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Q&A What is the most efficient strategy to melt snow using a stove?

You want to have some water in the pot/pan, as otherwise you will scorch it. It doesn't have to be too much, just enough to cover the bottom. Then you would just want to keep stirring it.

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

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Q&A What is the most efficient strategy to melt snow using a stove?

For maximum efficiency (i.e. melted water per used fuel) make sure the following things are always true: Always have some water in the pot. Never have only water in the pot. Having water increa...

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

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Q&A Processing the fruit of chequers/wild service tree

I would think that you can adapt any method that is used for medlar or common medlar (mespilus germanica). So freezer should work. How do I know when they are dried/ripened enough ready for eatin...

posted 8y ago by xerios‭

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Q&A What is the most efficient strategy to melt snow using a stove?

A small flame compared to the size of the pot means less heat escaping up the sides. This will of course slow things down. Further minimise this with a pot skirt if at all possible. I had a skirt f...

posted 8y ago by Chris H‭

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Q&A How do I tie a sleeping bag to my backpack?

The link to the image of your pack is broken, so I'm going to generalize. I still prefer my external frame pack (hard to find nowadays) I will gladly live with the extra pound to have pockets, and...

posted 8y ago by Sherwood Botsford‭

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Q&A Is there a mobile app to easily send a SMS message with coordinates?

I don't know what phone you have, but there appears to be a relatively simple Android app called "GPS Coordinates GPS Location" that claims to be able to text your coordinates without requiring a d...

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

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Q&A What are ways to reduce swinging momentum when climbing?

Cliffs LIC! Tucking your legs in would indeed reduce the angular momentum and help control the swing, as would working on upper body and core strength. For that route I would say the swing is una...

posted 8y ago by Quinto‭

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Q&A What features should I look for in a satellite emergency device?

I use a personal locator beacon (PLB), which just allows me to send a signal in an emergency showing my location. If it can get a GPS signal, it broadcasts my location, but if it can't, it still ac...

posted 8y ago by Ben Crowell‭

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Q&A How should you treat an open wound in the backcountry?

First of all you need to control what is life threatening. Control the bleed. Lay them down and elevate the wound if necessary. Apply sterile dressings (or the closest thing you have to sterile)....

posted 8y ago by paparazzo‭

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Q&A What are ways to reduce swinging momentum when climbing?

In general the best way to reduce/dampen your swinging is what Desorder mentioned in a comment: You want to exercise your core stability to stop swinging When you strengthen your core then y...

posted 8y ago by Erik‭

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Q&A In cold conditions, will you freeze faster wearing wet clothes than not wearing any?

It depends a bit on the circumstances. If you have just fallen in freezing water than stripping off will probably get you warm faster as wet clothing will usually conduct heat away from your body...

posted 8y ago by Chris Johns‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do you remove a fishhook from a human?

The usual place this happens is a finger, ear, occasional other places. If you are close to town, and have good insurance by all means, tape it in place to minimize movement, and go see a doctor. ...

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

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Q&A Reacting to a bee attack

Generally speaking bees only attack when they feel threatened or protecting their hives. Apis dorsata has been described as one of the most dangerous animals of the southeastern Asian jungles ...

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

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Q&A In cold conditions, will you freeze faster wearing wet clothes than not wearing any?

It does depend on the circumstances and the other two answers cover it pretty well. A personal experience to back those answers up: I found myself sleeping in a precarious place after a rain storm ...

posted 8y ago by cr0‭

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Q&A How to clean vomit from camping gear?

It sounds like what you did to clean it up was effective and could be adapted for trekking. For example there are three key things I read you did to improve the situation: wiped up the mess usin...

posted 8y ago by cr0‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do you remove a fishhook from a human?

I disagree greatly with all previous answers. Pushing the hook the rest of the way through is very painful and takes much longer than the method I describe below. My preferred method is to wrap so...

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

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Q&A What affects the acclimatization process?

I agree with what Charlie Brumbaugh said and will not repeat it, but will offer an perspective on what the individual can do. The single most effective thing you can do to improve your acclimatiz...

posted 8y ago by ab2 MonicaNotForgotten‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

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Q&A What should you do if your sleeping bag gets soaking wet at night?

Your solution isn't a bad one. Adding whatever fleece you have under the raingear would help. Putting your feet in your pack will help keep them warm. Much depends on other factors. How cold is...

posted 8y ago by Sherwood Botsford‭

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Q&A Which types of animals would peel bark off this tree?

That was definitely a beaver. Nothing else has quite the chewing power of a beaver, for example accoring to Wikipedia, these trees were cut by beavers in a single night. Based on the color of t...

posted 8y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Q&A What is this mountain seen from above the Banks Lake region of Washington State?

I am going to say that that is Mt. Baker. Here is a zoomed in version of the above picture. Here is a Google Earth image of Mt Baker from the south east. Looking at these pictures, there are...

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

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Q&A What is this mountain seen from above the Banks Lake region of Washington State?

Glacier Peak. If the is Mt Baker then Glacier peak should be in the foreground to the left and look bigger as it is only 240' shorter. Unless you we quite a bit north of Banks lake.

posted 8y ago by paparazzo‭

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Q&A What is this mountain seen from above the Banks Lake region of Washington State?

It's definitely one of the cascade peaks, which are all old volcanoes. The question is which one. As others have pointed out Mt Baker is a possibility. Another might be Mt Hood. It's often not ...

posted 8y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A How do you correct Google Earth's incorrect slope percentage?

The reason that this happens is that instead of calculating the slope correctly as Rise over Run, Google Earth calculates it as Rise over Hypotenuse. So if you had your standard 3x4x5 right triang...

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

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Q&A How to walk on the hot beach or rather hot sand?

Depends on what you're doing. My insights: Running/jogging? Barefoot or running shoes near the waterline. Try to avoid sandals that expose your toes completely, since you could hurt you toes &amp...

posted 8y ago by System‭

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Q&A Long term autonomous winter expedition northern Quebec/Labrador: Advices/questions

River crossings: I've done a couple dozen three week trips on the Canadian Shield, most in Northern Saskatchewan, but also northern Alberta and the N.W.T. I think the following will be applicable...

posted 8y ago by Sherwood Botsford‭

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