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What is a GPX file: and how to use one to improve your next expedition in the great outdoors
By Alex Foxfield last updated
Our guide to GPX files: what is a GPX file and how they can enhance your experience when planning, setting out on and looking back at your adventures
How to find hiking trails
By Julia Clarke last updated
We share our top sources for how to find hiking trails so you can head out on your adventures with all the information you need on trailheads, distance and difficulty
What are grid references? The traditional way of describing your location
By Alex Foxfield last updated
What are grid references? Learn what a grid reference is and how to read one to describe your approximate location on a topographical map
Compass bubbles: what to do about pesky air pockets in your compass fluid
By Alex Foxfield last updated
Compass bubbles: our guide to why they form, the affect they have on your navigation and what you can do about them
Rock cairns: meaning and history of the ubiquitous trail feature
By Julia Clarke last updated
Navigational device or work of art? We look at rock cairns, their meaning and history to illuminate this fixture on our trails, parks and beaches
How to use a compass: improve your navigation and get your bearings
By Pat Kinsella, Alex Foxfield last updated
Learning or enhancing your knowledge of how to use a compass is a great idea ahead of the summer hiking season
What is a satellite communicator? The purpose and functions of these potentially life-saving devices
By Alex Foxfield published
What is a satellite communicator? We take a look at why this technological tether to the rest of the world might be essential for your wilderness expeditions
Adventure is... making the most of the outdoors with komoot
By Advnture team published
Whatever your idea of adventure is, komoot is here to enable you to find, plan, share and have fun in the great outdoors
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