I had a need to record a bit of our motorcycle racing scene. I hung the family camera around my neck and promptly smashed it against a tree, with myself attached, while riding. Now, I'm not stupid so bought a cheaper camera. Rode off a cliff, me attached, broke the camera to smithereens, and reduced myself to doll rags.
As I said, I'm not completely dumb. Took up charcoal and a drawing pad. Guess what happens to charcoal and pastel chalk when you "come a cropper"? Best I ever did was with ordinary no. 2 lead pencils and a spiral-binder pad. Long pencils break into shorter ones but can still be used . . . and they are cheap. The binder avoids chasing loose sheets across the tundra. Nothing helps when you topple over in waist-deep water.
