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Hiking alone in any season has it's risks; mainly, you lack a key means of getting help should something happen. Just having a phone with you does not guarantee that you will have signal, or that i...
The first thing to know is what is the latest you want to be on the summit and aim to be off before then. Then you calculate the estimated time it will take to summit and return. The start time is ...
You cannot overcome a phobia without facing the cause that triggers the fear in the first place, at least in a indirect way. To close the book on a phobia and throw it away really cannot help one g...
Hunting serves several purposes, a few of which are to: Allow residents (who own public game animals) to harvest meat; Follow long-held traditions; Manage game populations The two most common t...
In Wyoming, the archery season comes first to coincide with the rut, where the elk and deer are breeding. This makes it much easier for the archery hunters as it is possible to call the elk or dee...
First and foremost is Wilderness First Aid. There are official courses taught by the American Red Cross, and the Boy Scouts. The scouts offer the courses to non-scouters, all are welcome. Next o...
There are a few reasons why Canada Geese sleep on the ice. michael has covered them, so this is supplementary. In simplest terms, it's because they live in the water, and are able to tolerate fro...
Someone with an aversion to snakes has two issues when it comes to a camping trip: seeing a snake and having a panic attack or other negative reaction in a particular moment worrying about seeing...
How do you do it safely? It is safe. Just do it. Those six deaths were over 100 years. Recently there are as many as 50,000 people doing that route per year. Even if those six deaths were all ...
That link lists it as a 1-2 day hike. If you are slow definitely a 2 day hike. And it says night time temperature can get near freezing. Sleep under the stars is what you hope for. If it is c...
One shooting the other basically. It's a safety measure. Where I live we don't have hunting season. We hunt the whole year round. I'm a bow-hunter and I've encounter myself looking up the barrel o...
Being from Arkansas and about 80% of us Arkansan's duck hunt I can throw out a few pointers. Location. Are you in the flyway? Start scouting your local game and fish website about duck hunting. ...
It's highly unlikely that using poles will make anything worse. You still have to place your feet as carefully and in the same sort of position (training for technique/precision). Your legs still d...
If you have an entrance big enough to get in out it seems to me that would be more than enough ventilation even if it is partially blocked with pack(s). Think how much circulation you get in some...
I'm answering here because I don't think it would fit as a comment but I believe others might have a better answer. Is each cam, stopper, and carabiner individually tested? Maybe. It will depend ...
While having a belayer that is much lighter than the climber is clearly not ideal, especially on lead, it isn't insurmountable. A famous climbing couple from days of yore was comprised of Lynn Hi...
With a dash of common sense, and a modicum of skill I'd say packs are safe on a chairlift. One winter I skied over 100 days at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. I wore a pack the vast majority of those...
Also, overall strengthening of the body to build stamina, strength, and endurance since you're technically relying on something to make things easier. You have this backwards. As described in ...
If you build it properly this shouldn't happen. If my ceiling sagged overnight I'd assess what I might have done wrong while constructing it, or what I could have done better. Did the pile set prop...
I don't actually ski or crosscountry but I spend lot of time mountaineering with friends that do. Packs with ski straps are for sure the way to go. Once I got asked to help someone with strap skis...
I located some more information online about these techniques. SSS was the standard technique in the days when a hip belay was the standard for a lead belay. It also works well for belaying with a ...
Backpacking != baking. You can do it, but you have to lug around a lot of stuff to do it. Perhaps, you can take advantage of what is already around you? By this I mean build your oven, and tak...
I own a S&W Model 19-6 and I fire 130 grain .38SPL ammunition out of the revolver and find that it's easier for me to control the recoil and maintain accuracy at 25+ yards than I can the same g...
Another solution if you have a computer running Windows or Mac is to use Garmin BaseCamp™. It's free. I'll describe the full procedure for windows, for Mac there should not be too much difference. ...
llamas are only native to an area of South American unless you are hiking in that area, they are not going to be any more of a prospective meal then then the other animals on the hike (i.e. humans)...
