[CLOSED] Junior Woodchucks Guidebook (with GAW)

[Corwyn]

So what's the cloth bag? 

Just a cloth bag, but it was sewn shut so you would not eat it, before an emergency.

 

[Huntsman]

Wow.... Thank you Thank you
And I thought I had too much food in my guess (see comment by last guess) - It turned out I did not have enough!! 
And what on earth is Ovo Sport?? 

Isn't there a thread going at the moment that says 'I love MTo' .... Well guess what - I love MTo.
I have been a member here for two years or so now - and never won anything - But this last few weeks I have 'won' three things - Wow 
Thank you so much Mr. E - This truly was a great GAW - Love the recreated photo of the kit and everything else about it  - And once again for MTo ..... extraordinarily generous. 

But I am so glad I made these comments on the competition before I won - otherwise you would be thinking I made them just coz I won!! 
http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,61130.msg1134359.html#msg1134359

I was pretty confident on the chocolate -  It was down to one of two items for the one item from 56 to 88 - and I plumped for the right one.
And it turns out I actually guessed four of the items correctly over the course of the competition.

Now this competition was pretty tough - But choosing a prize is harder
As I said above ..... I want it all (them all)

• The 2015 Pioneer - Wow - A limited edition and beautiful alox
• The fabulous Wenger laser - no longer in production (of course) -  I love my Wengers - and this would be a great SAK to have - and also useful for my work
• A great Vic Camper - very 'outdoorsey' - and would be a wonderful souvenir of this competition

So now it's my turn to create bit of suspense ......
I need a little while to think on this ..... please??
Not long - I'll be back very soon

[Etherealicer]

And what on earth is Ovo Sport?? 

I said, one item would be slightly obscure, didn't I?

But no worries, I will send you some
Basically, its derived from Ovo-Drink, which is a malt based "hot chocolate". They take the super-dry powder and press it into a bar. I love it and can't imagine going on a longer hiking trip without

[pfrsantos]

And what on earth is Ovo Sport?? 

I said, one item would be slightly obscure, didn't I?

But no worries, I will send you some
Basically, its derived from Ovo-Drink, which is a malt based "hot chocolate". They take the super-dry powder and press it into a bar. I love it and can't imagine going on a longer hiking trip without

[pfrsantos]

Nice GAW, Eternicalaser!
 

Congrats, Huntermans!
 

Forget the three options for the prize, ask for the emergency kit! It's got cheesy, breath and chicklot!

 
 

[ColoSwiss]

Congrats, Huntsman!   

Nice Contest, Et!

So basically the only thing in the survival kit is food. Any idea how long it would stay edible, particularly the chocolate and cheese?

[pfrsantos]

The chocolate has a long expiration date, AFAIK. Still, the best food to last a long time is honey. Basically eternal, like sugar. No expiration date.

[AimlessWanderer]

So just a meal and a phonecall 

Fun giveaway 
Congrats to the winner 

[Crow]

Congrats to winner, and thank you Etherealicer for this great fun. Altough i did not participate, but had lot fun reading it.

[Etherealicer]

Congrats, Huntsman!   

Nice Contest, Et!

So basically the only thing in the survival kit is food. Any idea how long it would stay edible, particularly the chocolate and cheese?

It would probably have been a high cacao, low cacao butter chocolate like the military uses (very dark chocolate), so shelf life is years and melting is not that much of a problem (Switzerland is not know for being overly sunny, although this year one could be fooled into believing that).
Hard Cheese (hard like Parmesan, although that one is Italian) too is relatively unaffected by heat and time. So as long as you keep everything dry you probably could use the same kit for a summer.

The last sentence is actually:
"You have to replace the content from time to time."

FUN FACT: First-aid kits in Switzerland still contain chocolate (not those you store in a car, but the one you bring for a hike or for a youth camp). Mostly because its the best remedy against diarrhea...

[zoidberg]

FUN FACT: First-aid kits in Switzerland still contain chocolate (not those you store in a car, but the one you bring for a hike or for a youth camp). Mostly because its the best remedy against diarrhea...

If that is your idea of fun I don't want to know what you get up to on the weekends. 

[Etherealicer]

And what on earth is Ovo Sport?? 

I said, one item would be slightly obscure, didn't I?

But no worries, I will send you some
Basically, its derived from Ovo-Drink, which is a malt based "hot chocolate". They take the super-dry powder and press it into a bar. I love it and can't imagine going on a longer hiking trip without

Of course its called Ovo-malt-ine
ovo: latin for egg, because it contains egg
malt: because it contains malt doh...

Also both mug and jar would be cylindrical not round... so they should call it cylindritine

[Huntsman]

OK Folks

I will go for the Pioneer as my prize. 
As a lifelong celidor man - I find myself being increasingly drawn to alox!!

Thank you to Etheralicer for this fantastic GAW
Great fun, challenging, intereresting and wonderful prizes.

And thanks to everyone for participating and making it so much fun.

H 

[Gareth]

Great giveaway Beat!  So, errr, not ice skates then?



Congrats to you Huntsman.

[RT1969]

Congratz, Huntsman! Your spider sense was tingeling throughout this GAW! 

I did not managed to check in here the last days, but I am mighty proud to have thought of one item! 
And I was torn between swiss cheese and swiss chocolate... 

[ColoSwiss]

Congrats, Huntsman!   

Nice Contest, Et!

So basically the only thing in the survival kit is food. Any idea how long it would stay edible, particularly the chocolate and cheese?

