Winter has arrived and many of us will be out in the hills having fun and the occasional epic that will be fun in the retelling. Before you get on the snow and ice, make sure you are schooled up on keeping yourself safe. In this three part series we will look at how to keep warm, understand hypothermia and manage an emergency situation in cold conditions.

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