no prior experience with. It's a learning experience and I can almost assure you if you sat down that section and told them to do it again there would be a load of different choices and decisions, which only comes through experience with it in the first place. So stop comparing them to Light Infantry and Special Forces because that's not what this is about.
pardon? for 1 thing, 3 ppcli was a mounted unit on the coast and now prairie walkers. 2nd most reserve units who hike through the mountains like this usually are from areas like this and who grew up walking and hiking mountains. the one you are talking about moved to the areas and have not gotten their mountain legs and backs
I did this in the regular army, and today I do it just for fun, and to keep my energy up...packing your pack in the reserves, you are told the basics you are needed to pack, then you pack extra's you want...but in exercises like this, you pack as if you are going for months tour...not as if you are going camping for the weekend...it would defeat the purpose of training...I might look into re joining the reserves!! this looked like a lot of fun!
I walk through bush like this daily surveying blocks, carrying 50lbs. And its in mid summer with mosquitoes so thick you eat them. No guns to scare away bears either.
"Could be worse. It could be raining." (Marty Feldman, Young Frankenstein) Honestly, this is cool and thanks for sharing the experience with us Couch Commandos!
The key to success in these kind of exercises is to rig your ruck properly. I can see some of your mates really are having it so much harder than they should clearly because of how their ruck is located on their shoulders or how they have rigged it. I'm working with the R22ER and I can guarantee I get the pain when it comes to mountains. Glad you had a good time tho!
preaching to choir here but you got to go wehre you got to go and sometimes the person in charge says small hills nothing serrious but when you get to the attac k point you get large moutains cliffs
As someone who's in the 3rd, mountain company. I can tell you that this is the hardest shit, but also the most satisfying. The only things I have in my ruck is a snugpak rain poncho and puffy. Lightweight rain tarp, amo. 1 pair of underwear and shirt. x2 pairs of socks, Water and food too also mountain kit. And if you're lucky you get to be a water camel and carry the water bladder for the section. If you're a rifleman you're most likely going to carry 2 boxes of C9 amo too. If we're taking double front line. And dont get me started on toboggans...that shit sucks. Lose the parka and snow pants. All you need are thermals underneath. NO puffy or jacket! You'll over heat. When you're taking a 10 min break pull out the puffy and you'll survive. Ounces = pounds & pounds = pain.
I did a 24 hours walk during my recrut school in the swiss army. It wasn't the hardest thing I did during the recrut school. But no sleeping, we had to eat while walking, very little time to rest ( 7min every 2hours approximatively but we couldn't sit down or lay down) with around 30kg (not including shoes and the regular clothes with the combat helmet) of package and during the whole walk this fucking cold rain. Of course it was hard physically but as long as you stand mentally there is no way to fail. You just have to think : I got to put a step in front of the other and if I fall asleep while walking you have to keep talking with your buddies or hang on their bag. I had this experience a few months ago and I'm glad I did it.
I was infantry DD 104th (service long). Did recruit school in Aarau before it got closed and finished in Birmensdorf. And being french meant we had it just a bit harder. Were you regular infantry? The 50km night walk isn't done in recruit school for us but at the end of combat school after 6 months. Recruit school (In 2017 anyway) is just until you become a soldat after 3 months. Back then we just did the 20k march at the end of recruit school. It was hard after 3 days without any real sleep. Piss pouring rain sleeping outside or in a bunker. Great times tho.
@@keuschkacey Tu peux parler français je suis romand aussi. En fait la marche de 24h c'est un parcours en étoile avec des postes (du style ramper dans la boue, exercice avec du lacrymogène, du tir ou encore des postes un peu plus théorique) avec paquetage complet ainsi que du poids en plus pour chaque erreur commise (certaine ER c'est des panzerfaust qui sont donnée, pour mon ER c'était en fonction de la gravité de l'erreur on avait des objets plus ou moins lourd, de la simple caisse de munition à la chenille d'un tank qui pèse 50kg). Bref cette marche c'est la marche pour l'insigne de fonction , la grenade des grenadiers de chars. Du coup ont devait encore faire une marche de 40km pour le grade et un dernière de 50km pour la fin de l'école de recrue. Mais la dernière avait été annulée. J'ai fait mon ER en été 2019, donc le Progress commençait à être implanté dans les blindés. J'étais Grenadier de char équipage, plus précisément pointeur (celui qui tire avec le canon de la tourelle). C'est bien moins dur que les Gren Char combatants (infanterie mécanisée). Si j'avais fait avant le Progress je me serait fais défoncer, mais là, c'était par moments très dur et intense, mais je pense moins intense qu'avant le progress quand même. Bref mon ER n'a duré que 18 semaines au lieu des 21 semaines que t'as fait. En revanche j'ai un cours de répétition en plus que ceux qui ont faits 21 semaines. J'avais hésité a faire infanterie SL en éclaireur, c'est comment ?
Absolutely agree on learning to use a map and compass. GPS is a wonderful gadget...until it doesn't work. The Canadian mountains are a bit different from the UK, aren't they? ; )
Terrain can really mess up comms creating shadows. The mountains block some of the signals for GPS to triangulate your position. You really get down to it and very heavy for foliage GPS has trouble penetrating because it's not really that strong a signal. Your phone would have a better chance of positioning you and those kinds of terrain assuming you can access the cellular towers. The same thing that interferes with your Communications on your radio sets will interfere with your cell phone. Shadows of mountains. Cell phones use assisted GPS, that combines Tower triangulation with satellite triangulation.
@@JohnRodriguesPhotographer You ain't kidding about comm signals. Out in the western US in the boondocks AKA middle of nowhere you can't talk to someone 500 meters away over the hill/rise, but you can easily ping a cell tower 40 miles away on a mountain peak. That was using an external antennae with an old "bag phone" since today's little cellphones don't have the punch.
GPS is actually very rarely broken. But it's the same with any tools or gadget, it can be broken or lost. Loose the compass and you're in trouble also.
Right and unless one is fighting "cave-people" a GPS jammer must be considered standard equipment. Anyone with a bit of electric knowhow can build a GPS jammer.
Imagine that you have to prepare artillery sites for an operation like that at Dien Bien Phu that the Viet Minh dug in positions that could not be neutralized by the French.That looks like the training that is needed to pull an operation like that off.War games have the satellites knocked out in no time so use your compass!
Pioneers can have full beards. All other army personnel cannot. As I mentioned in an earlier reply, did my training at CFB Wainwright in the winter. While in the field we still had to shave every morning. We used shaving cream in a tube because the can would have froze, and cold water. Great times. VP.
