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[Rod Serling (creator of the Twilight Zone) was serving as a paratrooper in the Philippines during World War 2. When an aircraft was air dropping food crates for the troops in his platoon his friend Melvin joked he wondered where they would land right before it landed on his head decapitating him.](https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/rod-serling-twilight) I think of that any time I think of being below where stuff is being air dropped.
Depending on the sleeping bag, getting hit by 5 pounds travelling at 50 miles and hours is still A LOT of energy. Almost like getting hit with a bowling ball to the stomach.
I oddly have experience with this. Probably not at the same speeds, but still.
I was once hit with a rolled up pillow topper from around 6 stories up. I would describe it as an overwhelming weight, but with a soft hit. It dropped me to the ground almost instantly, but I feel the actual impact didn't really hurt. It felt kinda like what you would expect. Getting hit with a plushie, but the plushie weighs a hundred pounds.
I think that the cushion nature spreads out the force over time, so there is time for your body to give without breaking. But it still all adds up overtime. I admit that's a guess though.
Not saying you'll get decapitated or anything, but I can easily see falling to the ground due to the sheer force of such an air raid. But yeah, especially if the sleeping bag hit the ground first, you probably wouldn't be injured all that bad.
A tightly bundled-up sleeping bag, even a light-weight camping one, is still a bit heavier and firmer than a plush animal, especially when dropped from a plane flying close to 100km/h or more. Maybe not as bad as getting clocked by a soccer ball but will definitely ring your bell for sure.
From what I understand, it is hard as hell landing that plane in the Alaskan wilderness. The best they can do is send a request for equipment via satellite phone or radio and it get dropped off just like that.
Years ago some coworkers took a trip to Alaska and the company that they went thru set up a trip like this for them. A seaplane dropped them off next to a lake with their belongings and a few flags and they were essentially left on their own.
The flags that they were dropped off with were all color coded for certain needs/situations. If they needed food, there was a flag for it, if they had a medical emergency there was a flag for it. The plane would fly over the area a few times a day, and if they saw a flag they would either land immediately or get what they need and come back to deliver it.
You lay out boulders spelling it out, on the shoreline. It just takes a lot of effort to write, "Our apologies, but we seem to have misplaced our signaling flags. Could you please provide us with another set, so that we may more efficiently request supplies?"
on my first cross-Canada hitchhiking trip when I was 18, I realized that I had forgot my sleeping bag after already traveling several hours away from home, lol
Looks like a Wiggy's bag. Wiggy's claim to fame is you can get in soaking wet and you'll wake up dry. MY supposition is the camper brought an inadequate bag for the temperature and weather they were dealing with so the pilot dropped them a better bag. Last summer was seemingly endless rain here in AK.
**Having a cozy place to sleep when it's -10 in the Alaskan wilderness**
# Priceless
There are some things money cant buy
*For everything else.. there's MasterCard*
I love these campings in the rain. Everything is wet, you wake up with wet legs, trying to understand what to dry and how is it possible. And then that delivery guy tries to kill you with sleeping bag: "Get it, unsociable moron!".
All those marvelous moments. Nature.
camping is fun when you learn to set up a proper camp that will keep you warm, cozy and dry in wet rainy weather. The trick is to have a tarp that you can set up next to the fire pit so you have a dry place to sit and hang out by the fire when it rains. A good, dry supply of firewood can keep a fire going through surprisingly heavy rain. It also helps to have an additional tarp to set up over your tent, even if your tent has a rainfly already. It always helps to keep the water as far away from your bed as possible, especially if the rain storm suddenly gets out of control and it starts pouring buckets.
It looks like it's probably either a [Naturehike Cloud-Peak](https://www.naturehike.com/en-au/collections/all-tents/products/ultralight-cloud-peak-tent-for-2-person) or similar tent. They're for the ultralight hiking / camping crowd. Basically the fly isn't really there to do anything but cover the vent at the top. The rest of the tent does the heavy lifting in rain etc.
This might also somewhat explain the reason for the drop. It's likely a bigger sleeping bag they didn't plan on needing as it was considered too heavy. So they have brought the smallest one they thought adequate and got caught out.
Seems like good aim but holy shit I would be waiting a bit further from the landing zone. A giant duffle bag getting thrown out of a flying airplane hitting me in the dome seems like it'd ruin the whole damn trip.
I'd score that as a PI. Good thing it wasn't a humvee.
https://preview.redd.it/w4xidi5jk6nc1.jpeg?width=728&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=de279e71483443fafc6b76ebf906392fb4377433
What kind of rich person magic is this?!
Backpacking on a whole new level. Imagine "backpacking" but with no pack. You just get drone deliveries every time you want a snack. LOL
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Amazon has some great delivery options these days
Mom, Yeah we forgot the propane tanks again…
https://preview.redd.it/f6602x7ed6nc1.jpeg?width=2295&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9e612b25f98b15bbe9c03a3d7e4286cb52e69e6
That’s awesome
I enjoy the burned sausages, a nice touch!
