Re: [Paddlewise] Burnin' Rubber

>From: Doug Lloyd <dlloyd_at_telus.net>
>I wrote:
>
>2. Last flare gone? Another vessel still in the area? Well, can you get
>to your
>stove, maybe light it and burn some rubber for a smoke signal?
>
>This wasn't meant to be too serious a recommendation, but more of an
>illustration about "radical" thinking in an emergency situation. Of
>course, if one were to be looking for a source of rubber to burn, may I
>suggest those aformentioned-in-a-previous-post waterlogged rubber boots
>that were sucking you down to the bottom of the sea :-) (Sorry Alan,
>couldn't resist).
>
>BC'in Ya
>Doug Lloyd

Doug,
I don't know if it made the Victoria papers, but last year in Vancouver, a 
trio of casual day-walkers got lost in the North Shore Mountains (an area 
that is visible from downtown Vancouver, leading many to assume, wrongly, 
that they needn't take wilderness-type precautions, gear, and clothing to 
hike these hills).
When search crews found them the next morning, they had were discovered to 
have attempted to keep warm by lighting a fire - sounds logical, but their 
"fuel" included their paper money, some of their clothing, and their shoes! 
That's radical, rubber-burn' thinking for ya!


Philip Torrens
N49°16' W123°06'

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