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How to find ticks in your hair?

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Why does a fox defecate on my patio, which I use as a feeding station for critters?

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What features to look for in a small snowshoe for getting up and down a long driveway and around the yard during what may be a snowy winter?

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Do chipmunks hibernate in woodpiles, and, if so, how do I avoid disturbing them when taking wood from the pile?

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What degree and/or type of athleticism is required in no-limits free diving?

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How can my neighbor encourage chipmunks to move away from her front-yard flower garden?

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Fer-de-Lance bite. emergency treatment in remote location: Administer anti-venin ASAP or check for allergic reaction to serum first?

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Under what wilderness conditions is becoming infested with lice a possibility and what precautions should one take to avoid it?

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What, exactly, is ice-transplantation as used to reinforce ice for the Elfstedentocht?

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What is an effective technique for plogging?

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How well do timber rattlers swim?

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Backpacking with a dog

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Is the "rattlesnake line" higher now in the Sierra than it used to be, decades ago?

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Is there a backpacker's guide to edible plants that is very light?

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What are the steps you would go through to teach someone how to split logs?

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Under what conditions can a guide be highly confident of protecting clients against brown bears without using firearms?

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Are coasteering routes graded, or does one have to rely on a qualitative description of the difficulties of a route?

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Reasonable precautions against copperheads: will being noisy in copperhead habitat cause them to slither away?

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What to do if you have been stung multiple times by yellow-jackets hours or days from the trailhead?

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When did it become commonplace to rely on Sherpas' technical skills in climbing?

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Is this a well-known way to kill ticks that are out of reach on your body?

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Can a climber who has lost most or all of his/her toes climb at a level roughly commensurate with his original level?

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What species of spider lays their eggs in the flesh of the person they bite?

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Are chiggers moving north, and if so, how do I protect myself against them?

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Is there data on how the 17-year cicada population (Brood X) emergence affects other species?

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Is ice-skating on lakes or ponds a sport in Iran (or Central Asia)?

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From the perspective of someone engaging in an outdoor sport, is there any fur that confers an advantage over all synthetic materials?

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What skills should one learn before attempting paragliding?

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Remaining impacts from the very low snow pack of 2014-2015 in the Western Sierra and extra precautions we should take to minimize our impact

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Efficacy of snorkel mask defogging agent on safety glasses