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Does resoling change a climbing shoe's fit?
If climbing shoes are resoled, will they fit differently afterward? If so, in what way does it change (narrower, shorter, tighter, looser, etc..)?
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How do you tap a tree for sap?
Related to this quetsion Tree tapping in the UK - Time and legalities. I have never tapped a tree.
How do you do this? What equipment is involved, etc?
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How do you get back in canoe, by yourself?
Getting back in a canoe is not as easy as I thought it was going to be. I also learned that Extra Flotation might be needed
So if I am alone in the middle of a body of water, how do I get back in?
Are there any device that I should have that…
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Tent or hammock safer from lightning?
If a lightning storm is coming, and you had a tent and a hammock/tarp with you, which would you choose, based only on relative safety from lightning?
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Am I able to "open up" a snake bite and suck the venom out of it?
Someone told me that you should treat a snake bite (in the wilderness) by cutting a X in the skin (with a knife) and sucking the stuff out of it. This sounds a little weird to me. Is this really a technique to go with in an emergency situation?
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Do CO2-based mosquito traps work?
My parents get a lot of mosquitoes in their garden during the summer. We've tried torches with citronella additives in the oil, but this has not been effective.
I don't want to install a UV-based insect killer, as I don't want to kill non-biting…
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Legality of "semi-permanent" wooden structures in state and national forests in the US
Imagine the following situation:
A group of friends found a remote spot in a state or national forest that they really like. They keep returning to the place quite often, lately there are at least some members of the group staying overnight at the…
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How does weather affect an altimeter watch?
I really love wearing an altimeter watch while in the mountains. I know that it's affected by weather, but unfortunately I don't actually know how it is affected. This usually causes me to ignore the altitude readings entirely when the weather is…
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How does the Esbit stove perform in cold & wind?
I was on a group trip this weekend where a fellow hiker brought an Esbit stove which uses hexamine fuel tabs. The temperature was not what I would consider extreme. Temperatures in the high 30s to low 40s Fahrenheit (3 to 7 Celcius) with high wind…
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To locals without a tide chart, how surprising are tides?
People have put a lot of work into predicting tides. To a local, who knows the conditions of a certain area, are tide tables really necessary? How surprising are the tides ever going to be to someone who's been sailing the same bay for decades?
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Mountaineering / glacial traverse: rope-up or go it alone?
When crossing a glacier (or other mountaineering activity for that matter) I've heard that roping everyone together without having a fixed anchor is falling out of fashion since more often than not if someone takes a tumble into a crevasse then end…
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Left-Handed Helical Fletching
When you are fletching your arrows does a lefty shoot with a left helix in their fletching or is it still at a right helix? The reason I ask is the most common fletching tools are to give a right helix.
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What equipment is needed for glacier hiking?
What is the exact equipment I need for walking safely on glaciers? The route I will be taking is the Hvannadalshnukur ascend from the ring road and same path descend. From what I could find out the path is not challenging gradient is constant and…
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What do life jacket ratings mean (Type I, Type II, etc)?
Looking at flotation devices (life jackets) they are rated Type I, Type II, etc. What do these rankings mean and what type should I by?
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Is there a general rule for climbing runout grading?
Climbing route grades in Yosemite Decimal System can be suffixed with an "R" to notify a runout. The Wikipedia entry for a runout is
A lengthy distance between two points of protection which in some, but not all, cases might be perceived as…
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