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The Hobbit Name Generator. Smoke bombs - MS explosives. POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE + GLYCERINE Mix a 1:2 ratio of potassium permanganate and glycerine in a matchbox, shut the box and shake. The delay will depend on The temperature of the day and grain size of the P.P crystals, the hotter the day and smaller the crystals the shorter the delay.

After the delay the box will fizz and emit a cloud of white smoke. POTASSIUM NITRATE + SUGAR Mix equal parts potassium nitrate and sugar in a metal or glass bowl, this is than carefully melted over a hot plate. This molten mix is poured into the container (I’ve found toilet rolls are a good size) , a fuse is inserted and it is left to set. The toffee like mix that you now have is the smoke bomb, and is ready for ignition.

AMMONIUM NITRATE + NEWSPAPER Probably the easiest and most effective of the homemade bombs is this one. PING PONG BALL + ALUMINIUM FOIL This is probably the easiest to make and quite effective, made by wrapping a ping pong ball with foil and heating over a flame. Zinc & Sulfur Smoke Bomb. 60 Hours in Hell: The Story of the Barkley Marathons | Running. Off into the abyss. Photo: Michael Hodge/Flickr Laz lights the starting cigarette. A sampling of the license plates that first-time racers must bring to the event. The Barkley Marathons is 100 miles long, but it’s not an ultramarathon. Runners competing in it slog through the mud, look for hidden checkpoints, and cross through a dark tunnel, but they’re not running in an obstacle race like Tough Mudder.

The course is barely marked, and forces competitors to negotiate mountains and thick underbrush in rapidly changing conditions, but the Barkley is not an adventure race. So what, exactly, is the Barkley Marathons, the legendary event that every year draws 40 people to Tennessee’s Frozen Head State Park to attempt to finish a 60,000-vertical-foot course in under 60 hours? Off the course, the Barkley is no less of a challenge. Barkley’s co-creators drew inspiration from the rugged landscape of Frozen Head State Park in the Tennessee Mountains—and the story of a notorious killer.

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