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There are a lot of things you can do to keep a tent cooler. However some depend on your exact scenario, so I'll give a shotgun spread of advice and you can use what applies to your situation. In ...
There's a lot of great answers here, and one answer touched on it, but I really wanted to emphasize the quality of the resources and classes available at REI. Classes are open to members and non-me...
There's a specific class of boat designed to do exactly what you want - "crossover" kayaks. Here's some examples: In general they.. are much longer than a whitewater boat but are still sho...
No, there are no risks, assuming you're asking abput biohazards. This is poop so old it has petrified, become stone and/or sand. The only microorganisms that actively live in there are ones that ca...
This is a dragonfly. Damselflies place their wings alongside their body when resting. Dragonflies can not do this, once they had their first flight after hatching. So when you see their wings po...
Yes, the UNESCO WHS classification would be an obstacle to Monbiot's rewilding proposals, as it focuses on the preservation of a farmed landscape. But that begs the question of whether radical rewi...
In a word: sandals There's a reason everyone you'll be around also wears sandals. But you'll want the same thong sandals or "flip flops" that they wear, since you'll be taking them off all the tim...
Hiking boots for the hikes and flip flops for hard surfaces or while the boots dry out would seem to be a good compromise. The cost and weight of a pair of flip flops are negligible. Minimise the a...
Food is not a priority in the short term (1 week). The body is quite capable of functioning properly without food for a week. So for the majority of the survival scenarios there is no need to forag...
http://www.venturing.org/ Venturing Age Groups Venturers Youth Participants: those who are age 14 (or 13 and graduated 8th grade) through the age of 17 are referred to as youth participants. Adu...
You could read the Boy Scout Handbook and the BSA Fieldbook to get a strong basic knowledge of scouting skills. You'll need to get hands on experience, but that doesn't require being in the back co...
Here are a few ideas or you to ponder. Plant or move fruit trees and vegetable gardens, especially tomato plants, away from your home to prevent stink bugs from landing on the exterior of yo...
As far as being able to tie a knot blindfolded, etc... A better measure is to understand how knots work, and what constitutes a properly tied knot. If I was half way up a big wall and you insisted...
Some years ago I climbed Teide from sea level, Playa del Soccorro at the north coast. I spent 9 hours 45 minutes on the 3718 meters climb, walking slowly all the time. After the summit I went dow...
http://www.outwardbound.org/ - has education programs for adults. However, I think you're on the right track with just finding your local community in some online way. For example, you can learn a...
Volunteer in Search and Rescue (SAR). I just got certified through my state's Sheriff's Association as a volunteer search and rescuer. I went through a two-month-long class with an intense outdoor...
Just in case anyone is reading this thinking about it, obviously later than this post was created though. I have been in this situation. I grew up in the Adirondack Mountains and have shot at bears...
The real range of answers is only limited by your imagination. There are an innumerable amount of things you can do with a spare bit of cordage. One use that I can see for it in your picture is as ...
My understanding is that with any boat the maximum hull speed possible is equal to 1.4 X square root of the waterline length. This is for powered craft but as you are supplying the power it should ...
Determining whether it's a tick If you have a digital camera or mobile phone with you, you could try photographing your suspected tick. I don't have a tick handy for testing purposes, but I just t...
Screens are the best solution, and the only solution guaranteed to keep your room 100% bug free (as long as people are careful not to let them in at the door). Other preventative methods include u...
The classic maximum speed of a displacement vessel is associated with a Froude Number [velocity / sqrt(g*LWL) ] = 0.4. But if you want velocity in knots and measure water line length in feet (with...
The accepted answer gives good advice, which I will not repeat here. But although reading about what to do is much better than not knowing anything about what to do, reading is no substitute for h...
Going back to WW.2. A shelter half as used by the US. Army. This would form a pup tent with 2 joined or a lean to with one. Sized right for a rain protector over cloths. Kind of rectangle with a t...
The reasons for doing it include: not breaking your paddles (this is the main one) not breaking your face it is (was) cool it's fun The last two are why it's being done in the linked video. ...
