Originally Posted by
andrewclaus
Trip tease is good stuff, unless you're in stealth mode. I always carry a 50' piece of 1/8" para cord--I pretty much consider it part of my survival kit, especially since I used it to repair a backcountry ski binding and it saved my life.
Originally Posted by
fietsbob
Parachute cord in general , 1/8" ~ 3-4mm..
there are some specialty ones now, that weave in some light reflective threads in them.
so you can see them at night with your flashlight, and not trip over them in the dark.
+1 Whenever I travel (cycle touring or not) I take most of a 50 foot hunk of paracord with me. At this point, I can date when I've acquired or first started using some of my equipment by what color paracord it has!
In fact, I recently replaced my shoelaces with reflective paracord. I really like having my guylines being reflective when I'm camping with other folks. I'm really good at knowing where they are, but I've had people stumble into them before. I do have another set of matte guylines for when I'm stealth camping.
Horses for courses, though, depending on the usage I like manila, hemp, or various other twines. Glad to see the mini-spool post above, I have a roll of orange of that that I'm almost out of and was wondering where to get more. That stuff is a great size (quite small, but strong).