Long Distance Hiking: Mental Preparedness

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Sam “The Bird” Small walked fifteen miles before hitting a wall and ending his long distance hike. The reason? Sam found being alone too much to tolerate. Jenny trekked twenty-two miles, and then her motivation evaporated after she spent a harrowing night camped on a hilltop speared by countless lightning strikes. Fred “Trucker” Arthur reached
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Climbing Moves And Techniques

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Great climbers don’t just try powering their way up walls; instead they “technique” their way up to the top by utilizing a set of moves that have been designed to assist them with attacking particular problems. If you would like to become a better climber, then focus on your movement and technique. The best way
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Moves To Use While Climbing

It’s important to have an entire arsenal’s worth of climbing moves if you’re planning on tackling some of the more challenging routes. The following moves are great to place into that arsenal. They’re all based on the principles in the earlier section, but then broaden those principles. Back Step Take a normal step, and do
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How To Get Started With Mountaineering

Mountaineering
Climbing may mean a number of different things: leading on a bolted route at one of your favorite climbing destinations, top-roping on a roadside rock or practicing your athletic moves inside of a gym. It may mean mountaineering as well, or using various off-trail travel, snow and rock skills for reaching a summit. Summit climbs
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Would You Like Learn More About Mountaineering?

Other Things To Consider Mountaineering may bring an entire set of circumstances and conditions with it that are not usually encountered with sport climbing. You and your party must be prepared to be able to deal with all of the physical strains that are associated with high-altitude climbing. You might have to plan your climb
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Backpacking For Beginners

Backpacking can be a great and rewarding adventure to embark on. Not only does it offer such an immersive and richer experience, but it can help you push your limits like few other adventures can. If you are looking to give backpacking a try, you will want to be sure to learn about some of
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Meals Ready To Eat – Everything You Need To Know

Meals Ready To Eat
For individuals who place a high value on being prepared, Meals Ready to Eat is a basic necessity. Better known as MREs, these are compact and sealed packages that contain complete meals, ready to eat at any moment. But you are probably wondering about the taste, seeing as the concept of MREs was initially made
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The Secret Behind Self Heating Meals

The Secret Behind Self Heating Meals
While it isn’t common to hear about them, self heating meals are actually a bit more common than you think. However, the first thing that most people think when they hear about them is “how do they work?” or “what is the secret behind self-heating meals”. After all, food needs heat to be cooked, and
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What Are Self-Heating Meals?

Self-heating meals are often thought of as survival food or emergency rations. Many might know their roots as military field rations for service personnel that are deployed on missions in places where camps and kitchens aren’t set up. Sometimes known as MREs or meals ready to eat, these food items don’t require cooking, as they
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MRE History – An Overview Of The MRE Evolution

When reading about an MRE now, it is not exactly astounding. For modern people, packing and sealing food that can stay in storage for several years is a common thing. But this convenience wasn’t always around, and the story of MREs is a pretty interesting one. And to really appreciate the purpose MREs serve in
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