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Sep 29, 2010 at 4:26 pm #1263832
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)?
Sep 29, 2010 at 6:36 pm #1650071the 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
Oct 1, 2010 at 4:56 pm #1650662I'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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