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Q&A Are there statistics on how often CPR on someone who has been struck by lighting works?

From https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/403803 Access to the full article requires subscription, but an extract is quoted below: In their article entitled "Prehospital Cardi...

posted 6y ago by Paul Lydon‭

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Q&A Can a gun spontaneously fire?

No, a gun will not spontaneously discharge It's an object that won't do anything without external input. A better term for this is negligent discharge because the human was negligent and messed up ...

posted 6y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do you situate a protected bird house that is not under a branch?

Looking at the advice from the RSPB Boxes for tits, sparrows or starlings should be fixed two to four metres up a tree or a wall. Unless there are trees or buildings which shade the box du...

posted 6y ago by Separatrix‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to find ticks in your hair?

TL;DR: comb your scalp systematically with your fingers, wash your hair to remove them from hair (be careful with laundry carrying ticks home too), and try to catch/prevent them getting into your h...

posted 6y ago by cr0‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A Who to contact for a bird with broken wing in Portugal, Algarve?

The numbers I've called on the slim chance they are helpful for someone else in the future even though they did not work for me sadly: 1) SOS Environment Line (SEPNA / GNR) 808 200 520 2) The ne...

posted 6y ago by ozmichka‭

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Q&A Name of this Forked Fin Fish with Teeth Caught in Miami River, Florida, USA

That's an Inshore Lizardfish. The coloring and range are right and so is the description of the head and the teeth. It looks like they are edible but not deliberately caught by most people.

posted 6y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Q&A Is there a practical risk when wearing an avalanche beacon on your top layer?

The biggest reason I've always believed that you wear your beacon next to your base layer is battery life. Cold is well known to reduce battery life. By keeping the beacon close to your body you r ...

posted 6y ago by Erik‭

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Q&A Google Map Hiking Trail

You are looking at a ski resort. The blue and red lines are the slopes. The straight lines are the lifts. https://dachstein-salzkammergut.com/de/winter/winterregion/panoramakarte-winter/

posted 6y ago by Manziel‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A Hallstatt trek: Obertraun to Lodge am Krippenstein

Your trail appears to follow a ski slope all the way, so you can pretty much rule out ferratas or technical climbing. Still, the snow may cover some rougher terrain in the winter (like streams that...

posted 6y ago by helm‭

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Q&A Is there a practical risk when wearing an avalanche beacon on your top layer?

Can't speak to avalanche beacons. However, I have lost a GPS hiking in bush. My suspicion is that I broke the cord, but never noticed it. I have also lost compasses that were strung around my nec...

posted 6y ago by Sherwood Botsford‭

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Q&A Are wattle and daub primitive shelters suitable for the Adirondacks?

Take a closer look at european construction techniques up to the invention of asphalt and steel roofing. In general, if you can keep the water off of the building, you can use a water soluble medi...

posted 6y ago by Sherwood Botsford‭

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Q&A Is there any evidence that suction devices are helpful for snake bites?

There are two studies I could find on this, Conclusion The Sawyer Extractor pump removed bloody fluid from our simulated snakebite wounds but removed virtually no mock venom, which sugges...

posted 6y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A How stiff of a sole should I look for in hiking boots?

Since you are looking for one shoe to do it all choose harder soles over softer soles. I've tried soft to medium soles on medium to very rough trails and my feet took a beating. The harder soles ...

posted 6y ago by David D‭

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Q&A How stiff of a sole should I look for in hiking boots?

That depends on what sort of walking you're doing and what your personal preferences are. The great advantage of a very stiff sole is on very rough ground, jagged rocks etc. Walking on such surfac...

posted 6y ago by Separatrix‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A What is this brown catipillar with white stripes and two black spots near the head in Loveland, Colorado?

I'm not 100%, but I am going to call that a yellow striped armyworm, Spodoptera ornithogalli. These things seem to be widely distributed and very common; I've seen them frequently in my travels bu...

posted 6y ago by cobaltduck‭

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Q&A Are statistics about the frequency of crime actually useful in determining how safe a trail is?

I revisited this question while tracking down something else. (I'm not sure how I got here when I was looking at your recent caterpillar question, but mysterious are the ways of the moving finger ...

posted 6y ago by ab2 MonicaNotForgotten‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A Will a coyote attack my dog on a leash while I'm on a hiking trail?

Has this happened sure, Traps have been set out after an elderly woman was walking her small, mixed-breed dog on a leash around 10 a.m. on Saturday on Avenida Majorca and a coyote began attacki...

posted 6y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Q&A What can I provide to help a robin build her nest?

I live in the UK and the first time I noticed Robin's nesting was in the top of a down pipe. Unfortunately the heavens opened and we had flash floods. The water filled up and the 6 babies died desp...

posted 6y ago by Elaine Coley-Evans‭

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Q&A Is wild garlic edible? How do you prepare it?

Use it to make vegetable lasagna. I'm right now combining the leaves and flowers (from my garden) with sorrel (also from my garden), and spinach, with seasoned ricotta and extra garlic. Wilt and ch...

posted 6y ago by Lotte Hughes‭

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Q&A What is the recommended wilderness first aid treatment for a scorpion sting?

Do not put ice on scorpion bites! Just cold compress...that is direct from Poison control. Fyi I have used the inner fillet of prickly pear cactus pad twice on bark scorpion stings... it works ver...

posted 6y ago by Trooper4‭

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Q&A How stiff of a sole should I look for in hiking boots?

In addition to what the others already said, I'd like to say that there are some considerations that go beyond saying a sole is stiff. Stiff soles under the toes help with climbing. Such sole des...

posted 6y ago by cbeleites supports Monica‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A What is the proper way to use a sauna?

I think it's worth focusing on the specifics of your actions here, as gleaned from your Facebook post. Apparently you went swimming in cold water, then entered a sauna, and the following happened: ...

posted 6y ago by Pont‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A What is a "Post Eye Tiable" (PET) knot?

Post eye tiable means that the rope is passed through the eye or harness before any any part of the knot is tied. This is in contrast to a rethreaded figure of eight which has to be partially tied...

posted 6y ago by Separatrix‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A What is the proper way to use a sauna?

Just because it's customary to jump in a cold lake straight after getting out of a sauna doesn't make it a good idea if you're not used to it (or even if you are). Wild swimmers are more cautious a...

posted 6y ago by Chris H‭

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Q&A How safe is the bowline knot in different situations?

In the first instance, the simple #1010 Bowline (as shown by the OP) - is not and never was intended for climbing. Its sort of like asking; "Is a Lamborghini sports car suitable to drive off road i...

posted 6y ago by Mark G‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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