Mountain Survival Problem Quiz

PH01

The situation. Your charter flight has just crash landed in some remote mountains somewhere in the Alps, 5000 ft above sea level . It's 12 noon in mid January
The twin-engine 10 passenger plane containing the bodies of the pilot and one other passenger has been completely burned. Only the air frame remains. None of the rest of you 9 people have been seriously injured.
The pilot was unable to send a mayday in the blinding snowstorm. The crashsite is rugged and wooded, and just below the treeline. There is a heavy snow covering. You are dressed in medium weight cloathing and each of you have a top coat.

Before the plane caught fire, your group managed to salvage 15 items on which your survival depends
Rank the follow items 1 to 15 - '1' being the most important.

Sectioned air map
Flashlight (4 battery size)
Four wool blankets
One rifle with ammunition
One pair of skis
Half bottle of brandy
One cosmetic mirror
Jack-knife
Four pairs of sun glasses
Three books of matches
One metal coffee pot
First aid kit
One dozen packets of peanuts
One clear plastic tarpaulin (3m x 4m)
One large gift-wrapped decorative candle

MrNuked

The mirror is one of the important ones isn't it? It would be the most useful for catching the eye of a potential rescuer provided the sun is out.
And the air map probably shows where planes would pass by most frequently?

Commissar

I could kill a monkey. :eek:

woosaysdan

id go with the brandy for the session afterwards!!!

sprinkles

Sounds like I'm gonna die anyway so:

Brandy then peanuts, need something to nibble on. Then sunglasses to look cool, don't want to die looking like idiot, and a mirror just to make sure i look cool.

MrNuked

Soaking the wool blankets with brandy then putting them on the tarpaulin which is spread out on the gournd and setting them on fire would be good to catch a pilot's eye too. One person goes off on skis with the map to find somewhere planes will be passing and does that?

Blub2k4

Sectioned air map 14
Flashlight (4 battery size) 12
Four wool blankets 1
One rifle with ammunition 8
One pair of skis 13
Half bottle of brandy 9
One cosmetic mirror 4
Jack-knife 6
Four pairs of sun glasses 11
Three books of matches 13
One metal coffee pot 3
First aid kit 10
One dozen packets of peanuts 7
One clear plastic tarpaulin (3m x 4m) 2
One large gift-wrapped decorative candle 5

most important is heat, light and water

woosaysdan

they would also need the sun glasses to stop getting blinded by the snow

Swarfboy

Ring the emergency services on yer mobile... and don't say nobody has one...Find 9 people today in a group without one of them having a mobile...
While ya wait... sit back throw on the shades and drink the brandy...
JJJJJJJJJeeeeeeeeeeeeesssss man does nobody know the basics anymore..

woosaysdan

and roast marshmallows on the fire from the plane

K2

too easy...the sheet of plastic is the most valuable item. If you don't know why then I guess you will just have to die if you find yourself in the described situation

woosaysdan

to keep in your body heat?

Imposter

Swarfboy wrote:

Ring the emergency services on yer mobile...

Mobiles wouldn't work in a remote part of the mountains.;)

Similarly skiing into the valley would be stupid as it is remote and splitting the group and sending one off skiing wherever over rugged terrain is a bit silly.

Blub2k4

K2 wrote:

too easy...the sheet of plastic is the most valuable item. If you don't know why then I guess you will just have to die if you find yourself in the described situation

water collection I would have thought in a normal situation to collect dew, but in this case there is a lot of snow about so you just melt that in the coffee can, only other reason is shelter.

You have a nick after a mountain so let us in on your gems, or is it too easy?

seamus

1. First aid kit - Nobody's going to be able to get help if you're all dead
2. Half bottle of brandy - Sterilise wounds
3. One clear plastic tarpaulin (3m x 4m) - to set up a makeshift shelter, same reason as 1.
4. Four wool blankets - as above
5. Flashlight (4 battery size)
6. One cosmetic mirror - equal to flashlight, both can be used to signal for help, day and night.
7. Three books of matches - to light a fire. Keeps you warm and makes you obvious
8. One metal coffee pot - to boil water on said fire for further cleaning of wounds, and for safe drinking of snow.
9. One pair of skis
10. Sectioned air map
11. One rifle with ammunition
12. Four pairs of sun glasses
13. Jack-knife
14. One dozen packets of peanuts
15. One large gift-wrapped decorative candle

woosaysdan

why two no.8s?

seamus

woosaysdan wrote:

why two no.8s?

I was wondering why it only went up to 14 I'll edit it.

