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M-Tech 8.5 Shoulder Narness Knife w/ Nylon Pouch $19.98 Conquer the wilderness with the Rescue Team Survival Knife by M-Tech. This durable knife features a full tang blade forged from 440 Stainless Steel and coated in a Teflon finish in the Tanto shape. The handle has been crafted of a hard rubber for superior grip. Carry this knife by your side as you trek into the darkest wilderness with the included nylon sheath….

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TREP (Tactical Rescue Evacuation Police) $12.95 In California’s capital, a secret government agency is developing state-of-the-art tools and weapons for use by a newly created squad of officers. These fireman/policeman-hybrid officers will be highly trained agents called Tactical Rescue Evacuation Police, or TREP officers. Using these new technologies the TREP officers will now be able to go into situations that were otherwise impossible. …

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Adventure Medical Kits Pocket Survival Pack $35.71 Adventure Medical Kits offers a collection of survival tools in a small package….

Nasopharyngeal Airway (28 Fr., 9.3mm) from Rescue Essentials $2.78 Recommended for use as an airway adjunct in the semi-conscious or unconscious patient with an intact gag reflex. Not easily dislodged during transport and better tolerated than an Oropharyngeal Airway. Vacuum-packaged and conveniently attached surgical lubricant for quick access and to facilitate ease of insertion….

Some Tactics To Cave Exploration

Many cavers who are experienced in cave exploring get bored and give in to new and stiffer challenges. The next step is to learn new strategies and to adapt new skills to caving. Some of these tactics can include:

Cave Surveying and Mapping – Surveying is assessing a cave, its areas and measurements to be able to make an accurate map of the cave. The purpose is to provide future explorers better knowledge and directions of the cave. This can also be a basis for researchers and scientists.

Finding New Caves – While other cave explorers are satisfied to discover popular caves; there are those who look for new caves to survey and map. “Virgin” cave passages are also revealed for old caves that have been discovered before. Other caves with tight passages are being pushed through digging thus resulting to discoveries of new caves.

Speleonics – Speleonics is another way of applying interests and life experiences to a caving hobby. It is a process of applying electronics and communications to caves and cave exploring.

Cave Rescue – Cave rescuing is one of the more useful techniques to learn. There are many cavers who take part in the trainings for cave rescues. These trainings are given by rescue organizations or fire departments in different communities.

Cave Photography – Strategies in photography can be exercised inside the caves. It is very challenging to have good angles of rocks and other deposits and have a photograph or videos of them in the dark.

Vertical Caving – Vertical Caving requires technical rope work. This kind of technique is needed when entering a cave with vertical openings. The caves can be hundreds of feet deep and thus the way to enter then is through vertical drops. Vertical caving has safety records but practice, training and proper equipment is also essential.

Cave Diving – Cave diving is a very exceptional area of caving, nevertheless it is very dangerous. An experience in water diving doesn’t qualify anyone for cave diving. Certifications from special trainings are required, along with specialized equipments and gears. This is due to a high percentage of fatalities among inexperienced cavers.

Cave Conservation – There are certain laws about cave protection. Alabama Cave Protection is an example of the law which protects caves. Examples of underlying rules are not to discard litter inside the cave and kill any plant or animal life found inside the cave.

This list just touches other techniques that can be mastered along with other tactics in cave exploration. To search for other cave hobbies which might interest you, attend seminars or trainings, spend time with other cavers at club meetings or search for information via internet.

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Who would win?

If a veteran of the United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance that has served for 25 years in the Marine Corps, were to face off with a veteran of the GSG 9 der Bundespolizei (the elite counter-terrorism special operations tactical unit of the German Federal Police, and is considered to be among the best of such special units in the world) in different combat situations, who would win?

GSG 9 wins all of them. They’re the elite of the elite, and they do it all. You’re going to get mostly biased answers on here, seeing how it’s primarily Americans answering questions.

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