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It is not the sling that is the issue, its using the sling to form a hanging belay. Using a hanging belay allows the climber to sit down and have a rest at any location on the wall (i.e. its no d...
The answer to this will depend on the material your applying it to. Waterproofs typically fall into one of three categories: Physical waterproof barriers These are the old style "boil in the bag"...
Having done a bit of googling it appears he appears he shot left-handed due to an accident where he had part of one of his fingers amputated: ...Fred Bear shot the bow left handed, but he was r...
Safety is not absolute and there is no such thing as "safe", there is only safer or less safe. There is no doubt wearing head phones is less safe than not wearing them. The question you are really ...
Does it wear out more quickly if rain gear is stored in a stuff sack Pretty much everything wears out more quickly in a stuff sack. They put additional pressures onto the fibres, etc. So yes i...
So what does the keeper wire do? Makes it easier to attach the device to your harness when not using. Prevents the belay device working its way up the rope when giving slack. Keeps the delay devi...
Refer A Beginner's Guide to Hunting with a Crossbow You cock before you load an arrow.... You can leave your bow cocked all day (provided that you remove the arrow before walking or exit...
In the UK (we don't have many dangerous animals) cows are the most dangerous animals you're likely to come across. They kill about a dozen people every year. Typically most deaths are caused by he...
It depends what kind of ring it was. If the bird was part of a scientific study then often it will have a phone number/web address to contact (depending on size of the bird). If it is a racing bird...
Piles of clothes (though not that comfortable) they do help insulate you when it's cold (one of the main things a sleeping mat does is insulate you from the ground to keep you warm, not just make i...
I'm going snowboarding in a couple of months and I'm hideously out of practice/not very good. I remember when I last had lesson the instructor talked about how I should twist the board with my fee...
A Knot is a knot and its usually not something to get tied up in knots about. An simple overhand is a better knot in tape, purely because a Fig8 is impossible to lie neatly. As far as the question...
In some parts of France (Particularly the Fontainebleau forest) they use a substance called POF. POF is basically tree sap, they harvest it and carry it around in bags, dabbing it onto holds, etc...
You can see a list of the mebership discounts currently at: https://www.thebmc.co.uk/membership-discounts It covers a wide variety of things. TBH, if your looking to join the BMC for a discount...
Yes, your talking about a bivvy bag
Like a lot of decision made by a manufacturer it's a case of profit! At some level they've made a commercial decision. Waterproof fabrics are expensive, so if you make a bag using them then you hav...
My guess - you were not suffering AMS symptom, but you were in potentially big trouble. Normally AMS symptoms take time - up to 24 or even 48 hours to develop. When I was climbing Alpamayo (6000m)...
Prominence Is it's height above the surrounding ground (so the ground level is x height above sea level, the mounting is y height above sea level, it's Prominence = y -x) Isolation Is the distan...
Is this interpretation plausible, or are we just anthropomorphizing? The bear cub was likely scared and its reaction was to put on an aggressive act. TBH I think you were lucky as a threatened...
Typically...when putting an inflatable matt back into it's packaging I: Make sure all the vents are fully open Fold it (width wise) to the size of the bag you want to put it into Slowly roll the...
Is there a connection between stress and difficulty in acclimatizing? No, no known connection has been made between stress and acclimatizing at altitude. Does this mean that stress couldn't ...
If I was a guide and my choice would be Cordillera Blanca(Peru) or something similar. Its highest peak is technically an easy climb, very easy access to the range, good support infrastructure (tran...
When I used to go hunting with my brother he used to kill injured rabbits using a pulling motion, I asked him about it today, it's called chinning! I Googled it and found this (http://www.how-to-hu...
Yes...though we're not sure why?! DEET will prevent pretty much all bugs from biting you. No one's really sure the mechanism of how or why this is the case though. DEET was actually developed by a...
First, I'm sorry to hear about your arm. Tying a shoelace with one hand may almost be impossible but you could follow these simple steps: (Source...
