Posts Tagged ‘weight’

Buying your Sleeping Bag for your Next Camping Trip

Friday, October 10th, 2003
Buying your Sleeping Bag for your Next Camping Trip

Buying sleeping bags can be a difficult task, with prices ranging from a few pounds to a few hundred. Ultimately you have to ask what you want to use it for. The sleepig bag is an important part of the kit. If you are hiking then you ideally want something that will pack tightly and is quite lightweight, such as a compact sleeping bag, alt (more…)

Hiking Tips you Haven’t Heard Before

Saturday, May 3rd, 2003
Hiking Tips you Haven't Heard Before

Do you need these hiking tips? You do if you ever get blisters or twisted ankles or knee pain. In fact, I stopped getting blisters at all over ten years ago. More on that in a moment. First, lets look at some basic preparation and precautions to take when planning a hike.

Hiking Tips – Preparation

If you haven’t done anything physical in a while, you really should try to get in shape before taking a long h (more…)