How to Pack a Rucksack in Winter Introduction Packing a rucksack for use in the winter mountains requires much more care, thought and organisation than it does in summer. Rain,…
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(Not very) Breathable Hard-Shells A breathable hard-shell jacket is one of the essential items of clothing/equipment that every mountain walker/climber should have, and it can literally be a life-saver. However,…
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How to Estimate Walking Speed Knowing how to estimate your walking speed is a vital skill in navigation and this tip will explain how you can do it. A key…
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Introduction To succeed, and be comfortable, in the outdoors you need to have a good clothing layering system - a base layer, insulation layer and shell layer. This article will…
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The BAA app Last winter I wrote a quick note about the ‘Be Avalanche Aware’ (BAA) planning method, recommending this to everyone. Well, like everything in this world now, it’s…
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Tip for staying dry Here is a great tip for staying dry when on a long walk in variable conditions. This tip is one of the first things that I…
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How to adjust rucksack straps Why it's important to adjust rucksack straps properly It's often interesting to see how much discomfort people will go through before learning how to adjust…
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Mountaineering maps (Part 3) Finally, here is Part 3 of preparing your handy mountain map. In Part 1, we mercilessly cut down an enormous OS map sheet into an A4…
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Mountaineering maps (Part 2) (You can learn more using maps in the mountains on a navigation course in Snowdonia, the Lake District, Yorkshire, and the Peak District.) Now for the second…
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Mountaineering maps (Part 1) (You can learn more using maps in the mountains on a navigation course in the Lake District, Yorkshire, the Peak District, and Snowdonia.) For the next few…
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