When you go in a trip and sleep in a tent, make sure you can protect against wild animals, and hide your food, toiletries and garbage. Too many tourists have learned this lesson the hard way.

Rain, hail and lightning can capture in a mountainous area. The most dangerous are: peaks and ridges exposed, because mountains attract clouds lightning generators, and peaks favors lightning. How t

In case of danger, the announcement "ask help" is made by light, visual or sound signals. International Code of alarm in the mountains was adopted in 1937 at the Paris Congress of UIAA (Union Intern

Polar fleece (microfleece or simply "fleece") is made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) an alternative to wool, first was made in 1979 by Malden Mills (now by Polartec LLC),can be made from recycl

Polar fleece (microfleece or simple fleece), is made from polyethylene terephthalate (synthetic wool).If you want to increase the longevity to your polar fleece you have to know how to wash, dry and c