... make our Great Whites really happy... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Oh Yeah, probably a dozen or so at least! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I think that it would scare me half to death to be out in the water like that and see a Great White, or ANY shark for that matter.

Once when a buddy and I were diving in Hawaii we had a couple barracuda checking us out. They stayed Just on extreme limits of our flashlights. That was kind of an eerie feeling as well. Oh and once I was coming up the side of a sunken ship and just as I got to the top deck and started to go over, a Moray eel came out of his hole in a pipe about two foot from my face! He had real healthy teeth!

This is a story of what happened to a buddy of mine very recently... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />

http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=58534&forum_id=26

Holy Smoke! If that had happened to me, that Shark couldn't have seen anything through all the brown water! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

A deck of cards, small book/Bible, small set of dominos are good choices to take along for some down time.

Dominos, I never thought about that, good one... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" />

Something as simple as a Nailclipper can make the world of difference to. For me personally there's nothing as irritating as having long nails and everything ends up underneath them. It would definitely effect my morale... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

zuluXtreme

KZN area is a beautiful area, with some hard, humid environments.

There are a few things that can be seen as "generic" within our bioms (maps etc of biodiversity etc can be found here http://bgis.sanbi.org/index.asp?screenwidth=1680#)

Generic BOB in my opinion are:

1. Extra water then required
2. Water purification
3. Good knife
4. 3 fire starter methods (match, lighter, ferro rod)
5. First Aid kit (dont go to a cape union mart or outdoor shop, they rip you off, go to a Des-Chem, they have great first aid pouches at good prices!)
5.1 ANTI-VENOM for both neurotoxic (mamba) and hemotoxicity (pofadder) and know how to use it!
6. Maps of the areas you are going into (a FULL set of orthophoto 1:50000 scale can be bought for R300 from Surveyor General offices, covered most of our country in detail)
7. A swiss army knife with scissors, saw etc. Look into the Swiss tool, IMO a better product then a Leatherman. You can do your nails, beard etc.
8. 2 torches, one wind up one (requires no batteries and one good Maglite or what you prefer)


I bought a survival (backup) kit from Boswa survival

http://www.boswa.co.za/Survival%20kit%20shop.htm

here is a review I did on British Blade.
http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?122706-Review-Boswa-Survival-Kit

As to Moral. A Bible is a big plus for me as well as wetwipes!

Now that's very interesting... Thanks ... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Pleasure! The full CD set is around R300 (if memory serves me correctly) well worth it IMO.

Thanks for that Marthinus... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> YA! I'm still one of those guys who refuses to get a GPS... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> I really enjoy finding my way around using a map, reading the contours to work out elevation, stuff like that. So this will definitely come in very handy... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Great conversation guys, It's really nice to see countryman help each other out, as you know each others environment.

Marthinus, I stole this from british blades and wonder if you could explain it to me.

Potassium Permanganate for water purifying, mixed with sugar makes for a great fire lighter...
Just a tablespoon full in one of those match plastic packets will be enough...

I am really confused about mixing with sugar?

Oh and one thing I don't see (might have missed it) is a way to sharpen your blade(s).