What I learned on my winter climbing course
"Would you like some money towards another Glenmore Lodge course for Christmas?" said my Dad, some time in December. I thought about last year's course for about half a second and said "Yes please!". This time I signed up for the five-day winter lead climbing course, and had five fantastic days climbing: Wednesday in particular was one of the best ( Read more... )
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I was overheating with two
That's my experience too. Especially walking uphill in deep snow.
tying clove hitches in the dark and with gloves on
There's a technique for this. You may already know it, but it works like this:
1. Grasp the rope in your left hand, palm upwards.
2. Turn your right hand palm upwards, but the wrong way (turn the hand anticlockwise) and grasp the rope with it.
3. Turn both hands half a turn clockwise (this brings them both face down, each grasping a loop of rope).
4. Move your left hand slightly closer to you and your right hand slightly further away.
5. Bring the two loops of rope together in the correct way.
Practice this a few times and you'll be able to tie clove hitches with mittens on, with your eyes closed, in a second or so.
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On the subject of lunch foods, sandwich semifreddo is not an appetising meal when out in the cold. A bar of chocolate and some biscuits (ideally Biscuits Brown, but digestives or Hobnobs are pretty decent) is much more appealing, and you're not going to get dental caries from eating a sugary diet for a day or two...
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