Welcome to the infantry life! This stuff is always a lot more challenging in cold weather due to all of the layer control you have to do to keep between the sweating point and the freezing point
Hi. 88-91 army reservist here. Pal got me fancy $$ hoverglide rucksack. On a whim, I made my own from 82 pattern. Hinge points b/w 2 wireframes. Replaced rubber with latex tubing in some bungee cords. Voila. Suspended rucksack. Works great.
You had two days to make some ground pounders lives hell in the mountains in winter. You were seriously overloaded for the mission regardless of what the CO might scream. Light, fast and set up an appropriate kill zone that nukes the superior numbers of the enemy within 24 hours. Game done.
I went ashore from the USS Fort McHenry to participate in Exercise Foal Eagle, Korea in 1998. Cold as hell in November and I had no radioman or Arty Scout/Observer with me. So in addition to all my field gear and two sets of NBC suits I had the radio, extra batteries, and the range finding equipment. We humped for three days through mountains separated by knee deep muddy rice paddies. The last morning was a 20k fast march back to the beach landing zone. I don’t remember the LCAC ride back to the McHenry. The “pack squeaks” in your video brought back some acute memories relating to the “miserable happiness” you guys were going through.
This just makes you stronger lol, I got out 3 years ago but I did 11 years, enlisted in 04, to 15, I was a SAW Gunner and a M240 gunner as well, so when you think you have it bad.... Just remember someone has it worse lol imagine carrying that up that hill.
It's always enlightening to me how much the militaries have changed. I served as an infantryman in the US Marines 95-99. There we're lots of miserable training operations. Especially the jungles in Okinawa during the summertime. We didn't have any GPS at the time everything was done with a compass. Another place we did alot of training was on the Big island Hawaii. The place is called the Pohakaloa training area. Hot during the day cold at night. The lava would chew up a new pair of leather cadillacs within 3 weeks. A miserable spot in a place known as a paradise. Funny how militaries have a knack for finding shitty places to work in anywhere in the world.
Full gear is always hard, hour after hour, but I can just imagine patrolling it in the mountains. Always walking crooked off center on slippery ground and having to duck under branches while trying to stay semi combat ready.
The Falklands were an illustration why all this PT is essential. The battles were at the end of a 50 mile march, fighting up mountains all the way. In the snow and freezing rain.
One reason I went armoured, you get to sit down while being taxied to the battlefront. The other reason is you get to carry a large cooler in your vehicle.
Also good tip, get an elastic band. Usually CQs at your unit have them it's a nice small thick elastic band. Put it around your mag and connect it to the mag weld. Keeps it from falling off if you accidentally press the mag release on your c7. Not all the time you're looking at your rifle and mag when going up these challenging terrian
I feel the pain especially the radio operator in front of you. I was a Rad Op in the Airborne Regiment so logging a ruck with radio was my bread and butter. Soldier on brother.
I used to do this when I was in my 20s but now and have fond memories of my time going on long hikes in Nordegg Alberta. Those days are long gone and I would most surely injure myself and be puking like crazy from extreme exhaustion of those treks. You guys are in elite athlete shape and this footage proves it.
No water Matsimus? It's all around you. Melt the crystallized snow, there was a stream at the 7:30 mark. You did have purification tabs with you I hope. Patrol must have stopped for a meal, boil up some crystallized snow. Unless of course you were not allowed to. Yup, looks a challenging hike for sure... have to tread carefully in melt conditions, for sure. Great video, thanks.
Even blanks are a luxury in the CAF. My buddy was sent on arctic survival exercise in Manitoba with two left foot mukluks, two sizes too big. Running to cover was hilarious as they were coming off his feet in -20C temps.
For us in the Estonian Army it is very common to hike with full gear. Pack weights roughly 60kg (132lb). Usually we hike 20-60 kilometers and that is really hard even though we dont have mountainess terrain. Keep up the good work Mat!
Hi Mat, good exercise. You need this to build up your confidence in you own physical and mental ability. Obviously you are not trained as Mountain Troops, but for Reservist Gunners you did well. Give yourself a pat on the back and learn from it, not just how much your body can take but what gear you really need. The mountains can kill you as easily as the enemy. Its not enough to say “march or die” you need to arrive fit enough to kill your enemy. Keep on trying, it’s just the first 20 years that are the hardest, after that it’s all down hill. The bit that the Army does not tell you is that all those little injuries you pick up on your service will come back in your old age (if you survive) to haunt you!
I retireed from the RCAF in 2021 due to injury but the exercise is prety much normal for anybody attached to a army unit yes i was attached to an army unit the last 9 years of my 21 year career the second thing I want to point out was there was patches of snow and a good life straw would provide emergency water for your group if you dont have a life straw a pump action water filter is also a good thing to carry
Don't believe that I saw a section member using his weapon as a walking stick. We could even hear the sound as he thrust the but down for traction. Our sick and injured were actually support by the remainder by redistribution of pack items and one one occasion it included his weapon. I noticed that no-one ask the individual that sat and stayed longer if he was ok. Great to see you having fun.
For your water resupply in that terrain, when your canteen is at about half, start adding handfulls of snow. Stuff off the top if you don't like the taste of dirt.
All the challenges you said are so true, coms is wizardry half the time, never trust the dagger to navigate out of a LAV & be careful. Real Glad that none of your folks got seriously hurt in such terrain. MEDEVAC's are hard to execute in those terrain. Having been a staff officer at company, battalion and brigade HQs (ESCC's !), it's always a concern when you know coms are on/off and extractions aint gonna be quick if shit hits the fan. Chimo !
Reminds me of Advanced winter warfare, it sucked! Add a tobbagan loaded and that’s how much It sucked. 7 days in the mountains. Keep going brothers and sisters
I am glad when I was in the Reserves in Ontario in the late 80s and early 90s that the 82 pattern rucks couldn't carry as much as that - and there were no mountain patrols. :)
Don't know about that mate.....i used the '84 web gear and the rucks...with the valise packed full...and the pack stuffed i had mine top out at 83 ish pounds......and the '84 Web gear could carry a ton more than the current tac vests can....as well as additional canteens etc......and NO. The 80's and 90's had tons of training....really good training....we where still in the cold war...we had legit "enemies" to train to face.....but yes...the Sterling SMG was ok...for Rad ops. Drivers and Officer types.....the field troops humped C1A1's...C2's. Carl G's. And for those of us lucky to?....even C5 Gpmg's with the tripods......then came the wicked good C6's and C9's.....the C7's then? Where hated...matel garbage....lol. Drive on troop!
