Post-SHOT R&R
After a week of the SHOT show and the constant droning white noise of an overcrowded Las Vegas, the ESEE team headed north to spend a few days relaxing in Zion Canyon. It was Shane’s first exposure to Zion and since the government was on shutdown and refusing to honor our reserved Subway Canyon permit, […]
Black is the new black
By Patrick Rollins One of the many perks of working for ESEE is periodically getting to test new products. Recently one of our major dealers approached us with an uncoated ESEE 4 that he had applied a “black nitride” finish to the blade. The first thing I noticed was the smooth, frictionless surface of the blade. Our standard powder-coat […]
Lost & Found
By Patrick Rollins On February 8th, Earl Tilton with Lodestar Professional Services taught an 8-hour NASAR class titled “Search and Rescue Initial Actions” for the RAT-SAR crew. The class is designed for first responders who may be the first on the scene when a dementia patient, lost child etc. has wandered off. The first few hours […]
Going to the source
A journey to the Rowen facility is not an opportunity to pass up. This is a family business in the truest of sense. It is common to see dog toys and children toys in the mix of machines and people. A solid greeting from Gus, the golden retriever, when you enter is expected but there will be more […]
RAT goes to Karamat Wilderness Ways
By Patrick Rollins If you have been interested in survival/bushcraft for any length of time, then you most likely have heard of Mors Kochanski. Commonly referred to as the grandfather of bushcraft, Mors was the 5thof six children born to Polish Immigrant parents in 1940. Raised on a farm in Saskatchewan, Mors developed an intense interest in […]
RAT goes to Karamat Wilderness Ways
By Patrick Rollins If you have been interested in survival/bushcraft for any length of time, then you most likely have heard of Mors Kochanski. Commonly referred to as the grandfather of bushcraft, Mors was the 5thof six children born to Polish Immigrant parents in 1940. Raised on a farm in Saskatchewan, Mors developed an intense interest in […]
ESEE’s first IWA show
By Patrick Rollins We had been hearing for a while that the IWA show in Nuremberg Germany was Europe’s version of SHOT show. Always looking to gain more dealers and distributors, we decided to check it out for ourselves. Mike Perrin attended the show in 2018 as a scouting mission, and he and Jeff felt that there […]
NASAR Training
The clouds finally parted in Alabama and we had excellent weather and a full house for this weekend’s ISAR (Intro to Search and Rescue) class at Randall’s Adventure & Training. This course is designed to provide knowledge concerning the general responsibilities, skills, abilities, and the equipment needed by persons who would be participating in a […]
One foot in front of the other…
Field Survival- March 2019 By Patrick Rollins If you’re not familiar with the Randall’s Adventure and Training Field Survival class I will give you a quick explanation of what it is and how it has evolved. When I came on fulltime in 2013 Jeff, Mike and I decided that when you leave a survival class you […]
Limited Resources Rescue Training
Members of the RAT-SAR team got together for a little Limited Resources Rescue training this past weekend. The training was in preparation for a lightweight rescue class they’re teaching at Southwestern Community College in North Carolina. Some of the skills that will be taught are diminishing loop rescues, breaking into tensioned mainlines, lightweight single rope rigging […]