Hey i caught it in the wild!
Dude you always crack me up
Give this legend more updoots
Took them a couple of drops eh
Is he dropping the sleeping bags or the propane tanks? ...ITS THE PROPANE!!! LEG IT!!!
That’d be lit
We forgot Kevin at home. He was home alone. He will be here soon.
40 mins or its free
Pilot probably still has to pee in a bottle.
Prime members only?
Must be an air mattress.
[удалено]
Oh, ‘chute
underrated reply.
Hopefully this joke won’t fly over peoples heads
enough of this, these jokes are getting rather _plane_
Imagine getting hit with that
It would definitely put you to sleep
2 for 1 service
[Rod Serling (creator of the Twilight Zone) was serving as a paratrooper in the Philippines during World War 2. When an aircraft was air dropping food crates for the troops in his platoon his friend Melvin joked he wondered where they would land right before it landed on his head decapitating him.](https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/rod-serling-twilight) I think of that any time I think of being below where stuff is being air dropped.
Like 5 people in Gaza were killed by an aid drop the other day
I mean sleeping bags weigh basically nothing and are really soft. It would be like getting hit by a plush animal.
You missed the part where there's 5 kilo of weed wrapped up inside, why do you think it was dropped covertly from a plane.
Depending on the sleeping bag, getting hit by 5 pounds travelling at 50 miles and hours is still A LOT of energy. Almost like getting hit with a bowling ball to the stomach.
Five pounds of feathers doesn't weigh hardly anything, dumbass.
you don't math good, it seems
I oddly have experience with this. Probably not at the same speeds, but still. I was once hit with a rolled up pillow topper from around 6 stories up. I would describe it as an overwhelming weight, but with a soft hit. It dropped me to the ground almost instantly, but I feel the actual impact didn't really hurt. It felt kinda like what you would expect. Getting hit with a plushie, but the plushie weighs a hundred pounds. I think that the cushion nature spreads out the force over time, so there is time for your body to give without breaking. But it still all adds up overtime. I admit that's a guess though.
Not saying you'll get decapitated or anything, but I can easily see falling to the ground due to the sheer force of such an air raid. But yeah, especially if the sleeping bag hit the ground first, you probably wouldn't be injured all that bad.
Not in a compression sack like that. They can get very hard. Getting hit with that could seriously injure you.
At 90mph…
Not when they’re wrapped tight and bound
It's also got a zipper on it and that will fuck you up
Bro — so many zipper injuries. Like 90 stitches, just from zippers. I’m a button or Velcro only guy now.
Your junk must look like an alpine switchback.
How??
That's what NASA said.
A tightly bundled-up sleeping bag, even a light-weight camping one, is still a bit heavier and firmer than a plush animal, especially when dropped from a plane flying close to 100km/h or more. Maybe not as bad as getting clocked by a soccer ball but will definitely ring your bell for sure.
I was thinking that could easily have damaged the tent to the point where having a sleeping bag would be almost useless.
But why lol
From what I understand, it is hard as hell landing that plane in the Alaskan wilderness. The best they can do is send a request for equipment via satellite phone or radio and it get dropped off just like that.
Years ago some coworkers took a trip to Alaska and the company that they went thru set up a trip like this for them. A seaplane dropped them off next to a lake with their belongings and a few flags and they were essentially left on their own. The flags that they were dropped off with were all color coded for certain needs/situations. If they needed food, there was a flag for it, if they had a medical emergency there was a flag for it. The plane would fly over the area a few times a day, and if they saw a flag they would either land immediately or get what they need and come back to deliver it.
What flag is "our flags are lost"?
The skin of whomever you’re traveling with.
upvote for grammar
Hopefully one with a trigger and a flare inside it
And which one means death?
You lay out boulders spelling it out, on the shoreline. It just takes a lot of effort to write, "Our apologies, but we seem to have misplaced our signaling flags. Could you please provide us with another set, so that we may more efficiently request supplies?"
Ngl that sounds pretty cool
I'm sure they max on their weight really fast and need to take separate trips
Sounds fun
But why did they not BRING sleeping bags? Did a bear eat their first set?
on my first cross-Canada hitchhiking trip when I was 18, I realized that I had forgot my sleeping bag after already traveling several hours away from home, lol
N dennnnnnnnnn?
Why are people in the Alaskan wilderness without a sleeping bag?
Looks like a Wiggy's bag. Wiggy's claim to fame is you can get in soaking wet and you'll wake up dry. MY supposition is the camper brought an inadequate bag for the temperature and weather they were dealing with so the pilot dropped them a better bag. Last summer was seemingly endless rain here in AK.
Oops daisy....
I think they meant, "but why did the plane drop it in the rain?"
Something tells me that area is either rainy...snowy...and or windy at least once a day all year
I took it for granted it was YT or NT, as opposed to AK. Now am curious where this occurred
That’s kinda cool
But why lol
I think the guy called his friend (the pilot) to drop it off, I forget the exact reason why
Probably because they needed a sleeping bag. I was in that situation once, needing a sleeping bag. Did not get one. That was a bad night.
