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gps maps showed 4x4 roads as roads, and people were getting stranded, then dying of exposure. I remember when they started posting those signs and it was in the news briefly. What had happened is that the gps maps said a road ran across a mountain range, but the gps maps did not specify... |
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technique to fold guyline attachment points I found this a few months ago and I think that it addresses the problems people in this group are having with your guy lines. It basically says that after the tape leaves the edge of the tarp, ... |
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sleep in a clearning. I was planning to string some line between a pair of trees, and connect the ring to that. This way I can camp in a clearing and still see the stars as I go to sleep. I don't actually need to... |
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Mombasa Defender as a 7 oz tent, $26 at rei I am mostly thinking of using this for overnight camping, not long treks, though if it works well, I might use it on longer hikes. I would go without a tent, but, I like hiking in rattle snake ... |
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filters Now that you have a lens that you can screw it onto, get a polarizer filter. This will be $40 to $90. And make sure it is multicoated or you will get strange colors. When you take pictu... |
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solar is not worth it, usually. It takes 8 days of 12 hours a day direct sunlight to equal the amount of energy in a lithium battery. I did the calculations last year. This is with a $30 lithium battery about the size of an iphon... |
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I reccommend Personally I have 3 cameras. An iphone 4s which is better than most of my compact cameras before 2007. If you have one I would recommend getting a polarizing filter, and trying to use that as y... |
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reguardless of the model, a few things... Get a camera with image stabilization. When you are walking uphill to the peak, or stop on your hike and don't want to sit down for 10 minutes before taking a picture of the vista, image stabil... |
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Take a syringe. it does not need to be that syringe, but if you get a wound in the field and need to flush it out, you will want to be able to generate enough pressure to get down in the cut. I have been nursi... |
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build one early in the year, then use it the rest of the year I looked these up on youtube. The general consensus is that it takes 4 hours for a pair of in shape adults to build a small igloo, and 8 hours for a pair of adults (don't know if they were in s... |
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