I’m in no way a seasoned traveller, but it so happened that, in the course of my small adventures, I slept on a great number of different mattresses. It gave me a rare insight into Thermarest different products (they are indubitably the Kings of inflatable camping Mattresses, and no, I am in no way sponsored […]
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Three ways to cross a creek
When hiking in the mountains, you will come along quite a number of streams, streamlets, brooks, brooklets, creeks, runnels, and such like. Sometimes, they are small enough that you can just jump them. We are not talking about those. Sometimes, they are so big that you’ll need either to find a bridge, or to walk […]
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Alternative Banff Highline
I vividly remember that moment, where, in Yamnuska’s headquarter, Alison told us: “It’s going to be rather cold, up there. Snow, and -10.” My blue gear was scattered on the ground as I looked confidently at it. “Are you sure you’ll be ok?” asked Alison, looking doubtfully at my small layers and my very light […]