Controversial way to signal.

[mountainm]

I've been to the moon and holiday on Mars. I commute through Black holes and party in the milky way.

 

[santaman2000]

I've been to the moon and holiday on Mars. I commute through Black holes and party in the milky way.

Can we confine it to reality?

 

[bushwacker bob]

I've been to the moon and holiday on Mars. I commute through Black holes and party in the milky way.

Did you ever need a survival kit?

 

[santaman2000]

I've been to the moon and holiday on Mars. I commute through Black holes and party in the milky way.

Did you ever need a survival kit?

It appears he's been dipping into the emergency "meds."

 

[mountainm]

Can we confine it to reality?

Did I win?

 

[mountainm]

Did you ever need a survival kit?

Only one time. Unfortunately I'd left it at home in the drawer.

 

[santaman2000]

Did I win?

Apparently you believe so. Tell me though, what did you win? Are you also so bored with home that you need to make up a fictitious adventure? Frankly when I lived in the UK I was fairly impressed with the outdoors.

Bushwacker bob's posts on the other hand indicates that he's of the mind that it's so sedate as to offer no challenge. You resorting to fiction indicates that you also have trouble finding a real challenge.

 

[mountainm]

I won a speedboat, bullys special prize.

 

[santaman2000]

I won a speedboat, bullys special prize.

Be careful not to take it beyond cell phone range.

 

[mountainm]

Be careful not to take it beyond cell phone range.

Don't worry. It will always be no more than 10ft away from my mobile phone.

 

[Macaroon]

This has been a cracker of a thread so far - wouldn't miss it!

 

[santaman2000]

Don't worry. It will always be no more than 10ft away from my mobile phone.

Ahh.. But how far from the nearest cell tower?

 

[mountainm]

Ahh.. But how far from the nearest cell tower?

I'm not sure the moon has cell towers. Fortunately it does have a sea though. So I may use my speed boat with risky impunity.

 

[santaman2000]

I'm not sure the moon has cell towers. Fortunately it does have a sea though. So I may use my speed boat with risky impunity.

Well don't fish there unless you have the landowner's permission.

 

[cbr6fs]

Its not boring, just the reality of life in the UK, hence the title of the forum and the theoretical object of our discussions. I work in English woodlands most days of the week so perhaps I am more in touch with the situation than say 'someone in Florida'

Another reality in the UK is that people do die each year while out hiking and enjoying the outdoors.

A decent back up plan and a few essentials help keep that number lower each year.



I can see your point and do agree with you that most survival tins you see are nonsense, fishing kit, snares, wire saws and the like aren't of much use to most folk caught in a real emergency situation.

A decent knowledge of first aid together with a decent FAK not only could save a life it could also help speed healing, prevent infections and get you off a mountain rather than needing to call SAR.

Leaving a detailed itinerary with a trusted person will at the worst help retrieve your body, at best it could mean difference between spending a unplanned night out or a land rover, stretcher, helicopter ride back.

A emergency bivvy bag makes a life threatening unexpected night out just a miserable night out.

A torch and whistle can help guide someone to you if you are unable to walk, again potentially life saving.


You can purchase most of the above for next to nothing, they weigh very little and take up very little space, so much so that i'm of the opinion that a person would have to be pretty daft NOT to carry them.

But then i'm of the opinion everyone should a basic first aid training, so.................

 

[mountainm]

Well don't fish there unless you have the landowner's permission.

I believe the Queen owns the moon. She's a good friend so I should be ok.

 

[santaman2000]

I believe the Queen owns the moon. She's a good friend so I should be ok.

All right then, that's sorted. What sort of bait do you reckon you'll need?

 

[mountainm]

All right then, that's sorted. What sort of bait do you reckon you'll need?

I was thinking of spear fishing.

 

[santaman2000]

I was thinking of spear fishing.

Hmmm. Is that really sporting with Moonfish? After all, they're notoriously slow.

 

[mountainm]

Hmmm. Is that really sporting with Moonfish? After all, they're notoriously slow.

Blindfolded?