Contest for the ESEE Lawn Darts / Throwing knives

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Oaky prizes are these great lawn darts/throwing knife returns ?
Izula, 3, HEST

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Grab a friend or wife/GF

•The wilderness can be dangerous, and if an accident does happen, you may have to carry one of your members who has been injured to safety. Build a transport stretcher out of branches and any fabric they have with them.(clothing/cordage) Once the activity is done, the stretchers will be judged for integrity and usefulness.

1 post per person w/up to 10 pics :thumbup: Contest will run until 1st week in February.

No RP# needed but you do need to be Gold or Above to participate in the contest. upgrade here if need be http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/announcement.php?f=816&a=164
 
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We will also throw in a set of our new plastic Nav Cards (5 cards) and a set of our new plastic Survival Card (4 card set) to each winner.

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Read this over this afternoon and decided to give it a go. In the spirit of responding to an emergency situation with little time to research how to do this properly or plan this out, I decided to do it as soon as I got home from work with only the knowledge I already had. So here is the scenario (recipe for disaster)I operated with.

It is a nice afternoon and I take my favorite hiking buddy (My Daughter) up to the mountains for a short hike. So I pick her up from school and head out. When we get to the trail head I realize I left my backpack sitting on the counter and only have my Izula strapped to my belt.

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Oh well it's only going to be a short hike, and seeing how its only going to be a mile or so, we zing right on by the Ranger station where we would normally stop and register our hike.

So a mile in to the hike my daughter slips on a rock and breaks a leg. No one knows we are out here. It is going to be a low of 20 degrees tonight! We have to get out on our own, self rescue it is. I can see the sun is only 30-40 minutes from setting. I need to get to work!

I start by cutting down a 2.5 inch thick sapling. Something hardwood, not real sure what type... I cut two pieces about 5 feet long and three more pieces about two feet long to be used as cross sections. I could use some of our clothes to lash it all together but it is getting cold and I am thinking we cannot afford to ruin what little clothing we have on to make a stretcher. I have found some vine but not very much of it. There is some thicker vine and some thinner stuff as well. I started lashing all the cross sections to the main poles.

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The plan here was to create two cross sections near the top where your butt will go and one at the bottom to rest your feet on. This will leave the injured person in a seated position back to back with the person dragging the stretcher.

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Once completed I loaded my daughter up and drug her across the back yard a few times

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This worked very well. I was happy with the level of effort that was being used to move. OK so I decided this was a bit to easy as my daughter is under a 100 lbs. I wanted to test my craftsmanship out a bit more so I asked my wife to try it out.

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This was more difficult, and I learned some things. For an adult, I am thinking it would be beneficial to have a longer unit all together and maybe something that is slightly flexible so it contacts the ground more like a ski. This was digging into the ground pretty decently now, making it more difficult to move.

I would say this particular design would likely be efficient to move someone up to 125 lbs.

Even my son insisted on going for a ride, at 40 lbs this was a good bit of fun. In dragging the family around the backyard the stretcher held up well.

Always a learning experience, thanks for the opportunity and the idea. This is one particular bush craft skill I had never even thought to practice!
 
I was on the same page of thinking as Decklin, short hike, very little equipment, only fixed blade on me is my Izula, and my sister's Izula. Something happens, some injury to where me just fireman carrying her out isn't an option, maybe a neck or back injury.

Here's the items I had at my disposal, 2 izulas (only used one), a survival bracelet, and not pictured is my belt. I don't care where I'm going I always have a para-cord bracelet on, and a belt.

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I got lucky an stumbled upon a sappling/small tree that had fell. At first I thought perfect, I can cut two 6 foot sections and have a start on the frame. The second section had a knot in it right where I started cutting, but I didn't notice because it was on the bottom side. Apparently that tree was swallowing some little blue pills behind my back, because that little section of wood was pretty hard.

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I then broke off a near by tree limb, it was already cracked and hanging so I figured it would be the most ecological choice.

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I broke the limb into runners and laid them on top of the two thick logs. I then untied my survival bracelet, giving me approximately 5 feet of para cord.

I had 7 runners, the first being the most important one, it was going to be the one I used to pull the stretcher. The third runner was going to be the thickest to support her shoulders and chest. I stripped the 550 cord of it's 7 nylon strings. Wow 7 strings and 7 runners, hmmm. I cut the nylon cords in half and tied each runner securely to the two logs. I then took the 550 cord outer layer cut it in half and used it to secure the front runner.

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her on the stretcher, she fit like a glove lol

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and now the tractor pull... err sister pull.
She sat the camera up to where it had a 10 second timer, (time for her to run and hop on the stretcher) and it took 10 photos over the course of 10 seconds or something, any way here's a few pics before I leave the frame

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Looking back, it may have been easier if I didn't pull her up hill, and if she was pulling me instead. The stretcher worked pretty well, I drug her for a little bit. I came to a 20 foot drop off, and decided to check the structural integrity of the stretcher. She for some reason didn't want to ride it down so she hopped off, the stretcher slide/fell to the bottom, and amazingly survived. Except now it is vertical and looks like a ladder... oh well. This conclude's my entry, if anyone has any questions PM me or leave me a visitor message, thanks for the chance Jeff and the mods.
 
