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I would go buy an outdoor construction adhesive (one that is designed for all materials, lest it eat your soles up from the top). Skip the super glues. Not only will you have enough glue, but it sh...
Simple knee support bandages as suggested here are not going to help. Good knee braces will. This is the one I use. I have knee problems and had difficulty hiking, skiing and running. With a couple...
I seem to remember being told that Italian huts will have an emergency shelter room as well. In any case, this emergency shelter may not be meant for people who stay there over night during a pl...
Without specifics of when and exactly where in the Arctic your character plans to visit, this is a difficult question to answer. I see no risks (beyond the usual storms etc.) of sailing a boat of...
What helped me, may well be available in your area Feldenkreis classes (a very gentle stretching modality) gave me a flexibility and lightness that I found surprising. I’m over 60. After a few ...
Insoles There's lots of good answers here, but one I haven't seen mentioned is insoles. You've asked for advice other than good boots but it's possible that the importance of insoles is something ...
Not only is it possible, but it is a great tactic when prospecting a new stream to figure out what's working. You definitely have to modify your cast to keep the loops larger and more open, simila...
Here is some advice for someone who has had three knee replacements. Be sure that when you hike you are using proper walking form by rolling from heel to toe. Also balancing your self by pairing y...
As you said in your comment: you had three surgeries and there’s only so much training you can do. Well, this might not be the advice you want to hear, but if your knee is too bad to take training ...
The danger is not only suffocation due to lack of oxygen, but also poisoning due to too much carbon dioxide in the air. Normal air has 21% oxygen; humans will safely survive down to ~15%. Maybe 10...
While I have not had knee problems myself on long hikes, others in my traveling group use KT elastic athletic tape around the knee joints for long bike rides. The tape stretches on the move of the...
I take a metal keychain ring and run it through the loose end of the strap and around the main strap. As so:
As I'm going through a minimalist phase of fishing right now, I suggest this as a functional minimum. License; Your location determines if this is actually needed. Rod Reel; Not absolutely neces...
If the devices are fully turned off, sensible amounts of insulation won't keep them warm overnight as they won't give off any heat. If they're turned on and giving off heat, too much insulation can...
The off width pitch would mean that a bouldering grade is just not applicable. The difficulty of a multipitch free climb should not be assessed in just the difficulty of the climbing but also in ...
My Experience With Children on a Hike With 1 other adult and 4 children, I have done a 2-day hike. The youngest child was 3, but he complained of being tired often and was slow enough that I carri...
In the Alps there is a dense network of huts mostly maintained by the local alpine clubs. There are also some private huts mostly owned by mountain guide associations. Most of the huts are closing ...
Hydration bladders and dromedaries serve two slightly different purposes, Hydration bladders are for each individual to carry. Dromedaries are for carrying water for more than one person. A sin...
It is not suitable for the wildest of outdoors, but an other option would be carrying some sort of trailer (I am not sure of the English word for it) which makes the luggage carrying easier. The pi...
I can't speak for NY, but in TN we have a government produced document (PDF) that lists which species are present in the state and where they might be found as a generality. I don't know if there i...
It's actually quite simple. Tie the dry fly on the end like normal. Take the wet fly and tie it onto an appropriately sized length of tippet (between 13-24 inches) Tie the end of tippet with the ...
There are a few things that could be contributing to the presence of bees and/or wasps and things that mimic them as they all have different behaviours and different means to get rid of/deter. Note...
I use tin cans as pots. I put a nail hole in opposite sizes just under the rim and string a chunk of bailing wire about 1.5 can diameters. Twist at each end. Most cans now have a thin liner of pl...
Small pair or two of channellock pliers or locking vise grips. The locking vise grips are a little more multi purpose but either or both are handy to have (grab, grip, clamp in the case of the vis...
The way to protect yourself against attacks like this is to greatly reduce the probability of being attacked. Granted, you can be attacked anywhere (Yosemite, the Appalachian Trail) for any reason ...
