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    Article: MX3 Adventure Meals

    Ive used MX3 on expeditions before where taking "your own" food is out of the question. Expensive - yes, but they do the job and have more calories than MH and other brands,
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    Article: Pooping Perfectly in the Woods

    Good article, in the Cairngorms the ranger service supply's poo pots where you take a dump in a pot, toilet paper goes in as well. On returning to the car park you empty the contents into the sewage works.....Perhaps a good idea for National parks and any areas that see a high footfall?
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    Article: Snow Holeing

    Thanks for the comments guys all valid points. The article is written as there isn't a lot of information on Mountain Survival on BCUK. All our instructors are members of MLTB and are trained and qualified Winter mountain leaders or hold Mountain instructor certificates and have been involved in...
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    EXtreme cold weather clothing

    I have just come back from two weeks in Siberia, go and speak to the guys at Koolbox - They import Baffin and Sorel Boots, most of which are rated to -40to -100. Caspar at Nordic Outdoors deals in Nanok, Klattermussen and Acclima which we used.
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    Best knots that can be tied with mittens on...

    Agreed the Evenk knot was devised by the tribe of the same name, they are native to the side of Lake Baikal in Siberia. A reef knot is a simple knot for joining two ropes together and can easily be done in mitts-might struggle to put stopper knots on them though! And the good old square lashing...