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First off... this is the ACTUAL CONTEST THREAD. Do not post conversation here so that judging will be easier later on. Chatting in this thread will render entries subject to disqualification.
There is a separate chat thread here where you can chat and/or ask questions: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1483273-Overnight-Shelter-Contest-CHAT-THREAD
So at the suggestion of our own Captain Airyca, we are going to semi-resurrect a challenge that the Becker subforum offered back in 2014--a shelter building and overnight contest.
So it's simple, really...
We will let this one run till end of April, at which time a winner will be selected. The winning participant will receive a NIB BK-5.
At this point, I'm going to steal Derek's previous disclaimer:
Ka-Bar, Cutco, Bladeforums, Ethan Becker, nor any other entities, especially Guyon, in this reality or another astral plane, are responsible for any harm that may come to you by participating in this contest. No one is compelled to participate, and participants enter of their own free will and will not hold liable any entity previously named or associated with these contests, including Bladeforums, Ka-Bar, Cutco, Ethan Becker, or any affiliates. Especially Guyon. I mean, you can sue Bladite if you want to, but you're just going to get some logging tools and a bunch of code you don't understand. Enter at your own risk, use your heads, keep the sharp bits pointed away from yourself (and away from Guyon), and good luck.
Folks are welcome to search the past contest threads for ideas:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1159635-March-2014-Challenge-Outdoor-Shelters
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...ead-04-January-February-2014-Outdoor-Shelters
There is a separate chat thread here where you can chat and/or ask questions: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1483273-Overnight-Shelter-Contest-CHAT-THREAD
There's a fair amount of new peoples around here so we could do some repeats - I enjoyed many of the monthly challenges. Carving a fork was one of em - maybe carving something else instead? I also loved the shelter building one where you had to sleep in it, but I don't have the location or time to do it at the moment. Some folks do though, it'd be fun to see that one again. I dunno. What about go out on a day hike and take pics of edible plants you find and educate the forum/yourselves about what you find? Perhaps a make a salad challenge using only edibles from the wilderness. Cook meat and cut with Becker for becker content and protien goodness.
So at the suggestion of our own Captain Airyca, we are going to semi-resurrect a challenge that the Becker subforum offered back in 2014--a shelter building and overnight contest.
So it's simple, really...
- Use a Becker knife to assist in building an outdoor shelter. Preferably in the outdoors.
- Spend the night in said shelter.
- Document your progress/process, both in building and sleeping all night in the shelter. Honor system is in place, but time stamps on photos are encouraged.
- Report back here with evidence of your accomplishment. It needs to be a complete overnight endeavor (daylight to daylight), so we're looking for visuals on (a) shelter completion one day and (b) the participant in the shelter at night and (c) morning after, preferably involving a clothed rather than naked participant.
We will let this one run till end of April, at which time a winner will be selected. The winning participant will receive a NIB BK-5.
At this point, I'm going to steal Derek's previous disclaimer:
Ka-Bar, Cutco, Bladeforums, Ethan Becker, nor any other entities, especially Guyon, in this reality or another astral plane, are responsible for any harm that may come to you by participating in this contest. No one is compelled to participate, and participants enter of their own free will and will not hold liable any entity previously named or associated with these contests, including Bladeforums, Ka-Bar, Cutco, Ethan Becker, or any affiliates. Especially Guyon. I mean, you can sue Bladite if you want to, but you're just going to get some logging tools and a bunch of code you don't understand. Enter at your own risk, use your heads, keep the sharp bits pointed away from yourself (and away from Guyon), and good luck.
Folks are welcome to search the past contest threads for ideas:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1159635-March-2014-Challenge-Outdoor-Shelters
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...ead-04-January-February-2014-Outdoor-Shelters
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