Activity for Dakatine
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A: How to walk as a roped party on a glacier? I second the recommendation of taking a course, don't just learn it from a single picture. Travelling on glacier doesn't only requires to know how to tie (and, there's not one-way-fits-all-situations way to tie in, you got to know how to tie according to the situation, that is, number of members of ... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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Why some sleeping bags have four temperature ratings while others have only one? Most sleeping bags have a rating with several temperatures, one for the upper temperature limit, one for the average woman to sleep in a comfortable position ("Comfort"), one third for an average man in a curled position ("Lower limit"), the last ("Eemphasized") for bare survival, as defined in the E... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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Winter bivvying in the Alps: what is a good temperature rating for a sleeping bag I am searching for a sleeping bag that would allow me to comfortably sleep in the snow eventually at a significant altitude (2800 meters - 9000+ feet), but also (and likely most often) at lower altitudes (2000 meter or so). I plan to sleep mostly with no tent (by digging a hole in the ground and then... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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A: Knee pain when descending a mountain You can reduce or avoid knee pain by knowing how to descend properly. The correct way to hike downhill is not to move your front foot forward and simultaneously load it with your weight at the same time, as most people do. That way, the force generated by your weight (which increases while moving d... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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How resistant to water is Tyvek in practice Tyvek is labeled as "water resistant" and not "water proof", but I'd really love to know how much is the fabric resistant to water in practice. Some people built tarps or even tents out of it, but I was not able to find any tests result of the actual water resistance of the fabric - or better, of th... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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Will a down sleeping bag recover 100% after being squeezed if it's not for a long time? It is well known that a down sleeping bag should be stored as open as possible when not in use, but that can be squeezed and compressed to a very small fraction of its size when necessary (that feature is among down's best appeals). I would love to know for sure if storing the sleeping bag in a comp... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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