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Re: Choices
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Graham</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ahhhh...the value of hindsight by the officer corps.
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I chortled.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Graham</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ahhhh...the value of hindsight by the officer corps.
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I chortled.
Re: Choices
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Fast rope first please, before acting expert like.</div></div>There's no need for either: one can't Rap more than a single pitch from a helicopter without tracking out before pulling. Best to tie a knot in the end, to prevent sliding off one's rope.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Fast rope first please, before acting expert like.</div></div>There's no need for either: one can't Rap more than a single pitch from a helicopter without tracking out before pulling. Best to tie a knot in the end, to prevent sliding off one's rope.
Re: Choices
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Graham</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Fast rope first please, before acting expert like.</div></div>There's no need for either: one can't Rap more than a single pitch from a helicopter without tracking out before pulling. Best to tie a knot in the end, to prevent sliding off one's rope.
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POSER roper? You want off rope fast.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Graham</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Fast rope first please, before acting expert like.</div></div>There's no need for either: one can't Rap more than a single pitch from a helicopter without tracking out before pulling. Best to tie a knot in the end, to prevent sliding off one's rope.
POSER roper? You want off rope fast.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Graham</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Fast rope first please, before acting expert like.</div></div>There's no need for either: one can't Rap more than a single pitch from a helicopter without tracking out before pulling. Best to tie a knot in the end, to prevent sliding off one's rope.
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POSER roper? You want off rope fast. </div></div>
Very faST
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Graham</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Fast rope first please, before acting expert like.</div></div>There's no need for either: one can't Rap more than a single pitch from a helicopter without tracking out before pulling. Best to tie a knot in the end, to prevent sliding off one's rope.
POSER roper? You want off rope fast. </div></div>
Very faST
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Graham</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Fast rope first please, before acting expert like.</div></div>There's no need for either: one can't Rap more than a single pitch from a helicopter without tracking out before pulling. Best to tie a knot in the end, to prevent sliding off one's rope.
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POSER roper? You want off rope fast. </div></div>
Very faST </div></div>
Speed is essential
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Graham</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Fast rope first please, before acting expert like.</div></div>There's no need for either: one can't Rap more than a single pitch from a helicopter without tracking out before pulling. Best to tie a knot in the end, to prevent sliding off one's rope.
POSER roper? You want off rope fast. </div></div>
Very faST </div></div>
Speed is essential
Re: Choices
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Graham</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body">POSER roper? You want off rope fast.</div></div>Notice the
I wasn't being literal. </div></div>My point: Using ropes to go down is easy; rapelling is a skill with little to brag about as I have seen eight year-olds do it with ease after ten minutes of instruction. Using a rope as a safety device while you climb... significantly harder.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Graham</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body">POSER roper? You want off rope fast.</div></div>Notice the
I wasn't being literal. </div></div>My point: Using ropes to go down is easy; rapelling is a skill with little to brag about as I have seen eight year-olds do it with ease after ten minutes of instruction. Using a rope as a safety device while you climb... significantly harder.
Re: Choices
Being tied to the bottom of a helo that is going down as the ship comes up because some knuckle head didn't get off fast enough ......painful. And then the boots....owwwwww.
Cheers,
Doc
Being tied to the bottom of a helo that is going down as the ship comes up because some knuckle head didn't get off fast enough ......painful. And then the boots....owwwwww.
Cheers,
Doc
Re: Choices
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Graham</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Graham</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body">POSER roper? You want off rope fast.</div></div>Notice the
I wasn't being literal. </div></div>My point: Using ropes to go down is easy; rapelling is a skill with little to brag about as I have seen eight year-olds do it with ease after ten minutes of instruction. Using a rope as a safety device while you climb... significantly harder. </div></div>
Fast rope is not the same as abseiling. No worries. It is the internet. YOU are a SNIPER by INTERNET LAW.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Graham</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Graham</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body">POSER roper? You want off rope fast.</div></div>Notice the
I wasn't being literal. </div></div>My point: Using ropes to go down is easy; rapelling is a skill with little to brag about as I have seen eight year-olds do it with ease after ten minutes of instruction. Using a rope as a safety device while you climb... significantly harder. </div></div>
Fast rope is not the same as abseiling. No worries. It is the internet. YOU are a SNIPER by INTERNET LAW.
Re: Choices
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: doc76251</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Being tied to the bottom of a helo that is going down as the ship comes up because some knuckle head didn't get off fast enough ......painful. And then the boots....owwwwww.
Cheers,
Doc </div></div>Now that I haven't done. But then, I'm not much for swimming in thirty foot waves because I'm nowhere near as tough as those rescue guys.....
Doc, I would imagine that it might help to keep your knees together and your heels under your backside.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body">No worries. It is the internet. YOU are a SNIPER by INTERNET LAW. </div></div>Hey 41, you're here too, man, so there's no use in longing to be somewhere else. Don't let it eat you up.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: doc76251</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Being tied to the bottom of a helo that is going down as the ship comes up because some knuckle head didn't get off fast enough ......painful. And then the boots....owwwwww.
Cheers,
Doc </div></div>Now that I haven't done. But then, I'm not much for swimming in thirty foot waves because I'm nowhere near as tough as those rescue guys.....
Doc, I would imagine that it might help to keep your knees together and your heels under your backside.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body">No worries. It is the internet. YOU are a SNIPER by INTERNET LAW. </div></div>Hey 41, you're here too, man, so there's no use in longing to be somewhere else. Don't let it eat you up.
Re: Choices
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It does, though.</div></div>LOL! I don't believe you.
OK, I half believe you - as always.
Having thought about it some more, I completely believe you.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It does, though.</div></div>LOL! I don't believe you.
OK, I half believe you - as always.
Having thought about it some more, I completely believe you.
Re: Choices
You know, looking again at the original post and knowing how good the Israelis are at learning from their mistakes one wonders what, if anything, will be the final straw that changes the anti-intellectual bent of what is now the (professional, not Reserve) Israeli senior officer corps?
gol, any comment?
You know, looking again at the original post and knowing how good the Israelis are at learning from their mistakes one wonders what, if anything, will be the final straw that changes the anti-intellectual bent of what is now the (professional, not Reserve) Israeli senior officer corps?
gol, any comment?
