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Q&A How commonly can you see Aurora Borealis with the naked eye on Vancouver Island?

This r/auroraporn post is titled Atlin Lake, British Columbia. This post never stipulates the locality, and merely says "Vancouver Island". Is it usual to see aurora borealis with the nak...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A When and where to happen upon Aurora Borealis in Vancouver, BC?

First, this Reddit post appears inaccurate. The aurora borealis is NOT directly over UBC Vancouver. Are there other better places to view it? Anyways, why did it appear around Oct 12 2021? Clima...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Is a recurve bow more accurate than a long bow?

A recurve could be considered more accurate than a longbow due to the simple fact that longbows traditionally do not have sights, whereas a recurve does. It is however down to skill. As a side n...

posted 9y ago by Dynadin‭

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Q&A Micro-Fractures in Climbing Equipments

This is sadly a very persistent myth that has been around rock climbing for far too long. Black Diamond says that as long as the gate action is fine and there is no major structural damage, the gea...

posted 11y ago by Felix‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do you become a New Forest commoner?

Exactly that... I've done some searching and it looks like a catch-22 situation: To be able to move there you need to do commoning already. But to do commoning, you need live there already. (Hmm.....

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Heimdall‭  ·  edited 5y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Meta Why was comment deleted?

Because it's not constructive to ask that the OP provide information one could find with a simple Google search. Broadly speaking there are two types of experts, People who already know the answer...

posted 5y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Q&A What is the compatibility between Weaver and Picatinny railed mounting systems for scopes?

Weaver mounts will fit onto either Weaver or Picatinny rails, while Picatinny mounts are only guaranteed to fit onto Picatinny rails. As time has gone by this has become less and less of a problem...

posted 4y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Q&A Where's this lone tree and hills south of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan?

I think this is 50°01'33.7"N 105°13'30.8"W. Correct me if I'm wrong.

posted 4y ago by TextKit‭

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Q&A Where was this image of Wilcox Pass, Alberta taken?

Obviously the left image can't be Wilcox Pass, so it was probably taken from Wilcox pass. This was easy to find in Google Earth: "Obviously the left image can't be Wilcox Pass" Why not? Beca...

posted 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Where's this aurora borealis in Macoun, Saskatchewan?

This is aurora borealis, correct? No, that's the Milky Way. Its most of the rest of the galaxy we're in seen edge-on. It looks curved in the picture because a quite wide angle lens was used.

posted 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Which unit/State National Guard was this F-100 Super Saber from?

It seems that insignia is for the Air National Guard as a whole, not a particular unit. The minuteman is the emblem of the National Guard, and is a stylized drawing of the minuteman statue in Conc...

posted 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Why is the official guidance to entirely detach fall protective gear before moving from a mechanically elevated platform to a tower?

My assumption here is that if you are connected to both the tower and the cherry picker, you have in effect connected the tower to the cherry picker, and were the hydraulics on the cherry picker to...

posted 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Q&A What are some good games or activities to do on a hike?

Bring Don't Get Got, which has a very small in-play size. Play it as a meta-game over the whole course of the trip. It even works in the vehicles to and from your trip. Or if that game turns your ...

posted 1y ago by Michael‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Michael‭

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Q&A Winter Camping: How to warm up your boots in the morning?

Stick in handwarmers like 15min (subject to the type you're using) before you're going to put them on. I like the crystallizing type for this purpose, but if you are going to be opening a pair of ...

posted 1y ago by Iizuki‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Iizuki‭

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Q&A Are liner mittens significantly warmer than liner gloves?

Mittens at least feel warmer, but in practice this is offset by the fact that there are always little tasks which cannot be done with mittens. When wearing glove liners, I can usually get the job d...

posted 1y ago by Iizuki‭

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Q&A How to find a safe portable 1500 watt heater

The "ceramic" variant is considerably safer than the old hot-element type. They use a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) variable-resistance ceramic element and a fan. If the fan fails, the PTC...

posted 1y ago by Spamalot‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Michael‭

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Meta Import new posts from TGO

I know from experience on other codidact sites. That if we provide a list of posts, ArtOfCode can and will import them. I propose that about monthly we use the list at https://outdoors.stackexchan...

0 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by James Jenkins‭

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Meta Let's stop importing questions

Today, another imported question popped up. I didn't notice it was imported right away, and ended up wasting time on it. OK, that's on me. It is properly marked as imported. It's my fault for n...

0 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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I've seen this a few times, most recently today with this question. The question list says "last activity about 7 hours ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭". But when I go into the question, I can't find a...

0 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Meta Do we want to know the visits per page?

Right now, I'd say not. Counting views is a bit of a pain behind the scenes, and showing it doesn't gain us much - and might just reveal that most posts have none at all or very few. If there's sp...

posted 5y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Meta Do we want to know the visits per page?

I'd say no, for now. Counting page views is a bit tricky, at best. If you only include signed in users then basic counting is easy, but counting unique visitors is more difficult, typically requi...

posted 5y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Q&A Waxing G-1000 trousers - melting options

That should work great. As you probably know The G-1000 fabric is a specific cotton-polyester blend. Cotton and polyester will not be damaged by those temperatures. The Greenland wax is made fro...

posted 5y ago by Regret‭

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Q&A Statistics on types and survivability of anchor failures?

There are no statistics because no-one really keeps statistics about anchor types in accidents. Possibly also because anchor failures are extremely rare. However, individual case studies on speci...

posted 5y ago by crasic‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I make a STL of a topo map perfectly round?

Here is how I made it much rounder, Load the STL into Tinkercad. Add a ruler to the workspace and choose the option to measure from center. Center your stl and lock it. Add a tube from the right m...

posted 4y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Q&A Why would hearing muffs be tested against continuous and not impulse noise?

Assuming the ear protector is a linear system, it will attenuate the various frequencies in a pulse the same as it would a steady tone at each frequency. An impulse is by definition short-lived, an...

posted 5y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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