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Questions that discuss about precautions need to be taken for ensuring the safety in various outdoor activities that are in scope of The Great Outdoors should be tagged with this tag.
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What are the most frequent crimes perpetrated by people against people in the Great Outdoors?
This question is prompted by two comments on this site: Sue, in What are these bulges? Are they harming the tree? and Erik, in What are the dangerous animals in Southern Nevada
(1) Sue: "Have you be …
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Is there statistical backing for asserting the wilderness is safer than the highway?
The Relevant Highway Data
Source: National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA), Quick Facts 2014:
(VMT is vehicle miles travelled)
Combining the data for 2014 for passenger cars and …
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Does cigarette smoke deter lions?
The Blog, Kenya Geographic, has eight tips for surviving an attack by an African lion, none of which mention cigarettes or even exceptionally foul cigars.
These tips are:
do not go out alone
never tak …
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Are there any natural materials found in the wild that can be used as an effective sunscreen?
Wood ash As @Monster said:
anything that stops light from reaching your skin.
The OP her/himself suggested mud. All you need to get wood ash is a campfire, which you probably want anyway, in …
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Are statistics about the frequency of crime actually useful in determining how safe a trail is?
And you also say:
However it doesn't seem to me that one can judge the safety of
something by the numbers when the risk is going to vary considerably
by the person and by the actions they take. …
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What skills should one learn before attempting paragliding?
Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of
flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider
aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in …
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What are the steps you would go through to teach someone how to split logs?
A recent power failure made firewood one of the four most important things in our lives for nearly three days. We had enough in our pile of cut up fallen branches and small logs to keep our cat warm …
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How do locals (short of drilling) determine that lake ice is safe for skating, ice fishing, ...
This question is not a duplicate of either (1) Ice skating on a frozen lake -- how thick should the ice be?, which only asks how thick the ice should be; or (2) How to determine the thickness of ice? …
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Is the "rattlesnake line" higher now in the Sierra than it used to be, decades ago?
Decades ago, the rule of thumb was that there were no rattlesnakes above 9,000 feet in the Sierra. I don't remember what the authority for this was. It is definitely warmer in the Sierra now than it …
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Should I run if I come across Hyena?
Hyenas aren't closely related to wild dogs (1), but a predator is a predator is a predator, and running from a predator says "I am prey."
How worried should you be if you come upon hyenas? The fir …
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How should one properly dispose of a rabid animal carcass?
Ken Graham has a great deal of useful information in his answer, which I will not repeat. But the OP has specifically asked how to deal with a rabid animal's carcass when he is out hunting. However, …
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Sleeping outdoors without a tent in a high altitude Mt. Tapulao?
Can you absolutely rule out rain? If not, you need some sort of shelter, even if just a plastic tarp. And some warm clothes. Rainy, no tent, temps near freezing (even significantly above freezing) …
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What are the dangers of walking barefoot in towns/cities?
I can't answer about a small town in Canada, so I will answer about my own small town (really just a village center) in northern Virginia.
I don't think there would be any great physical dangers here …
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What are the risks of stream crossing with bare feet?
The principal risk is that you will slip and fall. Depending on the force of the water and what is downstream, this could be serious.
Look at the tread on your hiking boot or running shoe or even t …
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Does body need to re-acclimatize after a few days out of altitude?
On your itinerary -- sea level, Machu Picchu, low altitude, Cuzco -- you do not have to start from scratch in acclimatization after four days at low altitude, but you are far from acclimatized to Cuzc …
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