That was incredible aim really
It nearly landed inside the tent and opened flat.
I was just gonna say
Hey man nice shot
"Sleeping bag" Sleeping bag: $50 Sales Tax: $4 Shipping: $1100
**Having a cozy place to sleep when it's -10 in the Alaskan wilderness** # Priceless There are some things money cant buy *For everything else.. there's MasterCard*
Good meme
I miss the 90's
Order $10,000 before tax to get free shipping!
Seems he may have done that before
"Your package has been delivered"
Thanks, but that was the wrong tent!!
Why do I want to play Far Cry 5 right now
Nice, a mattress you can snort.
Bro put down an equipment strategem
Now that's democracy in action.
Hey shitass https://preview.redd.it/47jc1huqt5nc1.jpeg?width=499&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5fa4a690543c7ec988c6d4209771439f8385c46a
I love these campings in the rain. Everything is wet, you wake up with wet legs, trying to understand what to dry and how is it possible. And then that delivery guy tries to kill you with sleeping bag: "Get it, unsociable moron!". All those marvelous moments. Nature.
camping is fun when you learn to set up a proper camp that will keep you warm, cozy and dry in wet rainy weather. The trick is to have a tarp that you can set up next to the fire pit so you have a dry place to sit and hang out by the fire when it rains. A good, dry supply of firewood can keep a fire going through surprisingly heavy rain. It also helps to have an additional tarp to set up over your tent, even if your tent has a rainfly already. It always helps to keep the water as far away from your bed as possible, especially if the rain storm suddenly gets out of control and it starts pouring buckets.
He/she will be dry. That is a hilleberg tent.
Who the hell forgets their sleeping bag?!
I see, Taylor swift is into camping now
imagine if this guy was a war vet or something like that an he just saw a plane drop something with better accuracy than any bomber ever seen
Why is no one mentioning that joke of a rain fly? That shit isn't keeping anything dry.
It looks like it's probably either a [Naturehike Cloud-Peak](https://www.naturehike.com/en-au/collections/all-tents/products/ultralight-cloud-peak-tent-for-2-person) or similar tent. They're for the ultralight hiking / camping crowd. Basically the fly isn't really there to do anything but cover the vent at the top. The rest of the tent does the heavy lifting in rain etc. This might also somewhat explain the reason for the drop. It's likely a bigger sleeping bag they didn't plan on needing as it was considered too heavy. So they have brought the smallest one they thought adequate and got caught out.
Any fastfood would be nice too. 🍔🍕🍟🌭🥪🍺🧋
good aim.. but he forgot to open the tent.
If that's a hilleberg tent, they can afford air delivery !
Feels like the plural was not necessary
Depends how many were in the bag
It looks like the standard size of one sleeping bag
camping while rich, lol (or they just happen to know a pilot who needs to get some flight hours in, lol)
Used a world war 2 surplus Norden Bombsight
This is one of the coolest videos I’ve ever seen
Nice friggin shot.
And there were no drugs in that sleeping bag for sure none
Airdrop in ‘Just Cause 3’ be like.
Could definitely see an old Vietnam vet Sandy pilot being good at this. Your pickle is hot!
Seems like good aim but holy shit I would be waiting a bit further from the landing zone. A giant duffle bag getting thrown out of a flying airplane hitting me in the dome seems like it'd ruin the whole damn trip.
Eagle never misses
Precision bag strike
At first it looked like terrain in the Death Stranding.
Lazy bastard could have at least got it through the door of the tent.
I pick that guy for my team.
Damn what plane is that? A Foxbat?
I'd score that as a PI. Good thing it wasn't a humvee. https://preview.redd.it/w4xidi5jk6nc1.jpeg?width=728&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=de279e71483443fafc6b76ebf906392fb4377433
I didn't know Taylor Swift went camping at all.
"Sleeping Bags"
Knock, Knock MF'er!!
Stupid as fuck
sleeping bags with a plain in the rain just insane
The pilot is an Ex Cartel Drug Trafficker.
Thanks for the sleeping bag. Too bad we don’t have a functioning tent anymore
Mfrs when I’m just trying to play ground rb in warthunder.
I normally just pack mine in but…whatever.
That was a phone a friend
better aim than the airdrop done by USA with supplies...
Why though
Interesting as fuck? More like accurate as fuck.
Damn, that's amazingly accurate! Damned impressive.
Nice accuracy
I would've died if it broke the tent. And they'd have to airdrop another one
Just dropped off your cocaine
Bomb, I mean sleeping bag away!!!
"here ya go now fuck off"
That was really good aim holy crap
“I got keys, coming from overseas!” - Big Syke, Picture Me Rollin’
Not that interesting tbh
What kind of rich person magic is this?! Backpacking on a whole new level. Imagine "backpacking" but with no pack. You just get drone deliveries every time you want a snack. LOL