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What is the most efficient food to take a for a 12-15 day hiking trip?

answered Jan 31, 2012 at 23:27

60 votes

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Does eating snow help dehydration?

survival snow hydration

answered Mar 18, 2012 at 1:25

37 votes

What are essential items in an emergency kit?

survival first-aid emergencies

answered Jan 25, 2012 at 18:35

36 votes

How should I remove a tick?

safety health ticks

answered Jan 25, 2012 at 21:31

36 votes

How can you navigate without a compass or GPS

answered Jan 26, 2012 at 22:26

35 votes

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How to harden feet to avoid blisters on long hikes

health boots blisters feet

answered Jan 31, 2012 at 22:14

30 votes

Is drinking urine safe?

safety survival water-purification drinking-water

answered Jan 25, 2012 at 17:51

30 votes

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What are the advantages and disadvantages between gas, liquid and solid fuel?

cooking stoves fuel

answered Mar 1, 2012 at 17:47

29 votes

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Is it safe to eat poison ivy berries since I don't react to the leaves?

food edible poison-ivy

answered Apr 22, 2012 at 16:34

28 votes

How would you help a snapping turtle cross the road?

safety animal-behaviour turtles

answered Oct 11, 2016 at 16:23

26 votes

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What is the best way to cross streams while backpacking?

backpacking safety rivers

answered Mar 16, 2012 at 21:54

26 votes

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After I've shot large game, and it escapes, how can I track it?

hunting animal-tracks

answered Feb 8, 2012 at 5:52

25 votes

Prevent mosquito bites: insect repellent patch or just eat vitamin B1?

safety health prevention mosquitoes

answered Feb 11, 2012 at 17:49

25 votes

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What is this knee pain when going downhill?

hiking health injury

answered Mar 21, 2013 at 2:55

25 votes

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of a paracord knife handle?

knives paracord

answered Apr 28, 2016 at 12:40

24 votes

Do tent colors have functional purposes?

tents

answered Mar 7, 2016 at 15:09

24 votes

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Are carabiners useful tools to have in the wilderness? If so, what would they be used for?

survival wilderness carabiners

answered Feb 13, 2012 at 23:19

23 votes

Why do people who backpack sleep in tents instead of tarps?

backpacking tents tarp-tents

answered Dec 5, 2013 at 22:08

23 votes

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What do fishing regulations mean by "no bait?"

fishing fishing-tackle bait

answered Sep 28, 2016 at 0:36

22 votes

Is 8 miles of unpaved gravel road a lot for a old-ish consumer road car to take in normal weather?

car-camping

answered Jul 13, 2016 at 0:44

22 votes

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What do you risk when you ignore blisters and carry on walking?

hiking walking blisters

answered Jul 16, 2013 at 18:43

22 votes

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Survival type activies for Scout camp

camping survival

answered Jul 30, 2014 at 13:51

22 votes

Backpacking or hiking in areas open to hunting

hiking safety backpacking hunting

answered Jan 31, 2012 at 22:24

20 votes

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Do iodine water treatment tablets have negative effects?

water-purification

answered Feb 1, 2012 at 20:34

19 votes

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What essential items should go in a small first aid kit?

survival emergencies first-aid health

answered Feb 3, 2012 at 2:13

19 votes

Which will keep my food colder longer, draining the melted ice water, or leaving it in the cooler?

camping food ice

answered Feb 8, 2012 at 3:55

18 votes

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How to clean vomit from camping gear?

camping trekking hygiene maintenance cleaning

answered Sep 15, 2014 at 10:59

17 votes

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How to stay clean on a multi-day hike?

hiking cleaning hygiene

answered Feb 10, 2012 at 17:43

17 votes

What is the ultimate car camping bed solution -- for two people?

gear camping

answered May 29, 2012 at 16:43

16 votes

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Pros and Cons of paracord

paracord

answered May 30, 2012 at 17:40

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What is the most efficient food to take a for a 12-15 day hiking trip?

Does eating snow help dehydration?

What are essential items in an emergency kit?

How should I remove a tick?

How can you navigate without a compass or GPS

How to harden feet to avoid blisters on long hikes

Is drinking urine safe?

What are the advantages and disadvantages between gas, liquid and solid fuel?

Is it safe to eat poison ivy berries since I don't react to the leaves?

How would you help a snapping turtle cross the road?

What is the best way to cross streams while backpacking?

After I've shot large game, and it escapes, how can I track it?

Prevent mosquito bites: insect repellent patch or just eat vitamin B1?

What is this knee pain when going downhill?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of a paracord knife handle?

Do tent colors have functional purposes?

Are carabiners useful tools to have in the wilderness? If so, what would they be used for?

Why do people who backpack sleep in tents instead of tarps?

What do fishing regulations mean by "no bait?"

Is 8 miles of unpaved gravel road a lot for a old-ish consumer road car to take in normal weather?

What do you risk when you ignore blisters and carry on walking?

Survival type activies for Scout camp

Backpacking or hiking in areas open to hunting

Do iodine water treatment tablets have negative effects?

What essential items should go in a small first aid kit?

Which will keep my food colder longer, draining the melted ice water, or leaving it in the cooler?

How to clean vomit from camping gear?

How to stay clean on a multi-day hike?

What is the ultimate car camping bed solution -- for two people?

Pros and Cons of paracord