Mate...the C1's where a decent weight....you knew you where carrying them....and you knew when you where shooting as well.....lol....good times. Great memories....
Oh. The C7's now? Fantastic...but the initial issue ones where rubbish...and made worse by the fact we where converting directly from the C1A1's and C2's.....as in everything...its mostly in perspective
Congratulations on your accomplishment. I was a mountaineer back in the day and did a lot of up and down in the Canadian Rockies. It’s beautiful country. It looks like some of your mates have some pretty bulky loads. I’m wondering what kit they’re dragging around.
@@PatGilliland I know, I did one exercise in Shilo...the first time I looked on the map, I though its the maps backside...no terrain features at all :-P
Brought back many memories of exercises in the Bow Crow forest. In Jan we did winter warfare in that shit. Hills, snowshoes and toboggans, just murder! Great stuff you did an amazing job.
Combat boots have nice, aggressive treads, but in that kind of environment, it looks like you could have used traction devices like YakTrax. A few more ounces of mass to hump, but not having your feet sliding in the snow saves so much energy that I find them invaluable in snowy mountains.
Hardest ex's I did was Ranger Survival School in Grand Cache. 1 night class room instruction, 4 days in the field with our parkas, half an IMP, and some basic ranger survival kits. First night we had our sleeping bags, the second and third, the Rangers took our sleeping bags away. I had never felt as cold as I did on that ex and it was only about -10oC at night. Next hardest was 3 weeks in Wainright as part of the pre-deployment for 1CMBG for Roto 5. I was called out to 1 Headquarters and Sigs and for 3 weeks, setting up and manning the radios, setting up DRASH shelters and setting up generators. I was tasked to recce detachment, meaning we setup the HQ in advance of the brigade's arrival. It was crazy, with live fire artillery, Tac Hel, engineer, armor, FIBUA and sniper exercises. We got to take part in a few, and some of the traffic on the radio nets was absolutely bonkers... like Tac Hel going weapons free danger close to the grid where PPCLI snipers were doing a stalking exercise (with the Patricia CO didn't know where they were). Also did some rappelling, mounting a helo, and a really great low light C7 range ex. I really miss serving watching your videos.
@@_Matsimus_ done both homie, in 1rcha. Currently deployed with 2vp in latvia. My comment wasnt a flex or disrespect it was an invitation to train with your reg force counterparts on a high readiness exercise. I find batus to be easier honestly. Seeing as your in a reserve unit and seem to like what you do I figured you would like the experience. I would also suggest going OP stream if you like the dismounted work since the gun line rarely has the opportunity to train in that environment. Also lends itself to more deployments and experiences. I've even had the chance to work with JTACs from around the world in Australia on ex pitch black.
One of thing Learn in Boy Scouts and search and rescue what do fill my canteen and throw a hand warmer pack next to my canteen cuz it was metal and all that snow out there it's just pure water unless one of your mates decides to make it a yellow slushie
Looks like a beast of a hill to be carrying I combat load up! The guy walking ahead of you with the beard looks like he has a left leg injury. He's pushing off real hard with a right leg and just bringing the left leg up. Did he have a strain or sprain? You're breathing a little hard but not too bad. The people walking behind you had a lot of slack between you and them oh, so for an older guy you're doing all right! Lol!
If you can imagine the kind of mind set i was in when 21 I biked 140km forth 140km back to climb a mountain in the waterton park within 14 days... just ask 'em its the popular climb! with 12 people and only 3 of us kept climbing to the top! ( most of them stopped after the "river" beds where the peak starts, shame, then few more or the hardies stopped on a shoulder of the peak where the view was completely bonkers...) when we got to top, after walking for a few minutes we got nearer and nearer the edge the guide said... keep away from the edge the wind is strong and unpredictable... so i laid down on my stomach crawled to look over the edge! NO ONE ELSE DID. I threw rocks and watched them fall like 1000m X) (don't worry it there was nothing under but boulders)) I can still picture it like it was yesterday. that was during my time off from the army :)
Btw....I nearly thought you were gonna say at 02:20 Bondage not bonding. If you bear that in mind for the following spiel after.....it gets kinda funny the more you talk about it.
Opfor is fun!!!!Especially when you take turns attacking and keeping the boys on stand to every 30 minutes...surprised it's as hard as the Beacons I've heard about.
My brother and I never left our compass at home but we tyres one hike without a topological map and managed to miss a marker and wonder into the woods quite a distance until we found a large cliff between us and where we wanted to go. 😨 The compass eventually got us to our destination but if we had had a topo map we would have got there hours faster.
If you want a good challenge within the Canadian army. Do CPC (Canadian Patrol Concentration) i did it last year for CPC 2018 and was on my brigades team as a signaller. Roughly a 40-50km Trace in the winter inCFB Wainwright. Most challenging thing I've ever done in the military (so far). You learn alot while working up to CPC and on the actual patrol it's some of the greatest training we have. Similar to the Cambrian patrol they have in the UK. Id definitely look into it
Opfor is all ways a good go even in Wainwright during winter hip deep snow , waiting for the infantry to attack from 5 kms away only thing keeping me awake was my helmet banging on my rifle every time I dozed off.
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Try working with Airborne troops if you want a really tough exercise :) And you gotta get some of the infantry to show those guys how to pack a ruck better lol.
sheep hunting in the alberta rockies is a hell of a work out. that terrain your on looks very mellow in comparison lol but those packs look heavy but with the ram on and a full pack your carrying close to 150lbs on your back. seriously considering joining the Canadian army
Reminds me of some of the nav exercises I did in Kananaskis in the early 2000's. I remember one time we were doing night nav through a forest in the foothills where every tree was blown down through a squall. It was crazy.
Well, Matt if it's hard at about 35 wait until you are 40 to 45. If you love it then you will still find a way to complete such a journey even if it involves your feet and back screening with soreness. If your sore now, it will be worse in the future. Its almost mind over matter until your body no longer does what your mind tells it to.
That’s why nobody can find us! The winter camo and the snowman suits we wear make us “Invisible”!!! I remember doing this training every winter, just to…as the Sgt Major used to say…toughen up the snowflakes so that they could become the “Snowmen” that we are!!! Pro Patria!!!
