3 of the more memorable occasions:

- Zap straps and rope to improvise a broken backpack buckle. Without the straps and rope, the backpack would of been all but useless to carry and otherwise would of involved a very long trip out with only minimal supplies of warm clothing, food and shelter.

- Snare wire used to make grips for boots on an early spring ice thaw on a mountain trail descent where the sun had melted the ice enough to leave the trail very slick and unsafe with a layer of water on top. The wire was doubled up, twisted together then placed under the sole of the boot and wrapped over the top of the foot to make a crude set of chains so to speak. This method was adaquate enough to allow a long but safer descent off the mountain before dark.

Various first aid kit (3 total) contents after a member of our group took a bad tumble on some rocks and suffered a deep and potentially life threatening laceration that ultimately required almost 2 dozen stitches. Had we been equipped with a PLB at the time, the button would of been pushed without a doubt.