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Jake and Bear make a snow cave — and Brokeback Mountain jokes. They dug a hole into a wall of snow for shelter. “I just found Will Ferrell frozen in there,” Jake cracked. The idea of getting out of the wind made them both punchy. Jake was on his knees in front of Bear digging out snow and Bear joked that it made him think of a few scenes in Brokeback Mountain. “I sure hope not,” Jake laughed. Then Jake turned around, sat on his butt, and joked that he was going to shovel snow out from between his legs into Bear’s face. Did he mean that to look as dirty as it did? If so, I love him. We also found out that Jake loves digging holes — he dug his own foxholes during the making of Jarhead – and wonders if he was possibly a gopher in another life. I’d like to have seen more of their conversation in the snow cave. I’m sure they were exhausted, but I doubt they could fall asleep right after they made hot chocolate by candlelight with some contraband Jake brought from his hotel and Bear worried that Jake would get their water and pee bottles mixed up during the night.