That looks just like hunting in the Black Hills during spring turkey season. Always seems like you're walking up uphill at 60-70 degree slope on a carpet of old pine needles mixed with ice & snow! Never ever recall going downhill. Hardest hunting I've ever done for a few pounds of turkey meat. Even if you're 21 yrs old, after four days of that starting at 0300hrs til sunset you're ready to go to the grocery store and buy a turkey. LOL
I was a opfor raider in Alaska for 3 years, 3 to 5 man teams. We never carried that much junk. Even tho I carried a m60 machine gun. We never lost a man.
Pack was around roughy 75lbs with all kit needed for a dismounted exercise in the sticks. That’s not including FFO and rifle. 😬💀
Mate, come and try the Royal Australian Regiment "light Infantry" 75 pounds is what we have in our webbing, our packs are 60 to 65 kilos plus!
Thanks for posting your pack Weight cause if this is the hardest you’ve been on then if I can hammer myself with some tough stuff like this I might just be prepared to join
@@gazzarover In Germany it's usually round about 50 kg total (including weapon+ammo) although some in the squad have to carry the MG + bipod wich weighs more.
that's 34kg so not that bad
@@synthilein No but its much for a non ligth inf unit to carry. I think my countries army carry the most or atleast among the most. the swedish rangers that work in the mountain area often carry around 60-90kg + a sleigh in -25 C for 7-21 days without support. But its their job and the are trained for it. The mec.coy whould had problem with 30kg + wepon in the this terrain. you will become good at what you train
Did two arctic warfare courses back in the 1970s. Trying to poop in a plastic garbage bag at -30 convinced me that I must explore other avenues of self development :)
whats even better is coming out of the tent with a bag of shit in your hand while others are standing there waiting to do the same, at least it was summertime
The Thunder box!!
@@willie9397 just shot in the woods and letother nature take care of it
There's nothing harder than infantry living in the field, and you had but a wee taste. You patrol or advance to contact all day, you (potentially) fight, you dig your hole at night, you take a watch shift or (if you're a leader) stay up later than the rest of the platoon briefing and planning, you perform maintenance of weapons and kit, you get maybe two or three hours of sleep, and you do it all over again the next day. And, of course, winter operations add an extra layer of complexity, with snowshoes, sleds, and tents, and freezing sweat, frozen ground, and snow blindness. Anyone who's done it has tested themselves beyond what most humans will ever experience, and truly knows their breaking point. These are lessons that stick with you for life. Thanks for the video.
infantry work is fun until you don't want to do it anymore. Then it's a pain in the ass
I’ve done this early in the 90s when I was in the Canadian Reserves and I would defy anyone who think and say we Canadians have it easier than those larger “more professional” armies like the Brits and the Americans. The amount of kit we needed to carry in Arctic Warfare while tracking through the snow was extremely punishing. You are either sweating like a pig in your parka or your freezing when you stop. Then in the moment of truth you find your rifle frozen and you can’t fire because it was that cold.
H2X2E2532 Having served as an infantry captain in the USAR, I can only say that actual US soldiers have the utmost respect for our Canadian, UK, Aussie, Kiwi and NATO allies.You are all tough SOB’s! Please the COD commandos who never had the pleasure of humping a ruck! Those who are talking shit have no clue what a PITA carrying all that kit is up and down hills getting nice and hot and sweaty just in time to stop and start to freeze. As they said in Vietnam about the Infantry, ‘Home is where you dig it.”
Thanks for sharing this. I applaud you cannon cockers for going out with the grunts. My grandfather was an artilleryman in WWI with Battery B, 21st Field Artillery, 5th Division.
Finally, thanks for not trying to act like some badass and actually admitting that some troops had minor injuries and you needed a brake. I have no doubt that many people might have actually edited that bit out. Instead, you were up front about it all. In the US Army, Courage, Candor, Competence,& Commitment are five key traits, and you clearly demonstrated Candor repeatedly. While humping a ruck with assorted extra gear definitely bites, I bet having to manhandle heavy guns, ammo, and related gear probably have their enjoyable moments, too! Thanks again and much love to all my fellow soldiers!
motorcop505 Brilliant response and brotherhood really. Many thanks. My old regiment was in 3rd Canadian Division Juno Beach and my regiment still have Jocks in Afghanistan. Best thing I have done in my life to have served and I wouldn’t have done it any other way.
Meanwhile the natives are just chillin laughing at you guys 😆
I was led to believe that we Canadians have some of the best trained soldiers in the world
You know you are infantry when you have to crawl to a tree to stand up.
no, you're an unfit pussy is what you are.
@@gazzarover An unfit pussy would just lie on the ground and whine. An unfit man would push his limits, even though they are small.
@@vaclavjebavy5118 He/she is just projecting an image of themselves they dislike.
@@dragoonTT Perhaps. But such a proposition is a bit specific. Maybe *they* just think that he's relatively unfit, and emphasize it with a vulgarism that just happened to sound very derogatory.
@- - ucking idiot, if you read my comments you pogue you would already know that you little bitch....
I heard that Canada was once inhabited by snowmen.
Don't forget the families of Sasquatches.
Jack Frost melted due to global warming.
WAS???? it still is bud
This is true
Fire Power701 And snow snakes!
Aye I was there haha. It was brutal
I bet it was. Cannot have been easy
You should do this in your days off camping . I work in worst terrains actually you guys are lucky ;)
BUSHCRAFT QUEBEC what do you do? Are you a mountaineer?
@@michaelvandenbroek5715 i do this for fun :)
@@michaelvandenbroek5715 manic 5 you want hills ? Hahaha
I love all the self-masturbatory comments from people talking about how they have it harder and heavier like that's the only thing that matters from a experience standpoint. A reserve unit is not going to have the same level of experience, training, or environmental context that (for this example) 3 PPCLI's Mountain troops will have.
Hard to pack for something that you have no prior experience with. It's a learning experience and I can almost assure you if you sat down that section and told them to do it again there would be a load of different choices and decisions, which only comes through experience with it in the first place. So stop comparing them to Light Infantry and Special Forces because that's not what this is about.
John Kapwn lol what do you mean “MASTURBATORY” haha 😂🙈🙊
pardon? for 1 thing, 3 ppcli was a mounted unit on the coast and now prairie walkers. 2nd most reserve units who hike through the mountains like this usually are from areas like this and who grew up walking and hiking mountains. the one you are talking about moved to the areas and have not gotten their mountain legs and backs
Dudr you followed orders some do this just for fun
I did this in the regular army, and today I do it just for fun, and to keep my energy up...packing your pack in the reserves, you are told the basics you are needed to pack, then you pack extra's you want...but in exercises like this, you pack as if you are going for months tour...not as if you are going camping for the weekend...it would defeat the purpose of training...I might look into re joining the reserves!! this looked like a lot of fun!
