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Why get poles? Hiking poles serve 3 main purposes: Efficiency. Whilst legs typically have the larger, stronger muscles, arms can also help drive you along. This means you spread the effort over more muscles and use your legs more efficiently. On the downhill sections, poles can help reduce the shock to your knees. Balance. On… Read More Hiking Poles
Coiling cord after it has served its purpose avoids wasting time untangling and untwisting cords. Avoid finding that cords have become one single birds nest of cord and a messy twisted mass. This can be avoided by simply coiling cord around your hand and cinching it together. When finished with the cord and ready to… Read More Rope Care – Cord Coiling
Technology has fundamentally changed the way we navigate from A to B and this reliance on navigational technology is very common. When at home or at work, there are plenty of opportunities to recharge the batteries vital to those devices. On the trail, there are not so many sockets to plug into. Global Navigation Satellite… Read More Navigation
Hydration systems are made up of a number of components for carrying and/or making water potable (drinkable). An earlier post ‘Water on the Trail‘ describes some background, here the focus is on available gear/options. Platypus The Platypus GravityWorks hydration system uses gravity to filter water. It comes with 2 bags, one for dirty water (unfiltered) and… Read More Hydration Systems
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