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Clothing and Equipment. Ice, snow, wild weather and long hours of darkness - it's a rigorous time of year, so every item of your clothing and kit has to be up to the task. However hostile it may seem in the valley, the summit will be far worse. T'is the season to be jolly well-equipped, and that inevitably means carrying more than you might at other times. Don't cut corners to save weight. Clobber for a winter day out needs to cover you for all eventualities, from sweaty ascents in the sun to lashing rain, penetrating wind chill to unforseen periods of immobility in a howling blizzard.

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