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Ok so I do't have excessive first hand experience at crossing bogs - but did find an couple of interesting reads which may help to answer some of your questions. From researching, bogs are not that...
Iceland Not the answer you wanted of course, but there are very few places in the world where you don't find mosquitoes and the others are considerably further away. New Caledonia, French Polynes...
For the sake of completeness I would like to add that flying might actually be the cheapest option for you. While it sounds like an amazing adventure, walking takes a lot of time, and you still n...
Existing answer already give good reasons why there might be an unisex tag even though it's factually irrelevant. There is one much less involved reason: Shop templates. The linked Fjällräven shop ...
The best thing to do would be to simply bring two water bladders and switch the hoses over your shoulder after the first is emptied. Alternately, you could try routing two hoses over your one shoul...
Yes, doves do molt. This United States Geological Survey (USGS) study of 8,141 adult mourning doves in North and South Carolina, USA found that substantial numbers complete molt in September with ...
The problem with using the cheap bottles is that if they break, you can be in serious trouble. A quick price check says that 32 oz nalgenes go for around 10 bucks and 2 liter hydration bladders for...
In regards to seaworthiness of SOT vs Sit In kayaks, it depends... Typically a SOT, because you are sitting on top of a air cavity of some depth, will have a higher center of gravity and in that s...
The bull hitch is just a cow hitch (aka girth hitch) with an extra round turn. Bring the working end over and around the bar then over itself. Make a turn around itself. Bring it behi...
So far, I've always used PET bottles, and they never failed during a hike. Replaced them after each tour for hygienical reasons, but that's it. The primary reason I prefer them over my Nalgenes is...
This answer may not be the answer you're looking for, nor related to the outdoors, but Do not reuse PET bottles PET is a very porous type of plastic and it may become more porous with each use. Th...
On the bottom of the plastic bottle should be a number. #1, PET bottles leach antimony (a metallic element, Sb, atomic number 51) into the water. Over time and with sunlight exposure, more antimo...
My reason to not buy bottled water is that it often takes several times as much water to make the bottle as the water it contains. But when you buy a bottle of water, for whatever reason, you sh...
I don't think there can be a definite answer to this question: it all depends on how much tension there is on the slackline. And the slackline tension depends on a few factors, among which there ar...
For fly fishing, there are two types of flies, wet and dry. The wet flies are designed to sink and bitten by the fish underwater, while the dry lures are designed to sit on top and the fish will c...
Bees are pretty sensitive to movements, so if you see some moseying around, then try to move slowly and smoothly and they should ignore you. Swatting at them or waving them away will likely send t...
It sounds like you got near a wasp nest. These can be hard to spot, especially the ones that are in the ground. The best way to avoid getting stung more is to move away, than can mean up to 10 me...
Parasols might be out of style in most countries, but they are still fairly popular in some Asian countries, where people try to get as little tan as possible. E.g. Japan and China. So I suppose th...
Yes Charlie's answer is excellent, but to append some technical information from my background as a civil engineer may be helpful. When evaluating stormwater impacts for a site, there's generally...
The web site UtahFishFinder claims a 99% survival rate (assuming the fish hit the water). I presume height of drop could influence it. They drop the fish anywhere between 50 and 150 feet: Once ...
I can imagine that there's nothing of the shelf available but this is nothing a little DIY can't fix. Go to your local hardware or pet supply store and find a small aquarium hose T or Y fitting th...
This answer is from personal experience and personal observation in Yosemite and the other parks of the Sierra. (I wish I had time to research this answer properly, but I don't right now.) The al...
In cold weather a simple thick scarf over face and nose is effective and reducing exhaled water by between a quarter and a half. On inhaling, the scarf is chilled. On exhaling, some of your breat...
I have one, and have used it for years. As a warmth device it works primarily as a air movement blocker -- you would get the same effect from a chunk of plastic. As a ground sheet it's wonderful:...
There are four common types of stove alcohol: methanol, ethanol, denatured alcohol, and isopropanol. You can usually find them in hardware stores and (but not always) in camping stores. You can al...
