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Wild Sky DCF (Cuben) Wolf Solo Tarp Review
Wild Sky is a UK cottage-business specialising in Cuben (DCF) gear. The products are sold on EBay and can be found by either searching for “Cuben Fibre” or the seller name ba-4801. There’s a number of different products offered amongst … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Hiking, Review, Ultralight, Ultralite
Tagged backpacking, bivi, bivvy, camo, camping, Cuben, dcf, hiking, review, shelter, tarp, tarpaulin, ultralight, ultralite, Wild Sky, wolf
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Alpkit Rig 7 Tarp: test pitches and a few observations
I was fortunate enough to be given an Alpkit Rig 7 Tarp by a friend who no longer required it. For non-UK readers of this blog: Alpkit are a British company specialising in good quality hiking, biking and climbing gear … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Hiking, Review, Ultralight, Ultralite
Tagged Alpkit, backpacking, big three, bivi, bivvy, camping, flat tarp, gear, hiking, Rig 7, setup, shelter, tarp, tent
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Six Moons Design Serenity Net Tent
The Serenity has been around a long time now. Indeed, I’ve mentioned it in my review of the Gatewood Cape before. Around a year or so ago SMD upgraded the Serenity at the cost of a minor weight penalty. So … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Hiking, Review, Ultralight, Ultralite
Tagged backpacking, bugnet, gatewood, gear, hiking, serenity, six moons designs, smd, ultralight, ultralite
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A charity hike in 2018 – The Limestone Way and More!
A friend and I decided to do another walk for charity following our successful one in 2017 (see earlier blog posts). The plan was to walk the Limestone Way in the Peak District with added extensions to give a distance … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Hiking, Ultralight, Ultralite
Tagged backpacking, camping, Castleton, hiking, Hope, limestone, parwich, peak district, Peak Forest, rocester, Uttoxeter, way, youlgreave
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Golite Breeze backpack and the “Ray Way”
I’m quite a fan of Golite backpacking gear and own a fair few shelters and backpacks of thiers. Originally, Golite based their products on designs of kit devised by Ray Jardine but their paths diverged, Golite Gear became more mainstream … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Hiking, Review, Ultralight, Ultralite
Tagged backpacking, bergen, big three, Breeze, gear, golite, hiking, ray jardine, ray way, rucksack, ultralight, ultralite
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OMM 3.5 litre waist pack
OMM are a long-established British company make lightweight gear for runners and backpackers. Their products are distinguished by design, functionality, low weight and robustness. This little pack is no exception weighing 150g and is very well made. There is one … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Hiking, Review, Ultralight, Ultralite
Tagged backpacking, bumbag, daypack, fannypack, gear, hiking, jogging, marathon, mountain, omm, running, ultralight, ultralite
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ZPacks Pocket Tarp – first pitch.
It stopped raining today so I jumped at the chance to practice pitching the tarp in the back garden and I have to say I was impressed. It’s very easy to get a good, taut pitch straight away if the … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Hiking, Review, Ultralight, Ultralite
Tagged Cuben, dcf, groundsheet, poncho, tarp, zpacks
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Mother Nature and hiking hokum
It is getting onto winter in the UK. Winter is a time that I hate as I take no pleasure in long nights or damp, grey and cold nights. Years ago I decided that I was a child of the … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Hiking, Philosophy
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Condensation: a soggy tale.
I’ve just got back from a backpacking trip in the Peak District. It’s late autumn now and winter is not far away so it’s chilly. The UK tends to be humid enough that the dampness at this time of year … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Hiking, Ultralight, Ultralite
Tagged gatewood, henry shires, scarp 1, tarp, tarptent
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Bye, bye TrailStar!
Just over a year ago I blogged about the advantages and disadvantages of the MLD TrailStar. Since then I used mine just once so I decided, somewhat reluctantly, to sell it. I much prefer to backpack with a tarp or … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Hiking, Review, Ultralight, Ultralite
Tagged gatewood, gossamer gear, MLD, mountain laurel, spinnaker, spinntwinn, the one, trailstar
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