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Location: DunkarooLand
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<Reply # 40 on 9/29/2010 1:50 AM >
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Devise a way to safely have your rope and equipment for anchor disconnect from a point after you/ your party have abseiled down.
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yoinked from here
you can tie a section of paracord onto the tail of your figure 8 if you don't have enough rope for a pull through.
you can buy large quicklinks (aka mallion rapide) pretty cheaply at hardware stores and they make decent disposable rappel points if you don't have anything better to anchor off. They are also fairly discrete to leave behind.
"No risk, no reward, no fun."
"Go all the way or walk away"
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cdevon
  
Location: west county
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 41 on 10/6/2010 4:31 AM >
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Small magic instant beer making machine?
I pack very light and hate having to think of a way to transport reasonable amounts of beer onto sites.
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MindHacker
Location: Suburbs of DC
Gender: Male
If you spot a terrorist arrow, pin it to the wall with your shoulder.
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<Reply # 42 on 10/7/2010 3:03 AM >
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http://i305.photob...fifi__lastique.jpg
This is strictly minus the 'safely' part...
Yes, that black segment is an elastic bungee. No, don't EVER think of constructing such a thing! |
The bottom knot would work better if it were a butterfly knot... but: It's so much easier/safer to just use paracord instead of a bungee. Hooks are bad enough because they might kill you if you bounce. This one will actively try to kill you if you bounce.
I've thought of using a hook on paracord, with a 2' extension on the paracord tying to one side of a sling, and hooking from one side of the sling to the other (or girthing and hooking into the other side of the sling). That way it will pull the sling down after it pulls the hook out.
I've used the method Vadder posted, but I've also gotten it snagged with that method, and it's a b*tch to get up there to undo whatever happened when you can't trust that it won't all of a sudden slip and drop you however far you had it undone, or won't get snagged again on try two. It is reassuring to know that you can't slip out of it though, and convenient for when you have to shoot / toss a line.
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barefootpoetry
Location: PA
Gender: Female
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<Reply # 43 on 3/31/2011 10:18 PM >
| | | | I would like a magic spell that would make me light as a feather, but still able to hold my camera. I could push up gently from the ground and float into upper windows, or climb into and walk around in dangerous structures where my normal weight would put me at risk of dying under a pile of collapsed rubble.
Invisibility cloak would also be nice, and one for my van too.
P.S. Reviving 6 month old thread FTW.
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phractal
Location: freeland, WA
Gender: Male
I think therefore I'll tell you what I think.
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<Reply # 44 on 4/1/2011 8:00 PM >
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I'd like to have some kind of block and tackle system designed so that you could haul yourself up walls with a better purchase ratio. Something like 5:1 would be ideal. It would probably be more useful for descending and then ascending out of a location, as tossing that much line would be really hard to do.
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I have a fishing pole loaded with 50 pound spider stealth line that I used with a heavy lead weight as a retriever line when I was making my tire swing. Flung it 50' up over my desired spot and used it to pull my 1/2" double braid line over the top. A small collapsable, yet sturdy rod and reel would make throwing retriever lines a snap.
I used a few sailboat blocks I got from a friend to make the tire swing adjustable in height. A single sheave with a becket on the bottom and a double sheave on top. The line cleats off to a boat cleat I bolted to the tire. Even with my 350 pound friend on the tire, I can lift him with one hand. A simple bosuns chair and a few blocks would be easy to fit in a pack and would make climbing anything easier so long as you had enough line and a way to get it up and over things. That's where the fishing pole comes in.
Where'd my oh there it is go?...damn.
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Vectored Approach
Location: Morgan Hill, CA
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 45 on 4/1/2011 11:12 PM >
| | | | Used to do alarm installations. Had a small crossbow rigged with a fishing reel and 50lb line. Worked awesome for pulling wire in T-bar ceilings. Accuracy was fantastic too. Would work well for shooting a line up for climbing too.
Only problems I would see with doing something like that would be:
1. You don't know what you are anchoring onto is stable.
2. You're carrying an object that could be construed as a weapon, or burglary tool.
I think I'll stick to the easier entries and leave the Batman shit for others.
Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy. -George Carlin (1937 - 2008) |
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Fl1k3r
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 46 on 4/2/2011 12:40 AM >
| | | | i'm sure these have been seen before, but worth a look if you scale chain link fences a lot, seem to be pretty practical and cheap
http://www.botacht.../zaktacfencli.html
"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."
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Tom133t
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<Reply # 47 on 4/2/2011 2:42 AM >
|  | | | Here are some ideas of mine.
1. Infrared night-vision device
Of course, it would help a lot to see without being seen. I have attempted to make a night-vision device out of infrared LEDs, a camera element which is sensitive to IR light, and an LCD camcorder viewfinder that can be hacked to accept composite video input. The concept is simple, but I simply lack the components to make it work right now. Ideally, it'd be awesome to have a Splinter Cell style goggle set-up, but that is science-fiction as of right now. As an alternative, I plan to build the components into a wide length of PVC pipe and use it like a spyglass telescope. I'll put a bracket on it so I can tie it to a cord and hang it around my neck, add rubberized grips, and a power switch. Simple.
2. Enhanced sound detection - I would like to hear my environment better. I believe this could be accomplished by wiring a microphone element (many of which have a pre-amplifier circuit built in), add a decent, small amp circuit to it, and output it some earbuds. I would like to have stereo sound, in order to discern the direction of sounds. This could conceivably be done by mounting two separate mics near my ears or on the earbuds / headphones themselves. Enhanced hearing would give you a stealth edge in the dark.
3. Silent electronic tripwire - I actually have made a proof-of-concept of this one. It requires a lot of components and is very unwieldy. I took one of those FM radio transmitters that come with MP3 players, added a retractable antenna and bigger batteries, and wired it up to a tripwire. This can be made by putting two pieces of conductive metal inside the jaws of a wooden clothespin, attaching a wire to each one, and separating them with a thing piece of wood. This creates a switch. I connected the wires to one of those chiming magnetic door alarms, so that if the circuit is completed, the alarm will go off. The piece of wood in the circuit can be tied or glued to a piece of string, to be stretched across a doorway and used as a tripwire, o that if tripped, the string will pull the wood out of the switch and the clothespin will clamp down.
Now, I opened the alarm and cut out the speaker, attaching the wires to the input of the FM transmitter, so that the audio signal is sent over the airwaves instead of heard audibly. I tripped the switch and listened with a portable radio, but the whole setup only had a range of about 100 feet. It would work great if the transmission range could be increased, but it's impractical as it is right now. Ideally, I could deploy a tripwire as I enter a building, and listen with one earbud in as I walk. If I hear the alarm go off via the radio, then I'd get the hell out. I doubt I'll get it to work with battery-powered electronics, though. Just too weak.
4. I made gloves with fiberglass inserts molded in the shape of my knuckles, in case I need to knuckle-crawl or punch something. This actually worked, but the concept is just a little too batman for me to take it seriously. It would need to be seamlessly integrated into a multi-functional glove for me to bother with it.
5. I took a plastic hardhat and modified it for draining. I drilled holes in the bill of it and attached an LED light with a toggle switch, and a metal bracket-mount for my tiny digital camcorder (smaller than a 9-volt battery, so very portable).
6. I made a depth gauge for judging the water. I took about 6 inches of PVC pipe, drilled a hole through the middle, and tied on about twelve feet of string. I tied a lead fishing weight on the end and rolled it up.
7. And this last one is totally sci-fi and probably impossible, but I think it's a cool concept to play with. Noise cancellation in headphones works because there's a tiny microphone on your headphones which picks up on external sounds. A chip in the headphones then calculates the sound and makes the speakers emit an opposite sound which cancels out the external sound. I wonder, would it be possible to make a larger version, a system that the user wears which actively cancels out sound around him? Like I said, probably impossible, but it'd be awesome to have a small bubble of electronically-generated silence.
SCIENCE!!
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Yield
Location: Look behind you
Gender: Male
I'd do you for a klondike bar
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<Reply # 48 on 4/2/2011 5:17 PM >
| | | | I didn't read through each post in entirety so sorry if somebody said this already, but what about a really light tripod that's amazingly fast to disassemble and doesn't take up more space than all the other gear somebody brings?
