Three nights on the high route: what we carried
A full packing list for a three-night trip above 2,000 metres, with the weight of every item and what we would leave behind next time.
Trail notes
Trip reports, packing lists and repair notes from the people who stock the shop.
An alpine start, in order
What to lay out the night before a 4 a.m. start on a ski tour or a snow route, and the order to put it on.
How we weigh everything in the shop
Why our weights sometimes differ from the figure on the box, and what each weight on a product page includes.
Retiring a rope: the checks we use
How to inspect a climbing rope, and the signs that mean it is time to cut it up for the garden.
