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aka ‘fight the elements first’ An article on the World Extreme Medicine website about the critical importance of winning the environment fight first when treating hypothermia … READ ….. and on the subject of getting VERY cold … a short interview with a deeply hypothermic fellrunner who was rescued by Keswick MRT and underwent ECMOContinue reading “Bothies Before Bandages”

In the United Kingdom the clocks go back one hour this year at 2am on Sunday 29th October. William Willett was one of the original campaigners for the concept of ‘daylight saving’. His original proposal was for the clocks to be put forward by 80 minutes in total, in four steps of 20 minutes eachContinue reading “No Surprises”

In addition to Summiteer Aiguille Built To Send (not all their range is now made in the UK) and AtomPacks there is now Broken Spectre on the rucksacks hand made in Britain block. Made by hand by Will Hempstead in Lochaber. At first glance they seem to be end user focussed, durable and bells, whistlesContinue reading “New Kid On The Block”

A word of warning about indoor stove use in the latest Mountain Bothies Association newsletter Read

‘Climbers are out there—we climb the highest peaks, roam deserts, and explore the woods for the most inspiring boulders. And the climbing community has been increasingly seeing anecdotal evidence of climate change impacting our climbing landscapes. But stories are one thing–scientific evidence, on the other hand, can be our topo for advocating for change. InContinue reading “Freeze / Thaw”

Aaaaah ̶B̶i̶s̶t̶o̶ Burning. The sweet smell of home. The parking, traffic, fires, environmental damage and general dickheadedness all seemed to be worse in Wasdale. It’s like everything in the Peak condensed in to a small steep sided valley with one dead end road. I was greeted on Saturday morning by the sweet smell of someoneContinue reading “The Sweet Smell of Home”

There has been a “Shepherds Meet” at Wasdale Head for over 100 years, little is known of the early years other than that it was originally held in “The Chicken Field” which is the right-hand field just over the old packhorse bridge. It is believed that the “Shepherds Meet” started off with farmers from WasdaleContinue reading “Allus the second Saturday”

Shrinking Glaciers in the Swiss Alps ‘How do young people cope with living and working in an environment on the brink of collapse? ‘On the Brink’ follows the story of two female protagonists, reflecting on their experience of living and working in the midst of the Alps (Bernese Oberland, Switzerland) for the Summer. It exploresContinue reading “On The Brink”

between this and this One is a toilet. The other is a legally protected Ancient Scheduled Monument. The sort of trench thingy that goes round the sides of Mam Tor is evidence of a late Bronze Age and early Iron Age univallate hill fort which radiocarbon analysis suggests saw occupation from around 1200 BC. It’sContinue reading “Spot The difference”

An in depth article by Flytbase here