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<\/a>Heather Morning<\/p><\/div>\n
Climbers and walkers are urged to take simple steps now to keep themselves safe through the autumn and winter.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Days are already getting shorter and will seem shorter still when the clocks go back an hour this weekend.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cA head torch is a crucial bit of kit for these shorter days,\u201d says mountain safety expert Heather Morning.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u201cIt can make the difference between getting home safely and spending the night out on the mountainside, lost or injured.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Heather, Mountain Safety Adviser for the Mountaineering Council of Scotland (MCofS), said: \u201cShorter daylight hours, dropping temperatures and the first dusting of snow on the hills are obvious indicators for hill walkers to think about extra kit in their rucksacks.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cA head torch \u2013 with a spare battery \u2013 is crucial just in case your chosen route takes a wee bit longer than expected.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cConsider wearing extra layers of clothing, with a synthetic duvet jacket and emergency shelter stored in the bottom of your rucksack just in case you are stationary on the hill for any length of time.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAnd hats, gloves \u2013 I recommend at least two pairs \u2013 and face protection, such as a buff, will all add to your comfort on the hill as we move towards the winter season.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOur autumn and winter weather is notoriously unpredictable and you won\u2019t always wear this extra kit, but it should be there in your rucksack so that it\u2019s available when you really do need it.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Climbers and walkers are urged to take simple steps now to keep themselves safe through the autumn and winter.\u00a0Days are already getting shorter and will seem shorter still when the clocks go back an hour this weekend. \u201cA head torch is a crucial bit of kit for these shorter days,\u201d says mountain safety expert Heather Morning.\u00a0\u201cIt can make the difference between getting home safely and spending the night out on the mountainside, lost or injured.\u201d Heather, Mountain Safety Adviser for the Mountaineering Council of Scotland (MCofS), said: \u201cShorter daylight hours, dropping temperatures and the first dusting of snow on the…<\/span> <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-walking-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9727"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9730,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9727\/revisions\/9730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}