I HATE going on trips with a vehicle full of photographers and having them all have AT LEAST ONE TRIPOD that's bulky and heavy and slows down the whole group because every five minutes they have to pick it up, fold it up, and move it ten feet to get another shot.
Magic Tripod. Done.
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phractal
Location: freeland, WA
Gender: Male
I think therefore I'll tell you what I think.
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<Reply # 49 on 4/2/2011 6:12 PM >
| | | | Posted by Tom133t
2. Enhanced sound detection - I would like to hear my environment better. I believe this could be accomplished by wiring a microphone element (many of which have a pre-amplifier circuit built in), add a decent, small amp circuit to it, and output it some earbuds. I would like to have stereo sound, in order to discern the direction of sounds. This could conceivably be done by mounting two separate mics near my ears or on the earbuds / headphones themselves. Enhanced hearing would give you a stealth edge in the dark.
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Cabelas sells the walker game ear http://www.walkersgameear.com/
There's also the walker ultra for under $40 http://www.walkers...s_ultraear_01.html
There's tons of gear for hunters that would be handy for UE. Cabelas also sells night vision.
as an aside, Amazon has the Ue1001 for as cheap as $10.39
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Where'd my oh there it is go?...damn.
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jbtxk
Location: pnw
Gender: Male
there's always another way
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<Reply # 51 on 4/3/2011 5:04 AM >
| | | | Posted by PositivePressure
http://i305.photob...fifi__lastique.jpg
This is strictly minus the 'safely' part...
Yes, that black segment is an elastic bungee. No, don't EVER think of constructing such a thing!
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Is it wrong that I keep looking at that thinking it just MIGHT work, as long as you kept weight on the line AT ALL TIMES and then just gave it a tug when you're down... YEAH I wonder how many headstones that's carved into as famous last words.
Doubling the rope, rappelling both strands and then just pulling it down has always worked for me. Problem is you have to have twice as much rope... but if you're starting from the bottom (which you probably are if you need to get everything down when you're done) than you probably need that much rope anyway.
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Vectored Approach
Location: Morgan Hill, CA
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 52 on 4/3/2011 9:56 PM >
| | | | Posted by Tom133t
Here are some ideas of mine.
1. Infrared night-vision device
Costly, and horrible depth of field. Useless for UE as you won't see the hole in the floor that kills you. Leave the toys at home.
2. Enhanced sound detection - I would like to hear my environment better.
This would be cool. For me to select a unit like this, it would have to be stereo, and the microphone pickups would have to be on the earpieces for the proper audio effect. I just don't have the money for toys right now. This one is on my list if I get more serious at infiltrations though. Not particularly handy for abandonments though.
3. Silent electronic tripwire
Nice idea, but I'd consider some better sensors. Infrared motion detectors like those used in alarm systems are inexpensive and have relays for the trigger circuit. They run on 12v. Use a motorcycle battery or gel cel alarm battery to power it. The radio used to alert you should be in a frequency range that is not easily blocked by a bunch of walls and concrete. The entire package could be set in a bush away from the building and faced toward where others would be coming from, alerting you far before they trip the one you leave in a doorway. And they would not be alerted by hitting a tripwire. If camo'd well enough and left in a bush, you could leave the unit if you had to beat it and come for it later.
4. I made gloves with fiberglass inserts molded in the shape of my knuckles
Paintball stores sell fingerless gloves with rubberized armor in all the right places. Cheap and worth the look, and a lot less work.
7. And this last one is totally sci-fi and probably impossible, but I think it's a cool concept to play with. Noise cancellation field.
Wouldn't work. The inverse wave that is created makes white noise. In the more expensive headsets you don't hear the white noise since it's at a low level. You build one capable of covering your footfalls in a larger area and it'll sound like a freeway.
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Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy. -George Carlin (1937 - 2008) |
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Yield
Location: Look behind you
Gender: Male
I'd do you for a klondike bar
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<Reply # 53 on 4/3/2011 10:34 PM >
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except on EVERY SINGLE ONE of those, they still have the clips you have to clack down or rotate when extending the legs. I'm aware it would be extremely difficult to have it designed any other way, but there must be SOME faster, easier alternative in case you need to pick up your tripod and run with the camera on it. So you could just, say, push a button and the legs would pull themselves in while you were running or something.
