Sorry, but this jacket may no longer be available. You can check out other great hiking rain jacket options for men here. Today I want to review a recent arrival from The North Face, the North Face Mens Verto Storm … [Continue reading]
At the start of the year I mentioned in a post that this year, 2014, I wanted to start to push the boat out a bit more with regards to my hiking adventures. By push the boat out I was generally referring to taking on some bigger challenges as well as … [Continue reading]
Today I want to take a look at a more advanced navigational skill or technique you can use in hiking to help you in bad visibility or if you're trying to get somewhere in the dark. That technique is called Pacing. What is Pacing? Pacing is … [Continue reading]
In this post I want to take a look at how you can use the typical average speed walking or hiking To estimate how long your planned hike will take. Before going into that in more detail I want to give some quick background on how this came to my mind … [Continue reading]
One of the lesser sung pieces of hiking kit is probably the hiking hat. It isn't quite as technical as your rain jacket or your hiking boots but it's none the less a very important part of your hiking gear. In this post I want to look at what … [Continue reading]
In the last few weeks I was looking at hydration packs in a fair bit of detail. In one recent post we looked at what to consider when buying a hydration bladder and in another I touched on my hydration bladder of choice at the minute. When looking … [Continue reading]
I am not long back from a hike in probably the worst weather I have ever hiked in! Having been hiking for years, that's really saying something. Today we were battered with high winds, hail, rain and snow. With temperatures around zero degrees … [Continue reading]
I was recently on a hike and I was talking with a fellow hiker about keeping yourself warm but dry when out on the trail. They happened to be wearing a cotton tee as a base layer and so they weren't the most comfortable as we had just finished a … [Continue reading]
Hiking in wetlands can be quite the challenge. Being from Ireland, I am of course quite familiar with this type of terrain as we get lots of rain. There are many places in Ireland and close by in the United Kingdom that have wetlands. What is a … [Continue reading]