  Conventional supersymmetry searches rely on large missing momentum and, on
that account, are unsuitable for discovering superpartners nearly degenerate
with the LSP. Such "compressed regions" are best probed by dedicated strategies
that exploit their unique kinematic features. We consider a case study of a
compressed gluino-bino simplified spectrum, motivated by its ability to set the
dark matter relic abundance via co-annihilation. A kinematic variable suited to
this spectrum is introduced, by which, for a gluino-bino mass splitting of 100
GeV, the discovery reach is extendable to m(gluino) = 850 GeV (1370 GeV) at LHC
center-of-mass energy 8 TeV (13 TeV) with luminosity 20 inverse fb (3000
inverse fb). The non-trivial role played by soft triggers is also discussed.
