Yup.
I'm about to pick up this bad boy any day now.

https://www.amazon...mid=A294P4X9EWVXLJ

Posted by General Zod Yup. I'm about to pick up this bad boy any day now. https://www.amazon...mid=A294P4X9EWVXLJ

Woooo nice! good choice. I have an older version of that one. It still works perfectly and I use it all the time. Saved my ass so often.

Never hinged your survival on a cell phone.
You are responsible for controlling the heat.
Fail to do this in the wrong situation and it won't be recoverable.

Posted by blackhawk Never hinged your survival on a cell phone. You are responsible for controlling the heat. Fail to do this in the wrong situation and it won't be recoverable.

LOL! Sometimes, I think you should write a manual.
(And why haven't you done this?)

But yeah, When you're preparing for long term or long range travel, it's always a good thing to try and expand your inventory. Unless you want to suffer like a stupid fool.


I'll just leave this quote here:

"Upgrade your brain matter, because one day it may matter."

Posted by General Zod LOL! Sometimes, I think you should write a manual. (And why haven't you done this?) But yeah, When you're preparing for long term or long range travel, it's always a good thing to try and expand your inventory. Unless you want to suffer like a stupid fool. I'll just leave this quote here: "Upgrade your brain matter, because one day it may matter."

Lol, Hell Holes by blackhawk, Random Press

Almost all situations start off survivable.
Many times it's multiple mistakes in not controlling the heat.
Like not hunkering down when your hiking in the hot desert when you know you're losing it.
Heat exhaustion/stroke can easily kill you even if you call for rescue... before they arrive.
There are lines and boundaries that shouldn't be crossed.

Or playing on steel or at height. The next mistake may prove life altering.
Deciding to explore in a dark site without enough light and so on.
-Think- before you do something and keep the outcome survivable without a rescue.
Never hesitate to bug out if needed.
I rarely abort climbs, but I have; one water tower had a sketchy section that I knew be hard going up and worse going down. Not worth a potential 20 foot fall; bug out.

Same for any potential trap; control the heat.
The higher the risk, the more careful and precise you need to be. If you're tired more care is needed as your ability to judge, reaction time, and strength are compromised; less margin for any error.
Best to abort before you get into trouble... remember Hearns

One of the Atlas F sites I went to was just waiting for someone not to think.
Oops.
I was one step away from a 20 foot free fall to concrete because a section of metal stairs had been torched off midsection. Below the point it was just air. I was distracted looking around, drooling and failed to verify the next section of stairs was intact.
I felt it (nothing) with my foot and pulled myself back to the 2nd to last step, barely.
Feet dangling in midair. Fuck me silly.
Had I not had fast reflexes and a good handhold on the hand rail I been dead.
There was no cell service there.

To get to the lower lever I had to climb down about 10 or 12 feet on some rotten 2×4's that lined the crew housing area. Before I did this I calculated there was enough debris below to stack up to get out on if the wood gave way. Not perfect but I rolled the dice... it worked, the easy way.

Stay chilly!
You got to stay composed, if you can't remain chilly; bug out before something worse happens!
Your life depends on sound judgement in places like these, and failing that fast reflexes, strength and good habits like keeping your hands free, using the hand rails.
I recovered from a near fatal mistake.
I was impressed by my mistake but not distracted.
So I continued without anymore screw ups.

Posted by General Zod LOL! Sometimes, I think you should write a manual. (And why haven't you done this?) But yeah, When you're preparing for long term or long range travel, it's always a good thing to try and expand your inventory. Unless you want to suffer like a stupid fool. I'll just leave this quote here: "Upgrade your brain matter, because one day it may matter."

Some people don't even know how to tell the direction by the sky. Epp!

A few months back myself and another member got trapped in a popular location. Because of its popularity it is frequently checked for new POE's which are then fortified. That is exactly what happened to us while we were inside. We entered early in the morning with little effort at all, enjoyed a day long explore in the huge building then returned to entry point just before nightfall only to find it sealed up. We tried removing the newly placed plywood but it was too thick and secure. We spent the next hour+ trying desperately to find another exit with again no luck. We called friends but not only were they a couple hours away but there really wasn't much they could have done without risking their own asses which we didn't want to happen. By this time it had been dark for a couple hours, we were very cold, the building was getting creepy, both of our phones were on 5%, and we had run out of ideas. Our only options seemed to be call the cops and be slapped with at least a $500 ticket or bust a street level, sidewalk facing window then haul ass. I'll let you guess what we did.

Posted by Steed Be sure your phone is charged so you can still post on UER while trapped.

Hero status

I always carry at least 30ft of climbing rope with me I love static(rappelling) rope but true active climbing rope has some elasticity as to break your fall and keep the rope from breaking when you do fall also it's light weight maybe half a pound to a pound so why not