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As an extension to Openstreetmap, I recommend Opentopomap. It has the same trail data as Openstreetmap, but adds contour lines, which can be quite handy when hiking. However, I recommend to never...
All white tigers live in zoos. The last white tiger living in the wild was shot in 1958. (This breaks my heart.) From a-z animals: White Tiger Classification and Evolution The White Tiger (al...
I have always felt uncomfortable when it is about asking people do go for a particular trek, and sometimes the asking them otherwise. "I am a pretty fit person and I went on some 3-4 day trips ...
It could just be a difference between how the companies calculate it. From an article about kayak weight capacity, There's no industry standard for determining the maximum weight capacity of a...
It makes more sense to insulate you than the whole back of the truck. Get a foam pad to put under your sleeping bag. You say there is a plastic liner, but a real sleeping pad should insulate much...
The photos are a bit blurry but I'm reasonably sure it's a young Grey Partridge Photo source RSPCA has more info on them A medium-sized, plump gamebird with a distinctive orange face. Flies ...
Tie a loop in one end with a bowline, thread the rope though the loop and around the package, as you would with compression straps. If you can't get it tight enough with a couple of half hitches us...
I don't really think that woman should be afraid when hiking alone. However, for sure, both woman and man should be careful. According to Sky Above Us Statistic deaths related to lack of knowledge ...
It's useful for extinguishing your campfire. Stir the coals, add the "liquid", then stir again.
If a climber on top rope, takes a fall, there isn't much force at all compared with the forces that are generated when a lead climber falls. That force has the potential to pull the belayer into so...
I prefer the mat (in the rare case of sleeping outside in winter, mats) rolled up inside the rucksack, against its wall, as shown in the middle picture in your question. This way the mat is safe (...
Yes. No question. With top-roping, the belayer can be spacing-out quite a bit and still do their job with a minimum of risk. With one hand on the belay tool, and another sensing the tension of the...
Well, I'm a total scatterbrain on the trail, so I can answer from hard experience. There are three scenarios - before you go, leaving camp or accommodation, and getting back on trail after a rest....
Almost certainly, this is the work of a woodpecker foraging for grubs in a dead and rotting tree: they tend to move methodically up the trunk excavating at intervals, producing the Swiss cheese eff...
Not sure about all the bark being stripped off, but the elongated holes look like the work of pileated woodpeckers.
Check out http://ultimatesurvivaltips.com/paracord-basics/ for a pretty good answer to this question. Some of the main points about paracord: Stronger Better resistance to minor nicks and damage ...
If you are confident and not out of breath, reattach the skirt before the roll after upside-down re-entry (re-entry and roll mentioned above). It takes a lot of effort and maybe a nose plug. But if...
I'm a bit late, but hope I can add something to the excellent answers you've already received. I agree with the general concensus that it's probably a young grey partridge (Perdix Perdix). The ad...
First of all, mold is a problem of humidity and high temperature. Minor spores are present almost everywhere and are carried through the air. But for the development of mold it is necessary to crea...
Bears only have one reason to go anywhere, and that reason is food. Humans eat to live, but bears live to eat. They are always on the move to find more food, discovering new patches of berries, dig...
One thing to consider, You could use an adhesive thermal insulating liner on the underside of the bed cap, it would be semi-permanent but i don't see it causing any adverse affects if left in place...
I assume you have a solar cell or backup battery to recharge your phone. The manual solution suggested above - climb a hill and look - will be your low power mode.
Split Rock Lighthouse was built in 1910 on the north shore of Lake Superior, near Two Harbors, Minnesota, because all the iron ore in the area (one of the largest deposits in North America) deflect...
Mineral deposits can do this. iron deposits are famed for it. Australia in areas. Is famed for this. Also the area at sea were your compass goes from pointing east to magnetic north to west. Off Au...
This looks like decommissioned harbor mines. At the end of World War II many were removed from river mouths & harbors. Once set out you can not use them again, so they removed the explosive &am...
