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Old Feb 20, 2008, 4:33 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Mike P. View Post
What do you do to keep yourself safe on the trail & how have you learned what you know?
Although I am a fan of self-learning I am also a fan of taking courses from professionals when it is a more dangerous scenario.

Before I got into "winter hiking" I took a mountaineering course. IMO it speeds up the learning curve.
In the off time I read a lot of technical and non-fiction books.
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