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Since there is a great general answer already, I'll add one from my experience with white water kayaks. Length: Longer boats have a higher hull speed. When moving at more than the hull speed relat...
The timber hitch works wel for tying the line to larger trees, the clove hitch is fine for any thin poles.
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...
While class 2 rapids are widely regarded beginner level, they are challenging to beginners. If you have no experience with them, as the question suggests, I would recommend you: Don't paddle them ...
The TL;DR answer: Yes. You can always kill in self defense if your life is in serious danger* from the animal or even person you're shooting, e.g. if you have good reason to believe they are tryin...
As a general rule I don't think you should fire .50 cal rifle rounds at any object you'd like to keep intact. They tend to be rather destructive. As for exactly how bad it was, try inspecting the ...
The type of boat you're describing here is called a crossover kayak. Some models include the Pyranha Fusion, the Dagger Katana, the Jackson Karma RG and the Liquidlogic Stinger XP. For models with ...
There are already loads of good tips here as I add this, but I'm missing one in particular: if you have to leave electronics behind (for some reason you can't leave them at home, like maybe you're ...
Fleece dries fast, and fleece is relatively warm while wet. It's probably the best you're going to get in normal clothing materials. But it's not an alternative to a wetsuit or drysuit, more of a "...
I've taught boy and girl scouts how to chop for some years, so I'm going to treat you as one of those. I'm also going to assume you've never worked with any kind of axe (or ax, I'm going to use the...
Purely theoretical (in practice sunscreen isn't as strong as it says on the bottle to begin with) you multiply it. If 1/3rd of the UV photons make it through the first layer, and of those that mad...
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