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I can't tell from the picture whether this would work with that pack, but with some of mine I run the hip belt round the pack rather than round me, before fastening it round the back. If you're wor...
Starting with simple and moving to more complex. Single Action (SA) A single action will only drop the hammer, it will not cock it back. If a round is chambered and then the hammer lowered, it m...
Short roping is an advanced technique, but it is a necessary one to progress quickly and safely in the mountains. As with most techniques, knowing when to apply it just as important (or more) as th...
Note: I don't know that its possible to answer this without mentioning the things that have happened, some of which were pretty horrible. Not everyone may want to read this. TLDR: People will be a...
Almost all common fuels produce water when burnt, as they're made up of hydrocarbons. That is to say the hydrogen in them combines with oxygen to form water. The extreme example is methane, which h...
I've to agree with @Dakatine on this. What also matters is how you descend. The gait and the positioning of the foot matters a lot. I've changed my gait over a period of time to avoid the knee pain...
I use both AT skis and downhill skis. I have different bindings for AT skis (dynafit TLT and Marker where boots connected to the frame). I'm not good at skiing, so for me there is no difference whi...
The risk of a strong wind (Chinook or foehn winds are common here in New Zealand. Highest recorded wind speed 250km/h caused by one) should never be underestimated. It takes a lot of physical and m...
I am searching for a good answer to this same dilema. I live close to Crystal Beach Texas, and love to camp on the beach. The problem that has kept me from the beach is thus... As soon as sundown ...
My experience is that birds prefer still water, even though it causes the need for more cleaning of a birdbath. I base my answer on much observation of our 2 acre pond at the bottom of my front yar...
It looks like they spend very little time during the day sleeping, Aleutian Canada geese in the northern, Arcata study area in 2002 spent 87.0% of the daylight hours actively foraging (SE = 0.0...
I never understood the reason for this technique, but let me guess. When one of the people is much more experienced than the other, he can judge where there is no risk (99% of the time), and when ...
From my experience (across multiple vendors!), the glass globes on propane lanterns are fairly standard sizes. It seems like there are two or three which are very common. Unless you have a real o...
I am the one who left the comment you quoted, so I'll provide some advice from that point of view. If you open with "Where have you been?" or something similar, or ask it very early on, then cauti...
Sargo are bottom feeders, and prefer crustaceans as their staple diet. The most reliable choices for bait include shrimp/prawns, mussels, squid, clams, and sea snails. People also catch them with ...
Rationing water is not a good idea, If activity is reduced, healthy people can survive on half their usual food intake for an extended period and without any food for many days. Food, unlike ...
What you are probably going to want to do is to build your own shelter out of rocks. Basically, you are going to want to pile them up into a wall a couple of feet high and get down behind that. If ...
Wetting the sails down helps hold more wind by closing the gaps and making the sails stand flatter. Now the sails had to be kept wet, for a wet sail holds more of the wind than a dry one. Water...
Not inside anything you're in. A smouldering fire is pretty much the worst thing for generating carbon monoxide. That will poison you. I'd include the boot of a saloon car (trunk of a sedan?) as ...
That looks to be what is known as a flat "Scandi" grind on the edge. There are a lot of good resources online about how to sharpen this type of grind, but basically this is considered a relatively ...
As mentioned above, things like energy bars work well. Prefer the ones in aluminum coated plastic packets as they are more airtight, and don't go rancid. If you go with nuts, get ones that are se...
In answer to the question in your title, "What is the possiblity of getting rabies bitten by a street dog in Berlin?": the possibility is zero, since (as the doctor correctly told you) Germany is r...
The problem with using a a stove inside a tent that is not designed for one, is that it will lack the fire retardation treatment on the canvas, and therefore be more liable to catch on fire. A:...
I've done enough crazy camping in the UK to know how best to get chilled to the bone in a mild climate. Assuming you do not have sleeping bags and you have a single-skinned tent then the car is be...
The main distinguishing attribute of shoelaces is that they are manufactured to be of a specific length that is intended to be compatible with standard shoes. Changing the length of rope-like objec...
