How to layer for a cold, wet walk without soaking yourself in sweat
Most people who end up cold on a walk did not underdress. They overdressed at the car, walked uphill in everything they owned…
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Blisters are a fit problem, not a toughness problem
A blister is not a sign that you are soft. It is skin layers sliding against each other, over and over, until they…
What a summer walker should know before a first winter day out
The first winter trip most people take is up a hill they already know. That is a reasonable instinct and it is also…
How to read a mountain weather forecast and actually act on it
The forecast on your phone is for the town at the bottom. It is not wrong, it is just answering a different question.…
Walking with children and dogs, and keeping both of them enjoying it
Children and dogs have one important thing in common on a walk: they will not tell you when something is going wrong. A…
How to stay found in hill fog, and what to do when you aren't
Navigation goes wrong slowly. Almost nobody takes one dramatic wrong turn. What happens is that you stop paying attention on an obvious path…