Posts by Loduwijk
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...
XY-question frame challenge. The only way to win the game is to not play. If you were to be jumping in, then the other answers give insightful food for thought. But that's a huge, colossal if, es...
You don't need to go thin to get a good strength to weight ratio. 100 feet of paracord weighs only 7 ounces. In this case, it's only amazing how much cordage weighs because it's so light! If I'm ...
I had a similar issue: I was tripping over a fire ring that was present at one campsite we used last year. I left one of our flashlights on, shining inside the fire ring until we packed up the nex...
Abandon the trip if... someone in the group demonstrates behavior that threatens the group, someone in the group is found to be lying about their status. First involved dangerous brandishing of...
TL;DR: Honest answer: depends on too many things, different situations will be different. Best answer: do what you feel like, whatever makes you feel comfortable. If you cannot sleep naked in your...
Battery Powered, Heated Jacket With the newly added criteria of "not more than 2 layers of something light" I began to fear there is no answer. However, your mention of strolling specifically in c...
Question was edited to add the criteria of maximum 2 layers of something light. This invalidates the initial answers, but I am leaving this because I still think it is the proper solution to outdoo...
Radiator Water If you live in a hot climate, as many (but not all) deserts are, then you might not have any antifreeze in the radiator. I live in an area where it gets well below freezing in the ...
After an introductory reading into the matter (Wikipedia and news), I would say there are no definite safety mistakes that I can see. If the attackers were noticed and seemed suspicious, maybe they...
My Experience With Children on a Hike With 1 other adult and 4 children, I have done a 2-day hike. The youngest child was 3, but he complained of being tired often and was slow enough that I carri...
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...
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...
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 ...
is there any evidence to suggest that de-prioritizing food increases survival Anyone who has ever prioritized food and died of any of the other issues would be evidence that de-prioritizing ...
I have found an answer that seems counter-intuitive: add even more light. You can make the spot even brighter, larger, and hotter by catching more light with a larger magnifier. This sounds like th...
I read the question more as "Does what I want exist here?" rather than "Is the stuff here going to be good enough quality?" So my answer was initially in that light. OP shows in comment that what w...
The practical answer is "Much less than you can easily get from a decent magnet." My original, more technical answer is left below since it is the answer to the question as asked, but the useful an...
You asked two questions: How does it balance, and why does it do this? Charlie answered "Why does it do this?", and he did so quite well, especially since, as his sources suggest, even the biologis...
People make lots of claims. You can find all kinds of suggestions when you research this, some of it even from people who are considered experts. In the end, all you can do is use some basic logic ...
I recommend you prepare for colder than -15C/5F I lived in southern NY for a while, and I would like to suggest from experience that you prepare for colder than -15C/5F. While that may be the typi...
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...
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...
A comment on a different question suggests that an ice yacht (or iceboat), a boat made for going over ice instead of through water, is not merely a water boat with skates strapped on for ice, but t...
I am currently stuck in the wilderness, and I have been out here for a while. I want to focus light. There are various reasons for wanting to do this, with the two biggest reasons being for vision ...
