Hi!
>I am pondering on survival and in conection to that on
>survival kits for quite a while. I saw a movie where
>an aeroplane crash results of a person(young girl)
>being stranded in the amazon jungle. So my
>consideration is as follows: knife is a primary tool
>in a survival situation, yet no airline allows
>carriage of pointed intems on board unless its in your
>louge that you give of- so it is not close at hand,
>and in case of an accident will be scattered miles
>around. I think that also no arline would allow a
>rescue tool onboard(a knife with no point) or a tool
>for cutting the safety belt(such as the item made by
>benchmade). A small folding saw, a file and even
>fishooks to my opinion would not be allowed. The
>little scalpel blades included in a survival kit
>are out of order to. So what you can take as an on
>plane survival kit is only string, (wire mybe not
>permited to), and a lighter or matches. Please tell me
>your thoughts on this problem.
>Thanks
>Matej
p.s. if there is already a thread on the topic please let me know

Check out this thread. Otherwise do a search, this is a fairly common topic.


Robert

PS Edited to correct link.

Shopping at CTD lately Rob? <img src="/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

Yes. Why do you ask? <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />


Robert

Check that link. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Charter a plane instead of going commercial, then work it out with the pilot? <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Thanks Brian. I'm such an idiot. I posted that link to another forum for somebody looking for a 3/16" punch. I guess it was still in my clipboard when I tried to respond to this thread earlier. When I tried to copy the link to the right thread I must have hit the wrong key combo and the CTD link stayed in my clipboard. I previewed my message, but I guess I didn't check the link. <img src="/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

The link is fixed now.


Robert

Post 9/11 hysteria turned commerical airline travel into at best an indignity and at it's worst a false belief it is any safer. This includes terrorist action and the chance accident. Cordage is even subject to confiscation. The rational action is to A. Take every precaution to survive a crash ; sitting over the wing at an emergency exit, woolen clothing, avoiding alcohol, and B. Learning skills to fabricate tools from native materials; lithic,bone or bamboo knives, friction firemaking etc. We too easily forget being " stranded in the Amazon" is in reality no worse than a South American Indian finding him/herself standing on 5th Avenue in New York. People live quite nicely in both places in spite of different conditions.

I'd love to charter a plane, but I'm a mere wage slave. Can barely afford air travel as it is. <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

In addition to what's approved in my EDC and PSK kits, I carry a metal ball-point pen and a cork-backed, 12-inch metal ruler.

I also carry a coarse, folding DMT sharpening stone and twenty or so feet of paracord. If the paracord becomes contraband, I'll start carrying a roll of electrical tape.

On my keychain is an LED flashlight, a whistle, and a BSA metal match. In a capsule I carry some personal meds cushioned by lots of cotton balls.

I think these give me a good start on the basics.

Bear