r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Rough_Ad_8702 • 4h ago

Crystal clear glacier melt water in Alaska

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u/Zarniwoooop 4h ago

It was a bit tricky but I managed to masturbate to it.

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u/frosty_lizard 4h ago

I tried but only got blue balls from it 😔

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u/A_one-legged_goose90 3h ago

I was just thinking that this water looks incredible to dip your balls in after a shave

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u/AvogadrosOtherNumber 2h ago

Challenging wank.

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u/JimmyPellen 4h ago

Whaaaaa

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u/RegisteredHopia 4h ago

How the water looks when you wake up thirsty at 3AM

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u/iritchie001 2h ago

Only it you still have your blue tint glasses still on. I prefer my rose colored glasses.

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u/AeneasVII 1h ago

It's a bad idea to drink it. The glacier is doing perfect in preserving all kinds of bacteria

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u/Viper1089 4h ago

Using Titanic music about glacier water is kind of diabolical lol

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u/KeddyB23 3h ago

You made me go back and turn the sound on!! Agreed! Diabolical 😈

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u/RandomOnlineBro 4h ago

"Next fucking level"

Water...

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u/Baybutt99 3h ago

Now with microplastics in it from the gopro

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u/s_frrx 3h ago

Lol I was thinking about the contamination also.. people going in those environments but dont know basic rules of nature

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u/Shrek81 4h ago

Is it drinkeable ?

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u/Screambloodygore1184 3h ago

I don’t think it’s recommended, you need to filter or boil it beforehand.

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u/Da_Vader 3h ago

Not supposed to - cause there may be ancient bacteria in it.

My ignorance meant that I drank it. The tour guide (helicopter pilot) actually encouraged us - it was very tasty.

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u/jaxdraw 3h ago

Generally speaking water should not be treated as drinkable/potable in any natural setting, it's always best to filter or boil it. That being said if you are with a guide and they can attest to the general safety of the water that's less risky.

-camping/hiking enthusiast for many decades. Seen plenty of people drink from a natural source and be fine, and others not so much.

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u/A_Bot_A_Bot_A_Bot 14m ago

I remember when it was safe to drink pretty much any clear, moving water when out camping.

Now? Nope, no chance. Giardia is everywhere.

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u/WarEagle107 2h ago

I drank it, but used a Lifestraw to filter it. Was the best tasting water I have ever had.

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u/Confident_Drink_9412 3h ago

I drank it, it’s the best water Ive ever tasted swear. Im still alive tho. Went to skagway glacier last June 2026

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u/Spoke13 31m ago

I know a guy who got giardia from glacier water.

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u/Voltmanderer 2h ago

Survivor bias here, but I drank straight from streams and rivers north of Smithers in British Columbia in 2000 without either boiling or filtering and didn’t get sick; it was all glacier-melt. Things may or may not have changed from then, and I was a stupid 18 year old kid on an epic bike journey who knew nothing about wilderness survival.

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u/Shrek81 1h ago

Can you compare the flavor to bottled water ?

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u/Voltmanderer 1h ago

Bottled water doesn’t compare. Think the best RO water that has been frozen, melted and refrozen, with all the minerals re-added.

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u/Grand-Astronaut-5814 2m ago

I’ve had glacier water from a stream right on a glacier a few times and I never got sick, but I wasn’t thinking about bacteria back then. Maybe I got lucky. But it was pretty effin fresh!

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u/Its_Pelican_Time 4h ago

Yes, and it's incredible

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u/wildcardbets 3h ago

I want to drink this. I know I shouldn’t, I know there is likely bacteria and all sorts probably in there, but I still want to drink it.

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u/FunAsparagus_ 4h ago

The ominous music...💀

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u/jackrabbit323 3h ago

Needs more "Aquatic Ambience"

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u/Antiredditor1981 3h ago

Nice job polluting it with your technology, fuckass.

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u/AdhdSpirit 3h ago

i wanna drink it

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u/Mister_Remarkable 3h ago

All man! I’m thirsty now

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u/Falconflyer75 3h ago

So water really is blue

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u/AELatro 3h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/L0H1PaqnX5mYOAJyw3

minus that extinction event level virus that’s been locked away, for the last hundred thousand years

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u/Nervous_InsideU5155 3h ago

Toss some Brooke Trout in there and it's perfect.

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u/Voltmanderer 2h ago

Dang, that’s delicious!

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u/Danny2Sick 2h ago

mmm imagine dumping ramen into that, then jumping in and wriggling around like an eel as you suck up the noodles?! heaven

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u/BoofsaMillion 2h ago

Wouldn't that water be Hella full of ancient bacteria?clean and clear does not mean sanitized

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u/holiday1326 2h ago

I had to go enjoy chilled glass of ice water after watching it.

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u/notjawn 30m ago

Oh, that's just nasty using the Titanic theme.

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u/prettyplanets 4h ago

Here we go again. I drank from glacier water in Alaska. Do with that what you will

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u/Filthiest_Tleilaxu 3h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/U6SqBmifGGHkae9JFQ

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u/AtIasWraith 3h ago

Ugh... I hate this vine. Never understood the joke and this dude just seems like an absolute douche of the kind that can't even be funny. Yet every comp includes this and I still don't get it

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u/matt88 3h ago

Another glacier melting due to global warming.Â