oldbilbo
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Aw, bless.... Did they make you eat dog? Or penguin?
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Aw, bless.... Did they make you eat dog? Or penguin?
AntarcticPilot
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Not sure - you couldn't tell by the taste! As part of the exercise, we had to cook our evening meal from field rations using an Optimus stove; the rations used for the exercise were probably packed by Noah! I guess they were better than FB pies
Actually, the main problem I had was that it was much too warm in the tent, despite camping on a glacier. And as it was only one night, we didn''t get into a routine of where to put personal kit and so on; the space in the tent is pretty well structured as far as standard equipment is concerned, but your personal kit has to be disposed around your sleeping bag as you see fit, and one night doesn't give time to discover the best way of doing it..
oldbilbo
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Some habits learned and 'grooved' while still a schoolboy remain to this day. Living with others in a small mountain tent, on Scottish hills in winter, or sailing as supernumery crew on an RAF 'Windfall' yacht and 'hot bunking' on a shelf or a pile of old sails has taught me that ALL my gear stays inside my crewbag ( or rucsac ) - unless I'm actually using it. And it goes back in there immediately I stop using it.
I then know where it is even in the dark, and it stays dry.
Compare that with the hotshot young F-18 cat helmsman who came along on a Fastnet Race a few years ago. He had no offshore experience, so everything that came out of his kitbag was hung up on the floor - and there it stayed. Neither the boat's owner nor I felt like being Surrogate Mum, and the growing mound became wetter and wetter as the days - and nights - progressed.
It was a very bedraggled, damp and tired young hotshot that struggled ashore at QAB after the finish.
"Any fool can be uncomfortable at sea...."
I then know where it is even in the dark, and it stays dry.
Compare that with the hotshot young F-18 cat helmsman who came along on a Fastnet Race a few years ago. He had no offshore experience, so everything that came out of his kitbag was hung up on the floor - and there it stayed. Neither the boat's owner nor I felt like being Surrogate Mum, and the growing mound became wetter and wetter as the days - and nights - progressed.
It was a very bedraggled, damp and tired young hotshot that struggled ashore at QAB after the finish.
"Any fool can be uncomfortable at sea...."
