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Why You Need To Test And Use Your Survival Gear | episode 176

 

This week Mike and I return to talk about Why You Need To Test And Use Your Survival Gear. 

We had a much too long break with me getting married, building things for the house, Honeymoon and more. 

I got the idea for this show the night of the wedding. Serenity and I were camping with a few of our guests. I brought my Hennessee Hammock and some whoopie slings to hang it. 

The whoopie slings weren’t made for a Hennessee so I had to try to adapt it and that’s when the trouble began. 

I brought carabiners to hang it but didn’t bring enough. With help from Matt French and Scav we kept trying different things trying to get it to work. 

It was a blast but would have been better if I had prepared better and got it up right away. I know Why You Need To Test And Use Your Survival Gear and still dropped the ball. 

Now the vacation is over the podcasts will be coming out back on schedule. It’s good to be back. 

 

Links

Carabiner 

Whoopie Slings

Shug Talks About Whoopie Slings

Survival In Motion

 

Topics

• Don’t just buy and keep
• Test everything
• Have backups
• If it can break it will break
• Shelter size
• Proper Packing
• Adapt and move on
• Going cheap is usually a bad idea
• Used Gear
• Read and watch reviews