Posted on 02/12/2014 4:09:31 PM PST by Kartographer
10-4
It’s “mother lode” actually. The term refers to the main vein of silver or gold in a mine, if I’m not mistaken. Not trying to be a dick or anything, but for some reason I’ve always been interested in phrase origins.
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Get 550 paracord 39 -70 bucks depending on color schem
For instance simple black would be the cheapest.
Digital printed and reflective would be the most expensive.
I have two spools of black and digital reflective, which I’ll probably never use.
Those sit on a shelf for back up.
My very 1st roll. I cut 200 foot for my day pack, 300 feet for mu 3 day pack(truth is I almost always take this pack on most day hikes). And 500 feet for my 30 day pack.(which I always take if I am going three days)
Now, to store these you’ll need to wrap them in a figure eight fashion..
I fashioned two posts 15” apart. the beginning end I made a loop in about 1 inch diameter. I kept about 3” of the looped end above the first post, placing it against the post. I then ran the first run down to to the next post beginning in a figure eight and continued until all but three feet were in a figure eight.
I used the remaing three feet to tightly wrap my figure eight courage, being careful not to allow it to twist, making it look like I bought it from a professional.
When you need rope you have two options:
Unwind some rope and take what you need rope, leaving trhee feet to wind back over the remaining rope.
If you need rope a lot then pull on the looped end you made in the beginning. If you wrap it as tight as I do it’ll take some pulling at first. be careful to hold the wrapped portion if you aren’t pulling it all out so you you don’t have to do anything but tie one tightly portion of the pulled rope around what’s left.
Or you can just pull the whole thing apart and using your hand and elbow put it back together in a figure eights as before.
If I’m not in a hurry I use what nature provides and try ti repack my cord the way I had it.
It will also be beneficiAl ti have two- four nite eyze figure 9 carabiner with cleates
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I have for of the small ones attached to the looped end of my rope and four of the 75# ones on my back pack.
That way if I drop one I just pick up another. I can look for the one I dropped later.
I am usualy in a hurry when using these things and I don’t care if I lose one or two.
I have plenty more in storage or at home to replace a lost item.
I have a habit of impulse buying. I almost away buy two-four of whatever I just put in my hands.
The extra cost isn’t noticeable but, I don’t run out of nuttin and i am not overly concerned about losing an item.
3 is two, 2 is 1, losing something you only have one of is is now none..
With carabiners above you only have tk make one knot in a rope, tossthe carabiner on it and since the carabiner has a gate that opens and a smooth elbow on the bottom, you can quickly create leverage anand a pulley to tighten rope.
You also won’t cut your rope so often as you can use the additional carabiners and simply cross the rope over, like packing a U-Haul.
I used 150 feet of digital cord and after my first pull the guy helping me wanted to cut what was there and give to the next pull.
No
“Nope. S pensive stuff I got here and i wanna be able to reuse it.
I simply hooked two more carabiners and ran my pulls to secure the load, ran the end of my cord onto the cleat; came back around and made a marine knot, as if securing a boat to a dock and ran another end back onto to the cleat.
Done
That load never moved and i was able to reuse all of it, intact I
Good stuff, thanks.
Please add it to this thread for the rest of us. Thanks
Look up a post ot two and yer set.
If you got a question feel free to ping me.
I Amy be a little late getting back than usual as I am engaged on something of great importance.
Hmmm....
Reminds I need to make a prayer for this thing
Thank you sir
Sir?
That’s my probation officers name....
LOL!
plowing at 4 am when the temp. is about -4 is not a pretty job.. To me, working on lighthouses would be a fun job. I remember visiting a lighthouse at Whitefish Point and those circular stairs were nifty. Wouldn’t mind living in one.(in weather warmer than Michigans )
I did maintenance, electrical, TV, Radio and telephones on just about every lighthouse on Michigan’s shores and a whole bunch of the islands too. I’m pretty sure that I’ve been to all of them at one time or another.
As a single guy, it was interesting for the most part. I’ve got more than a few wild stories about working in the Winter. Snow mobiles were good for the most part but even they could and did get bogged down in the snow banks of lake effect snow. Mostly though I used snow shoes to get around out in the wild away from the roads. They also did a great job of spreading your weight on the River as well as the swamps.
Great quote.. I’m going to use that. People are constantly worried for me about being alone so much. They just don’t get it... I love it and I’m not alone... there is always God with me and I’m surrounded by life.
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