practice survival night out: completed succesfully

Fraser said:
Excellent report! Thanks for the effort.

The rain must have been miserable. Was there any significant wind?
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No luckily it wasn't too windy, and even if it were, we were well sheltered deep in the forest.
 
if you would have burned leaves to the snow gods your freind would have never fell into the creek . THEY DEMAND SACRIFICE !!! , see they got a trecking pole out of it .good gawd man!:D :D :D
 
Great post thanks for sharing your experiences and opinions about it. The pictures are a good addition to see what the weather and terrain were like. What type of edged tools did you bring/use? What would you change if anything about the ones you had? Thanks.
 
Sgt. Art said:
Great post thanks for sharing your experiences and opinions about it. The pictures are a good addition to see what the weather and terrain were like. What type of edged tools did you bring/use? What would you change if anything about the ones you had? Thanks.
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The main tools used for the shelter and fire building were my BK9, SRK and Laplander folding saw.

I had other tools with me, but never got around to useing them:

Becker Necker
Pocket Chain Saw

Leatherman Charge (used the scissors to open up a water purification tablet)
Endura (used it to chop an onion and cut cord)

We had other pocket knives with us and a Mora which saw occasinal use.

Next time I would try doing it with fewer (smaller tools). Just for the practice and to see what some of the limitaions really are. It was so wet, splitting wood was impotant, but I wonder how I would manage with only the Necker, or even just the Leatherman, since occasinoally on ultra light trips, that may be all have with me.

Will
 
Thanks for the information. Do you think that work wise a BK 7 would have been able to cover the jobs that the BK 9 and SRK did?
 
Sgt. Art said:
Thanks for the information. Do you think that work wise a BK 7 would have been able to cover the jobs that the BK 9 and SRK did?
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Absolutly. The SRK could have done everything the BK9 did. It is just a bit quicker and easier with the bigger blade. There were several of us working at the same time too, doing the same thing things, each one of the blades.
 
Way to go Will. It looks like your whole group came through. I especially like that you didn't pick a perfect night to do this. You dealt with what you had.

One thing I noted. When you lay down and your feet got cold were you wearing tight or laced boots? Maybe that slowed circulation a bit. It is better to hear from someone who knows more than I . Could loosening laces a bit have helped?

Once again it takes determination to do what you did. I betcha you do even better the second time.
 
Kevin the grey said:
Way to go Will. It looks like your whole group came through. I especially like that you didn't pick a perfect night to do this. You dealt with what you had.

One thing I noted. When you lay down and your feet got cold were you wearing tight or laced boots? Maybe that slowed circulation a bit. It is better to hear from someone who knows more than I . Could loosening laces a bit have helped?

Once again it takes determination to do what you did. I betcha you do even better the second time.
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They were laced, but everything was so wet, I didn't want to loosen them and riske getting my feet wet. I was thinking next time I would try some of those chemical toe warmers. I have never used them, but others say they work well.
 
yeah, my toes got a little frost bite one time while hiking up in tellico during a blizzard . i was well prepared but forgot to loosen my boots a little . it was around 15- i think . my toes on my right foot got a little grey / black at the tips and were hell to bring back to life and days later they were still sensitive to the touch and peeled alot. footcare is key in the backwoods no matter what the season.
 
Will,
Congratulations on your outing. If you learned something from it then you were successful. I appreciate you sharing the details with us. I am glad to see so many people interested in the conversation.
 
Will said:
They were laced, but everything was so wet, I didn't want to loosen them and riske getting my feet wet. I was thinking next time I would try some of those chemical toe warmers. I have never used them, but others say they work well.
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Chemical toe warmers? :eek: Tequila? Mescal? :thumbup: :thumbup: :p
 
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