Comments for HowToWilderness.com ™ http://howtowilderness.com The Goto Learning Resource for Outdoor Enthusiasts Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:04:26 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Comment on FitPacking Backpacking Sept 2013 by Steve Silberberg http://howtowilderness.com/ai1ec_event/fitpacking-backpacking-sept-2013/?instance_id=#comment-215 Steve Silberberg Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:04:26 +0000 http://howtowilderness.com/?post_type=ai1ec_event&p=4431&instance_id=#comment-215 Cool, thanks for the listing! Cool, thanks for the listing!

]]> Comment on How To Poop in the Wilderness by Lynn http://howtowilderness.com/2012/02/20/how-to-poop-in-the-wilderness/#comment-147 Lynn Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:43:52 +0000 http://howtowilderness.com/?p=2118#comment-147 Man, TOO many puns! Boo... Man, TOO many puns! Boo…

]]> Comment on How To Decrease Risks In The Wilderness by Honor Boone http://howtowilderness.com/2012/09/17/how-to-decrease-risks-in-the-wilderness/#comment-85 Honor Boone Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:35:44 +0000 http://howtowilderness.com/?p=3971#comment-85 Thanks, Rick, for mentioning Michael, and for some great advice. I think it helps to give real world examples when passing out advice; otherwise people tend to tune out. Michael was a very experienced hiker, but he was hiking alone, and likely made an error in judgment somewhere along the way. I know he was also reluctant to carry certain pieces of gear, like a whistle. I would just like your audience to imagine what it was like for us - realizing that Michael should have been back, but wasn't; getting the call that they had found his car, then his backpack; waiting at the command post day after day; knowing that the odds of finding him alive were going down every hour; then the feeling that I had betrayed or abandoned him when I left Yosemite for the last time, after the search had ended. One of the "taglines" I use for PACK6 is "Someone you love is waiting for you at home." Never forget it. Honor Boone Thanks, Rick, for mentioning Michael, and for some great advice. I think it helps to give real world examples when passing out advice; otherwise people tend to tune out. Michael was a very experienced hiker, but he was hiking alone, and likely made an error in judgment somewhere along the way. I know he was also reluctant to carry certain pieces of gear, like a whistle. I would just like your audience to imagine what it was like for us – realizing that Michael should have been back, but wasn’t; getting the call that they had found his car, then his backpack; waiting at the command post day after day; knowing that the odds of finding him alive were going down every hour; then the feeling that I had betrayed or abandoned him when I left Yosemite for the last time, after the search had ended. One of the “taglines” I use for PACK6 is “Someone you love is waiting for you at home.” Never forget it.

Honor Boone

]]> Comment on How To View The International Space Station by rick.romine http://howtowilderness.com/2012/09/06/how-to-view-the-international-space-station/#comment-74 rick.romine Mon, 10 Sep 2012 21:31:52 +0000 http://howtowilderness.com/?p=3768#comment-74 Ralph, Thanks for the link; it seems like another great astronomy resource. Also, thanks for checking out HowToWilderness. - rick Ralph, Thanks for the link; it seems like another great astronomy resource. Also, thanks for checking out HowToWilderness. – rick

]]> Comment on How To View The International Space Station by Ralph Ford http://howtowilderness.com/2012/09/06/how-to-view-the-international-space-station/#comment-73 Ralph Ford Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:08:22 +0000 http://howtowilderness.com/?p=3768#comment-73 Your mother-in-law is in a class I teach for the adult school and sent me a link to your site. Another excellent site for satellite viewing is: heavens-above.com I have managed to use a telescope to photograph the ISS, quite a challenge, but possible. Your mother-in-law is in a class I teach for the adult school and sent me a link to your site. Another excellent site for satellite viewing is: heavens-above.com

I have managed to use a telescope to photograph the ISS, quite a challenge, but possible.

]]> Comment on How To Camp with Glamour by Glamping in the Wilderness http://howtowilderness.com/2012/07/11/how-to-camp-with-glamour/#comment-56 Glamping in the Wilderness Sat, 14 Jul 2012 03:01:04 +0000 http://howtowilderness.com/?p=3274#comment-56 [...] article we found at howtowilderness.com describes the merits of camping with [...] [...] article we found at howtowilderness.com describes the merits of camping with [...]

