On Mar 10, 6:54*am, Walt Connelly Walt.Connelly.
wrote:
*Let's see,
what else? *Okay, my camelback will be filled with about 1.5 liters
of
H20, my camera battery will be charged, a couple of granola bars,
maybe
a roast beef sandwich and a bag of chips, a pocket knife, a space
blanket, signal mirror, fire starter, inflatable boat, a pistol, 50
rounds of ammunition (I'm gonna be gone most of the afternoon.) *Just
kidding, I won't need 50 rounds of ammo.

I hope you're not thermalling too close to another glider when that
bag of chips explodes!!

Bruce, I've taken a small bag of chips aloft in a 1-34 and at 4000 feet
although it bloated a bit it did not explode. *It would be interesting to
know at what altitude that might happen. *I have become a fan of Pringles
though and I would have to use a baggie to avoid the tube. *I would
imagine that at some of the altitudes they can achieve out west in wave
and perhaps even in thermals would cause such an event. *My guess based on
the recent cloud bottoms around here is that we will be lucky as heck to
make 4 to 5K feet.

Walt

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Walt Connelly

My experience in the Cessna 421 was small chip bags explode at ~14,000
ft cabin altitude. And it really really gets your attention if you're
not expecting it!