Absolute worst place for a flashlight to die

[hyperloop]

These are the types of places I go. The photo doesn't show that this is about a 30 degree downward incline. The tracks are undercut 25 to 35 feet so a fall would really hurt! Like caving, a light failure out here would be life threatening.

The far reaches of this photo are lit by my Apex Pro headlamp.

Joanne

what DM51 said, what headlamp or light were you using to take this picture? It really is impressive.

 

[the.Mtn.Man]

I think the absolute worst time for a flashlight to die is any time you're depending on it as a source of illumination.

 

[tsask]

This may sound obvious to the "enlightened" that lights usually fail when in use or when needed.
Many people they frequently grab a light as a first step in a problem solvong process. :candle:So in an otherwise stressful moment add light failure, thus the phrase concerning EDC light taken from some members of the LEO community" "One is none". Always carry a few spares. Remember in many real life situations you may be off guard or otherwise occupied in the moments preceeding danger. That means "Your worst" must be better then their =your adversary (or the situation's stregnth) best"

 

[joanne]

Yeah, the mine photo is pretty neat. My headlamp is a Princeton Tec Apex Pro. I've used it a number of times now and I'm really happy with it.

Here's a photo using just the camera's flash. You can see that the headlamp makes a huge difference.

This mine is south of Las Vegas. It was worked in the early to mid 1900's. I believe that the main ore was tin. In addition to being dangerous inside, it's a REAL challenging climb up to it.

Joanne

 

[abarth_1200]

Has any1 ever given thought to being in a huge supermarket and the lights going out, i mean the ones that take about 7-10 mins to walk to the back with no windows, even in daytime if the lights went out it would be very dark and with all the people in there they would freak, I always carry my light with me on the monthly big shop.

Those caves look pretty scary too.

 

[KiwiMark]

I always carry my light with me on the monthly big shop.

Shouldn't that say: "I always carry my light with me" or do you never find you have a need for a light when you weren't expecting to?

 

[FroggyTaco]

Has any1 ever given thought to being in a huge supermarket and the lights going out, i mean the ones that take about 7-10 mins to walk to the back with no windows, even in daytime if the lights went out it would be very dark and with all the people in there they would freak, I always carry my light with me on the monthly big shop.

Those caves look pretty scary too.

In my area most big box stores have a lot of skylights that would allow for ambient lighting during daylight hours at least to provide light. Night time of course would be a different story.

 

[Hevy Lite]

As the last photons of your only and now broken light fade, you see the intruder in the spill….

Your adrenaline spikes making your stomach feel like the cable just broke on an elevator.
Blood rushes from your extremities causing that scary thrilling tingle all over.

Did I see him reaching for his gun?

 

[M@elstrom]

I saw an episode where Les Stroud (or Bear Grills... I can't remember which) made a torch using slivers of pine tree, saturated in its own natural sap. The sap served as fuel for the fire, and burned a long time.

Sounds like Bear he seems to have an aversion to caving with minimalistic light sources, while it'd be great to tag along it most definitely would be with a couple of decent flashlights :D


Worst place for light failure? anytime you REALLY don't need it to happen, I've worked sites before where there was zero light in buildings, basements, stair wells, access/walk ways etc. that for me would be the worst place as some of these areas had zero phone reception as well should SHTF... Remember the mantra - two is one, one is none, none is BAD! :thumbsup:

 

[Texas gun person]

Cave diving/blue hole diving



Being 100ft down in a cavern. Your light goes out... and you are toast.



I do ship wreck diving... I have done some caves before, but I have known 3 people who went in a blue hole and didn't come back out alive. Just too many things can go wrong.

 

[TwitchALot]

Cave diving/blue hole diving



Being 100ft down in a cavern. Your light goes out... and you are toast.



I do ship wreck diving... I have done some caves before, but I have known 3 people who went in a blue hole and didn't come back out alive. Just too many things can go wrong.

If you don't mind my asking, what happened/how could it have been prevented/what did you learn?