Activity for Charlie Brumbaughâ€
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| Edit | Post #75016 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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At what point does a solar charger become more efficient weight wise than batteries? For short trips, lithium-ion batteries to recharge your camera/phone/GPS make more sense. For something like the Appalachian Trail where batteries aren't going to last the whole trip, a solar charger would be needed although it won't replace batteries completely because some days are cloudy. On av... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #75009 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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How long does canned chicken repackaged into a ziplock last? Rather than take a can of chicken while backpacking, it's possible to open the can, drain the juice and stick the meat into a ziplock which makes it much lighter and a ziplock is much more compact than a squashed can. It does need to be eaten fairly quickly into the trip to avoid spoiling. How lon... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #74989 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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How to improvise baskets for trekking poles? The baskets on trekking poles are very useful while hiking through snow, however, they have a tendency to break. How would one improvise a fix in the outdoors for this? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #74988 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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What would the temperature rating of a space blanket/reflective tarp be? Sleeping bags have temperature ratings that tell you the aproximate temperature that will be comfortable at. Reflective tarps do not have such ratings, probably because most people don't use them for sleeping, except in emergencies. However, they are much lighter than a sleeping bag and are warmer... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #74938 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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What are these small plants with red berries at around 9,000 ft in Colorado I found these plants while hiking in Colorado, they are pretty small and have red berries slightly larger than peas. The area was old growth that had been burned in a fire at least a few years ago. Image alt text (more) |
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| Edit | Post #74913 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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A: Are gardening questions on-topic? I think so, there isn't another site that would take them instead for one thing and they wouldn't be all that different from existing questions. Usually, indoor versions of outdoor activities like fly tying or indoor climbing are just as on topic as the outdoor ones. Also, the original outdoors... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #74762 |
@Yvette I think it can be done manually and all it would take for that is know the id of your deleted user. If you remember any upvotes posts that you wrote on the old sites your id should be there (more) |
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| Comment | Post #74891 |
@Monica No, they don't. Being bitten by a horse is so very painful that it's not something that would be tolerated very long (more) |
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| Edit | Post #74892 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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How do you train a barn sour horse? Sometimes a horse will become what is known as barn sour where all they want to do is hang around the stable/corrals and not go on rides. While on rides, they will keep trying to turn back and once heading back will try to get there quickly, which may not be what the rider wants. How do you train ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #74891 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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How do you train a horse that bites humans not to? Sometimes a horse/pony will bite humans. They bite each other to establish dominance and sometimes they will bite humans too. How do you train a horse to stop biting humans? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #74859 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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What causes these big gathering of ants on a sidewalk? Here is a whole bunch of ants gathered on a sidewalk around dusk, I have seen this before so its not totally uncommon. Clump of ants on a sidewalk What would lead to ants doing this? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #74815 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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2020 - May - Birds Rules that are always applicable are as follows: 1. One photo per answer, and no more than 5 answers per user per contest. 2. Post only photos taken by yourself/person with you. 3. All entries should include a line of text with the location, subject, and date (specificity is up to you). 4. ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #74798 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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When building a trail how is the length of the leg of a switchback decided? I have done lots of hiking on trails with switchbacks and one thing I have noticed is that the length of the legs (how long you walk in one direction before switching back to the other) can vary widely. For instance the switchbacks in the Uintas were much longer than the switchbacks in the Ruby m... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #74778 | Post edited | — | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #74791 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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When hiking up a steep hill without a trail, how do you determine the angle to switch back and forth? On trails that go up steep hills, there are usually switchbacks where the trail goes first one way and then other, resulting in an overall less steep path. In the complete absence of a trail, how would I determine when I should switch back to the other direction and the optimum angle at which to g... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #58552 | Question closed | — | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #74785 |
Rather than listing them all out, it should be fairly trivial to write a DELETE that nukes most of these, assuming the content hasn't been edited yet. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #74779 |
@ArtofCode correct (more) |
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| Edit | Post #74779 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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How to cut and seal backpack straps? My backpack has straps that are way too long and I would like to shorten them, both to save weight and to make it more organized. How can I cut the straps and then seal them so the ends don't come unraveled, and should I sew them back to itself before sealing? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #74778 | Post edited | — | over 4 years ago |
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| Edit | Post #74773 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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A: What are some good ways to go outdoors in a city while safely social distancing? I would suggest trying to get walks in either much earlier in the day or much later. There usually aren't very many people walking around at either sunrise or around sunset and there is usually at least a half an hour before sunrise and after sunset where there is enough light that a flashlight/h... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #74771 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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Are bats harmed by fumes that gather in old mines? Once in Nevada, I saw a sign on an old abandoned mine that said two things, - Stay out, mines have noxious fumes. - Stay out, bats live here. Both of those are good reasons to stay out, but it seems like a contradiction that there would be both fumes and bats so would the bats be harmed by t... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #74763 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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Discord Server for chatting Currently, there is not a Codidact specific chat system, so I went ahead and created a Discord server for us. - The invitation link is https://discord.gg/q5r2UjB Come hang out and chat and show off pictures and all the fun things that go on in chat. (more) |
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A: Can putting nails in trees cause longterm health problems for the tree? It can hurt the tree, and allow disease to enter through the hole. The other reason not to use nails in trees is for humans, cutting into a nail with a chainsaw can be dangerous. It probably won't kill the tree right away, there are living trees in Yosemite that were marked with large blazes by the ... (more) |
— | almost 5 years ago |
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A: Can you Rappel with an Old Climbing Rope? No, it’s not worth the risk. Ropes aren’t that expensive and if it breaks you could hurt yourself. (more) |
— | almost 5 years ago |
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A: Do U.S. Wilderness areas allow bridges? Yes, there are bridges in wilderness areas, this one was in the Wind River Range for example. On there other hand, there are restrictions on the tools used in a wilderness area such as not allowing power tools such as chainsaws. (more) |
— | almost 5 years ago |
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A: How often should I clean my water bladder/reservoir while on a thru-hike, extended backpacking trip, or survival scenario? On a trip where you are constantly using a bladder or water bottle where it's not sitting around, I would limit the cleaning to filling it up and then dumping it once before refilling. Mould takes time to grow, and on most trips, you are refilling at least once a day if not more. If you're in a par... (more) |
— | almost 5 years ago |