"Yeah, I would definately try to bean one.. might as well try.. nothing to lose at that point eh?

But the big thing is havin time to figure out what to do as well as packing up all your stuff so nothing gets left behind. Dropping your stuff or lowering it down means easier to fight zombies then pick up your pack and scoot. Would really bite to climb down..slip.. sprain an ankle then have to ditch the pack and fight..
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Yup. That would be a good way to make the situation go from bad to worse in a hurry, right there.

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"I also agree with some of the ppls who wrote that relying on melee weapons is foolhardy. I would expand on that by relying on any one type of weapon is foolhardy, melee or firearms. Just be well rounded."

Exactly. There are only two ways I can see relying on melee weapons exclusively. First is if you live someplace where firearms are illegal, in which case you should probably move as soon as it is feasible to do so. Second is if you are not of legal age to own firearms, in which case you probably live with your parents and you should do your best to convince THEM to own firearms so that you can use their guns After the SHTF because age limits won't matter anymore.

So if moving to a more firearm friendly locale is infeasible, or if your parents can't or won't get firearms of their own until you reach legal age, then and only then can I see relying on melee weapons.

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Thanks for the recognition TLG!

A good article x-wolf! The best is the hammock in the tree only because you get to decide your fate instead of the zed(s). If you get stuck in a tree and you have a knife, perhaps you can make a spear to reach out and kill a zed or zeds that is surrounding your tree or whatever you can think of? Tents can be surrounded and if a tent does not stop a hungry male grizzly bear, it isn't going to stop a zed either. Unfortunately with zeds, there maybe more than 1. Grizzly attacks on humans in tents are usually done by a single male. The worse is the bivy sack, to me that is a human gyro or burrito for the undead. The light weigh hammock is a really good feature for survivors on foot unless of course you are not in the forest. Then again, I guess you can always make a some sort of shelter from it even if you can not use it as a hammock and still lighter and cheaper than a decent tent.

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