It would probably have been a high cacao, low cacao butter chocolate like the military uses (very dark chocolate), so shelf life is years and melting is not that much of a problem (Switzerland is not know for being overly sunny, although this year one could be fooled into believing that).
Hard Cheese (hard like Parmesan, although that one is Italian) too is relatively unaffected by heat and time. So as long as you keep everything dry you probably could use the same kit for a summer.

The last sentence is actually:
"You have to replace the content from time to time."

Used to carry a bar of Baker's semi-sweet chocolate when I was hiking; very melt resistant. Once left a bar of it in a pack in a tent while on a side-trip. Came back to find a chipmunk had chewed a hole in my pack to get to it. At least it wasn't a bear. 

[Etherealicer]

Congrats, Huntsman!   

Nice Contest, Et!

So basically the only thing in the survival kit is food. Any idea how long it would stay edible, particularly the chocolate and cheese?

It would probably have been a high cacao, low cacao butter chocolate like the military uses (very dark chocolate), so shelf life is years and melting is not that much of a problem (Switzerland is not know for being overly sunny, although this year one could be fooled into believing that).
Hard Cheese (hard like Parmesan, although that one is Italian) too is relatively unaffected by heat and time. So as long as you keep everything dry you probably could use the same kit for a summer.

The last sentence is actually:
"You have to replace the content from time to time."

Used to carry a bar of Baker's semi-sweet chocolate when I was hiking; very melt resistant. Once left a bar of it in a pack in a tent while on a side-trip. Came back to find a chipmunk had chewed a hole in my pack to get to it. At least it wasn't a bear.

Well, here we worry about cows... and they are not know to eat chocolate

[ColoSwiss]

Fear the cows!

[styx]

My worst Switzerland experience was when the frames of my glasses got blued to my face from the cold. So there is a potential to be annoyed there

[Gareth]

All hail the Kendal Mint Cake!  If  it's good enough to get the first men to the top of Everest then it's good enough for me.

[pfrsantos]

Congratz, Huntsman! Your spider sense was tingeling throughout this GAW! 

I did not managed to check in here the last days, but I am mighty proud to have thought of one item! 
And I was torn between swiss cheese and swiss chocolate... 

Problem solved!

[Huntsman]

Well friends - A long overdue post here - too caught up with September and October challenges 
So my apologies to Mr.E and y’all 

This really was a great GAW.... 

• A lovely subject with the Swiss children’s outdoor guidebook and its ‘Emergency Kit’ at its heart
• Some real sleuthing required with a cleverly constructed and evolving puzzle to win the GAW
• A fabulous choice of prizes

The final answer with just food, and money for a phone call, in the kit was a surprise to most of us. Of course being MT people we all came in with knives, tools, torches, string and the like!! 

However a little related story first...

The Emergency Kit ‘answer’ did remind me about some lessons from my dear father when he was first teaching me about the outdoors and hiking in the 60s. He told me you must always carry ‘iron rations’ when you go hiking. This was basically high energy food, such as chocolate bars, peanuts etc  (in a box/packet) and it was for emergency use only in case you got stranded / had an unplanned overnight camp out etc. You were not allowed to touch it!! So very similar to the Junior Woodchucks kit sewn up in its cloth bag. 
 
For years I carried a large pack of food around with me – probably weighing in at about 2lbs – And coz my Dad told me, I never touched it – Although the food in the pack was recycled throughout the year to avoid use by dates!! After one particular arduous day in the Swiss Alps, I realised that I really did not need to be carrying all this extra weight around all day – It was too much, so I stopped carrying the pack. I do still carry some extra food/emergency rations but not so much – And I will raid it towards the end of the day…    

So back to the thread and GAW - Etherealicer provided a choice of three great prizes:

• The 2015 Victorinox Alox Pioneer - Wow - A limited edition and beautiful alox
• The fabulous Wenger Laser – now, no longer in production
• A Vic Camper – branded by the CEVI – The Swiss YMCA who produce this guidebook

For someone like me this was a very tough decision     
Mr. E knew I was struggling – so made a very MTo suggestion – ‘Why not take one as a prize and buy the other two??’ !! ….. So I did!!

This arrived several weeks ago ..



Not only did I get the three tools – I received an additional two items from the Emergency Kit itself   – the mysterious Ovosport malt bar and the dry biscuits to have with the cheese …… I also received a few sachets of Ovomaltine – which I think in the UK is called Ovaltine - in Oz it is called Milo.

Everything was packaged up in a big box – It was like Christmas !!
Just brilliant – Thank you so much Mr. E.

So finally a quick look at the tools themselves .....



The Alox Pioneer is a lovely shade of blue – and is just beautiful
My first Pioneer, although I do have some Soldiers.
I just wish Vic did not call it a ‘limited edition’! I guess it is limited in time (ie the whole of 2015) – to me ‘limited’ means limited in number – It should be called a ‘Special Edition’ or just ‘ The 20xx edition’.



The Wenger Laser is fab
Its main use so far has been with our cat  He loves to chase the laser dot round the floor, to the absolute delight of my 6 year old!
However I am looking forward to using it next time I have to make a presentation at work!!



The Climber is great
I was surprised that it was nylon scaled – My first 84/91mm nylon scaled SAK – It looks and feels great – And as I said above - a wonderful souvenir from this GAW.

One sad note: The Climber and Pioneer might fall in the ‘too pretty to carry category’  Which is kinda breaking my collection rules  - But we’ll see ….. 

So once again, thank you so much Etherealicer for this wonderful GAW and its amazing prize(s)      

[zoidberg]

Waaaaaaaaah!!      Soo much awesome!!  Go the Huntsman.   

[Etherealicer]

 

Glad you like the goodies