Questions tagged [groups]
Questions about dealing dealing with groups of people in the Outdoors
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Water treatment for washing - are purification tablets best option, and how many are needed?
I'll be winter camping in a bare-bones cabin with 6 people for two nights and 4 people for a third night. By my estimate, we'll need a lot of water: 6gal 2nights + 4gal1night = 16gal. I plan to haul ...
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How do I keep my group together?
Although I'm primarily asking about caving, this is a problem that exists in any activity that moves through the landscape: walking, cycling, kayak touring, etc.
A natural tendency when on the move ...
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Groups: What are proper occasions for a large, shared hole for waste?
So of course the common standard for proper burying of solid human waste is burial in a cat-hole, and generally this means one hole per instance per person. This is what I practice and teach on ...
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Leading an inexperienced group
I'm taking a handful (5) work colleagues up a mountain this weekend (Tryfan in Snowdonia).
The mountain is a Grade 1 scramble route so it's not overly simple. The group is very inexperienced. I've ...
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Group Trips: 1 Large cook group or smaller cook groups of 3 or 4?
On trips I lead, we always split up into smaller cook groups, yet I did have one occasion a long time ago where we cooked as one large cook group. Long enough that I don't remember if it worked well ...
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How can I boost morale on long backpacking trips?
Not just children can be whiny on long backpacking trips. I am interested in learning how to boost morale with both, adult groups, or when hiking with children.
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Splitting up weight hiking as a couple/mixed gender group
Assuming equivalent fitness, what is a fair way to split up weight when hiking as a couple/in mixed gender groups? Should the weight be proportional to the individuals weight? Are there other ...
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Minimizing impact of small groups on wilderness areas
I have been given conflicting information for how to minimize the impact of traveling in small groups in wilderness areas.
For groups traveling off-trail in areas where it is appropriate I have heard ...
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Group protocol should the group become separated
A small group (2-10 people total) is travelling in a wilderness area. For whatever reason a person or a couple get separated. What is the best strategy for the lost ones? What is the best strategy to ...
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