My kits been nicked
I came back to my car yesterday to find that my back pack and contents had been nicked by some little **** which was a not so pleasant end to a successful day of bambooology with a visiting American bamboo man.
I was enormously relieved that my Iban parang wasnt taken. (he must have realised that walking down the street with a short cutlass was going to attract the police)
I was pretty dismayed though and started remembering what was in the pack:
Pack 40 litre North face
Garmin etrek GPS (with hundred of waypoints in Borneo, Malaya and South China Sea)
Suunto Mirror type compass (25 years old)
Entire FAK
Loads of paracord
Carabiner
Knee brace
Reading Glasses
Bum bag
Nalgene type Lexan water bottle
Disposable lighter
Australian Mark III Survival Kit
Orange/Silver Emergency blanket (good strong one from USA holds a 100 kg casualty)
Head net
UK mini dive light
2 IDF field dressings
whistle
Ronstan Kevlar and leather gloves
Mora 2000 (a gift from Andre justintime and the subject of a review)
and a few things Ill probably remember when I miss them.
As I went through the list, I realised that the thing that ****ed me the most was the loss of the Mora 2000
And in distant second place was the GPS positions and then the old compass and Mark III kit.
My confidence as a bushcrafter must be improving if I am not much fussed over the other items but value the knife the most , even though I have 2 other Moras a Viking and Craftsman already.
Its going to cost a bit but that can be borne and substitutes found but the loss of a knife I have grown fond of is hard to take.
This is the last thing we did together dig up a shoot of the fire bamboo for the bamboo strike a light method.
I came back to my car yesterday to find that my back pack and contents had been nicked by some little **** which was a not so pleasant end to a successful day of bambooology with a visiting American bamboo man.
I was enormously relieved that my Iban parang wasnt taken. (he must have realised that walking down the street with a short cutlass was going to attract the police)
I was pretty dismayed though and started remembering what was in the pack:
Pack 40 litre North face
Garmin etrek GPS (with hundred of waypoints in Borneo, Malaya and South China Sea)
Suunto Mirror type compass (25 years old)
Entire FAK
Loads of paracord
Carabiner
Knee brace
Reading Glasses
Bum bag
Nalgene type Lexan water bottle
Disposable lighter
Australian Mark III Survival Kit
Orange/Silver Emergency blanket (good strong one from USA holds a 100 kg casualty)
Head net
UK mini dive light
2 IDF field dressings
whistle
Ronstan Kevlar and leather gloves
Mora 2000 (a gift from Andre justintime and the subject of a review)
and a few things Ill probably remember when I miss them.
As I went through the list, I realised that the thing that ****ed me the most was the loss of the Mora 2000
And in distant second place was the GPS positions and then the old compass and Mark III kit.
My confidence as a bushcrafter must be improving if I am not much fussed over the other items but value the knife the most , even though I have 2 other Moras a Viking and Craftsman already.
Its going to cost a bit but that can be borne and substitutes found but the loss of a knife I have grown fond of is hard to take.
This is the last thing we did together dig up a shoot of the fire bamboo for the bamboo strike a light method.
