If you want the ultimate winter challenge then get out and build a snow hole this winter… You’ll need.. Snow. One shovel (or the more the merrier) Survival bag (you many need to place this on the floor in order to pull snow away from the hole?) Plenty of time! Find a drift of snow …
I think, even if it is a publicity stunt, that Vango appear to have won this one with their ‘Tent in Space’ video! Just try saying “Tent in Space” without sounding like it should fit into a Muppet’s episode. They don’t, however mention how one is meant to breathe during said camp…
Well worth a watch. I think this is beyond a black run – brown perhaps? 😉
The vid speaks for itself. Shuffle on to about 1 min to see the action, but don’t blink or you’ll miss it…
Another of those little things that can easily cause a bit of head scratching. Ideally, if you’ve never done this then you probably should ask someone to show you how to do this. If you’ve done it and need a reminder (my first winter trip every year sees me fixing my crampons incorrectly! I’m hoping …
One of the more difficult things for winter walking is getting used to walking in crampons again. Unless you’re lucky enough to get up to Scotland over the winter, then walking with crampons further south is something you may only wear for a few hours on a day trip and only rarely all day. So …
To some of you, this may well be stating the obvious but if you’re ready for your first trip out in the snow with a group and you’ve packed your flask and sandwiches. Then you’ve a pack in one hand and an axe in the other and you realise you haven’t a clue how to …
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Taking an ice axe on your winter trip is all well and good but you need to know how to use it for stability and, if you do slip, for self arrest techniques. Walking poles just don’t cut it. This is just a useful reminder video and it’s recommended that you get shown the ropes …
This is our first, rather disasterous attempt at making a video… It seems that my camera takes great photos, useless at video and worse at audio. It didn’t help that it was getting late and we’d had a few in the pub before setting off and the wind just drowned out all the audio. That …
