Posts by Erik
Since no one has taken a stab at this I'll throw in my opinion even though I have zero dry suit experience. Lead Block/Bullet Weights Pros Cheap If you're willing to fiddle with them you can ...
Executive summary: All else equal, a longer boat will have a greater hull speed. A greater hull speed means less drag and hence greater speed for a given amount of "paddling effort". Hence, longer ...
The only negative that I can think of is an increased likelihood of stepping into a trap if trapping is legal in the area. While it is easy to find incidents of pets getting caught in a trap, there...
Once when I was in the Marine Corps I did rappel for fun off of a guard rail in the central staircase of my three story barracks building. I did not have any problem with the guard rail as an ancho...
Assuming you're outdoors you could always use a drone to monitor the hunter by video. To capture the audio you could have the hunter carry a walkie-talkie with a constantly keyed microphone, or sta...
I'm sure this isn't what you were shooting for but using radios, satellite phones, cell phones, etc. would all count because they transmit the "noise" of your voice to your target where it is repro...
I just watched a documentary on PBS that featured many African mammals in the wild. One scene in the documentary showed a baby zebra that was described as "minutes old" walking next to its mother. ...
I really like the existing answer, but I feel like it is a bit misleading in regards to what SPF really means. Reading that quote makes it seem like SPF is a linear relationship between SPF and the...
The answer to this question at its most basic level is generally use your ski crampons until you would feel more safe using boot crampons. I suspect since you asked this question you aren't very ex...
First and foremost try to find better water. If your water is so polluted that this is a serious concern then I strongly feel you should find less polluted water to purify. This is true regardless ...
According to this resource one technique is to cake mud on the tree trunk at least 2 inches thick and 6 feet tall. The mud will protect the flames from spreading up the tree. Throughout the whole p...
If I wanted to use fire to cut down a tree how would I accomplish this safely? Clearly if I build a big bonfire at the base of the tree it will burn down and possibly cause a forest fire.
Many years ago I read that buffalo hunters would drink the liquid out of buffalo's eyes to gross out the greenhorns and tenderfeet (people new to the West). Attached to this anecdote was a claim th...
According to this source: Auto-locking toe lever puts you in uphill mode upon step-in, no manual lifting necessary. What this means is you don't have to lift up the toe tab to lock in your to...
In general the best way to reduce/dampen your swinging is what Desorder mentioned in a comment: You want to exercise your core stability to stop swinging When you strengthen your core then y...
There are lots of apps that will share and mark your position with a pin on a map. For my day job I'm part of a team that is in charge of the Connected Living iPhone app. We offer that functionalit...
tl;dr I don't think you need spent big money on a new jacket just to go skiing if you have a serviceable soft shell. You can wear anything you want. I know when the ski season is coming to a cl...
Are there plants (for instance berries) which lead to dehydration if eaten? I'd wager that for most people in practically any reasonable situation you would encounter in the outdoors other sou...
With a dash of common sense, and a modicum of skill I'd say packs are safe on a chairlift. One winter I skied over 100 days at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. I wore a pack the vast majority of those...
While having a belayer that is much lighter than the climber is clearly not ideal, especially on lead, it isn't insurmountable. A famous climbing couple from days of yore was comprised of Lynn Hi...
In the link you gave in your question there are some pictures. One of the pictures has this caption: The Bunkhouses at the background of the picture, can serve as shelter, and has a nearby wate...
I think this is a really complicated question because everything we do and don't do has consequences. What is a preferred outcome or consequence to our actions is deeply personal and not really rel...
Other people have addressed several concerns that I would have bringing a young child into the mountains during the winter. One concern that I haven't seen addressed is; what if something happens t...
So this isn't the type of dynamic climbing you'd see in a bouldering problem, but one "dynamic" climbing technique that I could see being used on a mountaineering route is a pendulum. This is prett...
I think this comes down to personal preference, your level of training, and what type of hunting you're going to be doing with your rifle. In general I don't think trigger pull weight is going to b...
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