Hi Folks,
I'm a newbie, this is my first post actually. I joined up last week and have spent hours here reading with interest a ton of stuff. Fascinating reading it has been too. Some of you blokes are really hard core. Makes me feel very "wannabe".
Me, well I just have a heathly interest in basic survival skills and of generally "being prepared". I'm the type of person who walks into a building and notes where the fire exits are, you get my drift? I try to go through life with a "what if" outlook and try to think of solutions and mentally, if not physically, be prepared for them.
Anyway getting back to that essential item I mentioned. Now some of you blokes might consider it bleedin' obvious, whereas others might not see the wood for the trees (excuse the pun) but as I've got on in life I find myself more and more dependant on one important thing.
My glasses.
Before I was 40 I didn't need them, they were the handy accessory I rarely needed to use. Nowadays I find myself dependant on them just to read anything. It's the close up stuff I have problems with, anything past 3 foot from my face I'm fine and it remains in focus... but that's 6 inches outside of my reach.
So at the risk of teaching you blokes how to suck eggs can I suggest inclusion of a cheapy pair of off the shelf glasses in a sturdy case in your kit, two pairs for double security. Just in case you lose your own in a stream or they fall down into a crevice in the glacier you're camping on.
Better to have something to help you dig that splinter out of your fingertip than have it get infected. Or spend an hour threading that fishing line through the hook while your stomach is rumbling and the salmon are leaping 3 feet away. Know what I mean?
Ask yourself how well you'd cope without your glasses?
Yes a magnifying glass is handy but tying up one hand holding the lens for every close up task you need to do will soon become a drag.
Thanks for reading.
I hope to be an active member here, not that I have that much to contribute except saying thanks to those posting good advice. Man this place is like a gold mine of info, so this is just me trying to chip in with something positive in case it had skipped your notice.
I'm off now to dig through all my survival clutter and see if I can't make some decent grab bags out of it. And that heavy ex army woolen blanket I have is starting to look like a homemade anorak to me.
Aaron. aka "Biker"
I'm a newbie, this is my first post actually. I joined up last week and have spent hours here reading with interest a ton of stuff. Fascinating reading it has been too. Some of you blokes are really hard core. Makes me feel very "wannabe".
Me, well I just have a heathly interest in basic survival skills and of generally "being prepared". I'm the type of person who walks into a building and notes where the fire exits are, you get my drift? I try to go through life with a "what if" outlook and try to think of solutions and mentally, if not physically, be prepared for them.
Anyway getting back to that essential item I mentioned. Now some of you blokes might consider it bleedin' obvious, whereas others might not see the wood for the trees (excuse the pun) but as I've got on in life I find myself more and more dependant on one important thing.
My glasses.
Before I was 40 I didn't need them, they were the handy accessory I rarely needed to use. Nowadays I find myself dependant on them just to read anything. It's the close up stuff I have problems with, anything past 3 foot from my face I'm fine and it remains in focus... but that's 6 inches outside of my reach.
So at the risk of teaching you blokes how to suck eggs can I suggest inclusion of a cheapy pair of off the shelf glasses in a sturdy case in your kit, two pairs for double security. Just in case you lose your own in a stream or they fall down into a crevice in the glacier you're camping on.
Better to have something to help you dig that splinter out of your fingertip than have it get infected. Or spend an hour threading that fishing line through the hook while your stomach is rumbling and the salmon are leaping 3 feet away. Know what I mean?
Ask yourself how well you'd cope without your glasses?
Yes a magnifying glass is handy but tying up one hand holding the lens for every close up task you need to do will soon become a drag.
Thanks for reading.
I hope to be an active member here, not that I have that much to contribute except saying thanks to those posting good advice. Man this place is like a gold mine of info, so this is just me trying to chip in with something positive in case it had skipped your notice.
I'm off now to dig through all my survival clutter and see if I can't make some decent grab bags out of it. And that heavy ex army woolen blanket I have is starting to look like a homemade anorak to me.
Aaron. aka "Biker"
) I just looped a bit of thin fuse wire through the hole and wound it tight till I could make a more permanant repair later ... while wearing my spare spex.
Fair one 
