crasic‭

Recently I was part of a wilderness SAR training event where there were drone-based FirstNet cell tower deployed to provide emergency personnel with cellular communications in remote areas. Perha...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by crasic‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

@WeatherVane is spot on, there is a specified safe distance for all kinds of projectiles, depending on what is being shot they simply cannot fly farther no matter how it was aimed. If they are sho...

posted 5y ago by crasic‭

I've recently started making my alpine (or "trad") draws by girth hitching one end of a sling to the gear side carabiner and then clipping and passing the rope side through as usual. The girth hitc...

4 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by crasic‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

Separate answer because I feel it addresses a different point than the other answers As stated in the other answers, you should of course teach basic clipping and leading techniques, making sure t...

posted 11y ago by crasic‭  ·  last activity 11y ago by System‭

You know one when you see one when it comes to "established fire-rings", but Generally: Complies with the objective rules. Has been used for multiple seasons, with evidence of a deep bed of soot...

posted 5y ago by crasic‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I see what is essentially an direct belay but rigged off the harness serving as a pseudo indirect/body belay, you also have a direct clip-in to a third piece as a personal backup. The good. You...

posted 5y ago by crasic‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Climbing technique wise, I am certain you are fine or need minor brushing up , most folks who get to a certain level of climbing and can boulder honest V5 would have enough in their tool belt and ...

posted 5y ago by crasic‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

The variety of climbing in the gym is limited by the creativity of the setters and the availability of mass production plastic holds from commercial manufacturers. It is an activity bound by humans...

posted 5y ago by crasic‭

There are a number of "survival" products on the market that integrate "extra" strands into the standard paracord (US MIL spec, ~4mm accessory cord, usually 7 strand nylon or cotton) Most of them...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by crasic‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Boiling eliminates only a certain class of contaminants that can make you ill. Specifically living bacteria and other microorganisms (protozoa, amoeba). It does not purify, or decontaminate the wat...

posted 12y ago by crasic‭

A general answer to a general question Long distance through hiking is a fairly well developed activity in terms of common best practices. I would suggest picking up a book on more popular through...

posted 11y ago by crasic‭  ·  last activity 11y ago by System‭

The textbook "Fundamentals of Search and Rescue" in Chapter 6 describes the priorities of needs in survival situations. The priorities listed are Air Shelter Rest Signals/Communication Water Food...

5 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by crasic‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

This is very dangerous, the plastic retaining loop is not load bearing and it can be absent or broken, even if it holds your weight you can cause an uncontrollable fall in your second by simply tri...

posted 5y ago by crasic‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

There are no statistics because no-one really keeps statistics about anchor types in accidents. Possibly also because anchor failures are extremely rare. However, individual case studies on speci...

posted 5y ago by crasic‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