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I basically agree with Olin's answer. You can't just put anything on a land you don't own. Even if you own it, you shouldn't because of the leave-no-trace stuff :) Still, there is something which i...
The other answers seem good, however there's an extremely important step they have missed. Make sure the person is dead! (And no I don't mean by stabbing them). Some injuries are clearly fatal b...
This source, List of fatal cougar attacks in North America suggests that you are probably safest from a cougar while sleeping. Of the seven adults killed by cougars in North America from 1990 th...
Cougars principally hunt at dawn and dusk. If you're small, don't be alone at those times of day. Regular sized adults are generally too big for a cougar to consider as prey. Avoid animal carcass...
I was backpacking with my nine-year-old daughter two years ago in Oregon near Mt. Hood. I awoke (in our tent) to the noise of a cougar walking around outside. I assumed it was a black bear and did...
I have in the past used tape, natural items, boot scratch across sand to mark side canyons, etc. Yes I always try to remove them but something like "left behind tape" should not be too upsetting. ...
It is important to remember that acts of theft are often crimes of opportunity. Thieves like to take something not because they planned to steal it but because it was easy to take. The previous ...
If you're treating water with chemicals or boiling it, you better know how long it takes to do it right. A watch is the only way to know exactly.
Pressure can tell you altitude (both up in mountains or down in caves). This is the basis for how many altimeters work. It helps if you know the pressure at a nearby known altitude. This helps...
From a scuba diving / apnea (free) diving perspective knowing your barometric pressure can let you know your depth - At 1 bar you are at surface level, with each 10m descent you are at a further 1b...
Kelley at Preparedness Pro published an article called Safely Preserving Eggs. She believes that the answer to your question is yes, the cartons should be gently flipped upside down about once a m...
For Search and Rescue work, we use GPS to keep track of what has been searched. Each searcher has a GPS, and after every search assignment we give the GPS to command to download the recorded tracks...
You need know the magnetic variation for the area you are in. This gives you 2 positions to triangle your position & were the sun rises at in the area you think you are in at that time of year....
The problem you describe is known in surveying as three point resection – essentially you need to observe angles, from an unknown point, between three points whose coordinates are known. Ideally,...
An important part of navigation while walking is how much distance to the next attack point or objective, especially in poor visibility or at night. If the distance isn't very great, say 100 to 200...
AllTrails.com would probably be helpful. You can search based on location, difficulty, length, etc. Hope this helps.
Identification Wikihow has a decent enough page on identifying flint if you are lucky enough to find yourself in an area where it occurs naturally. Occurrence But flint is a natural resource. As...
I asked Ueli Steck as @fgysin suggested and got the following answer: It is "Sportusal Spray". This is a spray stimulating the blood flow. For more information have a look at the medication here...
No flint here. We do have many volcanic rocks that will spark. All I can say is walk the rivers, creeks, & such were water polish's stones. Hard rocks have a shine to them. Pick them up. Dry we...
That you find being on the edge of cliff scary is in fact a good, healthy response! It means that you are the product of millions of years of evolution, wherein people who had a complete disregard ...
Why exactly are these turkeys circling a dead cat? This is not normal behavior for turkeys to say the least, but it does give one the idea that there is strength in numbers. I once recall seeing c...
Hi I bought a standard gas canister adapter from ebay, some 6mm fuel line and two high quality butterfly clamps to connect the fuel line to the stove and the gas canister adapter. It works really ...
This is from a survival guild I once read. The process will take at least 30+ hours until you can figure out if it is eatable, and even then you should not eat until you are stuffed (if everythin...
If you put a plastic back over your head, you are going to suffocate. A good bivvy bag should be designed such that suffocation is not an issue. However, breathing into a bivvy bag is a terrible id...
There are a lot of games out there ("team building" games, introductory ones, icebreakers etc.). This is just the first result of a google search. All games can be adapted to the size and age of th...
