Recent content by MountainGoat

The intestines of sacrificial offerings. Wait, wrong forum. Prusik is a good option. Try Decathlon and you'll find it in their climbing section.

Use your 2-manner. You've just saved £200.

Mate, you can do what you want. Navigation upon leaving a tube station is possibly the most unexpected use I've ever heard for a button compass. I genuinely think a number of folks here are having a laugh. And accusing someone who disagrees/offers an alternate viewpoint as being a...

Interesting. You could always just ask someone when you get out the station?!! Or ask in a shop?!!!! Standard fare in a town/city used to be 'excuse me mate, do you know where ....' Preferable - and more social - than pulling a Silva out of your pocket 2 yards from John Lewis...

Nothing wrong with challenging a viewpoint! Simply providing the opposing voice. I think this develops understanding i.e. if you say you wear camo, I'll say why as you don't need to hide from scary types with ammo. If you say you wear standard hillwalking gear, I'll ask why you like to...

Hence I said 'caused by'. We can only go 3 days without water if static. Add movement etc to the equation and you'll be dehydrated far quicker. PS I'm not advocating dehydration - I'm simply saying after a very long run it is preferable to be slightly dehydrated than hyponatremic. As...

Yes you can. Hyponatremia. Often caused by a high fluid intake. It has killed a number of ultra runners in recent years. I'd rather be slightly dehydrated after a very long run than hyponatremic. Hence some runners weigh themselves during the likes of 100-mile ultras: not to see if...

And the point of knowing north etc in a city is...??? What is the usefulness of a compass when walking out of the tube station?!!! Genuinely don't know if poster was trolling. I'm beginning to think some people on this forum are having a laugh.

....Street signs?!!!

Recycling? Is there a trend? I haven't noticed. Side-note, but possibly worth mentioning: woollen products don't reflect light when wet due to how water acts on the surface. Plastics etc do. In certain situations, certain materials just won't cut it due to this. Most waterproofs...

Theme = Braeriach's Brothers (Cairn Toul & Angel's Peak, last Saturday. Image 1 is from the Lairig Ghru, just after the Pools of Dee (heading round before ascending from Corrour on to the ridge); image 2 is from Braeriach summit)

A few years back I owned a pair. From what I remember, the eyelets rusted pretty quickly, and the upper eyelets lost strength after about 6 months. Nothing major, but it was a slight issue. As with most leathers, having a front rand would also help. Toe-box leather wore out pretty sharp...

Thought from your post you had brought the fellow home with you! Not to worry. Not that desperate. I'll just go down the local Chinese and order a ham omelette, I'll get my cat meat.

Can't beat a bit of bacon. Won't find much around a campfire in Yemen, though. Shame, that.

It isn't about worth. Everyone's opinion is welcome. But if an opinion contains inaccuracies/bias, it is perfectly acceptable to challenge it. I challenged the OP's opinion RE the equipment he carried. You and your minions took offense to this, decided to challenge my credentials...