Survival glasses

[generallobster]

I have vowed never to spend more money on any one knife than I have paid for my glasses. That makes the Busse 9 just out of my reach. Why would I do this? Because there is not one piece of equipment that I would be more lost without during the course of a day. Sometimes I leave the bathroom without my lenses and immediatly realize I'm blind. So what do you guys wear when you go out into the wilderness? Contacts might not be a good idea, but frames could always break or get knocked off your head. Do any of you worry about this and choose glasses according to how tough they will be in the field? I think 4 or 5 of the twelve cranial nerves you have go directly to the eye and the muscles that control it. It's damn important. And without working glasses trying to survive anywhere would be tough for me at least. Or are you guys lucky with 20/20 vision?

[This message has been edited by generallobster (edited 11-19-2000).]

 

[SlopFoot]

For what it's worth, I think that your concern was shared by a man who was a warrior, adventurer, and former president of the United States of America. I have heard that Teddy Roosevelt carried something like 17 pairs of glasses with him when he was a Rough Rider. Each pair was in a different pocket of his uniform, just in case he was thrown from a horse, took a spill or a bad fall he would always have a useable pair. Has anybody else read the same thing?
I have a friend who lives on a boat, sailing the islands and he buys multiple pairs of reading glasses and keeps them all over his boat and a few in storage at all times. For him reading is an essential part of his quality of life. All the more so if you need prescription glasses.
Eye protection for those with 20/20 vision is necessary in certain environs. In snowy climes or on sun-lit water one has to protect those little peepers from the UV, or risk "snow blindness" which can turn a recreational outing of ocean kayaking, or snow-shoeing into an hazardous ordeal. Yessirree, just a clear set of safety glasses have kept quite a few bugs (and worse)out of my eyes on numerous occasions.
Thanks for the reminder not to take those valuable organs for granted.

 

[Shrike9]

Hummmmm lets see what I'm taking to the UAE with me for a 90 day TDY...2 pair's of contacts, 3 pairs of regular prescriotion glasses (2 military frames and 1 "civilian"), 1 pair of prescription sunglasses and 1 pair of gas mask inserts.

Not to mention 2 pairs of "tactical" (Bolle and Wiley X) sunglasses with interchangable lenses for eye protection when wearing contacts.

 

[Flotsam]

I definitely feel your pain on this one. Personally owning 5 pairs of Rx glasses (4 reg, 1 sun), it can get costly, especially when it comes time to replace the lenses in all of them. I have been considering Lasik surgery (especially as the cost comes down & the success rate goes up

). The most I have spent is around $300, and the least around $60. I get my lenses replaced at Costco now, usually around $30 for polycarbonate - thin & strong! you can actually get some decent frames off the web, usually at the expected lower prices

.
If I recall my anantomy, Cranial nerve #3 (Oculomotor) controls the majority of eye movement, Lateral rectus muscle is controlled by CN VI (Abducent), and the superior rectus muscle is controlled by CN IV (Trochlear). Actual vision is from CN II.

 

[conrads]

even more imporant is to carry an official copy of your perscription, or if you are like me both reading and distace ...

I carry in hard cases

reading an perscription polarizing sunglasses...



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conrad

conrad@canadamail.com

 

[grantdouglas]

Right on. I read a biography about Theodore Roosevelt and before he left New York to go train with the Roughriders he purchased a dozen pairs of glasses.