An unconscious person on a mountain trail is a medical emergency with a clear protocol. The people who save lives…

Pre-packaged kits are built for liability, not mountains. Here is what to put in yours instead — item by item,…

Carrying a first aid kit is not the same as knowing how to use one. Here is every item explained,…

Altitude illness is democratic — it ignores fitness, experience and how hard you want to summit. What it doesn’t ignore…

Hypothermia and heat stroke both begin with symptoms that are easy to dismiss. By the time they’re impossible to dismiss,…

Mountain medicine repeats itself. The same injuries appear in the same terrain with the same causes. Knowing the pattern is…

Getting lost is not a failure of navigation. It is a moment that every experienced hiker has encountered. What you…

Switzerland has 65,000km of waymarked trails, mandatory rescue insurance for every resident, and a rescue helicopter that reaches most points…

Italy has 150,000km of marked trails and the continent’s densest via ferrata network. It also has some of its most…

France has 180,000 kilometres of marked trails. It also has terrain where the margin for error disappears in minutes. Know…