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I'm going to start this by saying this is really my first time at true bushcraft. I've spent plenty of time out in the woods as a kid but never really applied any survival skills. I went out armed with my ESEE 4 and camera and I must say, I learned much... I hope you enjoy my debacle.

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My ESEE 4 - I really want to pick up a longer blade (5 or 6), would be much better for batoning.

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A good baton makes ALL the difference in the world. This one kinda sucked but was 10x better than my first.

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I tried using very thin branches to lash everything together

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I then noticed a bunch of vines on the trees and pretty much hit a jackpot, until I started thinking what if it was poison ivy. After looking it up, yes indeed it was. *sigh* (Been about 3 hours since building and no itching... I'm keeping my fingers crossed.)

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Here is the completed build.

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My lovely wife got volunteered to try it out.

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This is when I realized I should have used green wood for the support rungs in the middle. Everything held but those...

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Things I've learned:
:thumbup: Use a good baton, it makes things easier
:thumbup: A longer knife would be more useful.
:thumbup: You really need to baton on a surface after cutting down the tree.
:thumbdn: Don't use poison ivy as cordage.
:thumbdn: Use green for every part of the build!
:thumbup: Gloves would have helped..

I hope you all enjoyed my post! It wasn't successful but the stuff I learned today was pretty invaluable.
 
Well, here we go, i took my truck to one of the parks here in edmonton and harvested some timber to complete this challenge.

I had my digital camera with me, and when i turned it on it displayed this " NO MEMORY CARD"..I am so F***ing mad at this point because i was building some new traps and whatnot that i wanted pictures of i almost gave up..but i didnt. I continued on..brought the timber i cut down with my RC 4( not shown) in lengths ( 8 ft lengths) back to my house where i would build my stretcher for my 3 month pregnant wife to try out..(hopefully)

Pic 1, the materials and myself..Paracord, RC 5 and timber..I used the gear that i know i would have on me being the time of year and the given scenario, as i would never be out in the woods with my wife, unprepaired.

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The materials, paracord, RC 5 and timber.

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I cut the timber to proper lengths for my paitient.
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then lashed the bottom together

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I then took off my winter clothing, exposing myself to the -7 c weather ( good thing i know how to layer clothing)and used my winter gear to form the stretcher itself, lashing it to the frame with paracord.
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the complete stretcher
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Now, i begged and pleaded with my 3 months pregnant wife to demo my stretcher...she agreed to do it!!!

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despite my innocent intentions, my request for her to demo my stretcher came at a price...
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All in all this stretcher worked really well, my wife said it was quite comfortable and she didnt feel in-secure at any point at all.Its really important to build the stretcher to fit the person you are hauling out of the bush...Ive made stretchers in the summer before but it the winter its a different story...this stretcher provided warm, secure and stable travel for my patient,being my pregnant wife ( lol) it is also fast and easy to build...My wife said she felt so secure that even if she was unconsious she would remain in the stretcher without having to be tied to the frame itself. pretty cool .

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hope you all like the pics...

i'm out.

-Gaurdian
 
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Okay Gang Contest is Over .......
Winners are......
1st. Gaurdian_A1
2nd. BugoutBoB
3rd. Decklin
PM me your Address & Gaurdian your Choice of blade sir !
 
Are we allowed to chat now? :D Maybe unsticky this and talk about the different techniques? Pro's and Con's of them?

Congratulations to the winners, good work and definately some inspiration for guys out there like me that never had to build something like that. Hopefully this will give us an idea when it comes to an emergency situation and the NEED to build transport stretcher. :thumbup:
 
I will say thanks for this great opportunity. It was a great idea for a contest, not something I would have thought to try otherwise. Got me thinking more about bush craft as it is applied to medical emergencies in the wilderness. Thanks again for a great learning experience, and congrats to GaurdianA1 and BugoutBob as well.
 
congrats, guys. this thread was hilarious!

guardian, i really like that belt rig you have going for the 5. please share. :)

sorry for 'chatting', but i really want to know about that belt setup.
 
I wanted to get in on this with the 6 but it didn't arrive soon enough.
Congratulations guys!!!!
 
Hey everyone, i really appreciate the chance to enter this contest! it was a fun little project! congrats to bugoutbob and decklin!

Thanks for everything!

-G1
 
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This was definitely fun! I lucked out on the poison ivy, I am either immune, the goo gone I used to clean everything did it's job or it was just California creeper. :D

Congratulations to everyone!
 
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texastonydobbs said:
No Chatting Please !!!!

Oaky prizes are these great lawn darts/throwing knife returns ?
Izula, 3, HEST


Grab a friend or wife/GF

•The wilderness can be dangerous, and if an accident does happen, you may have to carry one of your members who has been injured to safety. Build a transport stretcher out of branches and any fabric they have with them.(clothing/cordage) Once the activity is done, the stretchers will be judged for integrity and usefulness.

1 post per person w/up to 10 pics :thumbup: Contest will run until 1st week in February.

No RP# needed but you do need to be Gold or Above to participate in the contest. upgrade here if need be http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/announcement.php?f=816&a=164
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TheLastDaze said:
Man time Fly's.. I didn't realize it was Feb. already.. :p


Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I didn't even notice that till you said so!!!
Good eye man!!
 
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