Equipped To Survive Survival Forum http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php Equipped To Survive Survival Forum ETS Forums - UBB.threads(tm) Re: Black Diamond Flare Headlamp? http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302819#Post302819 Posted by paulr:
If of any interest: a lithium battery for moon missions, rated for -80C to +60C. It doesn't say whether it's rechargeable! Also nothing about (...)]]> Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:08:23 UTC Re: First rescue by land drone/robot in a war zone. http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302809#Post302809 Posted by adam2:
What impressed med was not just the actual rescue, but the calm way in which the victim accepted rescue by such unfamiliar means. Some old (...)]]> Fri, 01 May 2026 09:19:26 UTC Re: Doomsday Prep Book Recomendations http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302800#Post302800 Posted by paulr:
Not EMP specific but Jessica Wildfire has an in-progress book about prepping and homesteading that has some good stuff in it. Printed copies (...)]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2026 01:30:18 UTC Re: Lost Backpack Saves Others http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302792#Post302792 Posted by duckear:
“The hikers used the supplies to stay warm until rescue crews spotted them from the air using night vision“

I have had a few Coasties as (...)]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:24:22 UTC Re: Bear Spray is Human Seasoning; Take a Gun if You W http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302791#Post302791 Posted by brandtb:
It depends if it's a black bear or a brown bear. If you see bear feces on your walk thru the woods you can tell the difference. Black bear (...)]]> Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:38:48 UTC Re: Solo Hiker Quicksand Survival Story http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302768#Post302768 Posted by brandtb:
Watching Saturday morning TV back in the '50s and '60s made me think quicksand would much more of an issue than it turned out to be for me.]]> Tue, 13 Jan 2026 21:12:36 UTC Re: What did you do today to prepare? http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302734#Post302734 Posted by dougwalkabout:
Today, I prepared to fire up an old RV generator that can power our furnace if the grid goes down (or if our feeder line is taken out by a tree (...)]]> Fri, 28 Nov 2025 03:20:56 UTC Re: Using Grape & Cyprus to Filter Water http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302721#Post302721 Posted by Ren:
Yes, watched Clay Hayes videos on water filtering.

And proper scientific lab testing.]]> Mon, 27 Oct 2025 20:50:58 UTC Re: MRE Deal http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302704#Post302704 Posted by chaosmagnet:
Originally Posted By: duckear
Inspection dates are NOT expiration dates


Correct. But the photo seems to show a 2001 lot code. Am I misreading that?]]> Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:09:05 UTC Re: Outage August 2025 http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302695#Post302695 Posted by chaosmagnet:
We're back again! Thanks Doug!



chaosmagnet]]> Sat, 06 Sep 2025 19:06:26 UTC Re: No Food, No Water - hiker survives week & rescued http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302694#Post302694 Posted by Ren:
Yeah, rain & storm on day 3.

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/journali...ry?id=124790114]]> Thu, 28 Aug 2025 19:48:14 UTC Re: BEWARE: Flood of Survival Ebooks written by AI http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302692#Post302692 Posted by brandtb:
I use ChatGPT every day to answer questions like (1) Who played Mr. Haney on Green Acres, or (2) whatever happened to Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes. But (...)]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2025 20:26:54 UTC Re: How to read "Dead" link content in old posts http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302682#Post302682 Posted by dougwalkabout:
Great technique! Thanks for sharing.

While Wayback can't capture everything, it has succeeded in saving valuable information that would (...)]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2025 03:27:07 UTC Re: Recent Signal Mirror Successes - more wanted http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302675#Post302675 Posted by Phaedrus:
Nice! I like hearing about the successes!]]> Sun, 03 Aug 2025 07:01:54 UTC Re: ISO 18813 paragraph 4.23 Signal Mirror Spec? http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302673#Post302673 Posted by rafowell:
A very belated followup:

As of 14 December 2022, the USCG requires that, where lifeboat signal mirrors are required by US law, the signal mirror (...)]]> Sat, 02 Aug 2025 04:31:24 UTC Re: New prep for our changing nation? http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302672#Post302672 Posted by Bingley:
Good thing I stocked up years ago! The prices are insane.

