The Great Outdoors

TEN PRACTICAL TIPS FOR WAINWRIGHT BAGGING

1. BUY WAINWRIGHT’S GUIDEBOOKS

There are many imitators, but none can compare to the originals. Invest in a seven-book set of the Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells and you’ll be treated to Wainwright’s poetic turn of phrase, sharp wit, charming linescape drawings and handy summit-identifying diagrams.

2. LEARN ABOUT MOUNTAIN SAFETY

Some of the Wainwrights might be dinky grassy hills, but many of

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