#off-trail hiking

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[How to] Choose a solar panel for hiking

After I had great success using solar power for charging during a three week wilderness hike last summer, here’s some tips I’ve learnt (and some more I’ve researched) for choosing a suitable and reliable solar panel for your own adventures. I’ll chat about things like: what sized panel you need – measured in watts – to provide all your power requirements, cheap versus expensive panels, and if…

[How to] Choose a solar panel for hiking

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Minimalist hiker: Power & charging set ups

Solar power versus power brick? Choosing which set up to employ on a thru-hike comes down to quite a few aspects. Hopefully my thoughts here will help your decision, but first its important to know how much power you need per every few days – that’s based on how many electronics need charging and how often. Since this post is written for the minimalist, let’s just say you have a phone/camera to…

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Mayo Mountains: Slievemore

Cairn on Slievemore with Croghaun the distance An imposing monolith over the village of Dugort, Slievemore is located along the northern coast of Achill Island, standing at 671 metres – 18 metres lower than its westerly neighbour, Croaghaun. But when climbing Slievemore, you are climbing every one of those metres… The sunny route, looking over Dugort Sea-level carparking is available at the…

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