As we recently discussed, regular periods of moderate walking are of course highly beneficial to your physical health and fitness. And this is of course fairly obvious. However what’s far [...]

While it surely goes without saying that walking and hiking outdoors is beneficial to one’s personal health in numerous ways, you’ll be surprised to learn of a whole range of [...]

Here in Ireland it’s only October, but this year we seem to be heading into winter even more rapidly than normal. As temperatures plummet, the wind speeds pick up, and [...]

As we come into winter here in the northern hemisphere, those of us who enjoy hiking, mountaineering and long distance walking start to think about the increasing loads on our [...]

Continuing on from our earlier blog post regarding the benefits of bringing your phone hiking, here are nine more items you can leave out of your backpack thanks to smartphones [...]