by Shantanu | Mar 20, 2021 | Outdoor Skills
* Care for your equipment and it will take care of you * This completes the series of posts on sleeping bags (first: ‘sleeping bag – information’ & second: ‘sleeping bag – use’). Cleaning a sleeping bag Inspect all zippers to see if there is any dirt or lint...
by Shantanu | Mar 16, 2021 | Outdoor Skills
* The best gear is still inefficient if not used properly * A sleeping bag will trap your body heat most efficiently when you are completely inside the sleeping bag, all its zippers are zipped up, draw cords tightened and you are lying on a sleeping mat. Depending on...
by Shantanu | Dec 23, 2020 | Outdoor Skills
A dry sleeping bag is akin to a bed of roses! As the end of the year draws nigh, people get busy with various kinds of preparations… and outdoors people are wont to plan quiet getaways to spend happy times in nature’s lap. No matter how 2020 has been, winter can be a...
by Shantanu | Nov 1, 2020 | Outdoor Leadership
* Let quality of possible outcome also influence your decisions * I did this sketch when I was a part of an expedition that was being planned to climb Mt. Everest in 1997 to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Indian Independence. We had enthusiastically started...
