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#28 clap clap clap. Why don't you read the article and give us the benefit of your experience? My understanding is that the weapon used was akin to a pipe bomb. "Legs blown off" under these circumstances is probably akin to a Claymore or other Anti Personnel mine. Please explain how a CAT, an...

Oopsy! If we cut the guy down we could try CPR? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not really about you is it Mountaingoat? You have come to a group of people who practice skills to make them self reliant in emergency situations. You seem surprised that people here overwhelmingly think you are wrong in your assertions that we should be reliant on state apparatus! Have you...

I thought I was bad but I work with a guy who has that great British "Garden Shed Engineer" trait. Office laminator went wrong so we had it apart. Plastic cogs were worn and it was all I could do to stop him taking the worst away to design and manufacture replacements on his 3D printer. We...

Completely agree. I don't carry anything daily but I have a reasonable Kit in my car, a more specialised kit in my range bag. OP's approach doesn't seem paranoid at all, seems wholly reasonable to me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/homeless-man-cradled-woman-died-10481046.amp I guess you were not paying attention earlier this year. All those dead kids? No? Fragmentation caused a number of traumatic amputations. Apologies it's the Mirror. Sent from my iPhone...

Yes there is knife snobbery. I seem to have avoided the worst of this by not going down the Woodlore route. I've always favoured a bigger knife in the bush and so I either carry my Dartmoor or another beast that Mark Hill built to my design. They have been described as "camp knives" I haven't...

Hell yeah! I'm 25 miles from the nearest major shopping centre. I've dived in to a number of things rather than face that 2 hour car trip. The trick is to reassemble precisely so that nobody can tell you looked at it when you've proven to yourself it's a dead loss! Sent from my iPhone using...

Not playing. I've made that clear. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ambulances take time to arrive in situations where every second counts. Sorry I disagree with your approach completely but I've listened to your points with interest. I specialise in Wilderness First Aid and Ship Board First Aid. I'm trained in techniques that make me self reliant and frankly...

Mountaingoat if you think a First Aid Kit isn't useful in a medical emergency then you are out there like Pluto mate. Beginning to agree you are just trolling. Hope you never encounter anything more serious than a paper cut or splinter! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'd rather have it than have not in that situation. At least I would not have to improvise until after they were used. The Manchester bombing had a number of folk that would have been grateful for that small mercy. Knowing how and when to use this stuff is key. My "I'm in charge of First Aid...

I think the addition of cash to any kit is useful. I wear a reasonably valuable watch. Im not precious about it and have always considered it the cab fare home. Sticking a few quid in a get home kit isn't bad idea. Not sure that was particularly the idea. Relying on rushing into Boots to buy...

Tables and rulers time! How much did the little kit set you back? How much do you value peace of mind? Not exactly a prefab nuclear shelter and 2 years supply of Mountain House is it? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Last Dr I encountered in a First Aid situation was interested in giving the guy on the deck Pacetamol rather than checking for a radial pulse. Turns out the guy had an open fracture and was bleeding into his motorcycle leathers and boot. Next time I'm going to assert myself instead of running...

Mini Moots! Up for that. 👍 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Preparedness falls under risk management. First of all you weigh up the likelihood of the problem occurring, then you weigh up the level of disruption or damage likely as an outcome. In your own mind you have to work out what level of mitigation of this risk and outcome is appropriate to your...

The idea of this thread is to create a songbook of songs we all know and love to murder around the campfire. I'm after lyrics and a chord list for the guitar so that those with the skill can play along. I will happily print out some for next year so that we don't all keep choking past the...

Really great Moot. Definitely made new friends and shackled old ones closer. Weather was somewhat kinder this year I thought and the wood burner in the tent in August took care of when it wasn't! "Its Wales!" Too many highlights to list. See you next year you lovely lot. Thanks to Tony...

Thanks for the memories John! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk