Oh goodie, another bag to buy and assemble. The Get Your Ass Safely Outside Bag. (GYASOB). Rope/paracord to get you to the ground Breathing mask/dust mask (maybe the small SpareAir that scuba divers use) Swim goggles Breacher bar/small crowbar/hammer Hard hat (local ALDI store sold a baseball cap with plastic insert. Not enough for serious stuff but would stop you banging your head and its low viz.) Cloak of invulnerability. (Optional)
What type of weave would you use to rappel? :P
But really, aren't there certain climbing knots, carabiners, and rope strength rating differences that should be known...idk them tho
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I wouldnt disagree Q. Plan according to how high off the ground you work. If its only one or two storeys, a length of parascord with loops tied in it would let you get down in an emergency. Any higher, buy a rope and learn how to rappel. (maybe the exits are blocked). Over a certain height (and I don't know offhand what that would be) you're probably reliant on fire escapes. Or parachutes. Planning for buildings you visit I'm with you, check out the escape routes and be willing to leave quickly.
Paracord is a horrible idea for rappelling. The longer the piece is, the worse it'll be. There's a lot that happens with the physics of a rope when you're trying to rappell with it, mostly because the weight on it won't be static. If it's too long, and the weight jerks or shifts at just the right point during the descent, you're going to be freefalling rather quickly. Not to mention that for many rappelling methods, the paracord will be rubbing against itself, and it'll melt and burn through itself in not much time. A 175+ pound person will cause a looooot of friction.
I recommend giving up on the idea of rappelling and just note where the fire exits are located as you enter the floors.
Yeah. I wouldn't ever try. Not from a building. Even if I knew how to rappel.
(About Q's package) Willydigger:
"Is it mailed? Did you mail it? Where's the tracking? I'm pretty excited. I hope he cries. Think he'll cry? What a bitch."
"Q is an asshole, but he's so dumb I feel like hugging him all the time."
-Willydonker
"I'm waiting for Digiorno to cook. Three meat, stuffed crust. It's not delivery, but no place delivers here. So. "
+1 on gloves, and I concur on the rappelling with paracord. I was thinking of one's normal place of work where you knew the situation you would most likely be in and also what you could keep in a desk or locker that wouldn't have your coworkers looking sideways at you as some kind of bondage serial killer.
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All right Cone, I suppose you're not a dolt. After all, you're here.
I was active on BF when he was starting his "career". It wasn't like STR, or Charlie Mike, who were making something tangible, and original, for the benefit of other knife enthusiasts.
He was just talking.
Maybe his reviews were good, maybe not. I prefer to draw my own conclusions about a knife.
What we figured out at some point, was that he was doing these reviews for his own celebrity status, first, and for the benefit of the community at large, second. Or third. Or something.
That in itself lost him a lot of respect, even before the Chinderer debacle.
So anytime I see his name attached to a piece of media, I automatically discount everything it says, because the guy is focused on his own celebrity (such as it is) more than his reviews.
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Last Edit: Aug 19, 2013 3:56:33 GMT -8 by Shorttime
Post by itshardtoknow on Aug 19, 2013 7:14:41 GMT -8
all this rope/rappelling talk - id say before anyone starts carrying anything to do this with they should probably practice it and learn how so that when in a panic situation you arent trying to figure it out.
me, if i worked in a multistory building - maybe a breacher bar and some sort of dedicated fabric for breathing. and my usual stuff - light and leatherman.