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See all 255 »While there seem to be a few different mixtures, key to them all is a lower vapourisation temperature requirement and lower viscosity so they are easier to ignite. In cold weather, normal fuel ma...
posted 14y ago by roryalsop · last activity 9y ago by System
A magnifying glass will not light it, and I don't think a flint and steel will directly - you need a flame rather than a spark - but that is easily solved through using a piece of newspaper with ki...
posted 12y ago by roryalsop
If you get that sort of snowfall, the correct safety procedures include clearing snow every couple of hours. Set your alarm and get out to clear snow - especially from the entrance, but all round i...
posted 14y ago by roryalsop
Let's start with the easy one first: No fins - this really only works with a long board, as the board's length gives it the stability a fin would normally give you. You aren't going to be able to...
posted 14y ago by roryalsop
You'll actually want to prepare before you go hiking: Understand what hunting regulations are in force (ie is there an allowed hunt?) Use a whitelist rather than blacklist (ie understand the comm...
posted 14y ago by roryalsop
Most of the mushrooms you will find in a guide are low risk because they don't have similarities to poisonous ones - if you have a good guide it should point out the ones where identification is mo...
posted 14y ago by roryalsop
A local source of water is obviously easiest - if you are near a stream - but if not, smothering can be really effective. In planning, having your fire made on stones above damp ground will help, ...
posted 14y ago by roryalsop
It will not matter which way the fletching runs on arrows for left or right handed archers, however right handed fletching tools will be harder for a left hander to use, as you would need to change...
posted 14y ago by roryalsop
If you are running long distances over multiple days with boots, packs etc., and you must complete the distance you should plan to pop a blister at the end of day, but then you need to be sure you ...
posted 14y ago by roryalsop
Photographers in the Antarctic store camera batteries in their armpits to keep some decent heat in them. Amusingly, when the batteries in the camera die, that is also the best place to put them. My...
posted 14y ago by roryalsop
When sailing I may anchor in a different bay each evening and take a dinghy in to land to sleep in a tent overnight. I always worry that when I wake up in the morning the boat may no longer be th...
2 answers · posted 14y ago by roryalsop · last activity 8y ago by System
The friends I know who have done this have said that it is just a long uphill walk - but the altitude increase means the temperature drop is incredible - from +25 Celsius to -25 Celsius, the equiva...
posted 14y ago by roryalsop
Possible Duplicate: How can you navigate without a compass or GPS Obviously we all carry a compass and a map when we go trekking, but if I lose them but know I need to get back to my car...
1 answer · posted 14y ago by roryalsop · last activity 8y ago by System
I have taken my kids camping since they were just a little older than that, and the only things I would plan to take over and above a usual trip out (with the usual nappies, wipes, water bottles, s...
posted 14y ago by roryalsop
Most folks I know (including the Royal Marines) swear by Avon's Skin So Soft to repel most biting insects - it certainly works well against midges in Scotland. It is also much less harmful to the ...
posted 14y ago by roryalsop · last activity 14y ago by System
