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Depending on the specifics of the terrain, one game that can help break up the "monotony" of walking for kids is to play a variant of "the floor is hot lava." Make a game of trying to go down the t...

posted 7y ago by erfink‭

For another possible explanation, I have always found it easier to see oncoming parties when you are going down. When hiking uphill, many people end up almost staring at their feet. In contrast, wh...

posted 8y ago by erfink‭

TL;DR Don't do it. It is really easy to ruin a perfectly good pair of skis. A great way to handle ski maintenance is to wax your own skis, touch up the burrs with a fine grit diamond stone (400-gr...

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

That you find being on the edge of cliff scary is in fact a good, healthy response! It means that you are the product of millions of years of evolution, wherein people who had a complete disregard ...

posted 8y ago by erfink‭

There are jackets out there similar to what you're asking for---you do need to poke around for them a bit. Most jackets made for hiking and climbing tend to be cut from one material in order to hav...

posted 7y ago by erfink‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

While watching the Ladies' Olympic Snowboarding Halfpipe in Pyeongchang, I noticed what appeared to be straps around the lower leg of each competitor. For example, here's a couple pictures of Ameri...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by erfink‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

Ricketyship's answer gives a great outline of training the climbing specific muscles, so I would like to add several other points (especially as the question asked about antagonist training). Fir...

posted 6y ago by erfink‭

There are two main schools of thought: the "fast and light" / "light is right" / "rope, rack, shirt on your back" camp and the "be prepared" / "safety first" crowd. When taken to extremes, blindly ...

posted 6y ago by erfink‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

For a more data driven approach, here's a google trends graph for the popularity of searches for "climbing gym", "indoor climbing", "climbing center", "climbing centre", and "climbing wall": google...

posted 6y ago by erfink‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

When climbing single pitch routes, it makes sense to carry as little as possible while actually on the route, as almost every eventuality can be easily dealt with by simply lowering back to the gro...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by erfink‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

In addition to Felix's excellent answer of what should be done it practice, it is well worth knowing how to pass a knot in the rope (whether while rappelling or hauling). This will generally be mor...

posted 7y ago by erfink‭

When setting up a rowing frame on a raft or boat, there are three main ways to attach the oars to the frame: oar locks, oar rights, and pins & clips. Which is the best system? Oar Locks (Im...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by erfink‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

Ask three different raft guides and you'll get three different answers---gnarly rivers have been rowed on all three setups and it ultimately comes down to personal preferences. That being said, eac...

posted 6y ago by erfink‭

While I don't have a definitive answer, I do have a few anecdotal / personal experience reasons to prefer the zipper across the back. In order to keep terminology consistent, the "back of the pack"...

posted 6y ago by erfink‭

When racking up, you have a spectrum of possibilities between two extremes: At one end, you could put every single piece of gear on the same carabiner. While the weight savings would be incredibl...

posted 5y ago by erfink‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