How good are you with you're transciver?

[rot]

FWIW, I'm not a fan of the "in the tree" trick. Its unrealistic and its merit is that its "entertaining" for the person who thinks they were "sly" for hiding it in the tree.

Well, just to be clear. No one was being clever. Far from it, actually. I was throwing the ball over my shoulder. It accidentally got stuck in the tree. It did teach me a thing about beacons but yeah, I wouldn't rely on it as a training technique.

I'll add this to the mix:

Do it at night.

Easy way to turn your backyard into fun and games. You can't see where the package lands and have you rely completely on your beacon signal

This is also a great idea.

Based on my own experiences, to maximize the fun factor you'll have to do this in the dark, next to a busy highway, with lots of roofs and tree branches to toss the ball onto.

Oh! And maybe a fast flowing river too!

Drunk too. To maximize the confusion and increase chances of twisting an ankle or impaling yourself on deadfall.

[XtrPickels]

Well, just to be clear. No one was being clever. Far from it, actually. I was throwing the ball over my shoulder. It accidentally got stuck in the tree. It did teach me a thing about beacons but yeah, I wouldn't rely on it as a training technique.

Wasn't about you personally, I've just seen it happen in classes before and the instructors thought they were hot shit for doing it.