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"...I needed to pull the sledge out, simple as that. It had the radio, the beacon..."
One would think that, 'specially after almost losing a sled once, he would have kept at least the beacon on his person. If you don't have it on you when you need it, you might as well not have it. Glad he made it out alive...
#101229 - 07/31/0708:24 PMRe: What it feels like to have frostbite
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thseng
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Registered: 03/24/06
Posts: 900
Loc: NW NJ
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So I used a Black & Decker vise and a saw in the toolshed. It wasn't that painful, but going through the bones was quite difficult. It felt better afterward, since I was much less likely to hit things with my fingers. The surgeon would later be upset that I did that.
No comment.
The logistics of these expeditions is interesting. He was solo with two sleds so he had to travel 3 times the distance until he used up enough supplies to get down to one sled. Lemme think about that...
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- Tom S.
"Never trust and engineer who doesn't carry a pocketknife."
The logistics of these expeditions is interesting. He was solo with two sleds so he had to travel 3 times the distance until he used up enough supplies to get down to one sled.
Shuttling gear sucks but sometimes there's no alternative.
I have done some long solo hikes, but, prepositioned caches, or had drops at places along the way so I didn't have to carry too much in my pack at once. I can't really imagine doing what this guy was trying under good conditions, let alone in a polar climate. Yikes. Pretty amazing that he's around to write the story.
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