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    Everett Vinzant
    BPL Member

    @wn7ant

    Locale: CDT

    I've discovered that I learn the most from an unusual place. The threads here are wonderful. However the biggest piece of insight for me typically comes when the thread has taken a serious left turn off subject (posters go bushwhaking).

    Examples: I never considered layering down under rain gear a bad idea. I had never done it. I would consider only doing it with a poncho after reading about the "sauna" it can create. This was in a thread that was talking about a specific type of raingear. Not exactly entirely off subject, but a useful nugget none the less.

    What piece of gold did you find in a most unusual place (and if you remember, where was it)?

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    James holden
    BPL Member

    @bearbreeder-2

    the best and only real way to learn is by doing …. you learn best when things go wrong ;)

    even if yr a city slicker with a jobs and kids you can learn and test yourself every day … every heavy rain/snow forecast should just be an excuse to test your gear for a few hours … any park/forest/hill you live near by should be a chance to go whack some bushes (keeping in mind safety and the environment)

    take a daytrip … hike a few hours up a hill in pouring rain or freezing snow and you'll find out what works very quickly

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    Everett Vinzant
    BPL Member

    @wn7ant

    Locale: CDT

    I'm of the opinion that Wisdom can be acquired two ways:

    1) learn from your own mistakes as you recommend

    2) learn from other peoples mistakes

    I prefer option 2, it costs SIGNIFICANTLY less time, money, pain, etc..

    So, although I agree that you have to do some things on your own, what I was referring to was; out of the things I learn here, the best nuggets of wisdom come from when the conversation takes a tangental subject, and then returns to the original subject. The tangent almost always has some wonderful little piece of gold in it. That is what I am asking about.

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