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Traveling solo doesn't necessarily make a hike any riskier, or lessen your chance of injury. What is does do, is increase the response time of rescue workers. When you're hiking in a group and so...
In the link you gave in your question there are some pictures. One of the pictures has this caption: The Bunkhouses at the background of the picture, can serve as shelter, and has a nearby wate...
Limit your carbon footprint Limiting your carbon footprint is just one of the many ways you can try to protect nature from the impact of man. It is an important one though. For the love of God, ...
On a backpacking trip, calibrate the altimeter only at the trailhead and at places, such as a pass or a lake, that are marked on a topo map. In your comment you mention maybe calibrating the altim...
Red filter for headlights has some specific applications. It's highly used for hunting and military operations as it doesn't have a strong/long light beam so you can only see very short distances....
The linked question on biology.SE actually is for many aspect already the answer, one just needs to convert the findings to the outdoors/hiking. I will first reiterate the most important anatomical...
There will be different approaches depending on how much you are "in charge" of the group. Also, I understand the setting is that the group is already on the trip, possibly with limited possibility...
A quick online search among performance tents sold by a major U.S. retailer and a major U. S. based manufacturer showed no tents with black floors. Many had grey floors, in various shades, which ma...
Well, it seems that the mystery was solved: it is a common roach with a guanin deficiency that causes them to have a different colour, as explained by this ecologist (in Swedish).
If you find yourself hiking along a road at night, especially in a group, a red light towards oncoming traffic may be a good idea. There isn't always a verge to step onto when you notice a car appr...
First off, don't even think of attempting this if its raining or thunderstorms are nearby. Not only will water make the rock slick, but the prominence and the metal cables make people on the route ...
A 100 gram canister of Jetpower fuel boils up to 10-12 liters of water according to the web site Make it 10 grams / liter Let'd say it is twice as efficient how many liters are the break even A...
It's usually not that hard to detect clouds at night after your eyes have adjusted to the darkness. So assessing weather at night is not much different from doing it when the sun is out. However,...
In outdoor garments, water resistant means that it will keep you dry in light rain for some time, is not a garment to withstand heavy rain. Water proof means that it will keep you dry in the rain, ...
There are quite a few plants like this. It's coded into their DNA. Some vines spiral in the right-handed sense, others left, e.g., morning glory and honeysuckle go the opposite way. There can also ...
The basic criterion should be keeping the sleeping bag clean, and allowing moisture to wick away from the persons skin. If it adds to the warmth, its win-win situation. First and far most obvious ...
If you're looking for a liner to add some serious warmth (10-15 degrees Fahrenheit), look into the Thermalite Reactor series. They weigh generally in the 8oz range.
Get a hangboard. Use it multiple times a day. If possible, set up a pull-up bar on each door of your rooms. Enter only after you do one pull-up. To exert your body as much as you do when climbing,...
Suggestion for Germany: tell the owner. The owner often has the strongest interest in having it cleaned up fast, because clean places tend to stay clean, but once someone dumped rubbish, others ...
I don't ice skate and my main goals of working with ice are to get it gone. That said, if I did want to even out ice with the least amount of work and expense I would get a weed burner and a bottl...
I look a fall while clipping the 3rd clip (in the danger zone). There is no reason that a climber should be at risk of a ground fall while making the 3rd clip. Even the second clip should be s...
The short answer to that is yes - but the real answer is it depends. If you are climbing on sandstone, this could actually be very dangerous & unethical. The issue with sandstone is that it te...
This was done on the American Frontier, and during the American Civil War. According to this journal from the American Medical Association printed in 1893, it is a good antiseptic. Apparently, alco...
I suspect it's just inherited from the "rules of the road" extant before most road traffic was motorised and before most roads were widened to 2 lanes. On single-track roads e.g. in Scotland, it's...
If you can grab your current hold with both hands: do a pull-up, as high as possible. Then release your feet, in any convenient way. While your body starts swinging, reverse the pull-up, so your ar...
