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Hiking

Choosing a Power Bank: Interpreting the Numbers

My Nitecore packs are worn out, so I went looking. The mAh on the box cannot be compared between packs, and capacity gets rated at two different points in the circuit. How to convert the numbers, line them up, and compare them, plus what the cold does to all of them.

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Hiking

How Back in Pack Calculates Your Hiking Time

Most route planners give you one number for pace and apply it to the whole track. You know from experience that's nonsense. A 4 km/h average means nothing when the day is a 600 m climb out of a valley followed by a knee-punishing descent on scree.

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Skills

Pack Light. Go Further

Every gram in your pack has a cost. Here's what science and thousands of kilometres of trail experience say about why reducing pack weight is one of the most impactful decisions you can make.

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