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I find that hiking boots help protect my ankles and feet from twigs and things that can scratch or hit against them, help prevent rain from getting in (I can wear long pants with sneakers but still...
My advice is to always use the entire length of the the stone, to make sure wearing is even, and it's easier to be slow and steady. Also, some good information on cooking.SE. How often you sha...
You are right about using the rough side first and then some polishing with the finer side. Holding an angle is a real tricky part and needs some stability and skill. To prevent the blade from get...
I would follow the same rules as drinking water. The water was not standing, i.e. it comes from a stream that is rather fast and the stream is big enough that it is not just a con...
Growing up in rural New Zealand, we often encountered electric fences. Some of them were illegally high-powered to deal with big animals. We tested fences either with the back of our hands or with...
TL;DR - First try to identify if the wire is supposed to carry electricity (insulators on posts/wire goes to an electrical box/posted warning signs/ect...). There's really not much you can do to ch...
I understand your question such that you are asking about fences for livestock and alike, not high-security fences. It is your responsibility to check if you could get in danger. If the fence looks...
Mate if I got it right what you made was even worse than the American Triangle of Death: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_death_triangle The solution there, would be using only the crack by p...
The best place to snare a rabbit is on a trail. Find an area that is overgrown and thick. Look for areas like this http://www.instructables.com/id/Snaring/step8/Game-trails/ In my experience, b...
When climbing wearing a heavy rucksack (such as Alpine climbing), it is quite possible to end upside-down after a fall. This is why many European alpinists favour a full body harness or a separate...
Survival Float. A survival float-also know as a deadman float or jellyfish float–is when you relax your body, over-inflate your lungs, and try to stay afloat using natural buoyancy by either layin...
Note: updated 11 Aug 2015 to add Viewranger. I had a similar question (which I have deleted) relating to the UK, here's what I found (from comments to my deleted Q and from answers here) that var...
It happened to me. I was the belayer, and it was a slab. The leader panicked before reaching the next bolt and started to walk backwards, pushing her shoulders back, out of control. When the rope...
It can happen, sure, but because of the way a climbing harness fits (you sit in it) and because of the way falls typically happen (you fall straight down from an upright position in many cases) it ...
This sounds to me what we would call in the UK prickly heat. What causes prickly heat? Prickly heat usually develops when a person sweats more than usual, such as during hot or humid wea...
The second one is the better form. I have used that form, with the tall end in a spruce in both heavy rain and in snow, and stayed perfectly dry. However I didn't use a tarp as small as 1.4 x 2.4...
If you are a person who burns readily then sunblock at all times plus long sleeve shirt and hat are your only answer. However the danger of sun, IMHO is overrated, compared to the other hazards of...
Very rough rule of thumb is that effort distance (ED) is horizontal distance (HD) + 5 * Vertical distance (VD) So ED = HD + VD example: A recent hike I took had a horizontal distance of 85 miles...
I have found that soda pop bottles are designed for higher pressure and don't deform as badly. Plus they are cheap to replace. In general a soda pop bottle filled to just the start of the shoulde...
If the crack was good enough for your anchor all on its own, there are a couple of ways to use that: redirect a regular direct belay: hang a karabiner from a sling around the tree belay sitting...
SMC's site doesn't say anything very helpful but, keep in mind that 14kN is enough to lift a medium sized car. In a rappel only situation, it should last for years. That being said....using 'left ...
I look for flat ground on dirt or grass free of pebbles not underneath dead branches (which could fall and hit you while you sleep)
Either will work, but Dyneema and Nylon have different properties that can make them more or less advantageous in certain situations. Dyneema is obviously a lot lighter than nylon, which gives it...
I don't know what the rules are where you climb, but those kinds of situations–where you find a bomber belay point (comfy ledge), but no suitable anchor points–are where I'm temped to bolt an ancho...
Yes - 50lbs draw means you need to be able to pull 50lbs, unless you have a pulley/gear reduction. So if you increase to a higher draw, you'll need to be able to pull it.
