knotzen Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 An "aha!" moment--I'm watching this movie where a Land Rover gets stuck in the sand in the Australian outback. After shoveling doesn't get the vehicle unstuck, the key character decides they have to build a "dead man." They dig a hole, put a spare tire in the hole, attached to the winch chain (going to the vehicle), they bury the tire, and use this improvised anchor to winch the vehicle out of the sand (only, it doesn't work, because it's the movies, and the script writers have something else in mind for the hapless victims). I've only encountered "dead man" anchors in snow climbing--it never occurred to me that it was not unique to that medium. Turns out it's a technique used in other applications as well. Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underworld Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 what movie is it? btw- trees have been using dead man anchors for years. we just aren't as smart as nature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knotzen Posted October 5, 2005 Author Share Posted October 5, 2005 Finished watching it last night--"Japanese Story." I heartily don't recommend it. Turned out to be a sappy, uncredible romance. Unless you're really into deadman anchors! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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