K2

your only priority is to stay warm! The rescure services know where you are, it is a charter flight, its the middle of the day, the plane is on fire producing lots of black smoke, a first aid kit will only do so much, a lot of which can be improvised, and drinking brandy is a bad idea, it will not help you stay warm. Oh and having climbed in the alps I, personnally would wait for the lift in the heli, feck walking out. Squeze everbody under the plastic making sure you are sitting between two cute air hostess and wait, what you do in that time to stay warm is up to you

PH01

K2 wrote:

too easy...the sheet of plastic is the most valuable item. If you don't know why then I guess you will just have to die if you find yourself in the described situation

Correct.
Plastic Sheet is No.1

MrNuked

The plane is no longer on fire as it has been "completely burned" already. The implication is that nobody knows where you are, since the pilots were unable to send a distress signal.

woosaysdan

you could always just take the rifle and shoot everyone and take all the stuff for yourself until you get rescued!!!

PH01

woosaysdan wrote:

you could always just take the rifle and shoot everyone and take all the stuff for yourself until you get rescued!!!

And once rescued, you'll be arrested for the murders of eight people.
"Curses! I would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for you pesky kids!"

Unpossible

you'll be arrested for the murders of eight people.

eat them, dump them burn them. just make sure there isnt any. Or claim someone else went crazy and shot them

woosaysdan

Unpossible wrote:

eat them, dump them burn them. just make sure there isnt any. Or claim someone else went crazy and shot them

exactly whose to say you shot them!!!

sprinkles

PH01 wrote:

Correct.
Plastic Sheet is No.1

Oh this is actually a quiz! right......

Plastic sheet eh......

You take the plastic sheet, me and those sexy airhostess' are going to get cosy with the brandy on the pile of clothes I've just stripped off the other 6 people I just shot with the shotgun. Of course I'll be wearing the sunglasses, other wise I'd look uncool.

skywalker

Commissar wrote:

I could kill a monkey. :eek:

ahh but could you catch a monkey.

PH01

sprinkles wrote:

...Of course I'll be wearing the sunglasses, other wise I'd look uncool.

I can tell you got a thing for sunglasses

woosaysdan

skywalker wrote:

ahh but could you catch a monkey.

who needs to catch one when you have a rifle!!!

seamus

Grand so, stick the tarpaulin up first on my list. Then put the peanuts just above the rifle, and the jack-knife just below. Use the peanuts to attract small birds, shoot the with the rifle, and gut them with the jack knife.

Genius.

woosaysdan

i dont think there will be much left of the birds after you shoot them!!:)

PH01

Unpossible wrote:

eat them, dump them burn them. just make sure there isnt any. Or claim someone else went crazy and shot them

Now your thinking.
Food is very important. There's enough bodies that would supply you for months. All you have to do now is make a shelter, keep it warm with the blankets and fire. You could live like a king for months.

woosaysdan

all hail king woosaysdan king of the mountains all i have to do is train some monkeys to be slaves

Rabies

Get the answer from here www.siena.edu/seifert/mkmg%20429%20mountain%20survival%20web.ppt

Blub2k4

ha that powerpoint one is very like my list, with blankets first and tarpaulin second, logic would be the same as mine.

woosaysdan

tut tut tut thats cheating

PH01

Blub2k4 wrote:

ha that powerpoint one is very like my list, with blankets first and tarpaulin second, logic would be the same as mine.

Yip Blub, you got it the right way unlike Rabies.
Anyway I had forgotten the answers myself, so thanks Rabies for finding them

Rossonero

the matches or else the knife

RossFixxxed

Attach the skis to someone's back and ride their corpse down the mountain to safety?

And if you get hungry on the way you can cook a little with the coffee can and the candle.

woosaysdan

have a romantic candle lit supper

PH01

1. One rifle with ammunition - First of all you'll need this for protection from the others. They're out to get you, you know.
2. Half bottle of brandy - How else are you going to great drunk? Duh!
3. Four pairs of sun glasses - How else are you to make yourself look cool. Take one and destroy the rest. And while your at it, take the uniform off the dead captain. With it and the sunglasses you'll have no problem attracting the laydees.
4. One cosmetic mirror - You gotta look at yourself! Duh!
5. One dozen packets of peanuts - For dinner with the air hostesses.
6. One large gift-wrapped decorative candle - Let's turn the lights down low and light this baby...
7. One pair of skis - Skiing is another way to impress the laydees! Duh!
8. Jack-knife - to show off your knife throwing skills
9. First aid kit - for when you cut yourself (see 8. Jack knife)
10. Sectioned air map - to light a fire.
11. Three books of matches - gotta light that fire! Duh!
12. One metal coffee pot - Put it on the fire to melt snow to make a brew for your 'guests'.
13. One clear plastic tarpaulin (3m x 4m) - to make a shelter for you and your 'guests'.
14. Four wool blankets - to make a bed. Yaa baby!
15. Flashlight (4 battery size) - just incase you need light to see where you're going.

woosaysdan

Lol