Went to the beach with the kids today, we were meeting an old friend of mine and his 2 yo daughter. He had a UV tent for her to take her midday nap in.
One of the poles was a tiny bit longer than the other, and naturally that one broke when he mixed them up and tried to force it into the shorter ones place..
I had an emergency blacket in my bag, so I said «no problem, we could just set up a shelter to provide som shade», and since I have been carrying my SAK explorer and a LM charge everyday this holiday, we would have the tools we needed.
But naturally, this one day we actually needed a SAK to really save the day was the day I just went in my swim shorts, and the SAK was in my other shorts, which was at home..
Had to search the whole beach for something, and found some wire from a disposable grill. Whould have been nice to have a LM to cut and twist it into hooks,but nooo….jammed it between the bord of the table, kinda sorta worked.
Here it would have been nice to either have a knife to sharpen some pegs, or actually use the Explorer’s hook, which would have been perfect here. But no:
Used the backpack and a bucket of sand for the other two corners, since cutting down some poles to lift it was out of question…
Bottom line: don’t leave the house without a SAK. They make things a lot easier.
CSG it's unfortunate that Mr. Chuck Yeager (RIP) isn't with us to shed some light on the orange peeler's usefulness. As you have likely heard, it has been reported that the Executive was his EDC. Also, his choice as an exclusive backpack-fishing knife for two week long outings into the Sierra Nevada mountains. He may have found an additional use or two that we just haven't considered yet.
