What is the best hiking gear? Looking at bushwalking and don’t know what is the best equipment to take? Want an independent review of hiking gear for backpacking on a multi day trip?
In this guest post, self confessed gear junkie Larry Hamilton, continues his gear review from a trip last year over the South Coast Track in Tasmania. Larry is a great story teller and thinker, his articles about trips and gear are always fascinating reading.
What do you carry in your first aid kit? In this post we examine our kit and discuss what we take on a multi day trip. The kit is small and we have used it successfully several times over the years. Have you ever had a bad accident or had to use your kit for a serious injury? What is the worst injury you have treated on the track? What do you think of our first aid kit? Too little, too much? We would love your ideas and feedback.
The temptation is always there. Will I take it, won’t I take it? That special piece of gear or treat the voice in your head tells you to stash in your pack. It doesn’t weigh much or take up any space are the words you hear resonating around your head as you pick up pieces of gear you really know are unnecessary. In this post we list 5 items we often take hiking that could be left at home. What are your luxury items? Can you live without them?
Trying to reduce your base pack weight is a goal of many hikers. We highlight an interview with Brian over at Sectionhiker on the way he has reduced his base pack weights down to 3.9kg (8lb 9oz). This is must read information to start the weight reduction process!
If you have never been hiking or camping, some of the basic skills that many of us more experienced people take for granted, can be a bit complicated or mystifying. In this “how to” video we take you through inflating a sleeping mat step by step.
