Never heard of....
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Danny_Labrador
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Thanks, that was a really interesting read. Are his books translated ?
Is it true about it being OK to drink sea water ?
Better than the anal irrigation method (!) - I need to know if I am to be ship wrecked. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Is it true about it being OK to drink sea water ?
Better than the anal irrigation method (!) - I need to know if I am to be ship wrecked. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Kilter
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They are translated, although not always easy to get hold of, I've read a couple of them and found them interesting. Haven't tried drinking seawater but would try it in extremis!
Mirelle
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Had heard of....
I read his book "Le naufrage volontaire" as a boy.
Had no idea he was still alive!
A very brave man, who taought us a lot.
I read his book "Le naufrage volontaire" as a boy.
Had no idea he was still alive!
A very brave man, who taought us a lot.
Evadne
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A remarkable man indeed
I read "The Bombard Story" having found a copy in a 2nd hand book shop some years ago. He worked out that you can drink up to 2 pints of seawater a day, without killing yourself. He also said that he preferred the taste of Atlantic seawater to the Med.
I had no idea htat he had gone on to do so much, but I am not surprised.
I read "The Bombard Story" having found a copy in a 2nd hand book shop some years ago. He worked out that you can drink up to 2 pints of seawater a day, without killing yourself. He also said that he preferred the taste of Atlantic seawater to the Med.
I had no idea htat he had gone on to do so much, but I am not surprised.
DeeGee
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Re: A remarkable man indeed
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I read "The Bombard Story" having found a copy in a 2nd hand book shop some years ago. He worked out that you can drink up to 2 pints of seawater a day, without killing yourself. He also said that he preferred the taste of Atlantic seawater to the Med.
I had no idea htat he had gone on to do so much, but I am not surprised.
[/ QUOTE ]Did he touch on the suitability of urine (one's own, of course) and the relative merits of pee vs sea-water? It seems that a pint or two of sea-water, and a pint of urine, would go a fair way for survival. Packing empty bottles in the life-raft seems to be a goer?
Readers of 'Dune' would probably feel a still-suit with heel-pumps to be the most approprate survival-suit, it would even catch sweat. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
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I read "The Bombard Story" having found a copy in a 2nd hand book shop some years ago. He worked out that you can drink up to 2 pints of seawater a day, without killing yourself. He also said that he preferred the taste of Atlantic seawater to the Med.
I had no idea htat he had gone on to do so much, but I am not surprised.
[/ QUOTE ]Did he touch on the suitability of urine (one's own, of course) and the relative merits of pee vs sea-water? It seems that a pint or two of sea-water, and a pint of urine, would go a fair way for survival. Packing empty bottles in the life-raft seems to be a goer?
Readers of 'Dune' would probably feel a still-suit with heel-pumps to be the most approprate survival-suit, it would even catch sweat. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Andrew_Fanner
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Re: A remarkable man indeed
Don't fancy all the walking to make the still suit work while stuck in the liferaft
Don't fancy all the walking to make the still suit work while stuck in the liferaft
