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Here are some ideas, with the usefulness depending on the terrain and rock quality and the terrain: Hold it down with an upside-down nut: Place a nut below the spike and clip it to the sling. The...
Ok the confusing term here I think is diaper. Which for me translates to nappy. Which means big nasty plastic lined item. If you're referring to Manure catchers, these are items designed to short ...
Another alternative that may be appropriate to areas where sport routes and trad routes do not coincide is to top rope while mock leading. You have your belayer put you on belay for a top rope set ...
I think a big part of speeding up is scouting the route from the ground (or knowing the area) and modifying your gear to the area in question. If you are climbing at Indian Creek, you need a lot o...
Find an old aluminum external frame pack. Remove the bag and discard. Lay the barrels crossways on the frame. Cut wedges that match the curve of the barrel. Fasten the wedges to the frame. (Th...
If you want to do axe or machete work with a knife bring a big fixed blader, like the ones made by Ka-bar, Glock or (as a sort of lower limit on the size and weight) Mora, to name a few. Folding kn...
A forest fire moves fairly rapidly (like 6-10 mph). Once it consumes the vegetation it goes out. If you stack a fire pit at best it will burn for a day. Just wait a day or two and walk out. Yes...
Your question answers itself - "above timberline" indicates very little, if any, fuels for the fire, so the best option (assuming no life-threatening issues) is to stay put. As others have mentione...
A kayak has the general advantage that with practice when tipped over one can roll back up. For this reason I'd say it's preferable. However, even with this advantage, if you're planning to go ont...
RETREAT Your option 2 is best, but having said that, rescue crews will want to know you're out there sooner than later. In the option 1 you described, you would be activating your PLB, then waiti...
As you suspected, in general it's not realistic that a duck would raise a swan, especially in the wild. INCUBATION: A swan's egg is much bigger than a mallard's, so the mother mallard (hen) is ...
With training and while accompanied by experienced people, you can safely enter the burned area of a forest fire, while the fire is still burning. There is an entire career field dedicated to the ...
There are canoe and kayak versions of the indoor rowing machine. Essentially, instead of sliding back and forth, pulling an oar, to simulate rowing, you are sitting/kneeling in place, pulling/pushi...
I find those mini saw blades very useful when trying to make repairs to gear or improvise with found objects (not necessarily tree branches)— for cutting notches in a piece of wood to hold cord or ...
Ethanol is usually sold as bio-ethanol in Canada, although, strictly speaking, it is really denatured alcohol (i.e., it has an additive to prevent people from drinking it). While you can get it fro...
Forester provides the answer earlier in the text Assuming a steady wind speed and direction, no obstacles to avoid, and progress to windward not in excess of that needed to make one's destination ...
In the absence of any overwhelming evidence to the contrary, I'm obligated to go with the last bit of information I was ab le to glean from the manufacturer: Hello Digger, Thank you for sending th...
Aside from waders, there's not much you can do to guarantee your feet will stay dry. No matter how high your waterproofing goes it won't help when you fall on your side from a rock shifting under f...
Adding to previous answers: If shore slope is shallow then beach head-on, otherwise come in sideways. For head-on approach, keep weight back to lift the bow, then shift weight forward after beach...
There exist specialized tools which can assist sharpening. However those generally only work well with a specific brand/type of screw, since the angles of the screw's teeth differ. (One example is...
What you want is a guide in a knife sharpening kit that will hold the knife in place and the stones at the correct angle. Mine looks like this, you can see the angle marking on the left side of...
A number of kits have guides for angle. I happen to like the Sypderco but it is not cheap. Hopefully you can get angle from the manufacturer. 40 degrees is common (20 each side). 30 degrees i...
There are a number of different factors that would result in less noise, Smaller cartridges – e.g., .22 rimfires instead of bottleneck rifle cartridges like .308 Winchesters (140 dB vs 167 dB) Lo...
For me, I'm fairly experienced at sharpening knives by eye. If you don't have access to a guide, which is not something that immediately comes to mind when you're packing for a hunting or camping ...
It's easy to tell when your screws need to be sharpened, because they don't cut as well and get increasingly difficult to place, but with proper maintenance your screws should never get to that poi...
