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Q&A How to temporarily mark a trail?

The easiest way to do this is to turn on the tracking function of your GPS or mark it as a waypoint. Then you can simply follow your track backwards or navigate to the waypoint.

posted 8y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to clean picked berries?

The first thing is to pick them carefully in the first place, discarding any stems and most bugs. The more exposed berries are easier to pick cleanly, as of course are the largest ones. Then with b...

posted 8y ago by Chris H‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to temporarily mark a trail?

As said by Charlie Brumbaugh, the easiest solution is probably using a GPS system. My prefered solution would be to make little cairns using rocks and/or wood. It is far more discret and not pollu...

posted 8y ago by Shan-x‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

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Q&A What are good locations to find wild strawberries?

Since geographical area was not mentioned, Smultron are very common in Sweden. I am not sure about the botanical definition of wild strawberries, but usually Smultron is translated as wild strawb...

posted 8y ago by Rsf‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to clean picked berries?

I usually combine the two answers above- pick into a container, when done transfer the berries one by one to a strainer. Get rid of anything suspicious. Wash thoroughly with cold water, if needed ...

posted 8y ago by Rsf‭

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Q&A How to stalk lynxes in the black forest?

I have to be honest with you here: I don't think you will be successful in observing any wild Lynx. That is unless you are willing to commit a lot of time and quite potentially a fair bit of money ...

posted 8y ago by fgysin reinstate Monica‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to temporarily mark a trail?

One possible solution is to put chalk crosses on waymarkers. These should wash off in a couple of days so cause limited disruption to other users of the trail. Even this though can seem unsightly t...

posted 8y ago by System‭

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Q&A Good Hiking Route Planner

I don't know anything that will do this for you, but the simple answer is to join up some well established paths, For example the pennine bridle way is 205 miles straight down the centre of the cou...

posted 8y ago by System‭

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Q&A Multi-day hiking trip [California, early April]

I would recommend going to Los Padres National Forest including the Ventana Wilderness in the Santa Lucia Range. No chance of snow there as even the highest mountain does not exceed 1800 metre and...

posted 8y ago by gerrit‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I prevent my sun glasses from fogging up when skiing?

For my diver mask and mask for skiing I'm using following trick(should also work with glasses): Clean your mask\glasses as much as possible(inner part of lenses of course). For cleaning I'm using...

posted 8y ago by user1209304‭

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Q&A How do you pace yourself while doing strenuous hikes above 3,000 meters (10,000 feet)?

Choose a steady pace that you can keep up non-stop for two hours. If you notice that you need to catch your breath earlier, you are walking too fast. After two hours it's time for a break. The f...

posted 8y ago by gerrit‭

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Q&A Terms for different parts of a mountain

Sorry, no drawings. But the sources have photos of examples, and names of actual locations. You would need a seriously detailed drawing/photo to describe all of these features. Ablation zone - T...

posted 8y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to temporarily mark a trail?

In the wooded forests near me a practice I've seen is to lean a small stick (maybe 1 or 2 feet long) against a live or standing tree. The stick is natural to the area so it blends in. It will event...

posted 8y ago by Kimball‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to stalk lynxes in the black forest?

The first step in stalking a predator is to learn everything about the animal you can using the various resources available to you including people, books, movies, and the internet. The second st...

posted 8y ago by rlynn007‭

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Q&A When back country camping, how do you avoid being attacked by a mountain lion in your sleep?

Cougars are as one would expect not afraid of any animal, being on the top of the food chain. Their one exception would be bears. Not even hunting or other disposal means will deter cougars from at...

posted 8y ago by Ken Graham‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

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Q&A Multi-day hiking trip [California, early April]

I would suggest looking at the Point Reyes National Seashore, close to Petaluma, less than a hour north of San Francisco. It is a beautiful area ranging from thick woods to large open bluffs to the...

posted 8y ago by bitsmack‭

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Q&A Why does the intensity of sunlight at sunset/sunrise depend on your latitude?

You need to include winter to summer but based on your latitude the sunlight has to pass through a different distance of the atmosphere at dawn and dusk. Maybe this is what Botsford is saying. Ci...

posted 8y ago by paparazzo‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

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Q&A Identification of a tropical fish with saw-like dorsal fin?

This appears to be a Tilapia sparrmanii Pictures: Brief description: Tilapia sparrmanii, the banded tilapia, or vlei kurper, is a widespread and adaptable cichlid fish that is found in...

posted 8y ago by OddDeer‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

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Q&A Why does the intensity of sunlight at sunset/sunrise depend on your latitude?

Part of it is the distance from the sun to the horizon. In the tropics the sun path angle is nearly at right angles to the surface. Sunsets are short. The time between 10 degress above the horiz...

posted 8y ago by Sherwood Botsford‭

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Q&A How to safely heat a enclosed tent with electricity

If you have electric. I would advise a chicken coup heater. If knocked over they are made to not start fires. Made for more rugged outdoor use. Found in farm supplies.

posted 8y ago by J Bergen‭

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Q&A Is there any statistical evidence that hunting reduces the likelihood of mountain lion attacks?

There are two things we have to keep in mind with this subject. If the cougar populations are in decline anywhere, this would seem to mean that cougar attacks would naturally also be in decline. Bu...

posted 8y ago by Ken Graham‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to safely heat a enclosed tent with electricity

I do not believe space heaters would be a good idea in a tent. There is not a large volume of air mass to heat in a tent and if you are asleep in a tent, how can you maintain that your feet (for ex...

posted 8y ago by Ken Graham‭

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Q&A How to lock a kayak

Most solutions require threading one or two long lockable cables through some sort of “holes” in the kayak and onto the fixed rack. The locking cables can be elongated versions of standard bicycle ...

posted 8y ago by Martin F‭

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Q&A When back country camping, how do you avoid being attacked by a mountain lion in your sleep?

You can't. If you hike in the back country, you will be attacked by cougars in your sleep. But don't let that stop you. You should embrace cougar attacks. When my family camps out, we take tu...

posted 8y ago by user100464‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do you pace yourself while doing strenuous hikes above 3,000 meters (10,000 feet)?

Listening to your body is good advise as others said: try to maintain relaxed, deep breathing, and when it becomes too much for you to do comfortable, you should slow down or stop to reset back to ...

posted 8y ago by cr0‭

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