For any of you that have a small folding shovel, try it out in the backyard one day, my father keeps one in the farm truck and one day when i had gotten stuck and was trying to dig out the handle broke. luckily there was a tractor on the way to pull me out but that doesn't always happen, the shovel was an old army surplus to boot.
I keep a Cold Steel Special Forces shovel in each car...was no match during a blizzard when a plow driver kindly put 3 feet of snow around my car...but it's done well every other time...designed after a Soviet Spetnaz shovel...around $15 these days...check them out!
But this is a good reminder to beat on the gear that you are planning to use to save your skin...all this kit building does no good if your components are going to fail you when you need them most...use and abuse...the stuff that holds up? Make a permanent place in your kit for it!
Previous Topic
Index
