Wills‭

As far as I know canoeing is the generic term which contains e.g. canadians and kayaks. What do I have to look for as an absolute water sports beginner in terms of: costs knowledge (eskimo roll a...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Wills‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Consider we are trying to pre-acclimate for an expedition in Himalaya to shorten the actual timespan on site. As an example, I am expecting a benefit if I go in the Alps for several days above 400...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Wills‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by System‭

Yesterday I was hiking in partly deep snow where postholing was inevitable. I had no problems until one moment when I was getting cramps in the femoral. Luckily it was close to the end of my tour a...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Wills‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

It's not a myth. In Sweden allemansrätten (lit. "the everyman's right") is a freedom granted by the Constitution of Sweden. Since 1994 the Instrument of Government says that notwithstanding the...

posted 8y ago by Wills‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

I don't think it is difficult to give an exact correlation between running time and hiking endurance. I think this is impossible. I will give you an example from myself: I am not a good runner be...

posted 8y ago by Wills‭

There is emergency equipment to survive nights, like emergency blankets and bivouac packs. As opposed to this, if you plan to stay overnight on winter trips (e.g. in the Alps) you don't just want ...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Wills‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

I would like to do a winter bivouac but have no gear for it yet. Especially the choice of a bivi pack is really tough for me because I'd prefer to be able to use it also in summer as a rescue item ...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Wills‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

Always drinking pure water can be boring and tasteless, especially when you have to filtrate it or use sterilizer/purification tabs which might cause the water to taste really bad. What are easy (...

10 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Wills‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by System‭

I can't speak for the Scottish winter and there definitely are differences to the Alps. But still I can give you an overview what is important to learn if you are going to do alpine summer tours in...

posted 8y ago by Wills‭

First of all, I will just spread some ideas. I never did a winter bivi by myself. Please don't blindly trust my words. But... because I am interested in the idea and like to do something similar i...

posted 8y ago by Wills‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

I just saw a documentary where they investigated lakes inside of glaciers. They rapelled in big crevasses and even dived in those sometimes huge water reservoirs. The scientist had a regular looki...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Wills‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

I just discovered there is a way to rapell (e.g. for crevasse rescue) without any equipment building a snow bollard: How is this done in the best possible manner? What do I have to look for in ...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Wills‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

Isolation and prominence are the two key criteria to classify a peak as an independent mountain. To understand the meaning I like the visualization from the German Wiki where "Dominanz" means i...

posted 7y ago by Wills‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

Depends on the situation and therefore the gear you have along and the environment you are in. For example if you are on an alpine tour, you can do similar as we did this year in a bivouac: try ...

posted 7y ago by Wills‭

In southern Germany there are a lot of steep hills which don't have too much rock but mainly grass. Therefore people are "grass climbing" mountains, there is even a grass climbing grade for it. ...

posted 7y ago by Wills‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