just how resourceful are you?

[pjbleek]

I didn't realise you were on a plane that wasn't due to land for 2 weeks! :24:

must be running on solar powered engines...

 

[Zorak]

Tell me about it lol.

Anyway, my point is, you have about 48 hours in which to be rescued. After that, chances are you won't be found until you are dead. That's what I have always been told.

 

[HK]

The funny thing is, the exercise does say you get all 15 items - what kind of moron would throw any of it away as unimportant?!

 

[pjbleek]

The funny thing is, the exercise does say you get all 15 items - what kind of moron would throw any of it away as unimportant?!

and the book and the water tablets were deemed as least useful....

 

[AUFred]

and the book and the water tablets were deemed as least useful....

Books burn

 

[Tim]

I want to know why he listed the canvas higher than the sleeping bags.

Just to give you a little perspective. 20 sp ft is 2'x5' or 2'6" x 4' barely enough for any type of shelter. A typical sleeping bag has over 20 sq ft of fabric. You can assume from the story that 4-6 people survived, that's 80 -120 sqft of sleeping bags. Tell me how you can keep 4-6 people dry under a piece of canvas that's 2' x 5'...

Pffft, was this just the conclusion of your professor or did he get it out of a survival book?

 

[AUFred]

Wouldn't 20 Sq. Ft. Be more like 4' x 5'? Still not a lot of canvas.

 

[Tim]

Wouldn't 20 Sq. Ft. Be more like 4' x 5'? Still not a lot of canvas.

:24: :24:

Yes it would...

The funny part is, I work with numbers like that for a living. I work with square footage of custom wood panels and millwork...
I don't know where my head was

 

[AUFred]

We just got a new wood floor and I am really liking it. They put down about 650 sq ft.

 

[Guyzerr]

TSeeing as its October in the Arctic, there is no daylight for most of the day, and you'll need the flashlight to signal a rescue.

The Quebec / Newfoundland border is a northern location but it sure ain't the arctic. It would be cold up there that time of the year but not in the -20's or 30's as it would get later in the year.

 

[Niamh]

Tell me about it lol.

Anyway, my point is, you have about 48 hours in which to be rescued. After that, chances are you won't be found until you are dead. That's what I have always been told.

well, in this particular situation when you're not going to be looked for, for 2 weeks, I think your best hope is to try and stay alive till people come looking. I reckon if you had a few of those things you could hang in there for 2 weeks

 

[pjbleek]

I want to know why he listed the canvas higher than the sleeping bags.

Just to give you a little perspective. 20 sp ft is 2'x5' or 2'6" x 4' barely enough for any type of shelter. A typical sleeping bag has over 20 sq ft of fabric. You can assume from the story that 4-6 people survived, that's 80 -120 sqft of sleeping bags. Tell me how you can keep 4-6 people dry under a piece of canvas that's 2' x 5'...

Pffft, was this just the conclusion of your professor or did he get it out of a survival book?

I'll get back to you on that....it was more like a press conference after finding out the answers the other day and someone was stuck and determined to discuss the water purification tablets ad nausea...