I walk through bush like this daily surveying blocks, carrying 50lbs. And its in mid summer with mosquitoes so thick you eat them. No guns to scare away bears either.
The 12 other solders dismount from inside the backpack when the fighting starts and they can outnumber the enemy
WTF are you blathring on about, you nob ened? These twats couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag!
@@nacholibre1962 ???? Care to explain dude?
@@nacholibre1962 Ha. Hope that was sarcasm...
Ayy noah
@@koomko1666 my name is micchael wittmann
I was an Canadian infantryman it is one of the most hardest jobs.... you have to be in top physical condition.
"Could be worse. It could be raining." (Marty Feldman, Young Frankenstein) Honestly, this is cool and thanks for sharing the experience with us Couch Commandos!
If it Aint raining it aint training. :)
Could be worse. It could be snowing and -20°c
Yeah, it's really cool....... 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Omg , I remember the mud ! It slowed everyone down!
@@minhee7 could be worse you could be attacked by wolves at nightime !
The key to success in these kind of exercises is to rig your ruck properly. I can see some of your mates really are having it so much harder than they should clearly because of how their ruck is located on their shoulders or how they have rigged it. I'm working with the R22ER and I can guarantee I get the pain when it comes to mountains. Glad you had a good time tho!
Canadian Army Death Stranding Simulator
Tough terrain with heavy load.well done.
Something similar is exactly how I learned the importance of studying a topo map before heading out on a hike.
preaching to choir here but you got to go wehre you got to go and sometimes the person in charge says small hills nothing serrious but when you get to the attac k point you get large moutains cliffs
This kind of stuff just gets me so stoked to join! It just sucks cause I have no idea when I'll get in :(
As someone who's in the 3rd, mountain company. I can tell you that this is the hardest shit, but also the most satisfying. The only things I have in my ruck is a snugpak rain poncho and puffy. Lightweight rain tarp, amo. 1 pair of underwear and shirt. x2 pairs of socks, Water and food too also mountain kit. And if you're lucky you get to be a water camel and carry the water bladder for the section. If you're a rifleman you're most likely going to carry 2 boxes of C9 amo too. If we're taking double front line. And dont get me started on toboggans...that shit sucks.
Lose the parka and snow pants. All you need are thermals underneath. NO puffy or jacket! You'll over heat.
When you're taking a 10 min break pull out the puffy and you'll survive.
Ounces = pounds & pounds = pain.
Damn, a stun terrain with snow and grass, one wrong step in this and your foot is gone
Thank you for serving
I did a 24 hours walk during my recrut school in the swiss army. It wasn't the hardest thing I did during the recrut school. But no sleeping, we had to eat while walking, very little time to rest ( 7min every 2hours approximatively but we couldn't sit down or lay down) with around 30kg (not including shoes and the regular clothes with the combat helmet) of package and during the whole walk this fucking cold rain. Of course it was hard physically but as long as you stand mentally there is no way to fail. You just have to think : I got to put a step in front of the other and if I fall asleep while walking you have to keep talking with your buddies or hang on their bag. I had this experience a few months ago and I'm glad I did it.
I was infantry DD 104th (service long). Did recruit school in Aarau before it got closed and finished in Birmensdorf. And being french meant we had it just a bit harder. Were you regular infantry?
The 50km night walk isn't done in recruit school for us but at the end of combat school after 6 months. Recruit school (In 2017 anyway) is just until you become a soldat after 3 months. Back then we just did the 20k march at the end of recruit school.
It was hard after 3 days without any real sleep. Piss pouring rain sleeping outside or in a bunker. Great times tho.
Sounds like the legion etrangere docs i just watched 60km w/ 30kg
@@keuschkacey Tu peux parler français je suis romand aussi. En fait la marche de 24h c'est un parcours en étoile avec des postes (du style ramper dans la boue, exercice avec du lacrymogène, du tir ou encore des postes un peu plus théorique) avec paquetage complet ainsi que du poids en plus pour chaque erreur commise (certaine ER c'est des panzerfaust qui sont donnée, pour mon ER c'était en fonction de la gravité de l'erreur on avait des objets plus ou moins lourd, de la simple caisse de munition à la chenille d'un tank qui pèse 50kg). Bref cette marche c'est la marche pour l'insigne de fonction , la grenade des grenadiers de chars. Du coup ont devait encore faire une marche de 40km pour le grade et un dernière de 50km pour la fin de l'école de recrue. Mais la dernière avait été annulée. J'ai fait mon ER en été 2019, donc le Progress commençait à être implanté dans les blindés. J'étais Grenadier de char équipage, plus précisément pointeur (celui qui tire avec le canon de la tourelle). C'est bien moins dur que les Gren Char combatants (infanterie mécanisée). Si j'avais fait avant le Progress je me serait fais défoncer, mais là, c'était par moments très dur et intense, mais je pense moins intense qu'avant le progress quand même. Bref mon ER n'a duré que 18 semaines au lieu des 21 semaines que t'as fait. En revanche j'ai un cours de répétition en plus que ceux qui ont faits 21 semaines. J'avais hésité a faire infanterie SL en éclaireur, c'est comment ?
Absolutely agree on learning to use a map and compass. GPS is a wonderful gadget...until it doesn't work. The Canadian mountains are a bit different from the UK, aren't they? ; )
Terrain can really mess up comms creating shadows. The mountains block some of the signals for GPS to triangulate your position. You really get down to it and very heavy for foliage GPS has trouble penetrating because it's not really that strong a signal. Your phone would have a better chance of positioning you and those kinds of terrain assuming you can access the cellular towers. The same thing that interferes with your Communications on your radio sets will interfere with your cell phone. Shadows of mountains. Cell phones use assisted GPS, that combines Tower triangulation with satellite triangulation.
@@JohnRodriguesPhotographer You ain't kidding about comm signals. Out in the western US in the boondocks AKA middle of nowhere you can't talk to someone 500 meters away over the hill/rise, but you can easily ping a cell tower 40 miles away on a mountain peak. That was using an external antennae with an old "bag phone" since today's little cellphones don't have the punch.
GPS is actually very rarely broken. But it's the same with any tools or gadget, it can be broken or lost. Loose the compass and you're in trouble also.
Right and unless one is fighting "cave-people" a GPS jammer must be considered standard equipment.