After a conversation with a CCW instructor, I started thinking that the defensive (...)]]> Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:07:44 UTC Re: Climber rescued TWICE on Mt. Fuji http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302659#Post302659 Posted by Ren:
Curious about the style of crampons, presumably have to be a proper technical pair for someone to get to a place where you'd be stranded without them.]]> Wed, 30 Apr 2025 09:19:04 UTC Re: Ditching with photo and video http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302655#Post302655 Posted by Phaedrus:
Wow! Quite the ordeal, I'm glad it turned out okay.]]> Mon, 21 Apr 2025 20:09:18 UTC Re: what-to-do-lost-missing-how-to-survive http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302602#Post302602 Posted by brandtb:
“geographically embarrassed” I like that.]]> Wed, 22 Jan 2025 16:29:50 UTC Re: Satellite texting via iPhone, 911 via Pixel http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302597#Post302597 Posted by Ren:
Originally Posted By: airballrad
I used satellite texting from my iPhone 15 during Milton to let loved ones know we were OK. We lost landline (...)
]]> Sun, 05 Jan 2025 14:36:30 UTC Re: Info in your emergency medical card http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302593#Post302593 Posted by dougwalkabout:
Tough call. I wonder what the laws are regarding looking through your wallet -- can paramedics do this? Police only? Will this be a priority (...)]]> Fri, 03 Jan 2025 03:32:08 UTC Re: Bedside Items http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302592#Post302592 Posted by Phaedrus:
Wanting a spear is reason enough! I have a buddy that's well trained in HEMA fighting, swords, spears, etc. It looks like fun but (...)]]> Tue, 31 Dec 2024 00:08:30 UTC Re: Missing Hiker Found After 50 Days http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302582#Post302582 Posted by Phaedrus:
Wow! Pretty insane stuff!]]> Fri, 20 Dec 2024 02:50:51 UTC Re: Chronic Wasting Disease, How are people dealing? http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302541#Post302541 Posted by clearwater:
Because it gets into the soil and then into food crops, even avoiding eating meat won't help.

Maybe just borrowing trouble. I hope this is an (...)]]> Wed, 30 Oct 2024 17:41:46 UTC Re: Things I Have Learned About Generators http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302538#Post302538 Posted by roberttheiii:
Few additional thoughts off the top of my head...

If you're going to feed your whole panel (which I recommend if you have half a brain...) make (...)]]> Tue, 29 Oct 2024 19:32:16 UTC Re: Man rescued, floating on cooler http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302523#Post302523 Posted by Ren:

Yeah, blue barrels or curtec daren drums standard equipment in canoeing or caving.]]> Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:39:05 UTC Re: Use of mirror, helicopter pilot notices http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302513#Post302513 Posted by Phaedrus:
Lucky to have had the mirror!]]> Thu, 03 Oct 2024 05:15:54 UTC Re: Alaskan attacked by a bear and shot http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302488#Post302488 Posted by Phaedrus:
Wow, what a scary ordeal!]]> Fri, 23 Aug 2024 07:43:27 UTC Re: Woman Lost 4 Days in Colorado Mountains Is Rescued http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302487#Post302487 Posted by dougwalkabout:
Originally Posted By: Ren
But hard to see how going solo with no communication devices is ever sound, unless you don't want to come back.

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 22:13:45 UTC Re: When you get lost hiking in WA, how much does it c http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302455#Post302455 Posted by Doug_Ritter:
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/state/washington/article290205259.html]]> Thu, 18 Jul 2024 20:31:03 UTC Re: Yikes... http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302453#Post302453 Posted by chaosmagnet:
I had some recent international travel, and my employer has its own travel insurance. It turns out that the provider was beyond awful; while I (...)]]> Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:04:13 UTC Re: Idiot and Ill-Prepared http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302452#Post302452 Posted by Doug_Ritter:
https://thebharatexpressnews.com/barstoo...-loses-power-2/]]> Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:17:54 UTC Re: Anoher rescue, this time of a well-prepared hiker http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302447#Post302447 Posted by Ren:
The shale chute in the video looks pretty compact, and the stone looks relatively small.

