So why was the 'expert' in the clip striking his firesteel with the bladed edge of his knife???
yeah i thought that, perhaps its because he is an expert......
So why was the 'expert' in the clip striking his firesteel with the bladed edge of his knife???
So why was the 'expert' in the clip striking his firesteel with the bladed edge of his knife???
Gotta agreewith Prawnster, there.
It's not like it was his first trip out into the wilderness. sure he got a bit cocky and decided not to take any emergency backup equipment, but at least he died doing what he loved.
If he died of hypothermia, that's quite a pleasant, dreamy way to go, really.
"If not duffers, wont drown, but better drowned than duffers" - Swallows and Amazons
Some pretty harsh comments. The poor guy probably got wet and died of hypothermia. Or perhaps he didn't get wet, but still died of hypothermia. Usually when things like this happen you can find a chain of events that lead up to the bad outcome. Seldom just one event. If he got wet and for what ever reason couldn't build a fire, he was doomed. He could have been a very bright guy who just had an empty Bic and some damp matches, and didn't realize it, until it was too late.
Unless we have all of the facts I think we owe it to this guy to cut him some slack.
So why was the 'expert' in the clip striking his firesteel with the bladed edge of his knife???
suvivalist nut with mereley a small school sack heads out into the harsh scottish weather with only a small water bottle, and a water proof cover for his sleeping bag and a small axe and knife, he was often said to be reading Ray mears the well know tv suvivalist and never missed a show and often lurked on survival forums such as BCUK. it was known that he often had went out on his own in the past but at this point the cause of death is unknown but is possible that the elderberry wine was a little to potent and had chocked on a large chunk of bannock
im not saying that being able to make rope in sub zero is useful but rather its about the only piece of character information about the guy that's relevant, it tells me he has patience and the ability to learn, and that if he has time to do that he has "probably" spent time learning and mastering other more basic skills such as fire, water & shelter.
If he had mastered fire making and shelter he wouldn't be dead.
i have a driving licence and can drive a car, i think i have mastered driving, i bet you do to, does that mean tomorrow if i goto work and i get killed in my car that i was not a skilled driver?
people are assuming because he is dead he was unskilled,
nobody thinks the athlete killed at the winter Olympics died because they where unskilled, as we already know that to get to the olympics you have to be very skilled and at the top of your game,
so why then with so little info in this scenario are so many prepared to jump on the bandwagon...
If he had mastered fire making and shelter he wouldn't be dead.
Quite a few Scandanavians use the tip of their blade on a firesteel, just the way they use it. When I asked the expert teaching me why, he said, well I can always resharpen the blade, and I need a fire now.
Preoccupied? Nay - passionate!Maybe they are not so preoccupied with their knives as we are.
Slow down chaps, for all we know he could have had a heart attack.