Activity for phipsgabler‭

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Edit	Post #39606	Initial revision	—	over 4 years ago
Answer	—	A: Other than good shoes and a stick, what are some ways to preserve your knees on long hikes? A friend of mine with knee problems uses some kind of "knee support bandages" for all of his hiking, claiming that they help him a lot. I'm unsure about the right term for that purpose (there are certainly many variants), but you get the idea from the pictures, and probably they can tell you more at... (more)	—	about 5 years ago
Answer	—	A: How to sharpen the line cutter/gut hook on a knife? There are also ways to use sharpening stones for this purpose in some cases. Probably not useful for gut hooks, but if the radius of curvature is large enough, you can use form stones, which are available for woodworking tools, such as these. There's a combination of convex and concave form I have ... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Answer	—	A: How do you wave off a search and rescue helicopter? There used to be an article on the homepage of the Austrian mountain rescue service concerning behaviour during helicopter rescues, originally published in Berg und Steigen 3/02 (a professional periodical on mountaineering safety, but in German). This article was written by actual rescue helicopter ... (more)	—	almost 6 years ago
Answer	—	A: "Official" providers of topographic maps per country Europe Austria: The Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen (BEV, "Federal bureau for metrology and surveying") publishes the ÖK50 series in scale 1:50000, covering the whole country. Each map has a four-digit code, and for each (blue) ÖK50 map, there are two (green) ÖK25 maps... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	"Official" providers of topographic maps per country If I want to go to some contry, with no specific region in mind yet, I often have trouble to get good topographical information for hiking beforehand. I usually find it rather difficult to discover by quick Googling, especially if I don't speak the local language. But in many countries, at least in... (more)	—	over 6 years ago