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Some have asked for the story I referred to in another thread. A "Nic Ramirez" posted it on the Swamprat RATCHAT Forum in January, 2004.
I submit it for your perusal:
"First I want to say that I just got a email from Eric and he said they got the Camp Tramp,Eric if you would like to post pictures of that bad boy that would be cool.
How the CT saved our butts,
Me and a very good friend were 4x4 ing up in the hills about 25 miles from any house or town,My buddy saw this very STEEP hill and decided he wanted to try going up we made it about 3/4 of the way up when we started to go side ways anyone who has been off roading knows that when you go sideways on a very steep hill etc it means OH CHIT moment,Luckily my buddy got it somewhat under control.
He tried backing down when all of a suddon he lost control and we went side over side and front over back about 12-15 timesThe cab held up pretty good but at the final roll it crushed and we had no real room to move...(thank god for seat belts)My head was ringing and I was very dizzy,it had taken me about 15 minutes I guess to try and get my head straight.
We tried the cell phones but of course no reception,my buddy was bleeding from the nose and had a big lump on his head and so did I,The sun started to fall and it was getting cold in that canyon,nobody was expecting us until the next day.
We started yelling for help and then yelling at each other LOL,We both kept saying "How in the hell are we going to get out of here".
Then I remember I had the CT,I didnt have much room to work with,I dug up a rock that was underneath me and used that rock to pound the CT into the door,I did this until I had half of a square but realized it was taking to damn long.....P.S CMG Ultra infinty was priceless,.......What I did next was stab through the roof and cut a large piece away so that I could dig a hole,as I did this I would pass the dirt to my friend and he would push it out a small opening.
All this time he kept saying...."That knife is going to brake Ryan"..What does he know,is what I thought.As I dug a hole I ran into the "ig rocks"that we all love so much.Lucky for me I had enough room now to move around and get some quicker work done on that door.Now things were looking better,and the CT went to work,with the room I had I could now use a good chopping motion and it was much quicker,I would chop and bend the metal back to give the blade more room so it wouldnt get stuck,I think this is where the chipping started is when I would chop down and then try and bend the metal,this is bad on some knives in wood but here I was doing it to a door of a vehicle"
The picture of the knife does not come up on the original old thread, but from what I gathered, edge damage was fairly minimal, all things considered. If you want to see pictures of the knife, perhaps Eric at the Swamp can find it for you.
The point of the story as _I_ see it is: In a survival situation, you don't always have the luxury of choosing which task you'll require your knife to perform..
I submit it for your perusal:
"First I want to say that I just got a email from Eric and he said they got the Camp Tramp,Eric if you would like to post pictures of that bad boy that would be cool.
How the CT saved our butts,
Me and a very good friend were 4x4 ing up in the hills about 25 miles from any house or town,My buddy saw this very STEEP hill and decided he wanted to try going up we made it about 3/4 of the way up when we started to go side ways anyone who has been off roading knows that when you go sideways on a very steep hill etc it means OH CHIT moment,Luckily my buddy got it somewhat under control.
He tried backing down when all of a suddon he lost control and we went side over side and front over back about 12-15 timesThe cab held up pretty good but at the final roll it crushed and we had no real room to move...(thank god for seat belts)My head was ringing and I was very dizzy,it had taken me about 15 minutes I guess to try and get my head straight.
We tried the cell phones but of course no reception,my buddy was bleeding from the nose and had a big lump on his head and so did I,The sun started to fall and it was getting cold in that canyon,nobody was expecting us until the next day.
We started yelling for help and then yelling at each other LOL,We both kept saying "How in the hell are we going to get out of here".
Then I remember I had the CT,I didnt have much room to work with,I dug up a rock that was underneath me and used that rock to pound the CT into the door,I did this until I had half of a square but realized it was taking to damn long.....P.S CMG Ultra infinty was priceless,.......What I did next was stab through the roof and cut a large piece away so that I could dig a hole,as I did this I would pass the dirt to my friend and he would push it out a small opening.
All this time he kept saying...."That knife is going to brake Ryan"..What does he know,is what I thought.As I dug a hole I ran into the "ig rocks"that we all love so much.Lucky for me I had enough room now to move around and get some quicker work done on that door.Now things were looking better,and the CT went to work,with the room I had I could now use a good chopping motion and it was much quicker,I would chop and bend the metal back to give the blade more room so it wouldnt get stuck,I think this is where the chipping started is when I would chop down and then try and bend the metal,this is bad on some knives in wood but here I was doing it to a door of a vehicle"
The picture of the knife does not come up on the original old thread, but from what I gathered, edge damage was fairly minimal, all things considered. If you want to see pictures of the knife, perhaps Eric at the Swamp can find it for you.
The point of the story as _I_ see it is: In a survival situation, you don't always have the luxury of choosing which task you'll require your knife to perform..
