Best Tips for Enjoying the BackCountry in the Rain

Written by Chuck Fitzgerald


If you spend any amount of time inrepparttar backcountry at all, it will rain on you. Remember this - rain is a good thing; without it there wouldn’t be much backcountry to enjoy. How you prepare for rain and how you handle yourself and gear inrepparttar 133190 rain, makesrepparttar 133191 difference between a great experience and a horrible one. Here are some great ideas for ensuring your backcountry enjoyment when mother nature rains down on you.

Our best tips for enjoyingrepparttar 133192 backcountry inrepparttar 133193 rain can be separated into two categories. The first pertains to getting ready to hike, camp or whatever else you love to do outdoors. Here arerepparttar 133194 Best Outdoor Preparation Tips:

1.Always checkrepparttar 133195 weather forecast. Understandingrepparttar 133196 type of rain to expect may even determine whether you go or not. Ifrepparttar 133197 forecast calls for severe thunderstorms with tornados, you will probably plan differently than you might for scattered showers. Check before you go, and check when you’re there. A good weather radio is an essential piece of gear for backcountry recreation. 2.Store everything you take in re-sealable plastic bags, especially socks, matches, flares, food, maps and your first aid kit. 3.Pack your sleeping bag in a large plastic trash bag or a specially designed waterproof bag. 4.Pack a brimmed waterproof hat and jacket. Always have rain gear with you, even if it is only a large trash bag. 5.Treat your tent, hat, jacket and pack with waterproofing spray – even if they’re called “waterproof” to begin with. 6.For two weeks prior to your trip, be sure to take your multi-vitamins. You should be doing this regardless. A good immune system is an outdoor enthusiast’s best friend.

So now you’re packed and outrepparttar 133198 door. Once you’re there, common sense and a few tricks ofrepparttar 133199 trade will help you get through unscathed. Here arerepparttar 133200 Best Outdoor Rain Tips:

Your Best Bet

Written by Bill Dozer, SBR Analyst


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Handicapping an event and forming an opinion is only part ofrepparttar 133197 battle. Every profitable gambler and bookmaker knows that line shopping, and more specifically, line movement isrepparttar 133198 key to a player’s success. Followingrepparttar 133199 path of changing odds offers an enormous advantage overrepparttar 133200 long haul. A NFL bettor may follow football lines all week in order to gaugerepparttar 133201 right time to strike as betting lines gradually move in and out of his favor.

We have all pushed on a play where we would have won had we put more effort into getting that half point.

For most gamblers, sitting in front of online betting screens all day is not a realistic option; although many of us will not hitrepparttar 133202 magic winning percentage of 53% without at least trackingrepparttar 133203 quick moving odds right beforerepparttar 133204 game. If you are onrepparttar 133205 verge of understandingrepparttar 133206 importance of paying less and obtainingrepparttar 133207 better line, but do not plan on wagering for a living,repparttar 133208 half time bet may be a valuable option for you.

Following Line Movement Halftime odds offer yourepparttar 133209 ability to get a fresh line and follow it until it comes offrepparttar 133210 board. Without going into another article about line movement, watching a normal line through its lifespan is something that can take anywhere from half ofrepparttar 133211 day to a week. A 2nd half bettor watching multiple books is able to get a great feel on which wayrepparttar 133212 line is headed and pounce onrepparttar 133213 offering that suits his play. He may userepparttar 133214 same techniques in a span of only 5 minutes.

Soft Lines A soft line is one that deviates fromrepparttar 133215 consensus. Bookmakers only have a short span of time to take in action, and on occasion will stray fromrepparttar 133216 pack in order to takerepparttar 133217 bets it desires. Other bookies will consistently berepparttar 133218 last one to move their numbers which offers value when it has changed against you at most other sportsbooks.

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