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I think this could make a good community wiki. A few things not mentioned (unless I missed) more specifically for sleeping: Make sure you're hydrated. Sounds dumb because it's cold and you don'...
Generally speaking wildlife should not be harassed by humans, but left alone. Bites can infect you with unwanted bacteria and require stitches in a hospital. Large animals should always be left al...
Kangaroos can be very dangerous to men. It's never a good idea to approach them and we should always exercise caution when in the vicinity. However, they don't go looking for people to attack. Th...
The original meaning was the weight of the water displaced by the hull, but typically the hull weight is used to mean just the weight of the hull - minus fittings etc. Hopefully that helps solve...
Potentially, very dangerous. Kangaroos can be big (largest confirmed stood 2.1 m (6'10") tall and weighed 91 kg (201 lb)!), they're strong, they have killer claws that they will use to try and gou...
Your question was about deer hunting in Pennsylvania and Oregon where the majority of the deer are whitetail deer and mule deer, respectively. My answer applies to both, generally. There are many o...
One of the major questions asked on the many camino de santiago fora and groups are on shoes. And the answers are usually subjective. One or the other isn't usually better but often more liked by o...
Having grown up on a farm in Western Australia which is inhabited with kangaroos I have never thought of kangaroos as a danger to humans. In my experience kangaroos are afraid of humans (unless ra...
The density (weight) affects ballistics. Less dense shot will slow down at a faster rate. Lead is a relatively cheap high density metal but is has negative health consequences. Tungsten is ...
There was a kickstarter for shoe soles that can charge a battery. The company is called SolePower. They ran a Kickstarter and were successful. I have not followed the company myself, but they do...
Is it practical to replace the sole of these shoes and if so, will I need to get a cobbler involved or can it be done at home? Yes, resoling boots is practical and cost effective way to repa...
That's exactly what it is, a top cap or knot protector is simply there to help protect your knot on the swivel from getting abraded against the rock while you're up-hauling: Source Source
In most ways, it looks like porcupine to me. The scratch marks going perpendicular to the tree trunk make it less likely to be bear, deer, or elk. Bear will strip a tree like this if it is rotten...
It is called fog, and you are standing higher then it is thick. Clouds can form at many different altitudes. They can be as high as 12 miles above sea level or as low as the ground. Fog is a ki...
That phenonmon is called a cloud inversion. It happens in mountainous areas when a layer of warm moist air passes over cold valley floor. So initially the valley is full of cold air: \ ...
Maybe the mountain is just very tall. Haleakalā has a sunrise tour where you can see that every day.
For a one-handed knot that doesn't require relacing, try the one-handed variant of the "Ian Knot" from Ian's shoelace site. The result is identical to a standard shoelace knot, though I suspect it ...
Rock flour does not seem to be much of an impediment for fish living in rock flour alpine lakes. Lake Louise for example is known as the Lake of the Little Fishes: Lake Louise, named Lake of t...
Glued is the least serviceable sole. A goodyear welting is designed to be resoled. Many glued soles can be replaced. On that sole I don't even think it can be bought from Vibram because of t...
According to this web page the best time of year is, Chatham Fish Pier -- Chatham's fish pier is the place to be when local fishermen unload their catch of the day. See the hilarious show as re...
In my experience a tent will give protection from bears: I was camping in a pup tent on the Bruce Peninsula with my 10 year old daughter. I woke up to the sound of what I first assumed to be "pigs...
First thing to point out is that wild camping is not legal in the England and Wales (It is in Scotland and Dartmoor). Now that said if you follow some basic rules it is possible. I cover these in a...
There are going to be two main differences that I can think of. The first is that higher shoes are going to weigh more, simply because there is more shoe. The second is that that you are going to...
Open wounds are treated the same in the back country as they are treated in your kitchen: DEPT Direct Pressure Elevation Pressure Point (now's a good time to call 911, if bleeding so far is u...
If you wanted to pick one up without a live snail inside, I would say finding one on dry sand without a trail that looks like it has been there a while. The signs of that would be, being flipped up...
