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In Reply to: Vertical Limit. Wow!!! posted by Daryl R on December 22, 2000 at 18:33:19:
...but I wonder why one would choose to rescue people with explosives, especially highly unstable ones. I mean, it's bad enough that these guys have to speed-climb the world's most dangerous mountain. But now they have to carry nitroglycerin on their backs. Why not add some killer bee hives, and syringe needles with Ebola and curare, and stonefish? Also, the commandant at base camp has his office a "safe" 30 foot distance from his explosives depot...NOT! There is a chemical storage shed for our labs at my job, but it is a good 250 meters away from any occupied space, for good reason. Bah, Humbug!At least it was better than "Mission To Mars."
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My father was an ordinance and explosives expert in the Marine Corps; he always said that, properly handled, nitroglycerin wasn't as touchy as its always portrayed. The problem is that nitro vapor is highly unstable, but the liquid isn't. The trick is to completely submerge your jar or bottle in the nitroglycerin and cap it "underwater" so there was no air pocket in the container. According to him, a completely filled bottle of nitro was no more dangerous than a can of soda.
> > There is a chemical storage shed for our labs at my job, but it is a good 250 meters away from any occupied space, for good reason. < <Is your lab facility located atop a narrow precipice in the Himilayas? Just wondering.
> > ...but I wonder why one would choose to rescue people with explosives, especially highly unstable ones. < <
Right, they should have ordered more suitable explosives on-line and had them delivered by UPS! Whoooops...KABOOOM!!! What are all those little green things flying around?
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