Discovery Channel - DUAL SURVIVAL

**crashdive123** · 06-26-2010, 07:16 PM

After three episodes, I am still enjoying it.

**pete lynch** · 06-26-2010, 08:24 PM

You can also watch the episodes on cable On Demand if you have that.

**Justin Case** · 06-26-2010, 08:32 PM

I am a certified SCUBA diver but there is no way in hell I would ever dive in a cave, screw that ! just the thought of running out of air in an underwater cave just freaks me the hell OUT ! I want the surface above me

**Rick** · 06-26-2010, 10:57 PM

Ummmm. Isn't the surface sort of above you by default? Follow me on this. The bottom would be below you. We okay so far? Then you have the middle half way between the bottom and the surface. And then above you is the surface. This, of course, does not apply to most aircraft or BP.

**Justin Case** · 06-27-2010, 08:25 AM

Umm Hello ,,, Not if you are in a cave ,, The top of the Cave is above you, all Together now, Cave Diving is scary !

**Old GI** · 06-27-2010, 08:33 AM

Scary? Maybe, but with the some training and an experienced buddy, it can quite rewarding. PADI OWSI Emeritus

**Justin Case** · 06-27-2010, 09:18 AM

Originally Posted by Old GI

Scary? Maybe, but with the some training and an experienced buddy, it can quite rewarding. PADI OWSI Emeritus

LOL, you can keep it, looks like fun but the whole thought of not being able to make an emergency ascent is just too much for me

(NAUI)

**Sarge47** · 06-27-2010, 09:24 AM

Here's a thought, In this episode they said that the only knife they were given was a "dive" knife; yet Cody was obviously wearing his Mora around his neck.
He was using it later when he was hitting the piece of rock to make a fire & "batoning" to cut down a sapling. The Mora is the only knife Cody ever uses & he sells them on his website.(http://www.codylundin.com/abo_store.html) the model he sells & uses is a "full-tang" model with a carbon steel blade. He states that he was turned on to these by Mors Kochanski. I noticed that the narrator never seems to mention Cody's knife in their list of supplies.

**Justin Case** · 06-27-2010, 10:05 AM

Maybe Cody considers it jewelry

**Rick** · 06-27-2010, 11:16 AM

Hoowee. I'm sure glad he includes shipping at that price!!

**Justin Case** · 06-27-2010, 11:20 AM

4 1/2 inch blade also, I think I would prefer a longer blade, do you stock a 5 1/2 full tang Mora Rick ?

**Rick** · 06-27-2010, 11:47 AM

Without me getting involved with this on the forum, I'll just say that Mora makes a number of large blades for various jobs. You can find Mora belt knives with blades up to 8 inches.

**Sarge47** · 06-27-2010, 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by Rick

Hoowee. I'm sure glad he includes shipping at that price!!

Yeah, but the rubberized handled one has his name imprinted on it! Ya gotta admit, it's a lot cheaper than the one Bear Grylls was trying to promote! Besides, he probably needs the money to buy a pair of shoes!

Okay guys, this was my bad! I should have known better than to post a link to a knife advertised for purchase in front of all of you! I wasn't trying to help Cody sell his Moras, but only pointing out that :

A.) He only carries a 4' blade Mora.

B.) It's a "full-tang" Mora which I find interesting as I still have egg on my face from an earlier time when I boasted that all Moras were "full-tang" only to have a member shoot me down with photographic evidence.

C.) Discovery seems to omit the fact that he's carrying it!

That was the topic of my post.

Oh, & Justin, Cody's last name is spelled "Lundin," not "Lundine." (http://www.codylundin.com/)

**hoosierarcher** · 06-28-2010, 03:55 PM

He used the Mora in Episode 3 he pointed out that he could use the baton technique to cut down saplings. I always thought Moras looked flimsy from a distance. I got my first one in a 2 for the price of one deal and gave a buddy the extra one. I abused the living daylights out of it and it still looks new. I've sharpened it just once. I strop it on cardboard between uses and it shaves dry hair easily. I don't believe in carrying only one knife in the field. I make sure that one of the knives in my kits is a Mora.

**Batch** · 06-28-2010, 10:26 PM

There are a lot of things we can pick apart with this show.

Episode three the announcer announces that the first rule of survival is never carry more than you need!???

But, it is a great show with some decent advice. The Belize one actually looked some what like South Florida. Some what...

**Sarge47** · 06-28-2010, 10:42 PM

I think that Cody proves out my earlier statement many moons ago that the Mora is a great quality, albeit, low-cost Survival knife. He learned about the Mora from Mors Kochanski who uses only the red wooden-handled one. (check out this early thread of mine for more info on Mors: http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...read.php?t=226)

I take info from both guys and also discard some from each. 1st I know that I will probably never be in the same locales that they're in, so a lot of the info does not fit me. Although I admire & respect Cody & his ways, I will never willingly go barefoot in the woods or eat insects. I do, however, like the way he hangs his Mora from a cord around his neck. I also see a new use for the little emergency space blanket.

Like Dave Canterbury I'll wear boots/shoes & eat cooked red meat or fish. You get the drift. Still, it's all very entertaining.

**hunter63** · 07-02-2010, 11:16 PM

Just watched the desert in Peru episode.
Car broke down.
Good episode, but one question, Why not FTR? (Follow the road).

Cody used the phrase "The more you know, the less you need".
Sound familiar? (No I didn't come up with it, just agree).

**Rick** · 07-02-2010, 11:36 PM

And as if we didn't get enough of Cody upchucking his socks (Well he would have if he wore them) they had to come back from commercial and show it again. I was really hoping for finding water in lower places, watching for birds or whatever. The river was kind of anti-climatic.

**Justin Case** · 07-11-2010, 03:16 PM

I watched the rerun of the jungle episode today, Dave pulled a condom from his pack to put water in ??? Why would he have a condom in his pack ? when He Knew Cody was going to be his shelter mate ? hmmmmmm YIKES !