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Keep your friends close, but your running poles even closer. 🎒 Strive Quiver 🏃 @jules_mit_mumm 📸 @master_goodvibe

COMPASS TYP 1933 – A RETRO COMPASS WITH MODERN FEATURES 🧭 ➖ In 1933, The Kjellström brothers and Gunnar Tillander invented the first Silva compass. To honor them, we designed the Compass Typ 1933, inspired by Silva's older compass models from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Typ 1933 has a retro look with modern features such as: 🔸 Global compass needle 🔸 Grip-friendly compass ring with rotatable compass housing 🔸 A built-in magnifying lens 🔸 Luminous markings for night navigation The compass features a detachable red cord and comes in retro packaging with Silva's early logo.

Let us introduce Compass Typ 1933 – a tribute to The Kjellström brothers who, along with Gunnar Tillander, invented the first Silva compass in 1933. 🧡

Our Strive running vests accompanied @skiteamswexc to their training camp in Sogne. 🎒🤩

Behind the scenes at our photo shoot in Åre. 📸🎬

LEARN HOW TO READ A MAP 🗺 ➖ Knowing the terrain is key when planning your adventure. Let us walk you through the basics of map reading: 1. COLOR CODING Topographic maps are color-coded: 🔵 Blue: water 🟢 Green: forest ⚪️ White: open terrain ⚫️ Black: roads, paths, buildings & objects 2. CONTOUR LINES Represent the topography or vertical shape of the landscape and help you identify features like mountains, valleys and ridges. The closer the lines, the steeper the slope. 3. LOCAL VARIATIONS North is always up – on all maps. Other symbols and features may differ depending on where you are. 4. SCALES A map is a scaled-down model of reality. Therefore, it is important to understand how it represents distance. Measure the distance with the base plate of your compass and the scale of the map. 5. NORTH Easiest way to use a map and compass: orient the map towards North. Simply align the map meridians with the compass needle so that “up” on the map is pointing North. Now everything on the map is in the same direction as on the ground. To avoid getting lost: keep the map oriented at all times. 6. TERRAIN OBJECTS Use significant terrain objects to mark your route: rivers and lakes, hills, fields, paths, roads and power lines. ➖ 🧡 Save this post for your next hiking adventure. 🧭 To learn more about navigating with a compass and a map, visit our compass school – link in bio. #silvacompassschool

Adventure-proof your phone with a Waterproof Phone Case. 🌊 The transparent touch case allows full phone and camera use while protecting the phone from water and sand when paddling, boating, hiking, skiing or long-distance ice skating.

Happy Midsummer! Today, Swedes celebrate the longest day of the year, while we at Silva secretly celebrate that the days now get shorter. Finally! 🌚

FIND YOUR COMPASS 🧭 ➖ New to navigation? We recommend that you start with a traditional baseplate compass. 🧭 BASEPLATE COMPASS The most common type of compass is the baseplate compass. 🔸 Ideal for taking quick bearings. 🔸 Easy to use with the SILVA 1-2-3 technique. 👉 Our most popular baseplate compasses series: Field – entry level compass Ranger – easy to handle Expedition – for advanced users 🧭 SIGHTING COMPASS/MIRROR COMPASS A sighting compass has a mirror that allows you to view the compass dial and the background at the same time. 🔸 More accurate bearings, as you can keep an eye on the terrain and compass at the same time. 🔸 Great in open terrain, when you must determine direction over long distances. 👉 Our most popular mirror-sighting compasses: Ranger S Expedition S. 🧭 WHAT ABOUT THE NEEDLE? Because the Earth’s magnetic field is different in different places, compasses are balanced for specific zones to eliminate needle drag that can give inaccurate readings. Therefore, you need a compass for your magnetic zone. If you plan on using your compass when traveling, choose a global needle that works in all magnetic zones. 👉 Our most popular global compasses: Ranger Global and Expedition Global. ➖ 🧡 Save this post for your next hiking adventure. 🧭 To learn more about navigating with a compass and a map, visit our compass school – link in bio. #silvacompassschool

"It's very hard at the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually, you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit." – George Sheehan 🏃 @np_kumjai 🎒 Strive 10

Catching the golden hour. 🌅 📸 @toni.spasenoski

FROM TRACK & FIELD TO TRAILS – get to know SILVA athlete Ida Nilsson ➖ Trail runner @idanilssi is on her second running career. In 2000 to 2010, she won a total of 20 medals in Swedish Championships in track and field and cross country running. After a series of injuries, she transitioned to ultrarunning in 2015 and has since won several Swedish and international races such as Zegama 2018 and Ultravasan 2023, and secured a silver medal at the Trail World Championships 2022. WHAT KIND OF EXERCISE DO YOU LIKE BEST?
– I prefer long runs and interval sessions the most. WHAT DOES RUNNING GIVE YOU? – Challenge, camaraderie, relaxation, the joy of exploration, determination. It’s the simplest and best form of exercise. WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES? – Nature, bathing, reading, and cooking. WHAT ACHIEVEMENTS ARE YOU MOST PROUD OF?
– In trail running, it’s winning the silver medal at the 2022 Trail World Championships in Thailand and winning Zegama in 2018. WHAT DO YOU BRING WHEN RUNNING ULTRA-LONG DISTANCES?
– I bring energy gels, drinks, and an extra jacket (and a headlamp if running when it’s dark). In races, I carry the mandatory equipment in the lightest format possible! YOUR FAVOURITE SILVA PRODUCTS? – The Strive Vests and the Trail Runner Free headlamp.