cbeleites supports Monica‭

Just as an addition: For treatment and filter, I'd filter first, then treat. For 2 reasons: After a while, filters get alive and things start growing. Most of the chemical treatments work by ox...

posted 11y ago by cbeleites supports Monica‭

Summary: Heat adaptation (i.e. being able to do physical excercise in the heat) has a number of mechanisms, but among them the "water-related" mechanisms rely on having and needing, i.e. using more...

posted 5y ago by cbeleites supports Monica‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I've been to the Northwestern part near Val Marie in April 2004. Carry Supply of Water ... probably the only realistic option. Val Marie drinks reverse osmosis water and I took the advise of the...

posted 5y ago by cbeleites supports Monica‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Here's my central european (Cfb/Dfb climate: temperate or continental humid climate with warm summer, no dry season) take on the question: We have enough rain and moisture so that having some kin...

posted 7y ago by cbeleites supports Monica‭

If you are talking about a wooden bucket, you'd want to keep it moist all the time. It will crack and leak when drying thoroughly. Incidentally, this will not be a problem, as it will go into the w...

posted 7y ago by cbeleites supports Monica‭

Some more points in addition mainly to @CharlieBrumbaugh's answer: Both in Central Europe (where I'm from) and traveling Canada I've only once in my life encountered a "visibly" and truly homeless...

posted 7y ago by cbeleites supports Monica‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

I assume you take the usual precautions of having food & other smelly stuff at an appropriate distance in bear country. A friend once insisted on a tour to also put the backpacks up a tree bec...

posted 6y ago by cbeleites supports Monica‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

If it's just about seeing bison but doesn't need to be yellowstone nor in the US, there's also Elk Island national park just east of Edmonton. They keep plains bison as well as wood bison and are...

posted 6y ago by cbeleites supports Monica‭

I'm used to walking for longer distances a few times, even up to like 30KM on kinda even areas, but I've never done a multiple day trip in a hilly area. One important differences between (mult...

posted 6y ago by cbeleites supports Monica‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

Summary from a winter spend in Winnipeg long ago compared to Central European conditions: there are probably good reasons why native North American people went with snowshoes while native Europeans...

posted 6y ago by cbeleites supports Monica‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

To give two more numbers that can serve as rough guesstimates which make clear that cooling for 18 days on a tour is likely unfeasible. I'm assuming hiking tour as it isn't specified. One rule of...

posted 5y ago by cbeleites supports Monica‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

In addition to @JamesJenkins' answer: Blood and innards of a deer are removed asap*, and AFAIK the same was done in pre-fridge days: they'd probably cook + eat the organs (possibly incl. the bloo...

posted 5y ago by cbeleites supports Monica‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Disclaimer: this doesn't really answer any of the specific questions other than the "anything else" one - which is why it was originally a comment. However, as @fygsin asked me to put it into an an...

posted 5y ago by cbeleites supports Monica‭

First of all, I don't think a one-size-fits-all number can be given. Some influencing factors I'd consider: Temperature? What works fine in April in Canada with the water still freezing every nig...

posted 5y ago by cbeleites supports Monica‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Have a look at Can deer see blaze orange?. They have a picture of a hunter rendered how we think it looks to deer. The orange vest (without camo pattern) becomes indistinguishable from a yellow-...

posted 5y ago by cbeleites supports Monica‭