Pick Lock

Believe it or not, having the skill to pick locks may be the one thing that saves you when faced with a life or death situation. Most people think of survival as an apocalyptic situation that adversely affects the entire planet and all the people on it. Very few people realize that each day on this planet incorporates a struggle to survive.

Survival can encompass any number of situations. Going to a concert, a public venue, or just walking down a crowded city street, can result in facing a deadly situation. Amidst the chaos of such an event, there will likely be opportunities to seek the safety of a shelter, although it may be hidden behind a locked door.

This app details the step by step process of picking a variety of different locks and locking mechanisms. This skill set is not only a survival skill, it is a real world skill that could come in handy for a number of situations, such as locking the keys in the car, losing the house key, etc.

It includes:

*Check the condition of the lock
*Gather your lock picking supplies
*Identify the uses of the three main tools in lock picking
*Envision the lock mechanism
*Lubricate the lock
*Note the main goals of the lock picking process
*Determine the direction the key turns
*Investigate the pins with your pick
*Apply gentle pressure to the keyway with a tension wrench
*Identify the binding pin
*Set pins one at a time with your pick
*Open the lock
*Feel out the lock with your tension wrench and pick
*Rake the pins with a rake-tool
*Listen for pins falling
*Draw your rake-tool back and forth along unset pins