OP did say be ridiculous if we wanted to be 
Maybe a kind of spring mechanism would work? picture the end of a pen you click that makes the writing tip come out the other side?
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sandy frank
Location: Indiana-ish
Gender: Male
Why doesn't Johnny care...?
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<Reply # 54 on 4/3/2011 10:57 PM >
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except on EVERY SINGLE ONE of those, they still have the clips you have to clack down or rotate when extending the legs. I'm aware it would be extremely difficult to have it designed any other way, but there must be SOME faster, easier alternative in case you need to pick up your tripod and run with the camera on it. So you could just, say, push a button and the legs would pull themselves in while you were running or something.
OP did say be ridiculous if we wanted to be
Maybe a kind of spring mechanism would work? picture the end of a pen you click that makes the writing tip come out the other side?
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I have a small telescoping leg tripod from the early 70's. The legs are metal, and collapse inside of themselves like an antennae. It's about 7 inches long collapsed and only about 4' extended, a little finicky, and sometimes likes to collapse when you look at it funny... but it is quite easy to tote around and does the job. Sort of. So, add some magic to that and we have a winner?
Also, I always need my Level 6 Keycard.
I've no sense, I lick electric fence; I put barbed wire in my pants and do a Celtic dance.
- My Canon 300D is beat to hell, a bit finicky, and a 'lil loose, much like everything else I own...
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\/adder
Location: DunkarooLand
Gender: Male
I'm the worst of the best but I'm in this race.
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<Reply # 55 on 4/4/2011 1:30 AM >
| | | | Posted by Yield
except on EVERY SINGLE ONE of those, they still have the clips you have to clack down or rotate when extending the legs. I'm aware it would be extremely difficult to have it designed any other way, but there must be SOME faster, easier alternative in case you need to pick up your tripod and run with the camera on it. So you could just, say, push a button and the legs would pull themselves in while you were running or something.
OP did say be ridiculous if we wanted to be
Maybe a kind of spring mechanism would work? picture the end of a pen you click that makes the writing tip come out the other side?
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It can't support much but
http://www.zipshottripod.com/product.cfm
would be an alternative to this problem.
Don't take your tripod out unless you are sure are in the clear?
"No risk, no reward, no fun."
"Go all the way or walk away"
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Yield
Location: Look behind you
Gender: Male
I'd do you for a klondike bar
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<Reply # 56 on 4/4/2011 2:47 AM >
| | | | Posted by TheVicariousVadder
It can't support much but
http://www.zipshottripod.com/product.cfm
would be an alternative to this problem.
Don't take your tripod out unless you are sure are in the clear?
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I don't often take a tripod, I'll prop the camera with things I find while in the building or just hold it in my hand. or, you know, borrow somebody's because chances are there will be 8 people there and 9 tripods somehow. Never ceases to amaze me...
I thought this thread was about helping the OP come up with awesome stuff to make, not saying 'well here's a shitty version of what you want just make do with it and stfu' lol. I think half the people here are missing the point.
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Tom133t
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<Reply # 57 on 4/4/2011 3:47 AM >
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I was considering cracking open a cheap walkie-talkie to use as a transmitter for the tripwire. And thanks for the tip about the paintball gloves - those sound like what I need.
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Vectored Approach
Location: Morgan Hill, CA
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 58 on 4/4/2011 6:15 PM >
| | | | Posted by Tom133t
I was considering cracking open a cheap walkie-talkie to use as a transmitter for the tripwire. And thanks for the tip about the paintball gloves - those sound like what I need.
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Those walkie talkies are BARELY usable line of sight. Once you enter a structure you'll get nothing but static. You'll have to set your sights a little higher for decent RF gear to get through. Really, the best way of signalling you would be some sort of a pager/fob device which will vibrate/light up to signal a trip condition. This type of one-way communication burst would be less difficult on batteries, and should carry over a much longer distance. Some car alarms have such a system built in. Bonus that they also run on 12v. See if you can find a cheapo with the capability at a flea market or something.
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