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Breaking Down Mountaineering Boots

Adventurers wearing mountaineering boots in the mountains

Picking the right boot for a high-altitude trek is one of the hardest gear decisions you’ll make leading up to a trip. Honestly, it’s also among the questions we hear most often before a K2 Base Camp departure:  Do I need B1 or B2? Do I really need mountaineering boots? Will my old hiking boots […]

Why the Rwenzori Mountains Should be Your Next Adventure

Trekker in the Rwenzori Mountains

Around 50,000 people climb Kilimanjaro every year. In the same period, fewer than 1,000 visit the Rwenzori Mountains – a range that contains six of Africa’s ten highest peaks and the continent’s third-highest summit at 5,109 meters. This gap has nothing to do with quality either; the Rwenzoris are wilder, wetter, and more physically demanding […]

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