Climbed down a chute with a pack once, was lose sharp (...)]]> Tue, 09 Jul 2024 13:13:58 UTC Re: How 5 Fishermen Survived...Carried a PLB! http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302439#Post302439 Posted by roberttheiii:
Love my PLB, hope to never need it. The bit about getting a real offshore life jacket is great advice as well.]]> Tue, 02 Jul 2024 14:51:31 UTC Re: Lost in Northern California Mountains for 10 Days http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302433#Post302433 Posted by Ren:
T-Mobile with their partnership with SpaceX is expected to allow direct to sat text messages before the end of the year on ordinary 4G/LTE phones.]]> Tue, 25 Jun 2024 20:36:19 UTC Re: Bad review of a great backpack.. http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302420#Post302420 Posted by clearwater:
Looks like a serviceable pack. As far as price, no doubt they are made by someone getting less than a $100 a week for long hours sewing. Semi (...)]]> Wed, 12 Jun 2024 23:25:00 UTC Re: Bird Flu (H5N1) found in cattle -- are Humans next http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302396#Post302396 Posted by dougwalkabout:
Interesting. And concerning. Not sure about the human vector though. Does it need to mutate to be a potential pandemic?

Meanwhile Covid (...)]]> Fri, 10 May 2024 01:28:15 UTC Re: My Doug Ritter Folder Attacked Me! http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302394#Post302394 Posted by dougwalkabout:
Originally Posted By: brandtb
I don't think I really own a knife until I've cut myself with it.

That fits with an ancient proverb -- "A blade is (...)]]> Sat, 04 May 2024 02:30:45 UTC Re: USCG rescue fishermen frm deserted island http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302377#Post302377 Posted by brandtb:
I would have gone with S O S.]]> Wed, 17 Apr 2024 23:35:29 UTC Re: Amanda Nenigar found dead http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302357#Post302357 Posted by Phaedrus:
Originally Posted By: brandtb
Originally Posted By: Herman30
Perhaps people should stop driving dirtroads and keep to the paved ones.


Perhaps 911 (...)
]]> Fri, 05 Apr 2024 04:39:02 UTC Re: Car window breakers don't work. http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302352#Post302352 Posted by clearwater:
It got my uncle. He made it to shore. That was it. Everyone else ended up in ICU. He was in his 50's, a distance runner. Just never know.]]> Wed, 03 Apr 2024 13:35:42 UTC Re: Question about a "Backyard Mutitool" http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302337#Post302337 Posted by Ren:
Thought Lodge was a well known cast iron brand in the US.

https://www.lodgecastiron.com/product/camp-dutch-oven?sku=L8CO3]]> Sun, 17 Mar 2024 01:00:29 UTC Re: Using a Compass Without a Map http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302316#Post302316 Posted by KenK:
Land navigation has always been a bit of a hobby of mine since I learned how to use a map & compass waaaay back in Boy Scouts.

Yesterday I can (...)]]> Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:22:07 UTC Re: China and Taiwan http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302306#Post302306 Posted by brandtb:
The long term result would be the U.S. repatriating a lot of the manufacturing it has outsourced to other countries. Raw materials are a more (...)]]> Mon, 19 Feb 2024 14:18:49 UTC Re: No More Ritter Knives? http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302301#Post302301 Posted by KenK:
Huh, I'm not sure what view I was seeing, but when I went back just now several of the folders were available. That's good to see.]]> Mon, 19 Feb 2024 01:33:58 UTC Re: Lost hiker ignored rescuers' phone calls http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302293#Post302293 Posted by dougwalkabout:
Originally Posted By: Phaedrus
If I remember correctly (another interview published at the time) he didn't consider himself "lost", just a bit (...)
]]> Sat, 17 Feb 2024 06:24:15 UTC Re: FAA first aid kit for passenger-carrying airplanes http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302280#Post302280 Posted by nursetim:
My thoughts, if it is considered federal jurisdiction, all federal facilities that I know of ( Indian health services, veterans hospitals, (...)]]> Wed, 07 Feb 2024 22:59:09 UTC Re: Sharpening knives in the field http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302265#Post302265 Posted by wileycoyote:
Originally Posted By: dougwalkabout
wileycoyote, diamond stones and even a speedy sharp need a little bit of skill and experience to use (...)
]]> Mon, 29 Jan 2024 18:38:16 UTC Re: A good, cheap knife http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302226#Post302226 Posted by dougwalkabout:
It looks like a nice blade. I certainly prefer the thin "slicer" grind over the "prybar" style. I've never had a D2 steel knife. I always (...)]]> Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:47:34 UTC Re: When Is Generic Okay? http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302206#Post302206 Posted by Jeanette_Isabelle:
I received my new medical ID bracelet. Aside from the small print, it is everything I wanted.

Jeanette Isabelle]]> Wed, 10 Jan 2024 21:52:38 UTC