Never string a hammock next to a fire. You might wake with holes in it from the sparks.
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Never string a hammock next to a fire. You might wake with holes in it from the sparks.
you cannot use a syphon to pour gas dirtectly into the flames. The fire goes up the syphon once it stops syphoning and into the gas tank of your 89 chev. good thing I closed the gas cap before it blew.:D:eek::rolleyes:
do not zip up tight a tent in the cold of winter...leave zippered doors or windows open marginally at the top so air movement is allowed....waking up to a bag covered in frost and the inside of your tent covered in frost is not fun
ended up with frost crystals in my down bag - which didnt dry until the trip home
Here's my 'DOH!!
My buddy and I went camping RIGHT below a damn one weekend and there was a thunderstorm and DOWNPOUR during the night. I half expected to look out the tent the next morning and find us a few miles further downstream.
Mental note for next time on that one..
Assuming the weather reporte was right, thinking my friends knew where they were going, thinking I knew where I was going, forgeting to bring a water bottle, lol a bunch of really dumb stuf :o
owl_girl, I'm sure that trusting the weather report has caught a lot of us here at one time or another. One DJ on a radio station I listen to always refers to the weather reports they receive as being from "the beatniks over at Environment Canada". I think he's right. I always imagine a bunch of burned out stoners staring at all their data and computer screens and maps and then shrugging and flipping a coin.
LOL thats great.
"It's your call, man."
"Cool. I dig sunshine."
"Sunshine it is, mi amigo. Any clouds?"
"No way, man. Too many negative vibes with clouds. Just shades and soakin' up the sun."
"Right on."
...Tomorrow's forecast is Sunshine. Highs in the mid 80s and lows in the mid 70s.
Whenever I hear the term burned out stoner I think of Sgt. Oddball from Kelly's Heroes. What a character. "Too many negative vibes, man!"
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Biggest mistake I made was getting involved with this pack of crazy wolves on this forum and trying to go out do the things they want to try.... lol... you bunch of rowdy beatniks!!!
Ha Haaaaaaaaa!!! I still luv ya though.
Beo,
Group hug!!!!
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Hug a root. lol... jk
These words from a man who packs a flintlock.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Beowulf65
Only way to go bro,
Any man can fire a gun, it takes a real man to fire one with an explosion going off just inches from his face.
Yep, I recall that's what ol' One-eyed Snyder used to tell me back home.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beowulf65
Him and his buddy Scar Face.
Every group has one:
1. the "Complainer" - gripes and moans ad nauseum, thus making the trip rather suckin' for all.
2. the "person who knows what they are doing" - and packs for everyone, and will not accept help, criticism, or questions because if they wanted that, then I shoulda packed it myself dammit - which explains why me & the kids got stuck a mile out from the trail head in the rain - with no rain gear - because it was back at the cabin in the garage. And we were also one water bottle short (good thing I had an extra for me, which I ended up sharing). BTW - I found the missing water bottle when I was looking for the rain gear...
So, yes, I am the DA that didn't pack my own gear.
moral to that story: Pack my own gear, dammit.
Hmmm. I'm afraid I'm 1 AND 2. I complain about having to pack my own gear.
You didn't hear this from me but.... when I was maybe 15 or so, a friend and I took an overnight canoe trip. Left hours later than intended. Got to an island as it was getting dark. Flashlight didn't work so instead of trying to setup in the middle of the island (which had a strong cactus population), we put the tent on the comfy sandbar by the river. Did I mention we were about 6-8 miles downstream from a dam? Well, around 4 AM we woke up because we were now sleeping *in* the river....Quote:
Originally Posted by Teotwawki
Lessons? Backup flashlight is a good thing as is setting up camp before dark. Pay attention to where water may show up!
And lest I be accused of not learning new tricks later in life... last winter I made a last minute change of plans and went squirrel hunting for about an hour or hour and a half at the end of the day. I hiked back to the car just after it got dark. It had a been a mild day and I'd worked up a bit of a sweat. So I put my gun in the trunk, my pack in the trunk (had goodies like fire starting extras, backup flashlight, space blanket, tube tent, some first aide stuff, etc), my knife in the trunk (cold steel master hunter), and my coat in the trunk. Shut the trunk and realized my keys were in my coat pocket. GRRR. Now that it was dark and I was in a t-shirt and sweaty it was getting colder fast. The only 2 things I hadn't unloaded were my cell phone and a waterproof container of matches. So I called a locksmith who said he'd be there in 20 minutes and then made a campfire. 2 hours later and 4 calls from the locksmith saying "where are you again?" I was pretty happy I'd made the campfire!
