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Learn to cook a delicous meal on the camping stove and break in your walking boots properly. With our simple practical tips, we show you how to master the obstacles of everyday outdoor life.

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Felix

Redpoint, Onsight and Flash… climbing terms that shape our world and make up key figures we base our climbing performance on. There are also some rock climbing words and expressions that are not quite so common. Where does all this climbing vocabulary come from and what does it all mean? One reason is the not […]

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Stephan

When you take a look around a climbing hall in a metropolitan area, you’ll mainly see young, fit people with muscular bodies. But there is also a good number of those who don’t care about fitness, age or beauty stereotypes. Which is a good thing. After all, the benefits and joys of climbing should be […]

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Jörn

Running at night is quite tempting. During the day, you get the same landscapes, sounds, traffic and the foreseeable daily grind but at night, everything is different. With the arrival of darkness, the temperature drops in the summer, there’s less traffic – both pedestrians and cars – and there may be a chance to spot […]

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Stephan

Speed climbing is climbing at speed, simple. Not on speed, i.e. under the influence of an amphetamine but trying to go as fast as possible. Though doping with speed was once prevalent in high-altitude mountaineering using innocuous brand names such as Pervitin. But today’s speed climbers are going about their business without drugs. They’re also […]

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Judith

Splitboarding is getting more and more popular every year, and increasing numbers of snowboarders are drawn to peace and solitude in the mountains. Immersing themselves fully in a world of deep snow and unspoiled nature, far away from the hustle and bustle. Touring with snowshoes and a snowboard attached to a backpack is rather dated […]

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Marianne

I’ve been climbing for about three years now. Sometimes more, sometimes less. At the moment I am climbing more because I have a problem: I am afraid of climbing and falling. It doesn’t really make sense, does it? Climbers tend to be brave and fearless. The fear of falling only exists in books. If you’re […]

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Florian

“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants”. This quote from the American food guru Michael Pollan immediately comes to mind when I ask myself what the optimal diet for hiking should be. A “good” diet when mountaineering is often defined in terms of quantity rather than the quality. You need to take in a lot […]

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Stephan

It is the nightmare of style icons, fashionistas and cultural guardians: the outdoor wave that is sweeping the city centres. Ten years ago, people were sure it was one of those silly crazes that would be laughed off in 10 years’ time. But far from it, it still remains and shows no signs of fading. […]

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Lisa

Today we want to take a look at the topic of ultra-light walking and ultra-light trekking. We’ll take a look at how I came to explore this topic, what entering into the ultra-light touring world looks like and what you should consider when doing so. Ultra-light – What am I talking about? The term “ultralight” […]

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Stephan

When we talk about “building a fire”, we generally refer to an “open fire” – not a fire in a stove, fireplace, or oven. To put it more simply: a fire is “open” when it is not lit in a closed combustion chamber. A campfire is therefore an open fire. However, fire pits, hobo stoves, […]