Feature Article #1
It’s the Gear Talking
Or: What shall I wear today.
Choosing outdoor activity clothing is fraught with hazard; more dangerous than the Eiger, scarier than the Aonach Eagach Ridge in winter and more gruelling than the North Ridge of Everest.
These days outdoor clothing is a multi million dollar business, spanning the globe and employing hundreds of thousands of people: that’s [...]
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Aran Strider | July 7th, 2008 | Continued
Feature Article #2
A short walk in the Carneddau
Like most folk, finding time to go for a walk in the mountains is a challenge in itself. The pressures of work, business and family life use up valuable walking time, so when I do get the opportunity these days I am doubly grateful. I am luckier than most in that I live in the [...]
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Aran Strider | June 3rd, 2008 | Continued
Feature Article #3
Why do YOU walk ?
As I was meandering along nearby stream, this evening, plugged into my mp3 player ( oh sin of sins). Sometimes tunes from our youth can act as catalysts for ideas in the here and now, when it struck me that I had been rather rude. For I have never asked you why you walk.
Why do [...]
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Aran Strider | May 29th, 2008 | Continued
Feature Article #4
Dancing with the Moonlit Knight (with apologies to Peter Gabriel)
Now that the short days of winter are but a memory and the long, lazy, hazy, days of summer are nearly upon us, the opportunities to walk are greatly increased. Over the years that I have lived in Wales I have noticed a pattern evolve amongst those that walk in the mountains.
A leisurely breakfast is [...]
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Aran Strider | May 28th, 2008 | Continued
Feature Article #5
7 Essentials for the Mountain Explorer.
Wikipedia says :
“Mountaineering is the sport, hobby or profession of walking, hiking, trekking and climbing up mountains. It is also sometimes known as alpinism, particularly in Europe. While it began as an all-out attempt to reach the highest point of unclimbed mountains, it has branched into specializations addressing different aspects of mountains and may now [...]
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Aran Strider | May 13th, 2008 | Continued
About this Site
In 1965 my father and his best friend re-visited Normandy and the Beaches of Dunquerque, where they
had spent 3 long days in the summer of 1940, awaiting evacuation.
My mother and I flew to Basle Airport with our car, a drop-head Vauxhall.
So began my love affair with the mountains. We toured around France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy [...]
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