Lessons? zipped in my pants pocket was the right place for matches with the ones in my pack being backups! Car keys are now attached to my belt with some paracord and my knife doesn't go in the trunk. Campfires are a good thing (isn't that what every survival book says anyway?). The other lesson is that a situation that seems totally under control and pretty much free of risk can change in a split second. Makes me feel better about the amount of stuff I tend to haul with me even on short outings into the woods.
If the cell phone hadn't worked I would have had to make the decision of "walk 8 miles back to a heavily developed area" vs "break the window" vs "wait for my wife who had a detailed map with an X marking where my car was" to get worried and call someone. I'm still not sure which I would have picked as in this particular case all would have worked and all would have been rather unpleasant. It probably would have been #2 or #3.
I like questions like this because of the good lessons that can be learned.
I think walking the 8 miles. You can cover that in 3 hours +/- if flat land. That's less time than the wife would get worried and I wouldn't break my own window. It would have to be VERY serious to do that.
It was not flat at all, but yeah, I figure about 3 hours. I have long legs and am in pretty good shape. Think energizer bunny when I get walking and want to get there!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
I figured the locksmith fee was a "stupid tax" :)
My wife did that once when we were out in the wilderness. I removed the tail light with my pocket knife and luckily the keys were sitting about 18 inches inside the bulb hole. I used a stick to work them over to the hole only to find the key ring they were on was too large to fit through the hole. I had to work the door key off the ring while it was still inside the trunk in order to get the key out. Needless to say, I did the obligatory complaining and belly aching the whole time I was working on it. Took about 20 minutes to get the taillight out and get the key off the ring.
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Originally Posted by Rick
Nice! I didn't even think about trying that.
ok, I wonder how many of us will be checking out our tail lights tonight?
I had a friend back in high school who kept a coat hanger stuck up under the hood.
Which was handy back when hood catches weren't inside the car. I locked my keys in my truck a couple weeks ago and had to call a tow truck guy. It took him over half an hour to pick the locks, which made me kind of happy to know my truck is pretty hard to burglarize without smashing a window. I agree on one thing...it's a stupidity tax, lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by danmc
I'd lose either way today. I can't get to the screws on my taillights any more and the hood releases from the inside.
On my 1st car there was always a coat hanger handy.....it was the antenna for the radio.
Since we're talking about locking keys inside of the vehicle, I keep a spare inside my wallet. I can't drive without having both. :)
In my house, waiting for the wife to get worried would qualify as a mortal "Mistake you've made in the wilderness."Quote:
Originally Posted by danmc
Dennis "Who knows who's the boss" K.
I was new to Florida, straight from Pennsylvania. I got invited to a local small scale jamboree where the main course was pit roasted wild hog. Best durn meat I'd ever tasted outside of elk. I knew I had to try bagging a hog and cooking it myself. I knew nothing about wild hogs. Just pigs with more spunk, right? A friend heard me say that I'd like to go hunting for a hog and introduced me to a guy who "guaranteed results" with a hog hunting method all his own. Sigh, I was soooo stupid for buying into that. Although, to be fair, he wasn't exactly exaggerating.
We set up a date and out we went. I should also mention that I also knew nothing about Florida plants at that time as well. I was slashed to ribbons by saw palmetto, etc. by the time we got to the 'spot'. Plenty of evidence of hogs in the area (tracks, spoor, torn up ground from rooting). I put my misadventures with the local saw toothed flora behind me and asked my guide about strategy. He was rather vague about it, he told me he was going to "go get us some pigs", just avoid shooting a sow, get ready to climb a tree if needed. Climb a tree? What? I wanted a bit more in the way of details on the matter, but he was off and away. Next thing I know I hear the sound of enraged squealing and snorting ... along with the sound of foliage being trampled. My guide comes crashing out of the bush yelling "Run!" "Climb that tree!". Out of the bush behind him comes a whole pack of hogs, in hot pursuit. They are extremely upset. They are not happy to see me. They charge. I took one look and climbed that tree in nothing flat. Turned out to be a melaleuca tree, the only plant (as I found out) that I'm allergic to.
We were treed for over an hour, until the hogs got bored and drifted off. I did kill a boar from the tree and it was one of the nastiest cleaning jobs I've ever done. I wound up with blisters all over for a week from an allergic reaction to the tree bark/sap along with the various cuts from getting there and back out again. I learned many things on that outing. Know your prey. Know your location. Have the particulars of the hunt strategy clearly lined out in advance. Never assume your past hunting experience is going to serve you well in unfamiliar terrain against unfamiliar prey.
Great advice!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fargus
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