With news yesterday that trapped Chilean miners will be given PSPs for the four months it will take to drill an escape shaft, my mind got going about what I would want to have in a similar situation.

Obviously a MASSIVE drill would be a huge advantage, but in terms of what is realistic to be sent down, what would make the time down there a little better?

On a personal level, it’s got to be a music player. My iPod has single handedly (processor-ly?) gotten me through transatlantic flights and, without it, I’d probably go spare. But what do my colleagues think? What can’t they live without? Or, to be more precise, what would they do with four months in a hole (clean answers only).

Our Pick-Up Point Manager Ross kicks it old school; “Maybe a DS… becuase it IS a handheld device.

“In fact, screw that, I want a gameboy colour with 4 months worth of batteries and any of the pokemon games!”

The burliest Canadian I know, our RMA Manager Shelton is a man after my own heart, though he is notoriously Apple-phobic.

“I’d want an MP3 player with built in speaker, like my Creative Zen. That, or an eBook reader.”

So games and music are essential, apparently. Nobody looking to get a mini-DVD player or take the time to build their own PC.

We really should spend our time a little better, shouldn’t we?

What about you folks? Feel free to leave a comment and let us know what you’d take into a Chilean copper mine for four months.