Recent content by bearpark

PM'd about the gnome

I'd be up for this. As long as someone from the pertex/silnylon brigade is welcome :)

What colour is it?

Sold Thanks for looking.

I'm selling my Jetboil Zip due to the recent acquisition of a Caldera Cone setup. I got it last year and have used it on 6 trips, just to boil water. No food has graced its pot. Condition is very good, just with a few minor scratches to the cup and feint marks inside the pot from stacking the...

SOLD pending payment

After recently acquiring a Caldera Cone I'm looking to move on my BackpackingLight.co.uk Pocket Stove Ti. This is, of course, the titanium model and is a staggering 56g in weight and has very little bulk at all. I've used it for about a year mainly with a trangia burner, but also with wood and...

If only I was close to being competent at any type of craft!

Anyone fancy a Mammut chalk bag, never used with chalk?

You're probably right Shewie. A thread listing old stuff doesn't sound all that interesting to me, where a discussion does. Perhaps its just me though.

Fair points, but why do certain items come and go? Simply fashion?

Better is relative. I'm just saying that progress is evident and people who move on tend to have a better time of it by and large.

Mine's quite simple, but my short walks usually involve heading up a hill and back down again so I try and avoid carrying loads of weight. OMM Waist Pouch Berghaus Velum Nalgene 1L Sawyer Squeeze FAK Leatherman Style CS Thrunite T10 on Fenix strap Silva 54 compass Mobile phone Clif bar +...

I couldn't agree with you more on the Sawyer front. There's a weird air of sacredness around some items on here and people seem to jump to defend them like angry rottweilers. Just because something has been tried and tested for 50+ years doesn't mean that it is the absolute pinnacle of the...

Let us know how you get on with the jacket. I've been eyeing one up, as well as the OMM Kamleika.