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You need to use rope specific to the knots' purpose. It does no good to practice a fisherman's knot on hemp or climbing rope, when fishing line is expected. You'll never understand the nuances of...
I suspect that tree grew with something else twined around it. That something else has meanwhile died or been removed. Bittersweet is a likely candidate for what might have wound around the tree ...
My swim trunks generally came with a tie string in the front to permit them to be securely fastened to my waist. So when I was a kid, my house key was merely tied into the string with the standard ...
I am quite certain that there are more deadly mushrooms than just the one you mentioned - if only for the other members of the Amanita Genus, many of which are very poisonous and some plain kill yo...
Even barring special circumstances like focal points and such you can in general hear sounds from further away in the mountains. Reason one is all the air between two points. On flat ground there i...
It's hard to give paddling advice without seeing someone paddle, but from your description it sounds like the person in front is actively doing the wrong thing, and quite strongly so because the pe...
For surfing, you will first need to know how to swim very well. If you do know how to swim, or if you practice it daily, then you are are quite fit to go surfing. If you are planning to go surfing...
This comes from more of a personal experience side of things, rather than a statistics point of view. See the other answers if you are looking for the actual numbers. Being a Swede, and telling ju...
Were I live they were first goat trails. Goats pick the easy way. Next waterbuffalo walked them, These were soon hooked to sleds to pull more. & are still in use to walk.
To address the follow-up, Sweden has four species of large carnivore: wolf, wolverine, brown bear and lynx. The first three are all willing to scavenge, as are some birds, and of course humans (ple...
There's an assumption here that a cloud is a static thing that fills up and then empties. This isn't the case. A cloud is merely a manifestation of the moisture in the air. The water condenses slig...
Besides technically identifying where the slack came from, don't lose the simple moral: the belayer actually has to work pretty hard in the first few meters of the top rope route to keep the rope t...
I would start with any bird seed blend you may have. After all it is a bird and I have turkeys and even deer eat my bird seed so it'll eat it.
I have a few colleagues who have done this, and one team who did it with a colleague in a wheelchair. They are all reasonably fit, but the day job is desk-based, so if you have managed Kili easily,...
Isolated clouds are going to be easier to judge than gradually thickening cloud cover, as cloud height is important. I assume you've already established that the cloud is approaching you, though yo...
Barefoot danger possibilities: Nails, broken glass, discarded can lids, sharp rocks, ripping off toenails, general cuts and scrapes, lots more. After trying various options, including barefoot, I'...
I think there would be many times when crossing barefoot would be fine. However, a number of potential risks do exist. Those can include: Getting scraped or cut on either the bottoms or sides o...
The DWR will probably not alter its breathability, especially considering that sleeping is quite static. Depending on how the bag got wet, it won't help that much as it can wet out after some time...
Putting a bed above the wheel arches is common, with storage underneath. The width you get is similar to the width behind the wheel arches, and that's often specified (it certainly could be found f...
Is it ok for my climbing shoes to be directly exposed to the rain Mostly fine. A bit of rain is not going damage your shoes. I've gotten mine totally sodden before now. It's also fine to wash...
How I've practiced is I hold my left hand palm out, and I create a "V" between my ring and middle fingers with the plane or person between my fingers. I then hold the mirror by my face and shine th...
Blue is also the color used for autism awareness. Typically April is autism awareness month.
It's "foam line" (though I believe there are other names) It occurs when there are surfactants in water, which is then agitated, resulting in foam forming. This foam then tends to clump together a...
It may not be relevant in too many places, but… Hot springs! I'm heading to Iceland again this year and I will carry a colourful jarðfræðikort (geologic map) with me: Source: ISOR (available o...
There are two possible explanations that I can think of, The wool comes from rare actual black merino sheep. Do you have natural colored Merino sheep? Yes, we do. Black Merino sheep are ...
