Recent content by plm61

Must have a chuck box like yours plans. Weather getting fairer, travel plans a'makin'. You've done some beautiful design, please share it, even at a reasonable price!

Incredible history and a fantastic trip report.

PLB Reliability Ditto on the recommendation for the FastFind. Cheap, small, and reliable. I can't comment on other's experiences with PLBs, but I've responded to two rescues for people who activated PLBs (brand unknown) and the reported lat/long was dead on accurate. The most recent was on...

The Spot is more versatile. It can send out your location every 10 minutes (viewable by others on the web if you set that up), and can send a couple of customized messages. It also requires a yearly fee for service, and is not as dependable as a PLB. It is ideal if you want others at home to...

Medical Modules Conterra makes very nice stuff and the owner is in Mountain SAR, so knows how his gear is used. We have three distinct seasons here: hot summer, pleasant fall/spring, and cold (in the mountains, anyway) winter. Thus we all tend to have three sets of SAR gear and my medical...

GoPro Hero Footage of Helicopter Rescue I bought one in March and it is just pretty dang cool. Very small and comes with numerous options for mounting. Replacement parts are easily available and not too highly priced. Here is a link to a video I shot in May. PCT through-hiker had been...

Epson V700 Scanner The scan time is dependent on the size of the film image being scanned and the dpi at which you scan it. I scan most slides at 2400 dpi which gives you a file size of 5MB for b&w and 15MB for color. If it is an exceptionally good shot, I might scan at 4800 or 9600 dpi...

Scanning Slides I've been scanning nearly 50 years of my rescue team's slides, negs, and photos and now have almost 8,000 scans. I tried several dedicated slide scanners, including a PlusTek and an automated Nikon CoolScan. None worked worth a damn. A friend gave me the rather expensive...

Replacement Medical Supplies Moore Medical sells just about anything you can imagine, from kits up to equipment for clinics. They ship very quickly, but tend to sell in bulk. Both Chinook Medical and Conterra are good sources for refill supplies, full kits, and empty bags to make your own...

Splints And Such SAM splints are wonderful multi-use tools. Members of the Wilderness Medical Society can get them for $5 each and they are wider than the standard one. Leaks in vacuum splints are easily patched through the magic of duct tape. For a femur fracture, nothing beats a traction...