Anyone with a bit of electric knowhow can build a GPS jammer.
@R A Williams, Land navigation map Reading is essential. Using a lensatic compass is Absolutely essential.
Did my infantry training at CFB Wainwright for 16 weeks starting in December back in the 80's. I was 18, it was brutal.
Same. Started with 120 guys, graduated 16. I was 19 years old.
@@MichaelTaylor-od7jj yeah that sounds about right for my coarse also.
what year and platoon?
Imagine that you have to prepare artillery sites for an operation like that at Dien Bien Phu that the Viet Minh dug in positions that could not be neutralized by the French.That looks like the training that is needed to pull an operation like that off.War games have the satellites knocked out in no time so use your compass!
9:28 naughty naught - using his rifle as a walking stick!
HOLY! FUCK. your rifle isn't a walking stick.
Mike Miller WG15 CW4 dramatic much
holyshit i missed that. knifehand.jpg
Ever been to Camp Ripley In Minnesota? I was there last month and saw some Canadian Military. I was jealous, some of y'all had beards:)
Ayyyy man I was there we went to do our c9 and c7 ranges
beardforgen , one of the best things to happen lol so happy i dont have to shave anymore !
Pioneers can have full beards. All other army personnel cannot. As I mentioned in an earlier reply, did my training at CFB Wainwright in the winter. While in the field we still had to shave every morning. We used shaving cream in a tube because the can would have froze, and cold water.
Great times. VP.
@@mafmaf6417 Beardforgen bro
Welcome to the infantry life! This stuff is always a lot more challenging in cold weather due to all of the layer control you have to do to keep between the sweating point and the freezing point
Hi. 88-91 army reservist here. Pal got me fancy $$ hoverglide rucksack. On a whim, I made my own from 82 pattern. Hinge points b/w 2 wireframes. Replaced rubber with latex tubing in some bungee cords. Voila. Suspended rucksack. Works great.
You had two days to make some ground pounders lives hell in the mountains in winter.
You were seriously overloaded for the mission regardless of what the CO might scream.
Light, fast and set up an appropriate kill zone that nukes the superior numbers of the enemy within 24 hours.
Game done.
I went ashore from the USS Fort McHenry to participate in Exercise Foal Eagle, Korea in 1998. Cold as hell in November and I had no radioman or Arty Scout/Observer with me. So in addition to all my field gear and two sets of NBC suits I had the radio, extra batteries, and the range finding equipment. We humped for three days through mountains separated by knee deep muddy rice paddies. The last morning was a 20k fast march back to the beach landing zone. I don’t remember the LCAC ride back to the McHenry.
The “pack squeaks” in your video brought back some acute memories relating to the “miserable happiness” you guys were going through.
"Very little water with no resupply."
Well, technically you have snow...
Not like here in malaysia,hot af
Protip- Avoid the yellow snow, its not lemon flavoured.
@@InsanoBinLooney Nor apple juice, as I discovered the hard way...
If you see yellow and brown, it's not chocolate 💩
they probably used snow for cooking and stuff but this time of year you shouldn't rely on it cause it could melt during the day
Wait...
Your with the Canadian army?
I bet $100 that I'm the only one who didn't know that.
Cheekiestharpy sirens yes you are the only one 😂😂. But now you know it as well
@@Lumberjackk hmm...
Yeah this is big brain time
Infiltration! 😑
@@steppib.4598 fricc
This just makes you stronger lol, I got out 3 years ago but I did 11 years, enlisted in 04, to 15, I was a SAW Gunner and a M240 gunner as well, so when you think you have it bad.... Just remember someone has it worse lol imagine carrying that up that hill.
It's always enlightening to me how much the militaries have changed. I served as an infantryman in the US Marines 95-99. There we're lots of miserable training operations. Especially the jungles in Okinawa during the summertime. We didn't have any GPS at the time everything was done with a compass. Another place we did alot of training was on the Big island Hawaii. The place is called the Pohakaloa training area. Hot during the day cold at night. The lava would chew up a new pair of leather cadillacs within 3 weeks. A miserable spot in a place known as a paradise. Funny how militaries have a knack for finding shitty places to work in anywhere in the world.
Full gear is always hard, hour after hour, but I can just imagine patrolling it in the mountains.
Always walking crooked off center on slippery ground and having to duck under branches while trying to stay semi combat ready.
The Falklands were an illustration why all this PT is essential. The battles were at the end of a 50 mile march, fighting up mountains all the way. In the snow and freezing rain.
One reason I went armoured, you get to sit down while being taxied to the battlefront. The other reason is you get to carry a large cooler in your vehicle.
A Vierge sneak a couple road brews
@@Forever1wheel hey I respect the infantry as I took my nco course with infantry staff. I was glad to get back in saddle after that course.
Also good tip, get an elastic band. Usually CQs at your unit have them it's a nice small thick elastic band. Put it around your mag and connect it to the mag weld. Keeps it from falling off if you accidentally press the mag release on your c7. Not all the time you're looking at your rifle and mag when going up these challenging terrian
Good thing it is that cold there. Could you imagine climbing that big hill if it is all mud?
Gunnar Herzog sometimes when it’s like 1 Celsius, a crap ton of mud and slush puddles form.
I feel the pain especially the radio operator in front of you. I was a Rad Op in the Airborne Regiment so logging a ruck with radio was my bread and butter. Soldier on brother.
You and all of our troops are awesome! I wouldn't want to hike that terrain with all that gear.
I used to do this when I was in my 20s but now and have fond memories of my time going on long hikes in Nordegg Alberta. Those days are long gone and I would most surely injure myself and be puking like crazy from extreme exhaustion of those treks. You guys are in elite athlete shape and this footage proves it.
No water Matsimus? It's all around you. Melt the crystallized snow, there was a stream at the 7:30 mark. You did have purification tabs with you I hope. Patrol must have stopped for a meal, boil up some crystallized snow. Unless of course you were not allowed to.
Yup, looks a challenging hike for sure... have to tread carefully in melt conditions, for sure.
Great video, thanks.
Matsimus: ''We don't get the best kit, quad bikes and such'' - Dutch soldier: ''Do you get blanks for excersises?''
haha, its funny, but sad xD
LOL
Even blanks are a luxury in the CAF. My buddy was sent on arctic survival exercise in Manitoba with two left foot mukluks, two sizes too big. Running to cover was hilarious as they were coming off his feet in -20C temps.
yeah depends where you are either you are lucky or you make due
Yelling bang while performing advance to contact exercises adds to the cardiovascular tension. Its all good training.
