Danubian Sailor‭

Heavy rain can soak all of your gear. There are some things that you don't ever want to get wet, like your camera. I've learned to protect those things with string bags, which are light and I alway...

1 answer  ·  posted 11y ago by Danubian Sailor‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

I'm considering stand up paddling as a sport for rest periods for my legs (running, hiking, cycling) and a way to train upper body muscles. I've checked the prices, of course the cheapest are the...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Danubian Sailor‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

What is the good choice for the running shoes for winter conditions in city (mostly running on asphalt)? When the snow is shoveld, normal running shoes would be no problem, but when the snow fallin...

5 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Danubian Sailor‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I have currently no place of permanent perspective (from the geocache's point of view, I think it should be about 5 years, to be able to service cache in that time). So I'm thinking about creating ...

1 answer  ·  posted 12y ago by Danubian Sailor‭  ·  last activity 12y ago by System‭

Compare the size of those wheels with the size of the wheels of outdoor vehicles, and you'll see that such small wheels can't work well in hard terrain! Probably even on dry meadow the energy you'...

posted 12y ago by Danubian Sailor‭  ·  last activity 12y ago by System‭

In one of the series of Survivorman the Les Stroud has put into fire the whole fallen pine. A very thick trunk will burn for a long time. Generally, the thicker the wood the longer it will burn. A...

posted 12y ago by Danubian Sailor‭  ·  last activity 12y ago by System‭

People falling asleep and dying were already affected by hypothermia, once it happens to you, the only chance is a heat source such as fire or other people, however if you are alone, you will have ...

posted 11y ago by Danubian Sailor‭

This is a common problem during wild camping or survival activity, especially during colder seasons. You are tired, you have lost a lot of calories during day, and now you want to wash, but the onl...

1 answer  ·  posted 11y ago by Danubian Sailor‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

You can try waymarking. The concepts comes from virtual caches, which currently are able to register only in a few geocaching portals, such as opencaching.de. However, if your aim is to learn your...

posted 11y ago by Danubian Sailor‭

The blisters can be very painful. If you walk further, you should expect it won't be easy and pleasant. And the blisters may get worse. But what do you risk, except from pain and getting more blis...

5 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by Danubian Sailor‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

It depends much more on your individual condition, how your body (mostly feet and knees) react to various kinds of shoes. There is a guy in the series "Dual survival" that claim not to need shoes ...

posted 11y ago by Danubian Sailor‭

Is (more or less planned) emergency overnighting with usage of hammock and/or canvas tent considered wild camping in Europe (especially in Germany)? In many countries, such as Germany, wild campi...

2 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by Danubian Sailor‭  ·  last activity 11y ago by System‭

This is an extremely long trail. Very good walkers are able to do 30-50 km (depending on weather and terrain) each day for a very long time. But for seasoned (though physically very fit) walker a r...

posted 11y ago by Danubian Sailor‭  ·  last activity 11y ago by System‭

I'm not a native speaker, but being waterproof suggests more endurance to water than being only water-resistance. But linguistic nuances doesn't make law. More important is, what are the norms and ...

posted 11y ago by Danubian Sailor‭

If you want to drop some really useful outdoor items, consider that all plastic straps, strap side release latches and strap adjusters, as well as safety-pins, needles and threads, and other repair...

posted 10y ago by Danubian Sailor‭