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This technique allows you to find the coordinates of the tree from wherever you took your picture, with nothing but a GPS, compass, and topographical map. From a position where you can see the tre...
The bell curve in the post you have referenced is simply just a visual representation of some statistics; Namely, the number of climbers the gym serves, that are able to climb at any specific climb...
Read the accepted answer by Rory Alsop for a comprehensive answer. This is just an addendum addressing the point that caused my original confusion and according to a discussion between DJClaywort a...
In the EU (including the UK), SMS to the general emergency number (112) appears to be widely supported technically, but several countries I checked appear to require pre-registration. It's not cle...
Most firearms regulations (and certainly best practices) require the firearm itself and its ammunition to be protected by separate, independent locks. Gun safes typically help you meet this requir...
Other answers have covered the local fauna pretty well, but what about flora? The only common venomous plant in the UK is the common stinging nettle, easily recognisable by its triangular, serrate...
Snowshoes will fit on either right or left foot, most people recommend facing the binding buckles toward the outside of your feet as it keeps the buckles from coming into contact with one another. ...
Seems to be a lot of bad/obsolete info on this thread. I've been using my Android phone for Backcountry navigation for 5 plus years now. I use an app that lets me create an offline map and I put t...
You should buy female backpack. Women have narrow shoulders. So women's backpacks are adapted to narrower shoulders. Of course you can buy any backpack but the quality of product consist of small ...
According to United States Forest Service, fire has a number of benefits for the wildlife including more nutrients in the ground, more open spaces, there are some plants that need fire to spread an...
Amsteel blue is a dyneema cord that size-for-size is just as strong as steel cable. It'll hold. In terms of abrasion resistance, dyneema happens to be superior to nylon rope when it comes to wear a...
Often, public versions of these ranges are also operated/regulated by the same agency that regulates hunting/fishing/game harvest in the area. When I moved from Alaska to Michigan, I found that wh...
The GPS receiver in recent tablets and phones is actually quite good. I use a Nexus 7 Android tablet for outdoor navigation, and it works very well. Tablets generally allow you to shut things dow...
This seems like a dangerous setup for using a static rope. If the top right anchor fails as you are weighting the instructor tether, the instructor could fall a meter or so. On a dynamic rope, this...
These are all well put together answers. Here's an additional step regardless of the season In an emergency a tea light candle carefully set on/in a disposable pie tin can heat a 4 season tent eno...
Get a visible dog muzzle, so people clearly see that your dogs are harmless. Something like this: but nothing like this:
The most important thing is keeping all dogs on-leash in public areas. Technically, you can't make any person not feel afraid. But a leash will do a lot to reassure someone who is frightened or con...
As someone who is fine with dogs, I'm saddened that my son was nipped by a puppy when he was very young and is now very nervous when needing to walk past dogs, and there are lots of strays where I ...
Couple suggestions for meeting people on the trail with dogs, Keep the dogs leashed. When passing people put the dogs on the opposite side of yourself so that you are between the dogs and the peo...
Some more points in addition mainly to @CharlieBrumbaugh's answer: Both in Central Europe (where I'm from) and traveling Canada I've only once in my life encountered a "visibly" and truly homeless...
The NFAA has a great guide on how to create a field archery course. The guide talks about minimum distances between targets, backstops and safe angles of approach. https://www.nfaausa.com/wp-cont...
Little excursion up front: If you have problems with joints or back when jumping down, do not ignore that. Either you already have a significant problem with those areas, in which case you should c...
They sell small electric coolers (e.g., this one by Coleman) that run off of battery power (you can swap out your car battery with a marine battery or get a second battery/solar setup). As you are ...
The best way to land after bailing off a boulder is controlled, on your feet, and in the middle of the pad. Apart from that your landing isn't any different than it would be in any other activity w...
Down climbing is always harder than climbing up, and more dangerous as well. Most serious injuries on mountains occur during the descent. The technique to down climbing a boulder problem is to ch...
