http://swissmountainleader.com/wp A Mountain Leader in Switzerland Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:51:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/05/10/lost-in-switzerland-for-want-a-decent-map/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/05/10/lost-in-switzerland-for-want-a-decent-map/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 15:37:16 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=1746 ]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/05/10/lost-in-switzerland-for-want-a-decent-map/feed/ 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/12/06/aldi-snowshoes-quick-test/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/12/06/aldi-snowshoes-quick-test/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:24:20 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/?p=1227 After I’d posted some photo’s and details about these and managed to try them for a few hours I thought I’d post a quick update. We took them to a local TSL marked route, the route is fairly well tracked and we did about 400m ascent/descent and moved off-track a little to give the snowshoes [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/12/06/aldi-snowshoes-quick-test/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/12/03/aldi-switzerland-snowshoes/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/12/03/aldi-switzerland-snowshoes/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:12:13 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/?p=1212 From time to time Aldi1 seem to have some interesting offers, it’s not always easy to spot the real bargains in the cheap products but there’s some good gear from time to time, for example, the base layers I’m using most are from Aldi a couple of winters back and I use them in preference [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/12/03/aldi-switzerland-snowshoes/feed/ 4 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/05/12/battery-geekiness/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/05/12/battery-geekiness/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 14:36:38 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/?p=1067 It’s seems it’s a fact of life that you end carrying around a variety of battery powered gadgets nowadays, cameras, GPS receivers, flash units and the like so you end up carrying their support stuff as well which is basically batteries. I’ve had a Canon A95 camera for years powered by AA batteries and very [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/05/12/battery-geekiness/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/05/12/swiss-map/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/05/12/swiss-map/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 06:46:01 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/?p=1063 ]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/05/12/swiss-map/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/05/07/swiss-map-25-and-50/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/05/07/swiss-map-25-and-50/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 10:09:20 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/?p=1045 I’d written about this software a coupe of years ago when I’d first got the local set of 1:25000 maps on DVD, since then I’ve needed to purchase some more sets from the series and I now have three of the Swiss Map 25 sets. I also have the newer Swiss Map 50 product which [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/05/07/swiss-map-25-and-50/feed/ 3 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/04/27/garmin-oregon-550t/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/04/27/garmin-oregon-550t/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:35:05 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/?p=957 about the author…….. Ian is a qualified International Mountain Leader, he lives and works in the Swiss Alps and has hiked and led expeditions and treks in Europe, North Africa and the Himalayas. He spends his time alpine skiing, ski mountaineering, nordic skiing, mountain biking, hiking, climbing, geocaching and messing around with gadgets. He also [...]

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