Posts by Vorac
What is the best way for a trekking group of two to sleep in deep snow (meter or more). What equipment is to be brought? Preferably, the technique should work on shallow snow and plain frozen gro...
I recently broke stupidly my camping knife and had to purchase a new one. I am very satisfied with my purchase, so I'll list my priorities at the time of the purchase. Functions(sorted by priority...
I will share what they told me when I was on a one month group-organised trek through the Balkan Mountains in Bulgaria. This is what the leader / group medic did. If you are going to end the trek ...
A white colour for head protection (and all other clothes) will keep you the coolest, black will keep you the hottest. All other colours are somewhere in between. This is because white fabric refl...
A small group (2-10 people total) is travelling in a wilderness area. For whatever reason a person or a couple get separated. What is the best strategy for the lost ones? What is the best strategy ...
To remedy the lack of sources (and hard numbers), I've started to write down here (for easier references) what is given for caloric values here: USDA Food Composition Databases. Feel free to contr...
In my opinion, the priorities when selecting trekking food are: maximizing calories per kilogram not easily spoilable, especially in hot weather reasonably priced variety throughout the trip I...
I guess the only difference when traveling alone is that everything is more dangerous, difficult and time-consuming. :D Here are some things I did before undertaking my last long trip alone. Did...
Clothing during the day, fire during the evening and a tent during the night. Instead of tent, there are some nets against insects - per sleeping bag, per hammock. I haven't tried them, though. ...
Jason S's "use the map" or / and Russell Steen's "use landmarks" Noam Gal's and berry120's "use the sun" (1) Graham's "use the stars" use rivers - rivers provide water, animals, human-inhabited pl...
Although most knives I have seen have their edge symmetrical, others (often serrated ones) have the edge ground out only from one side (the side of the serrations). There are also some straight edg...
I entirely agree with Timothy Strimple. Here are the advantages I have noticed for each type. Fixed blade: sturdy - good for batoning, chopping, hammering with the handle reliable - there is n...
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