Hiking, Scrambling, Mountaineering, and Climbing

Can highly recommend Leonidio in Greece as a destination!

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Glad your ankle recovered quickly.

Absolute miracle tbh. I went from not being able to put any weight on it at all one morning, to climbing on it the next afternoon!

It’s still massive tho. Will have to be careful on it for quite a while.

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Can relate 😆

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Nice! What’s the tag line for?

Just someone else’s rope hanging in the background.

I've done plenty of multi-day through-hikes in Europe, but off to Morocco over Christmas. What insurance do people use? I've been pretty lax in the past...

Global rescue and World Nomads are well reviewed if a bit expensive. I'll be pretty remote for a few days so emergency rescue feels like something I should probably have as a backup.

I'd be more concerned with reading the policy to make sure you're effectively covered, than the exact company.

My bad chest claim was with indureandgo and they were good. Dogtag springs to mind. Plus ETA.

I'd also be .ore concerned with getting rescue on ground, if no phone signal, via satellite tracker, that's insured for use.

Yeah, good point, thanks. I've got an Inreach I use for satellite Comms. Global rescue seem to offer the most comprehensive cover and rescue as standard.

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Glove recommendations wanted. Scotland, lakes, north wales. It’s raining, it’s windy, it’s cold’ish

I’m thinking thin, so just a light insulation, but waterproof, mitts. Warmer and less sweaty than gloves.

Oh - occasional use of walking poles, so not massive over mitt things

I've got some Rab Storm mitts that have been pretty good. Used them in sub-zero snow in the Cairngorms and plus figures rain. Might be slightly too warm above 8 degrees or so in the rain, but overall quite adaptable. And they're fine with poles.

Thanks will give them a try

I’m thinking of doing a section of the west highland way early’ish next year. Sleeper train to bridge of orchy and then two days to fort bill and sleeper home. That just takes two days out of home/ work life. I’d like just b&b to save weight/ space.

Bit late but I use 2 tarps about the same size and fold the ground sheet accordingly. I like to have enough space to put my bags and whatever on the ground sheet next to my sleep mat and I like having something big enough that it's a usable fly in emergencies

I just use a builders type tarp for the ground sheet and use a smaller than most people would get away with for the fly, neither particularly lightweight but the thickness has come in useful at times.

Never had a problem with water pooling, be very selective in your choice of ground, overhang the ground sheet by as much as possible and go really close to the floor if the weather is that grim. I've run it right down to the floor before when the rain was horizontal. I've slept out in some shockers and stayed dry

Would love to see some photos. I crossed the high atlas on a motorbike recently, but if you're hiking in a more remote spot would be interested to see.