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Somehow I missed her post back when this thread was started. I followed the news and remember this particular situation well. But that does not forgive making forum posts guessing that someone's...

Let's simmer down please. You have no idea who the news is talking about, so with all due respect, shut the hell up. This is someone's family we are wildly speculating about so until official...

Alligator, Thanks for the advice! Clearly I don't have much rural medicine experience. My only thought would be that applying a tourniquet is not recommended for average people. But what of...

This is a great question and one that my hiking partner and I debated on our last trip when he almost stepped on a copperhead after dinner. So first we made a couple of assumptions: That a bite was...

Pack has been sold.

Free!! It's a many, many years old pack that has seen little to no use. Everything is in good working order except for delamination of the interior main compartment. Appears as though a...

My personal observation is that the trail gets very little sunlight through the trees except late fall through early spring. Doubt you would get any charge when hiking. Maybe if you stopped at a...

Foam roller for the calves. Simply Google "foam roller for PF". You will find all the answers you need.

And notice how everyone says it is so much worse in the morning? Thats because while you...

Their return policy is obviously extremely liberal. But if I was confronted with your decision I wouldn't return it based on what you have said. There is nothing wrong with it, you just don't wan't...

Thank you pilgrimskywheel! The amount of arm chair quarterbacking on this thread and the hiker that perished in Mass. is overwhelming! Here is an actual quote (on the "what happened to hyoh") by...

The combination of the plane crash thread in GSMNP and the Mass. hiker who perished revealed some really ugly Monday morning quarterbacking in this forum. The criticism came so quick I am fairly...

try the google machine with "cottage backpacking food whiteblaze"

Nothing to do with hiking but I'll take the bait:

The news media didn't misrepresent anything in this case...they just didn't spend the time going into all the background. When McDonalds got into...

How many mpd are you planning? That will change things. For a 3 day trip you are overloaded on extras. Assuming a 10 day trip would probably change things as well.

Find a guy that does boat canvas in your area (there are a ton around you). Ask him to add some snaps to your pack so you can store the pad in a vertical fashion with the help of some webbing...

Interesting to note that Welch is not a reliable source. That said, my conclusion was certainly NOT that we should be drinking untreated water. I think treating is so efficient and inexpensive that...

It's taken me awhile of researching to get some more information on this topic. Here is what I have found:
-There is surprisingly little research on the amount of Giardia cysts required to make you...

Wrong, wrong, wrong. BMI is actually pretty good at determining body mass for a wide swath of the population. The people it doesn't work for the the top 5% of fittest people in the nation. And they...

A lot of workout information here but your first priority is your diet. And NOT a diet plan, diet as in what you eat. Get rid of sugars and lower your carbs. Get away from processed foods and work...

I was a professional Firefighter and Paramedic for 10 years in Maryland in two large jurisdictions. Bullying is, unfortunately, very frequent. The old guys in the department bully paramedics and...

If I go out hiking...I want to hike. Most days start around 6 am and then hike until 9 pm. So with 15 hours of movement and occasional short breaks, hitting 28-32 miles per day is normal. Doesn't...

Isn't there something to be said for putting some tyvek down on the wet ground? I use one and I assumed it kept my tent floor dry when pitching on a soaked ground.

What other electrolytes are you worried about? Sodium is the only one lost with vigorous exercise. There are a handful of others the body may lose in small amounts with profuse sweating. But they...

I have zero idea why anyone is supplementing salt intake while hiking. Most commonly eaten foods on the trail are packed! with sodium. And salt loss only becomes an issue with excessive sweating...

The only place for questions regarding a GPS watch is:

http://www.dcrainmaker.com