JohnX Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 I found this interesting, especially for post apocalyptic caching: Hiking Staff Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 "Contact us for purchase information"... - Price-wise, on line with that silly Crawford staff I bet. Quote Link to comment
+baloo&bd Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 How on earth would this be useful geocaching? Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 (edited) How on earth would this be useful geocaching?Maybe Groundspeak could somehow incorporate various TOTT into a walking stick's design. It might end up being something like their TOTT starter kit somehow incorporated into their traveler walking stick. Edited August 17, 2014 by niraD Quote Link to comment
JohnX Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 How on earth would this be useful geocaching? Come on, how can someone not get the joke when you use the words: "especially for post apocalyptic caching"? Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 How on earth would this be useful geocaching? Come on, how can someone not get the joke when you use the words: "especially for post apocalyptic caching"? +1 Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 How on earth would this be useful geocaching?Come on, how can someone not get the joke when you use the words: "especially for post apocalyptic caching"?But once you get the joke, what are you going to do with a perfectly good forum thread? Surely, you shouldn't let forum threads go to waste. (They'll be in short supply later, when you're post-apocalyptic caching forum posting.) Quote Link to comment
+wmpastor Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Very useful for caching in the woods if confronted by a small animal. Of course almost all small animals run away. Maybe not if they have rabies. The $90 stick ($10 discount - woo-hoo) delivers a 950,000 volt shock. Power source? 3 batteries! So the ultra high voltage must mean ultra low amperage. The animal would feel a very sharp sting for an instant. Might help with a burly, surly groundhog, but might only enrage a bear. Also by the time the charging bear feels the sting, his claws are already in your chest. Quote Link to comment
+wmpastor Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 How on earth would this be useful geocaching? Lifting a rattlesnake away from GZ, for example. Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 It's a wonder that Victorinox are not onto this. Could you imagine a Swiss Army Hiking stick? Quote Link to comment
+wmpastor Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 It's a wonder that Victorinox are not onto this. Could you imagine a Swiss Army Hiking stick? Take a look at the ads thru the links. It really has everything in one walking stick. A knife, a blowgun, a camera mount, etc. I did not see a concealed flask, unfortunately. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 How on earth would this be useful geocaching?Lifting a rattlesnake away from GZ, for example.I've found rattlesnakes at GZ before. I let them be and logged a DNF. Even with a fancy all-in-one survival-geocaching-breadslicing hiking stick, I think I'd let them be and log a DNF. Quote Link to comment
Andronicus Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Very useful for caching in the woods if confronted by a small animal. Of course almost all small animals run away. Maybe not if they have rabies. The $90 stick ($10 discount - woo-hoo) delivers a 950,000 volt shock. Power source? 3 batteries! So the ultra high voltage must mean ultra low amperage. The animal would feel a very sharp sting for an instant. Might help with a burly, surly groundhog, but might only enrage a bear. Also by the time the charging bear feels the sting, his claws are already in your chest. Stun-guns (the predecessor of the Teaser) are powered by a single 9V battery. Capacitors, transformers, and yes, low current are how they work. Apparently, they will leave the perp. "repelled" for 5 min. Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Very useful for caching in the woods if confronted by a small animal. Of course almost all small animals run away. Maybe not if they have rabies. The $90 stick ($10 discount - woo-hoo) delivers a 950,000 volt shock. Power source? 3 batteries! So the ultra high voltage must mean ultra low amperage. The animal would feel a very sharp sting for an instant. Might help with a burly, surly groundhog, but might only enrage a bear. Also by the time the charging bear feels the sting, his claws are already in your chest. A Taser, as many police departments carry, has only 50,000 volts at 26 watts. The wattage is low so you don't croak while zapped, but you'll still drop to your knees (and often poop your pants). Quote Link to comment
+nosynellies Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 It's a wonder that Victorinox are not onto this. Could you imagine a Swiss Army Hiking stick? Take a look at the ads thru the links. It really has everything in one walking stick. A knife, a blowgun, a camera mount, etc. I did not see a concealed flask, unfortunately. You said "everything"! I wonder if with the right adaptors that would be good for those caches with "bring a battery" in the description! Quote Link to comment
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