For us in the Estonian Army it is very common to hike with full gear. Pack weights roughly 60kg (132lb). Usually we hike 20-60 kilometers and that is really hard even though we dont have mountainess terrain. Keep up the good work Mat!
Hi Mat, good exercise. You need this to build up your confidence in you own physical and mental ability. Obviously you are not trained as Mountain Troops, but for Reservist Gunners you did well. Give yourself a pat on the back and learn from it, not just how much your body can take but what gear you really need. The mountains can kill you as easily as the enemy. Its not enough to say “march or die” you need to arrive fit enough to kill your enemy. Keep on trying, it’s just the first 20 years that are the hardest, after that it’s all down hill. The bit that the Army does not tell you is that all those little injuries you pick up on your service will come back in your old age (if you survive) to haunt you!
that persons ruck in front of you looks like its about to fall apart
OP Tortoise looks like it s a lady in front of him
@@jean-pierremaury6450 Relevant.
I retireed from the RCAF in 2021 due to injury but the exercise is prety much normal for anybody attached to a army unit yes i was attached to an army unit the last 9 years of my 21 year career
the second thing I want to point out was there was patches of snow and a good life straw would provide emergency water for your group
if you dont have a life straw a pump action water filter is also a good thing to carry
Don't believe that I saw a section member using his weapon as a walking stick. We could even hear the sound as he thrust the but down for traction. Our sick and injured were actually support by the remainder by redistribution of pack items and one one occasion it included his weapon. I noticed that no-one ask the individual that sat and stayed longer if he was ok. Great to see you having fun.
I used to do this for fun. Then again, 2 minutes into this changes everything,
For your water resupply in that terrain, when your canteen is at about half, start adding handfulls of snow.
Stuff off the top if you don't like the taste of dirt.
I'll take the dirt too. It's good for you😎👍
Lol snow is a lot dirtier then you think. And filled with a lot of parasites
@@aewhatever id imagine in that climate it cant be too bad.
assuming your eating freshest layed.
Looks similar to high mountains in Afghanistan. Special forces crawling around and living on mountain sides, can't imagine.
What a nob!
All the challenges you said are so true, coms is wizardry half the time, never trust the dagger to navigate out of a LAV & be careful. Real Glad that none of your folks got seriously hurt in such terrain. MEDEVAC's are hard to execute in those terrain. Having been a staff officer at company, battalion and brigade HQs (ESCC's !), it's always a concern when you know coms are on/off and extractions aint gonna be quick if shit hits the fan. Chimo !
Reminds me of Advanced winter warfare, it sucked!
Add a tobbagan loaded and that’s how much It sucked. 7 days in the mountains.
Keep going brothers and sisters
one of the Hardest and most amazing courses for me was the Recce Patrolman course. Loved it and hated it. that was many years ago. Almost 30 now.
I just want this lockdown to end so I can go to BMQ!!!
I am glad when I was in the Reserves in Ontario in the late 80s and early 90s that the 82 pattern rucks couldn't carry as much as that - and there were no mountain patrols. :)
Yeah my mom always said it was more running and drilling. She talks about the sterlings a lot.
Don't know about that mate.....i used the '84 web gear and the rucks...with the valise packed full...and the pack stuffed i had mine top out at 83 ish pounds......and the '84 Web gear could carry a ton more than the current tac vests can....as well as additional canteens etc......and NO. The 80's and 90's had tons of training....really good training....we where still in the cold war...we had legit "enemies" to train to face.....but yes...the Sterling SMG was ok...for Rad ops. Drivers and Officer types.....the field troops humped C1A1's...C2's. Carl G's. And for those of us lucky to?....even C5 Gpmg's with the tripods......then came the wicked good C6's and C9's.....the C7's then? Where hated...matel garbage....lol. Drive on troop!
@@sabre2182 Yeah she was just naval reserves and full time for a while. Good barrels though on the C7. I wish I could hump a C1 around.
Mate...the C1's where a decent weight....you knew you where carrying them....and you knew when you where shooting as well.....lol....good times. Great memories....
Oh. The C7's now? Fantastic...but the initial issue ones where rubbish...and made worse by the fact we where converting directly from the C1A1's and C2's.....as in everything...its mostly in perspective
Congratulations on your accomplishment. I was a mountaineer back in the day and did a lot of up and down in the Canadian Rockies. It’s beautiful country. It looks like some of your mates have some pretty bulky loads. I’m wondering what kit they’re dragging around.
nice climb looks stunning scenery well done to all that took part
Can't say I don't miss hauling around a C-9 and full ruck in the mountains of Lower Mainland, British Columbia.
Hello Matsimus love the vids keep em and good luck with mini Matsimus
Awesome wowowow I love my Canadian Military respect to yous wowowow
Yeah, terrain...thats what Canada has lots of :-P
We do have some flat bits in the middle
@@PatGilliland I know, I did one exercise in Shilo...the first time I looked on the map, I though its the maps backside...no terrain features at all :-P
RoninTF2011 is the tree still on the map ?
@@RoninTF2011 I think you mean CFB/BATUS Suffield to buddy lol
Pat G the flat bits are made of moss :(
Brought back many memories of exercises in the Bow Crow forest. In Jan we did winter warfare in that shit. Hills, snowshoes and toboggans, just murder! Great stuff you did an amazing job.
I said it once and I’ll say it again. Max, you would have loved being in the Infantry.
Best 15 years of my life
Combat boots have nice, aggressive treads, but in that kind of environment, it looks like you could have used traction devices like YakTrax. A few more ounces of mass to hump, but not having your feet sliding in the snow saves so much energy that I find them invaluable in snowy mountains.
Hardest ex's I did was Ranger Survival School in Grand Cache. 1 night class room instruction, 4 days in the field with our parkas, half an IMP, and some basic ranger survival kits. First night we had our sleeping bags, the second and third, the Rangers took our sleeping bags away. I had never felt as cold as I did on that ex and it was only about -10oC at night.
Next hardest was 3 weeks in Wainright as part of the pre-deployment for 1CMBG for Roto 5. I was called out to 1 Headquarters and Sigs and for 3 weeks, setting up and manning the radios, setting up DRASH shelters and setting up generators.
I was tasked to recce detachment, meaning we setup the HQ in advance of the brigade's arrival. It was crazy, with live fire artillery, Tac Hel, engineer, armor, FIBUA and sniper exercises.
