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I have both a 12" original Pyromid and the new Ecoque grill in 12". The pieces are all quite similar and interchangeable. The new model works as well as the original. both are fantastic little gril...
Yes, it is safe as long as you store and transport sensibly. @jrodatus listed a few points: keep it charged don't get it wet don't drop it only charge within the correct temperature range But ...
Prevention is easy, wear your pack on your hips where it's supposed to be, and never let anything rub. Friction is bad, all hot spots need to be taken care of long before they are allowed to develo...
As Shem pointed out, wear the pack where it was designed to ride on you. Making sure the pack is tightened snug so it's not rubbing is just as important. Loose straps cause added motion which cause...
I have been climbing on a yosemite bowline for a long time, and never had any problems. I don't see it as any harder to check than a figure 8 once you are used to it. It's easy to tie, secure, fast...
I never heard of the pencil trick and I'd be wary. But using a cup with a lid is probably the most obvious choice.
A full keel is very stable and gives you better tracking through seas - you don't need to adjust your helm much as you crest waves. A fin keel loses some of this stability, but you gain manoeuvrab...
In southern Germany there are a lot of steep hills which don't have too much rock but mainly grass. Therefore people are "grass climbing" mountains, there is even a grass climbing grade for it. ...
Mountaineering is one of them terms that means different things to different people. To me mountaineering is spending time ascending mountains, simples. I would argue that rock climbing is a skill...
In humans not a lot. There are significant differences between blubber and fat. Though blubber is mostly made of fat it has very different composition to human fat. An animal with blubber also uses...
Here is a Youtube link for "Fast bottom Paint Removal using Walnut Blasting". You could also try the following steps: There are several ways to take off many paint layers, and what you ultimatel...
I can't answer the rest, but for here's my 2c worth for gloves. Layering : As with other clothes, layering gloves is worth doing. I'd try fairly thin liner gloves inside either mitts or a larger g...
You are correct: Mittens work better than gloves, but are usually harder to find. The best mittens come as separate outers and inners. They dry much faster at the end of the day. If they soak...
If it is clean, fresh snow, it is safe to drink. This is basically drinking rain water. It hasn't had time to pick up pollutants when it is newly fallen. I live in New England, and kids do this all...
Physically there are two ways for you to heat up the snow: by heat conduction and by heat radiation. Conduction means you place it somewhere close to your body. It does not matter whether this is d...
The best way to melt snow is to put it in a bottle inside your jacket under your mid layers while you're on the move and let your body heat melt it. Do not place it against the skin, leave a layer ...
Question: Are we even perhaps able to help it (even if it means "kill it")? The only way to help a rabid fox, or any rabid animal, is to kill it. If you have a gun -- and know how to use it -...
I love this question and thus I've researched a little bit. Just as you've wished I don't talk about the encounter with a monkey or something. I just show off the different races and their ability ...
There was an old Reader's Digest story, apparently true, where a camper woke up with a very big rattler (as he saw later) coiled on his chest under the sleeping bag. He had trouble communicating t...
Unless you're Yvon Chouinard, you're unlikely to achieve very much on your own. So the best thing is to support those organizations whose primary aim is to protect the mountain environment. In th...
The special tread for walking on slippery wood is called caulk boots or cork boots. They have spikes that give good traction on wet wood.
From this article on SectionHiker: If you only hike on days when there’s zero percent chance of rain, you aren’t going to do much hiking. Sooner or later, you are going to get soaked through-an...
When jackets get dirty and tired, they no longer 'bead' rainwater and will 'wet out' easier - This is when the outer layer becomes saturated with water. They should still be waterproof, because th...
OK, so here's a completely different take on this. I'm an enthusiastic customer of Aarn Packs - a specialist New Zealand company. They are one of the few manufacturers to explore load carrying fro...
It's true that paper tissues biodegrade relatively quickly: this U.S. Bureau of Land Management page estimates 2-4 weeks. However, as the same page notes, Though most trash and litter in the ba...
