Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) (or ‘Altitude Sickness’) is potentially fatal. Yet few who venture into its realm take the time to study and understand it. This aide memoire is designed to help you gain some insight into this serious affliction and to help you prepare for, and manage your high altitude adventure.
Females respond differently to males to the cold? It is actually a thing. Read on.
Not everyone’s cup of tea when we are out in the bush. But these creatures are more scary than harmful. And when you look a bit closer you discover they are amazingly well designed animals.
We can all manage two or three days in the bush. But what about a week? Or a month? This guide was written for a group of new walkers who trekked for three weeks in Nepal. It has been updated since then. Feel free to send feedback or add your own mental tricks for handling long walks.
Are sports drinks useful dietary additions to our walking and climbing activities? We were forced to ask the question when we first trekked Kokoda in Papua New Guinea.
A very practical guide to outdoor gear whether you are new to the activity or even if you are deeply experienced in the outdoors.
