Monster‭

It's always risky to make this sort of predictions, I have no insider knowledge on the industry and I think this is going to depend heavily on your budget, but I'd spitball it at twenty years for t...

posted 9y ago by Monster‭

Letting the air out while you're closing/compressing the bag, looks like. It's probably more of a risk than a benefit in general, but could be worth considering if you need to pack tight around ha...

posted 9y ago by Monster‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by System‭

It's hard to give paddling advice without seeing someone paddle, but from your description it sounds like the person in front is actively doing the wrong thing, and quite strongly so because the pe...

posted 9y ago by Monster‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by System‭

Even barring special circumstances like focal points and such you can in general hear sounds from further away in the mountains. Reason one is all the air between two points. On flat ground there i...

posted 9y ago by Monster‭

The gold you find while panning didn't originate locally. It came from a gold vein in a rock somewhere but was eroded to tiny particles, carried off with a water current and deposited somewhere whe...

posted 9y ago by Monster‭

(I'm going to be using cm for this piece because they're more precise and because I'm used to them, imperial readers just keep in mind an inch is close to 2.5 cm.) It depends heavily on all sorts ...

posted 9y ago by Monster‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by System‭

RiverApp (riverapp.net) has a pretty good selection of paddlable rivers across both Europe and the States. The data is all just coming from the separate national services, but it's nice to have the...

posted 9y ago by Monster‭

In addition to the other answers some of these knives are meant to have a use as a spearhead. You use the cord to tie the metal handle to a stick or split the stick a little, stick the handle in be...

posted 8y ago by Monster‭

With cotton clothing the main risk is hypothermia, cotton soaks up a lot of water but also easily exchanges water easily with a wet environment, it's one of the coldest things to wear when wet. Wea...

posted 8y ago by Monster‭

As a final addition to the other answers: Google really can be your friend. See if any reviews or blog posts about the brand's material are available, and pay particular note to anything by pros. T...

posted 8y ago by Monster‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

The general answer is: A canoe is a boat designed or refitted to be paddled with a one sided paddle, usually while sitting on either a raised bench or one or both of your knees. A kayak is a boat d...

posted 8y ago by Monster‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

The other answers sum it up great for the most part: it will work on other mammals if you have a chance to use it. It's pretty strong stuff, and while I could imagine something like a bull elephant...

posted 8y ago by Monster‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

If you have the luxury, take a bunch of stuff you're not sure you'll need. A winter hat can be great for sleeping, especially if that bag is not a mummy. An extra fleece blanket is very nice, or ev...

posted 8y ago by Monster‭

The timber hitch works wel for tying the line to larger trees, the clove hitch is fine for any thin poles.

posted 9y ago by Monster‭

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...

posted 9y ago by Monster‭