]]> Comment on Polar Pure Malarky by rick.romine http://howtowilderness.com/2011/12/03/polar-pure-malarky/#comment-35 rick.romine Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:29:12 +0000 http://howtowilderness.com/?p=1442#comment-35 Posted on Bob's website on March 16th, 2012: We regret to inform you that we were recently notified that our appeal to obtain the required State permit has been denied. Without this permit, we are also unable to obtain the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration needed to purchase iodine. Because of the denial of the permit and extensive State and Federal regulations as well as EPA regulations regarding iodine, we are unable to manufacture or sell Polar Pure at this time. This may or may not mean an end to our small family business of nearly 30 years. Posted on Bob’s website on March 16th, 2012:

We regret to inform you that we were recently notified that our appeal to obtain the required State permit has been denied. Without this permit, we are also unable to obtain the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration needed to purchase iodine. Because of the denial of the permit and extensive State and Federal regulations as well as EPA regulations regarding iodine, we are unable to manufacture or sell Polar Pure at this time. This may or may not mean an end to our small family business of nearly 30 years.

]]> Comment on About Us by rick.romine http://howtowilderness.com/about-us/#comment-33 rick.romine Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:09:19 +0000 http://howtowilderness.com/?page_id=230#comment-33 Steve, thanks for visiting the site. Although I love Yosemite Falls, I am not sure there is a picture on the site from the pool above the falls. If you could let me know which image you are referring to, I can probably let you know where it is from. Steve, thanks for visiting the site. Although I love Yosemite Falls, I am not sure there is a picture on the site from the pool above the falls. If you could let me know which image you are referring to, I can probably let you know where it is from.

]]> Comment on About Us by Steve Silberberg http://howtowilderness.com/about-us/#comment-32 Steve Silberberg Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:41:51 +0000 http://howtowilderness.com/?page_id=230#comment-32 Is that pool at the top of Yosemite Falls? Is that pool at the top of Yosemite Falls?

]]> Comment on What to Bring Backpacking by rick.romine http://howtowilderness.com/2011/11/14/what-to-bring-backpacking/#comment-11 rick.romine Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:26:53 +0000 http://howtowilderness.com/?p=1100#comment-11 Thanks for the comment, and sorry for the confusion. The categories are from the Bulls Eye picture, but I guess I wasn't clear: Weight (Wt), Bulk (Bk), Value (Va), Cost ($), Convenience (Cv) and Pleasure (Pl) Let us know what criteria you consider when packing. - rick Thanks for the comment, and sorry for the confusion. The categories are from the Bulls Eye picture, but I guess I wasn’t clear:

Weight (Wt), Bulk (Bk), Value (Va), Cost ($), Convenience (Cv) and Pleasure (Pl)

Let us know what criteria you consider when packing. – rick

]]> Comment on What to Bring Backpacking by Chris Taylor http://howtowilderness.com/2011/11/14/what-to-bring-backpacking/#comment-10 Chris Taylor Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:08:14 +0000 http://howtowilderness.com/?p=1100#comment-10 Loved the table approach (with 1, 2, 3) for each of the choices, but could you publish a key for what the terms across the top are? For example, I can guess most, but what is Cv? Loved the table approach (with 1, 2, 3) for each of the choices, but could you publish a key for what the terms across the top are? For example, I can guess most, but what is Cv?

]]> Comment on Water Purification by What to Bring Backpacking | HowToWilderness.com http://howtowilderness.com/water-purification/#comment-7 What to Bring Backpacking | HowToWilderness.com Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:49:36 +0000 http://howtowilderness.com/?page_id=195#comment-7 [...] Water Purification [...] [...] Water Purification [...]

]]> Comment on Knots by mark e http://howtowilderness.com/basic-knots/#comment-6 mark e Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:09:48 +0000 http://howtowilderness.com/?page_id=139#comment-6 Well done! I was sitting down to write a primer on knots for a friend of mine who wanted to learn 2 or 3 useful knots and then I came across this post. You know what? Try as I might, I can't match the efficacy or brevity of what you've written here! Thus, your post is the first thing I will email to my friend. Thanks! Well done! I was sitting down to write a primer on knots for a friend of mine who wanted to learn 2 or 3 useful knots and then I came across this post. You know what? Try as I might, I can’t match the efficacy or brevity of what you’ve written here! Thus, your post is the first thing I will email to my friend. Thanks!

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