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	<title>Military Times GearScout &#187; survival</title>
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		<title>Exotac releases nanoStriker XL, updates website</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2011/11/07/exotac-releases-nanostriker-xl-updates-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Curtis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exotac just let us know they&#8217;ve launched their redesigned website. Well, that&#8217;s cool, but what&#8217;s cooler&#8211;or hotter, is the news of their updated nanoStriker, the slightly larger, easier to handle nanoStriker XL. The original nanoStriker is one of our favorite firestarting tools and I am glad to see Exotac is still pushing the design envelope [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Ti whistle may save your ass, will be coveted by the search party if it doesn&#8217;t.</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2011/09/08/this-ti-whistle-may-save-your-ass-will-be-coveted-by-the-search-party-if-it-doesnt/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2011/09/08/this-ti-whistle-may-save-your-ass-will-be-coveted-by-the-search-party-if-it-doesnt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Curtis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing screams &#8220;HELP ME, I&#8217;M F@%KED!&#8221; from the top of a lonely mountain like a 120db whistle. And, nothing screams, &#8220;I&#8217;M A TOTAL GEARWHORE,&#8221; like anything made entirely out of titanium. So, 4Sevens naturally combined two of the loudest, most powerfully obnoxious forces on the planet into a device so light that you&#8217;ll only realize [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Go watch 127 Hours.</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2010/11/11/go-watch-127-hours/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Curtis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Review]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t review many movies, but I was somehow invited to a screening of 127 Hours this week. The film reminded me that the most important peice of gear we all have is up in our heads. Aron Ralston&#8217;s story is about how he used his mind with the tools he had at hand to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Folding, disposable blades &#8212; sweeeeet</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2010/01/22/folding-disposable-blades-sweeeeet/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2010/01/22/folding-disposable-blades-sweeeeet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Cox</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Product Announcement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hard Case Custom Survival Kits now makes a handy Folding Razor Saw that’s no bigger than a pen knife, but rugged enough for cutting rope, tree branches &#8211; even steel reinforcing bars. Designed by the company’s co-owner and former SERE instructor, the FRS features a 2-inch hacksaw blade with 24 teeth per inch. Reagan said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burn, Baby, Burn: Fire starting gear roundup</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2009/12/11/burn-baby-burn-fire-starting-gear-roundup/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2009/12/11/burn-baby-burn-fire-starting-gear-roundup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Curtis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cordon & Review]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/?p=3648</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether you&#8217;re camping or fleeing a crash site, if you&#8217;re out in the woods sooner or later you&#8217;re going to need a fire. GearScout picked up a 23 different pieces of fire starting gear to see what deserves a place in your camping kit or bug-out bag. The mechanics of fire starting are simple. Let&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burn, baby, burn: Ignition Sources</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2009/12/11/burn-baby-burn-ignition-sources/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2009/12/11/burn-baby-burn-ignition-sources/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Curtis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All modern ignitor rods are pretty much the same. They are made from ferrocerium that is formed into a rod that is scraped with a piece of steel to create a spark. Long ago they were made of flint, but now metallurgy has given us a more reliable alloy that&#8217;s made up of iron, cerium [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burn, baby, burn: Tinder</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2009/12/11/burn-baby-burn-tinder/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2009/12/11/burn-baby-burn-tinder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Curtis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get it going with this stuff. You could look for tinder (cat tail fluff, bark shavings, pine needles) when you&#8217;re cold and wet, or you could pull out your stash of manufactured pyronics (I made up that word) and get warm before things get nasty. We tested each of these out and documented their burn-times. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burn, baby, burn: Matches</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2009/12/11/burn-baby-burn-matches/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2009/12/11/burn-baby-burn-matches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Curtis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not all storm matches are created equal. Some perform when others won&#8217;t, some catalyst material so far down the matchstick that you&#8217;ll burn your fingers while using them. Some catalyst coatings are thicker and more easily lit than others. UCO stormproof match $5/50 GearScout Approved PRO: If matches are your thing, UCO is your match. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burn, baby, burn: Lighters</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2009/12/11/burn-baby-burn-lighters/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2009/12/11/burn-baby-burn-lighters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Curtis</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/?p=3686</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Need fire, not fuss? Go with a lighter. Just don&#8217;t depend on it. Fuel or flint may run out when you need it most. Butane lighters are notoriously fickle when used at or below freezing temperatures. As with all things mechanical, beware of Murphy. Brunton Helios $85 GearScout Approved PRO: Intense flame that is impervious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gen2 SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger &#8211; Closer Look</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2009/08/26/second-generation-spot-satellite-gps-messenger-introduced-doug-ritter%e2%80%99s-equipped-org-blog/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2009/08/26/second-generation-spot-satellite-gps-messenger-introduced-doug-ritter%e2%80%99s-equipped-org-blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Curtis</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/?p=2574</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Survival gear expert Doug Ritter has a great post about Spot&#8217;s hardware update on his Equipped to Survive blog. It&#8217;s not a gear review, though he&#8217;s gone point by point over the updates providing excellent context for each of the changes to the device. Second Generation SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger Introduced &#124; Doug Ritter’s Equipped.org [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shot 09 &#8211; Sparkie and Wet Fire demonstrated</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2009/01/18/shot-09-sparkie-and-wet-fire-demonstrated/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2009/01/18/shot-09-sparkie-and-wet-fire-demonstrated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
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		<title>Shot 09- 100 Fires</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2009/01/16/shot-09-100-fires/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2009/01/16/shot-09-100-fires/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 03:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Cox</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is for all you survival geeks out there – a new one-handed fire starter that weighs just under an ounce. The Ultimate Survival Technologies Sparkie weighs about three times less than the popular Blast Match and is also more compact. The spring-loaded striker stores inside the orange or tan handle and pops out with [...]]]></description>
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