We got to take part in a few, and some of the traffic on the radio nets was absolutely bonkers... like Tac Hel going weapons free danger close to the grid where PPCLI snipers were doing a stalking exercise (with the Patricia CO didn't know where they were).
Also did some rappelling, mounting a helo, and a really great low light C7 range ex.
I really miss serving watching your videos.
Awesome! It’s nice to see that we finally have decent person kit. I really miss it
Come to Wainwright and do a full force on force maple resolve with wes gear
Come to BATUS and do 7 weeks of the same thing with better kit and more vehicles and scenarios.....
@@_Matsimus_ done both homie, in 1rcha. Currently deployed with 2vp in latvia. My comment wasnt a flex or disrespect it was an invitation to train with your reg force counterparts on a high readiness exercise. I find batus to be easier honestly. Seeing as your in a reserve unit and seem to like what you do I figured you would like the experience. I would also suggest going OP stream if you like the dismounted work since the gun line rarely has the opportunity to train in that environment. Also lends itself to more deployments and experiences. I've even had the chance to work with JTACs from around the world in Australia on ex pitch black.
Sorry you took that the wrong way lol
One of thing
Learn in Boy Scouts and search and rescue what do fill my canteen and throw a hand warmer pack next to my canteen cuz it was metal and all that snow out there it's just pure water unless one of your mates decides to make it a yellow slushie
Looks like a beast of a hill to be carrying I combat load up! The guy walking ahead of you with the beard looks like he has a left leg injury. He's pushing off real hard with a right leg and just bringing the left leg up. Did he have a strain or sprain? You're breathing a little hard but not too bad. The people walking behind you had a lot of slack between you and them oh, so for an older guy you're doing all right! Lol!
If you can imagine the kind of mind set i was in
when 21 I biked 140km forth 140km back to climb a mountain in the waterton park within 14 days... just ask 'em its the popular climb! with 12 people and only 3 of us kept climbing to the top! ( most of them stopped after the "river" beds where the peak starts, shame, then few more or the hardies stopped on a shoulder of the peak where the view was completely bonkers...)
when we got to top, after walking for a few minutes we got nearer and nearer the edge the guide said... keep away from the edge the wind is strong and unpredictable... so i laid down on my stomach crawled to look over the edge! NO ONE ELSE DID. I threw rocks and watched them fall like 1000m X) (don't worry it there was nothing under but boulders)) I can still picture it like it was yesterday.
that was during my time off from the army :)
Great content maximus! If people are interested in this kind of training, look up the mountain/artic warfare training of the Dutch marine corps.
i did 20 miles in a day in similar terrain on day 3/4 of a 7/8 day backpacking trip and it was insane even without all the snow.
Btw....I nearly thought you were gonna say at 02:20 Bondage not bonding.
If you bear that in mind for the following spiel after.....it gets kinda funny the more you talk about it.
Sounds like you had a lot of fun
Matsimus this is the stuff we want in your videos!!!
So much hate from stupid people thinking they could easily pull this off
Because the Infantry can....
Yeah.. people have no clue what the Canadian training is like...
Nice vid mat, but what about that spacing? It giving me nightmares
Sounds like a lot of challenging fun!
Amazing scenery.
Done a few Mountain warfare exercises in the Canadian Rockies.
Opfor is fun!!!!Especially when you take turns attacking and keeping the boys on stand to every 30 minutes...surprised it's as hard as the Beacons I've heard about.
That said, that didn't look like a fun run. Good on ya Bombardier!!
Winter Warfare one of the toughest training especially with the old snowshoes slugging around your Ruck and sled...
I did enemy force on op viking in Virginia, they grabed ten guys from my unit, I was one. I was bummed at first, but it was some of the most fun I had
My brother and I never left our compass at home but we tyres one hike without a topological map and managed to miss a marker and wonder into the woods quite a distance until we found a large cliff between us and where we wanted to go. 😨 The compass eventually got us to our destination but if we had had a topo map we would have got there hours faster.
I can't believe I watched that.
If you want a good challenge within the Canadian army. Do CPC (Canadian Patrol Concentration) i did it last year for CPC 2018 and was on my brigades team as a signaller. Roughly a 40-50km Trace in the winter inCFB Wainwright. Most challenging thing I've ever done in the military (so far). You learn alot while working up to CPC and on the actual patrol it's some of the greatest training we have. Similar to the Cambrian patrol they have in the UK. Id definitely look into it
Nice bro. Im looking into capturing my army life hopefully next year when we’re done op.
Opfor is all ways a good go even in Wainwright during winter hip deep snow , waiting for the infantry to attack from 5 kms away only thing keeping me awake was my helmet banging on my rifle every time I dozed off.
Try working with Airborne troops if you want a really tough exercise :) And you gotta get some of the infantry to show those guys how to pack a ruck better lol.
I proud Of You Canada Army
sheep hunting in the alberta rockies is a hell of a work out. that terrain your on looks very mellow in comparison lol but those packs look heavy but with the ram on and a full pack your carrying close to 150lbs on your back. seriously considering joining the Canadian army
Hilly but nice terrain, if it's dry I'd take that any day over flat wet terrain. Been there done that many times and I don't miss those days/weeks.
The CADPAT just blends right in with those trees!
Wow, amazing work here guys!
Reminds me of some of the nav exercises I did in Kananaskis in the early 2000's. I remember one time we were doing night nav through a forest in the foothills where every tree was blown down through a squall. It was crazy.
Well, Matt if it's hard at about 35 wait until you are 40 to 45. If you love it then you will still find a way to complete such a journey even if it involves your feet and back screening with soreness. If your sore now, it will be worse in the future. Its almost mind over matter until your body no longer does what your mind tells it to.
It's the type of exhaustion that you can almost hear your heart poundindg aloud aahooo!
That’s why nobody can find us! The winter camo and the snowman suits we wear make us “Invisible”!!! I remember doing this training every winter, just to…as the Sgt Major used to say…toughen up the snowflakes so that they could become the “Snowmen” that we are!!! Pro Patria!!!
That looks just like hunting in the Black Hills during spring turkey season. Always seems like you're walking up uphill at 60-70 degree slope on a carpet of old pine needles mixed with ice & snow! Never ever recall going downhill. Hardest hunting I've ever done for a few pounds of turkey meat. Even if you're 21 yrs old, after four days of that starting at 0300hrs til sunset you're ready to go to the grocery store and buy a turkey. LOL
I was a opfor raider in Alaska for 3 years, 3 to 5 man teams. We never carried that much junk. Even tho I carried a m60 machine gun. We never lost a man.