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*[http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=12354500 USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory] has a [http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/ searchable database] for calorie and nutritional value of tons of food items. A [http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=5720 downloadable program] is also available for PC and PDA. | *[http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=12354500 USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory] has a [http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/ searchable database] for calorie and nutritional value of tons of food items. A [http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=5720 downloadable program] is also available for PC and PDA. | ||
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM3xLshmNnk Ice Axe Self Arrest Tips] A YouTube Video from the British Mountaineering Council. | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM3xLshmNnk Ice Axe Self Arrest Tips] A YouTube Video from the British Mountaineering Council. | ||
* The [http://www.nols.edu National Outdoor School of Leadership] provides outdoor leadership courses that teach backpacking, mountaineering, sea kayaking and sailing all around the world. | |||
* [http://www.steepandcheap.com Steep and Cheap] is a great website to find some sweet deals on gear. Shipping to Canada is a bit expensive though, but the ginormous amount of savings on these deals usually covers the shipping cost. | |||
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Revision as of 15:49, 30 August 2008
This area is for sharing ideas, tips and tricks that are useful outdoors. The web links page also has lots of external websites with good stuff in them.
Outdoor Tips
- Navigation
- Winter safety
- Avalanche safety
- Gear ideas Gear suggestions and ideas for how to make your own.
- Photography tips
- Survival
- Snow shelters
- Ski maintenance Tips for waxing skis, tuning skis, and regluing skins.
- Footwear maintenance How or where to get boots and shoes of all types repaired.
- Daisy chain How (not) to use a daisy chain.
- Gear lists
- Trail building tips for building trails
- Hut building - tips for building huts
Food
- Where to eat When you're in the mountains
- Edible plants
- Recipes and other backcountry cooking related stuff.
Website/Wiki/Internet
- Message board guidelines
- Photo gallery How to use the VOC's own photo gallery.
- Online Mapping How to make your own maps for free.
External links
- Spadout has a vast comprehensive wiki website about backpacking, caving, rock climbing and skiing.
- Backpacker Magazine contains a acknowledgable subsection about proper footwear
- USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory has a searchable database for calorie and nutritional value of tons of food items. A downloadable program is also available for PC and PDA.
- Ice Axe Self Arrest Tips A YouTube Video from the British Mountaineering Council.
- The National Outdoor School of Leadership provides outdoor leadership courses that teach backpacking, mountaineering, sea kayaking and sailing all around the world.
- Steep and Cheap is a great website to find some sweet deals on gear. Shipping to Canada is a bit expensive though, but the ginormous amount of savings on these deals usually covers the shipping cost.