Nathan Paul Simons‭

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Q&A Is there a technique to snow-shoeing besides "walk on the snow"?

Search and rescue guy here. It's been a while since I've skied, XC or downhill, but I do plenty of snowshoeing, and they are nothing alike, even with shallow snow. If anything, snowshoeing on shall...

posted 11y ago by Nathan Paul Simons‭

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Q&A Best approach to camping in snow?

Given your criteria, I would go with bivy sacks. Making shelters from snow (even just tarp covered windbreaks) is energy and time consuming, eating up your already scarce daylight and what little e...

posted 11y ago by Nathan Paul Simons‭ · last activity 11y ago by System‭

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Q&A How bright a flashlight would I realistically need for searching through terrain?

It depends on what exactly you're talking about: Searching, not tracking, you will probably want the brightest thing you can get. Of course, there are still factors that go into this (are you on ...

posted 10y ago by Nathan Paul Simons‭ · last activity 10y ago by System‭

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Q&A Does a pound on your foot equal 5 pounds on your back?

This saying appears to be mostly common sense or "homespun" wisdom, but there are some studies that have tried to dig into it: This HowStuffWorks Adventure article mentions Hillary's ascent of Eve...

posted 10y ago by Nathan Paul Simons‭ · last activity 10y ago by System‭

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