Field journal
Notes on trail life
Practical knowledge: how to choose a route and gear, why you need a guide, and how to eat on the trail.
Planning a route
The first and most important stage of preparing for any hike is choosing the route. Get it right here and you can foresee most of the difficulties waiting on the trail, and shape the route so there are fewer of them — and more of the joy of…
Read →Choosing hiking gear
So you've settled on the route and the group. Now for the question that nags at everyone: what do I take on the hike? It's one of the most pressing questions in preparing for any trip. Too often you come home with things you never once used…
Read →Do you need a guide on a hike?
Because we prepare and support groups of tourists on hikes, we're asked the question in the title of this note fairly often. And it isn't about advertising — it's a wish to share with you, experienced and first-time travelers alike, our own…
Read →Food on a hike
To work out how much food to bring, and of what, you need a few figures: on a hike of medium difficulty a person needs 3500–4000 kilocalories a day; on mountain routes, about 5000. The main components of food are proteins, fats and carbohyd…
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