I don't care how thirsty you are,
"Don't eat the yellow snow" !!
Well, maybe if you're REALLY REALLY thirsty!!!
It is just a couple more miles;
Water is right down that hill, just a little ways;
You can walk it off tomorrow;
Looks like we are almost at the top of this one.
Lies, all lies and unwritten.
DON'T feed the bears. your mother doesn't live here clean up after yourself.
If you look up and see a mountin far in the distance, don't worry, you will be walking up in for sure......
Seriously, if you are gong out for less than a week, check the weather.
You can drink your own urine three times before it becomes toxic to your system
(yes, really)
(I know from an exam question, not personal experience)
Bring enough water.....but not too much!
Bring enough snacks.....and then bring more.
HYOH is something you consider before you open your mouth....it's not something you should ever have to say to another.
Take the time to say hello to all you meet....and give them the opportunity to tell their story.
Last edited by Teacher & Snacktime; 02-08-2014 at 13:19.
"Maybe life isn't about avoiding the bruises. Maybe it's about collecting the scars to prove we showed up for it."
Brilliant....especially for us over-planners!Originally Posted by Odd Man Out
"Maybe life isn't about avoiding the bruises. Maybe it's about collecting the scars to prove we showed up for it."
Doc Mahns
I called Sawyer and they said about filtering urine will filter any bacteria. but will not filter uric acid.
Does any chemist out there know how to precipitate uric acid ?
It's one thing to over-think the fuel canister issue . . .
Solar still.
...and similarly,...
Step away from anyone who says "Watch this".
If you do not see a white blaze, look up.
03/07/13 - 10/07/13 Flip flop AT thru hike "It is well with my soul"
The evaporation point of water is lower than uric acid. If you dig a hole, place a collection container in the hole, pee in the collection container, then take a piece of plastic and make a tarp over the container and position it so that the condensation collects and runs into another container, you will have clean(ish) water to drink.
I would imagine this would be similar to a solar still
Don't steal the Charmin.
The primary dissolved molecule in urine is urea, not uric acid (the are not at all alike - uric acid is a purine). Urea is a small, very polar molecule (NH2CONH2), so evaporating the water will be your best bet (could not be filtered). Urea can be hydrolyzed to produce ammonia and CO2, but this wouldn't help as ammonia is also quite soluble and also more toxic than urea. In fact your body produces the urea to detoxify the ammonia waste produced from protein catabolism.
just because I'm not talking about my gear or asking questions about yours, don't assume that I an education from you.
Unwritten rules should really remain unwritten, otherwise someone is gonna post em at a shelter and I'll be forced to use em to start a fire.
Mother Nature is neither kind nor unkind, she's indifferent.
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Miles to go before I sleep. R. Frost
When you come into a shelter area after dark, try to be quiet and do not talk out loud.
"Something hidden. Go and find it. Go, and look behind the Ranges. Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you . . . Go!" (Rudyard Kipling)
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