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You may just be tempted to defy the weather and get out this weekend on a wild camp. Here are some suggestions where to go or avoid. 1 – Wyddfa. It’s a bank holiday and a relatively small area. Probably not the place for a quiet wild camp. There are a few spots where you […]
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The least glamorous piece of gear you’ve got, bar a pair of Paramo Long Johns, is more than likely your cooking pot. Couple that with the fact that the MSR Titan Kettle is very limited in what you can cook with it and you’ll be asking why I’m raving about it as a classic piece
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Not only but also, the Golite Poncho Tarp is primarily a light weight tarp shelter made from SiLite fabric that doubles up as a poncho, though is more of a Tarp Poncho than the other way around. Tarp – The main problem with tarps is working out how to pitch them. The second problem, once you know
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When the Terra Nova Laser Competition was released many moons ago, it changed the definition of a lightweight tent. Weighing in at just over a kilo, it was revolutionary for a two skin tent. At the same time the less glamorous, frumpier older sibling was released, simply called the Laser at a whopping 1.3 kilos.
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Anyone who’s considered a trip to the Scottish Highlands during the summer, aka – “the midge season”, will be aware of the reputation this little blighter has. Anyone who’s actually been out there camping will still bear the scars. Even south of the border, while not as large, ravenous or numerous as their Scottish bretheren,
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The Klymit Inertia X Frame pad is the worlds lightest full size inflatable sleeping mat, measuring over 180cm in length and under 260g in weight. It packs down into a tiny package, invariably described as smaller than a “soda can” and takes up virtually no room in the pack. It’s also claimed to be one
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If you’ve read the superlightweight article, then you’ll know that the next logical challenge is to go even lighter and with a smaller pack. The sea to summit was a hefty 20l in size, so we’re going way smaller. In fact, there are a number of high quality running bum bags that have a capacity
If you’ve read part one, then you’ll know that following on from the Wild Camp on a Budget challenge, we wanted a new one. This time, we decided to wild camp in proper mountains by using just the tiniest Sea to Summit 20 litre day pack. Now the first thing you quickly realise is that
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Here’s just a few images to follow up from the Superlightweight Challenge. We managed to bivvy-tarp on the South Ridge of yr Wyddfa at just under 700m, just below the knoll of Allt Maenderyn and managed to fit plenty into the 20l pack including half a bottle of port. It wasn’t perfect weather, a bit
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Following on from wild camping on a budget, I was after a new challenge. Instead of the gear cost, this time I was going to be both limited in weight and have to make use of the world’s lightest day pack – Sea to Summit day pack to stow all the stuff in. So my mission, if
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Since drooling over this on the Real Coffee Makers article a few months back, we’ve been waiting to get our greedy little mitts on this piece of shiny shiny. Sick to the stomach and a bit beyond of various coffee sticks, this was deemed the essential bit of kit for the summer. Ordering in early
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How you take your milk for your tea or coffee with you on a wild camp is always an issue, so here’s a few options.. Fresh milk. The best option, but only practical for an overnight camp and that’s pushing it in the heat of summer (did I really say heat of summer???) Powdered milk.
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The Coleman Solo Cookset is a bargain. At half the price of a titanium kettle and with four pots you’ll have to expect some comprimised. Made of anodised aluminium, they’re reasonably light and obviously not titanium, so a comparison would be unfair. For your money you get a large pot that’s nearly a litre in
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When we reviewed the Vango Ultralight Gas Stove we thought that it was a pleasant change to find any item that advertises itself, nay includes it in the name, as lightweight and falls at the lower end of the price scale. This offering from Vango, with flashes of their trademark orange impress on the scale
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To start with, you don’t get much for your outdoor pound when buying tents or anything else for that matter. So to find a tent that can get you out and about wild camping for about thirty quid can’t be bad. A quick google search will reveal that there’s a loyal fanbase for the Gelert
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The challenge accepted, camping out in the Snowdonian mountains with just £100 worth of camping gear was the next step. What was certain is that the trip would have to give the gear a proper testing. You could take a pop up tent onto the summit of the Ben in fine summer weather; it doesn’t mean
Wild Camping on a Budgie (under £100) Part 2 – Out there! Read More »
Who said wild camping had to be expensive? To prove the point, it was decided that i was to pilfer £100 from petty cash and use this to fund a proper wild camp in the mountains. The only get out clause is that I can take anything I’d normally take for a day walk and
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Call this what you will, it’s often called Rambling, as good a word as any. You can class this as any sort of walking that’s not mountain walking, but the next guy will have a different definition. So for our purpose, lets assume you’ve managed to get up to walking easy routes of around 10km+
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Those little essential extras! These aren’t as interesting or obvious as the rest of the gear, but just as important. These are the little things that if overlooked can cause more hassle than you’d imagine. Get these sorted and then you’re about ready. Of course, you’ll need all the stuff you take on a day
Your First Wild Camp 4 – Those little essential extras and Where to camp.. Read More »
You’ve got a grounding in your cooking gear so here’s some idea of what you can cook with it. Food will add up to at least 500g per day, probably nearer a kilo (which is an often quoted figure for daily food weight) as not all food will be dehydrated. A single Mars bar weighs
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Right , you’ve got the big 3 bangs to rights. That means nothing until you control that beast of miscellany that fills every nook and cranny of your sac with ne’er a second look. Yep, that crap you take with you that has no purpose or reason. When I first filled a rucksack for overnight
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This is an introduction to the gear you might need for a back pack, cycle tour or wild camp – IN ADDITION to your usual day walk/mtb/cycling gear! You need to be happy walking the hills or cycling the trails or tracks in the day before taking this on. We assume you’ll be taking your
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If you’ve got hold of some High 5 zero or another powdered drink, then it’s not going to be much use without clean water to go with it. Here are a few ideas, not all recommended (the first one certainly not), in order to sort out some water while you’re out and about. 1 –
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In what has to be one of the lightest sleeping options available, PHD have recently launched these down quilts for ultralight backpacking, or just throwing on your bed at home, as you choose. The single weighs in at a barely there 375g and the double at 620g. Designed to be used with a decent sleeping mat there’s
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