HEAT

[Crankmas]

I had one of those heat packets bust open in my chalk bag last week that lead to my interest in another source of warmth, nasty inhaling that crap too... thanks for the info all who contributed knowledge

[Buster]

I wanna see you in a down suit at the crag Frank.

[Josephine]

so i got one of those zippo handwarmers for xmas. i'm not sure how much it was since it was a gift - but unfortunately it's probably not worth whatever it cost!

it was supposed to last up to 24 hrs. - i poured enough fluid for 12 hrs and it didn't even last 6. the heat is not as hot as the disposable handwarmers and it didn't last nearly as long.

it's supposed to be kept in its cloth pouch to regulate air circulation so i don't think it would work well in a chalk bag either.

it might be good for filling it for "24" hours (maybe that will last eight) and putting it at the bottom of my sleeping bag in the cold.

it's a neat idea - but not worth buying.

[the lurkist]

Get a Coleman Oven and a catalytic heater. Kind of heavy, but the full on cure for cold hands and digits. I have been giving mine a run through and it is the shizzy. A pair of hot gloves coming out of the dryer, so toasty and warm.... I get a warm fuzzy kind of fleshy feeling just thinking about it.

[Fartspray]

[Crankmas]

our galaxy has orbited itself 18 times since its inception- I don't feel tardy

[Buster]

The zippo handwarmer kind of looks like a mini pipe bomb, how exactly do they work?

Fill them up with lighter fluid and light the wick. The wick glows without a flame and the entire metal cover heats up hot. Much hotter than a chemical reaction packet and reuseable over and over.

Lighter fluid = petrochemical + rope = a less crowded crag. It truly excites me that natural selection may have a better chance of taking a deserving life to the netherworld of there choice. thanx 4 the brilliant ideas......n


choices....choices

1. Arbuda – the "blister" Naraka. This is a dark, frozen plain surrounded by icy mountains and continually swept by blizzards. Inhabitants of this world arise fully grown and abide life-long naked and alone, while the cold raises blisters upon their bodies. The length of life in this Naraka is said to be the time it would take to empty a barrel of sesame seed if one only took out a single seed every hundred years.

2. In Inuit mythology, Adlivun (those beneath us; also known as Idliragijenget) refers to both the spirits of the departed who reside in the underworld, and that underworld itself, located beneath the land and the sea. The souls are purified there, in preparation for the travel to the Land of the Moon (Quidlivun), where they find eternal rest and peace. Sedna, Tornarsuk and the tornat (spirits of animals and natural formations) and tupilak (souls of dead people) live in Adlivun, which is usually described as a frozen wasteland. Sedna is the ruler of the land, and is said to imprison the souls of the living as part of the preparation for the next stage of their journey.

When an Inuk dies, they are wrapped in caribou skin and buried. Elderly corpses have their feet pointing towards west or southwest, while children's feet point east or southeast and young adults towards the south. Three days of mourning follow, with relatives staying in the deceased's hut with nostrils closed by a piece of caribou skin. After three days, the mourners ritualistically circle the grave three times, promising venison to the spirit, which is then brought when the grave is visited.

The psychopomps Pinga and Anguta bring the souls of the dead to Adlivun, where they must stay for one year before moving on.

handwarmers would be very nice in Arbuda,,,,

I see that you editted this one. Lemme guess, you were your normal self when you penned this: "Lighter fluid = petrochemical + rope = a less crowded crag."

Later after puffing down you wrote the rest.

[Fartspray]

[Buster]

Did I get it right?

[TradMike]

Lighter fluid = petrochemical + rope = a less crowded crag. It truly excites me that natural selection may have a better chance of taking a deserving life to the netherworld of there choice. thanx 4 the brilliant ideas......n

Hydrocarbon solvents such as alcohol and gasoline do not affect nylon chemically, they could make it more flammable though, especially at times when the rope is exposed to large amounts of friction. You can rest assured that your rope is fine even if you spill a little fluid on the rope.

Battery acids and other corrosives must be kept away from your rope at all costs