REAL MAN TRUCKWORKS & SURVIVAL
PERSONAL READINESS => Bug-Out Bag and Camping gear => Topic started by: TexasRedNeck on February 20, 2015, 06:25:34 PM
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I know every toothless fat redneck on Youtube has a "survival bracelet" video so please don't hate on me. I'm headed on a back packing camping trip with my two pre stewardesses (sorry Big D, my two young daughters will never be Rangers...perhaps they can marry one.) and we are practicing fire starting and a little navigation. This is assuming they don't completely panic being in the woods in a small tent with bugs and the like.
I was weaving some bracelets just to have some paracord handy (OK and the girls thought it was cool. I'd rather having them weaving paracord than that silly colored rubber band mess) and needed some more supplies. Ran across this on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Firecord-Parachute-Emergency-Fire-Gear/dp/B00RU5O7TS/ref=sr_1_7?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1424474464&sr=1-7&keywords=fire+starter+paracord
Had never seen it before so I decided to get a little of it. It has an extra strand in the core that is red and makes tender. I mistakenly thought it would be flamable enough to light with just a spark from a flint but its not. It more like parafin and needed a pile of magnesium shavings to get it going. I like the idea but not sure if its any better than weaving in a bit of jute rope into the bracelet.
I'll report back after the trip next weekend. ( I haven't told them that I'll have MREs with heaters. They think if we don't get fire lit we don't eat....)
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( I haven't told them that I'll have MREs with heaters. They think if we don't get fire lit we don't eat....)
Please don't let the ladies eat too much of the peanut butter or the cheese in any excess past a pack. Friendly warning if you wish to have happy kids. My oldest niece wants to go camping, I have a feeling it won't progress past 0200 at the latest, especially since we'll sleeping on the ground. No foo-foo campers allowed.
But the cord is better than nothing in the long run, so good find.
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Man puttin' "Fire Cord" around your wrist is hazardous! What if your hands catch fire?
Be my luck I'd spontaneously ignite while grabbin' for the roasted marsh mellow
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You could try-out my "fire in a bag" vacuum seal thing- it should go with a simple strike/fire set-up, especially with the para cord thread added into the mix.
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I hope no one sees this. How to keep little girls interested in outdoors stuff. Make it colorful. More like mall camo
60% chance of rain and temps in the 40's. Camping trip postponed. Don't want their first experience to be a bad one.
So, we'll shoot steel at the weekend place with the little suppressed 22
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I hope no one sees this. How to keep little girls interested in outdoors stuff. Make it colorful. More like mall camo
60% chance of rain and temps in the 40's. Camping trip postponed. Don't want their first experience to be a bad one.
So, we'll shoot steel at the weekend place with the little suppressed 22
Good thinking, on postponing. However I'd still go but I haven't gone actual camping in years and I enjoy the peace and quiet.
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SO did you end up camping or just weekend fun tripping it?