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 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
>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' ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Wandering well off topic here, but some teens in the Big Sur area went missing a few years ago. Thinking to alert search helicopters to their presence they lit a signal fire, which proceeded to burn the meadow they were in and an extensive amount of the Julia Pfeiffer Redwoods. They were rescued and their parents were sent a $3 million bill for firefighting. S'pose they would have better burned their shoes and money! jerry. At 08:42 AM 06/02/2000 -0700, Philip Torrens wrote: >>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' > >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > >*************************************************************************** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not >to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission >Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ >*************************************************************************** > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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