How far can a drone fly? Of the drones that use hand held remote controls, the one with longest transmission distance is the DJI Matrice 300 RTK Commercial Drone System. It can fly up to 9 miles (15km) away from its remote control. When surveying a set of 14 hand-held remote control operated, commercial, industrial and retail videography type drones, …
Best Drone For Hiking and Backpacking
What is the best drone for hiking and backpacking? The DJI Mini series of drones, and specifically the DJI Mini 3 Pro, are the best drones for hiking and backpacking. Below I’ll share some of the reasons the Mini 3 Pro is a solid choice for getting that wildlife and natural landscape footage we all crave, when showing off our …
How Much Water Do You Need For Hiking?
Common hiking wisdom says you need 0.5 to 1 liter of water for every hour of hiking. 0.5L for moderate hiking at moderate temps, and 1L for more extreme hiking and high, summer time temps. But how much water you need for hiking really depends on your baseline metabolic needs and your hiking sweat rate. And of course, those depend …
How Much Sodium Do You Lose In Sweat?
It’s part of your natural physiology to lose sodium through sweating. But how much sodium do you lose in sweat? You tend to lose anywhere from 200mg up to 2,300mg of sodium per liter of sweat. However this range reflects the two extremes on the spectrum, where if you are only losing 200mg per liter, you are perfectly acclimated to …
Measuring Your Sweat Rate When Hiking
Measuring your sweat rate when hiking is a little different than your standard sweat rate measurement you can perform at the field or gym. I’ll walk you through some tips and tricks to calculate your hiking sweat rate, which could yield different numbers than when you are cycling, running, or participating in a sustained, max exertion endurance exercise. But first …
Sweat Rate Calculator
This sweat rate calculator lets you enter your weight before and after exercise, how much fluids you ingested during exercise, and how much fluid you urinated during exercise, to come up with a sweat volume. You further need to enter how long you exercised to get the calculator to give you your sweat rate. Related: In this article I give …
How To Calculate Your Sweat Rate
Knowing how to calculate your sweat rate helps you in planning your hydration strategy for whatever activity you’ll be participating in, that involves significant sweating. For example, on this site, we’re concerned about hiking, camping, and backpacking, so knowing our sweat rate helps us plan how much water we have to carry for a certain hike or backpacking trip. But …
Cascade Mountain Tech Quick Lock Trekking Poles – Review
This Cascade Mountain Tech trekking poles review is based on the first fifty miles of use, with the Aluminum Quick Lock model poles with the cork/Eva grips. I may swing back around at the hundred mile mark, and provide some updates, as time allows. I bought my poles at Dick’s Sporting Goods in Northridge, CA, and have been trying them …
Topanga State Park Camping News – 1st Quarter 2023
Musch Trail Camp now open Musch Trail Camp is open once again after waterline repair in the last part of 2022. Everything is back to normal. I tested the water flush toilets last time I hiked, and they seemed to work pretty good. Or at least no worse than before the repair. The potable water faucet and fountain at the …
What’s Up With The Cotopaxi Fuego Hooded Jacket – Review
The Cotopaxi Fuego hooded jacket is a warm, comfortable, down puffer jacket that can be used as an insulating layer in the colder seasons. It packs down into its own pocket, to the size of a small backpacking pillow, and has no problem serving as one. And its water resistant down, and DWR finish buys you enough time to find …