Activity for stevemarvell‭

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Answer	—	A: What are good items to leave in a geocache? button compass pencil sharpener magnifying glass (updates when I think of some more) (more)	—	almost 10 years ago
Answer	—	A: How do you flavour your water on camping trips? You might consider boiling it up with some berries, (suitable) plants or pine needles. In terms of treatment tablets, there are neutralisers to sort the taste out, but they are not perfect. For a double solution, you might want to try those effervescent vitamin c tablets. Orange is nice. (more)	—	almost 10 years ago
Answer	—	A: How can I tell if I am dehydrated or have low electrolytes (need salt, etc.)? Dehydration occurs when there is more water going out or being used than is going in. Additionally, if you're drinking too fast (more than a litre an hour for an average adult male), you're not absorbing the water and so it doesn't count as going in. Confusingly, dehydration can also be classified l... (more)	—	almost 10 years ago
Answer	—	A: When to kill and bleed a fish I suggest keeping it alive in a keep net. That way all of your problems disappear. (more)	—	over 10 years ago
Answer	—	A: How can I stay warm in subzero (0°F, -18°C ) weather? There are two components to staying warm and it's all generally centred around thermodynamics. You want to stay at one temperature and physics wants you to become the temperature of the your environment. You body, if 100% efficiently insulated, would get hotter and hotter because it's generating he... (more)	—	over 10 years ago
Answer	—	A: What are the best resources for learning about foraging? Foraging is NOT looking at a plant and deciding if it's edible, nor is it looking in a book at a plant and then going looking for that plant. It's not possible to learn all the plants and it's not possible that all the plants will be in the area you forage. Foraging is about confidently identifying ... (more)	—	over 10 years ago
Answer	—	A: Sweating in sleeping bag If you are sweating in your sleeping bag all night then the insulation level is too high. Try wearing less or no clothing as well as your ventilation solution. (more)	—	over 10 years ago
Answer	—	A: Will using a sleeping bag stop the body from adapting to cold? When we get cold vasoconstriction occurs. This prevents the blood at the extremities being subject to heat conduction away from the body. This is not an adaption, this is a reaction. The body emits heat all the time because the body working and but wants to remain at constant temperature. If the am... (more)	—	over 10 years ago
Answer	—	A: What is the main purpose of the foam inside a self-inflating mat? The foam inside the mat prevents heat loss through convection which would be the case with the air if there was nothing to prevent it moving. This forms part of the open cell vs closed cell argument for sleeping mats. (more)	—	over 10 years ago
Answer	—	A: How do you dry wet socks when camping/backpacking if it's raining and the socks cannot be hung to dry outside I would not advise putting wet socks anywhere near anything that's preventing you from getting cold if it would generate a risk of hypothermia through decreased insulation or increased heat conductivity. Using your body heat to dry socks is dangerous in cold conditions as you're taking heat from your... (more)	—	over 10 years ago
Answer	—	A: What practical issues do I need to be aware of when hiking or camping on my own? There is implicitly more dangerous about camping on your own. That is to say that the probability of something going wrong is no worse than with more than one person, in fact one person is less likely to encounter a problem than two from a pure probability theory perspective. The exception is a colla... (more)	—	over 10 years ago
Answer	—	A: Which will keep my food colder longer, draining the melted ice water, or leaving it in the cooler? It's really simple. The universe wants everything to be the same temperature so if we left the cooler in a sufficiently large, constant temperature environment, the cooler and all its contents would eventually end up at the same temperature, that being the ambient temperature of the environment. Le... (more)	—	over 10 years ago
Answer	—	A: What's the difference between water-resistant and waterproof? "Waterproof" means that no water will penetrate. "Water resistant" means that there exists a limit of exposure at which water will penetrate. Watches are normally water resistant to a particular depth below which the water pressure is too high and the seals are breached. Breathable clothing quite... (more)	—	over 10 years ago
Answer	—	A: What backpacking water purification techniques can be substituted safely during a city's boil order? If you are being asked to boil water it has a biological contamination. Boiling would have no beneficial effect on chemically contaminated water. With this in mind, any chemical treatment would be sufficient as would a specific dilution of household bleach. (more)	—	over 10 years ago
Answer	—	A: How to clean rock-climbing shoes? They key to all smelly shoes is bacteria. From a prevention perspective, I always wash my feet before they spend a prolonged or arduous of time in shoes or boots. A good spray with an anti-bacteria can do the trick. I've also heard good thing about dusting them with bicarb and then vacuuming it out s... (more)	—	over 10 years ago