Loduwijk‭

As seen in the picture, this sail boat is sliding over ice rather than sailing through water. If I were to try this ice sailing, would I need to follow boating regulations? This might not be th...

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

To dry an object, as you know you want the water to evaporate off of it and out of it. Heat is one of the obvious ways to do that. The dumbed down chemistry lesson However, if you increase the hu...

posted 7y ago by Loduwijk‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

Many adventurers have a stove on them, though not necessarily for the purpose you describe. From "Obtaining Water from Snow and Ice" by Dryad (who offer bushcraft and wilderness courses: Most ...

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

The technical answer is simply: yes. But that answer would be deceiving, so... Can it be done? Yes. It throws out some decent sparks. The device works by scraping a tiny piece of flint over steel...

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

If a saltwater angler goes out on a boat, how much could we expect that person to catch during a typical day? I would like to set some personal expectations. Obviously if the variables are against...

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

Distill (doesn't work well on the go) Technically you could distill the water, but this takes a long time and uses a lot of fuel. I'm not sure how many ounces of water you can distil with an ounce...

posted 4y ago by Loduwijk‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

Are there any weather, or at least temperature, archives for mountains? I have read that this information is very spotty, that it is not recorded for many mountains. In searching for this data, ho...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Loduwijk‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

While I cannot identify the snake myself, I would still like to partially answer your main question of "Is it dangerous?" TL;DR Non-experts can easily misidentify snakes, and even experts can mis...

posted 6y ago by Loduwijk‭

The little pocket-knife multi-tools sometimes come with tiny saws on them. Those saws are somewhat useful but extremely limited in the size wood they can be used for. Are there any multi-tools ava...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Loduwijk‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

Assume I am completely naïve of boating concerns, that I know the following: There are things that float and carry stuff across the water called boats. A boat needs something to make it move. Som...

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

Bushcrafting: also known as wilderness skills or primitive living. Many people less familiar with the skills associate it with wilderness survival because of similarities and overlap. I don't thin...

posted 6y ago by Loduwijk‭

I want to go out in a canoe onto a large lake and stay out for the entire weekend. I have checked the whether and determined that it will definitely be excellent weather and very calm all weekend l...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Loduwijk‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

Sleep with someone. I like winter camping and hammock camping. The one time I did cold + hammock together I was toasty warm, even my feet. My son and I shared a hammock, sleeping at opposite ends ...

posted 5y ago by Loduwijk‭

Two parts. TL;DR: Block the bears so that they do no wander into the area, and don't leave anything in the area that smells good. Block the area, essentially like a funnel Funnels are used in hu...

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

TL;DR: Death trap? No. Should you be cautious? At least as cautious as you would be with normal tinder. Think of it this way: Pile of loose jute twine, seem dangerous? No. People who use it for a...

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