No, just that we weren't allowed to start fires. I thought I could sneak one and found out they had a low tolerance for cheating.Gallstones wrote:So, you are either admitting incompetence or that you are an arsonist.Gawdzilla wrote:I started a fire one time, during survival training. They sent a water bomber.Gallstones wrote:I can start a fire, and I could use a flat rock. We are talking about be resourceful with what the environment provides us.Gawdzilla wrote:But you loose a lot of nutrients. Besides, if you're eating bugs you probably don't have a skillet with you.Crumple wrote:Eat the right bugs. Some are bad for you and others nutritious. Most larvae are OK. If you fry them they are more paltable and you reduce the risk of throwing up.
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Perhaps "rat poison" is due for a rebranding in that case.surreptitious57 wrote:Apparently you can't eat rats - so say the SAS - because they carry germs. They are also immune to rat poison and will devour anything.
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The exact opposite can be just as dangerous. When I was 20, I and a friend were following the stupid route up Rundle Mountain, overlooking Banff. My friend had the brains to say he didn't like the look of it, and went back down, but I went on.Gallstones wrote:I got myself into a similar situation once climbing rocks. See, I was able to drop down the rock--gravity helping--but it was quite the struggle to climb back up--gravity interfering--with nothing to take hold of. I had stupidly gone off on my own and with no day pack of supplies.
Obviously I did get myself out. But it was scary.
Lesson learned.
I wasn't looking back, just going forward and up, till I realised it was nearly vertical up ahead, and I wouldn't be able to climb it. Then I looked down, and realised there was NO WAY I could possibly get back down going backwards without falling about five hundred feet.
I was frozen to the rock for about ten minutes, before I made my choice, and went on upwards. Luckily, there was no impossible section, and I got up, and was able to go back down the easy route.
Very scary, and big lesson learned. Never again. And always carry some toilet paper with you.
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