Tricks of the trade for the outdoorsy

[Frizz]

What you need to carry in your geocaching kit is a Team Bald 2.5 pocket comb. You can comb those burs right out, and also keep your hair well groomed! I actually got an email from a cacher in the southwest US who used a comb he picked up here in Wisconsin to comb out cactus pickers.

[LMcGisme]

I picked up a burr removing tool somewhere (Walmart?, Gander Mountain?, Cabelas?, other?) that is like a pumice stone with different textures on the different sides on the stone. It is sort of a rounded triangular shape and 4-5 inches long, so fits in your hand well. It does a pretty good job of getting most of the burrs, and it must be pretty cheap or I wouldn’t have gotten it.

[huffinpuffin2]

Day 1: Problem while on the road: Bloody nasty Oregon foxtail – 😥

Day 2: Solution using basic ‘tools of the trade’=>:D

[hack1of2]

Is that duct tape? 😮

[CodeJunkie]

@hack1of2 wrote:

Is that duct tape? 😮

I thought it was a space suit from the surplus store. 😀

[huffinpuffin2]

@hack1of2 wrote:

Is that duct tape? 😮

Yes! Good for 6 hours of caching on steep, grassy terrain, during a trip out west. Found ourselves with nothing but ‘street clothes”, time, and a bunch of great hillside caches nearby, set in the midst of some nasty grasses, the likes we’d never seen before. But it was hot, and even though it worked in a pinch to seal out the foxtails, the heat melted the adhesive holding together sections of the soles on ‘our’ running shoes. Thought about taping the pieces back on, but in the end, just put them in our pockets and waddled on semi-soled shoes. Awkward. Fun! And worth it! 😀

[BeccaDay]

Oh I thoroughly enjoyed that picture, thanks! It made me feel much better. And I’ve gotten plenty of that stuff on me too! Love the duct tape shoes, way to find a way to enjoy the outdoors.

Not all who wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien

[BeccaDay]

Covered in burrs again…

Not all who wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien

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