Cuben fiber, titanium, dynema, hydrophobic down, gore tex and dehydrated meals.

[BigMonster]

Before you spend another 100 quid to shave off 20 grams of your "base weight" check this out:
http://www.pbase.com/mad_monte1/_retro_outdoor_gear&page=all

I'm "old" enough (30) to remember my parents take me on holiday hikes with external aluminium frame back pack and primus copy "brick" stove.
I'm actually from poland and 80ties where the last moments of the soviet union so we didn't had access to "modern" kit. Everything was canvas and self made or military surplus.

This website takes me "back". Can you imagine (or remember) the kit chatter back then? "This stove is half a kilo lighter"... Geez they didn't had the internet and forums... It was clubs and societies

How do you remember those days.

 

[baggins]

Awww wow, really takes me back. i still have some of this old kit, it all still works and its all made to such a much higher standard. ok it does weigh more but then, so do i !

 

[BigMonster]

Check out this advert
http://www.pbase.com/mad_monte1/image/105558317

 

[Jared]

Check out this advert
http://www.pbase.com/mad_monte1/image/105558317

Looks a bit recent.

More here http://www.inov8.au.com/compass/

 

[BigMonster]

Recent? Two months after I was born

 

[brambles]

More here http://www.inov8.au.com/compass/

Some blasts from the past in amongst that lot - A lot of gear I used to sell when I worked in a climbing shop at school, and a lot I bought with the money! I still have an old Berghaus AB65 rucksack in the barn with a Mountain Equipment Cerro Torre duvet, a knackered pair of Raichle Avanti plastic hardshell boots, some Rohan stuff and various old bits and bobs. The ads also remind me of a lot of nights spent in an Ultimate Phazor dome tent and my then girlfriend's Peapod - good times!
They've also raised some dim memories of stuff I'd almost forgotten about - in particular a range of carry and protection bags and pouches which I'm almost sure were called "Baggins", made for stoves, bottles and cameras. If I'm right they must have gone to the wall years ago, and the LOTR film bonanza would have wiped out any rights to use the name again LOL

 

[BigMonster]

Does give a persoective. I'm currently salivating over a siltarp (which I will purchase tomorrow-payday), 3-4 years from now it will probably get flogged for whatever without a blink, just to finance a new super hyper extra space age material tarp...

 

[Shewie]

Way before my time

My earliest memories are of a blue nylon Karrimor external framed pack with evil metal hooks on the waist belt which always ripped holes in my t-shirt. Bulldog billy cans and a Bluet gas stove, 4 man Lichfield Combat tent with cotton inner, a good 15kg when it stayed dry.

I'll stick with the cuben and sil thanks

 

[Uilleachan]

I well remember the Poles in the alps in the early 80's, they may have had home made kit but then they also had lots of titanium goodies

 

[Goatboy]

I well remember the Poles in the alps in the early 80's, they may have had home made kit but then they also had lots of titanium goodies

Do you remember the scary titanium pressure cookers they had? Also referred to as bombs for good reason. Thrilling meals.

 

[Uilleachan]

Do you remember the scary titanium pressure cookers they had? Also referred to as bombs for good reason. Thrilling meals.

Aye, bivvi bombs they were fondly known as, if I recall. Titanium ice screws were the must have item for the hip western climber with a few quid, I was neither hip or wealthy enough

I lost my first tent to a petrol stove in that era, a quality western branded stove though, but in the hands of an eegit

 

[rik_uk3]

Monte, the fella from the original link is a bit of a character and was very active in the 'stovie' world a few years ago. I own or have owned a lot of the stoves in that link.

All of these types are used by me, they work so well

 

[ozzy1977]

Does anyone have any info on the Trangia 15-1, my parents are clearing out their loft and found one which must have been left by the last owners of the place because I cant recall having one and my parents think camping is silly.

 

[brambles]

Does anyone have any info on the Trangia 15-1, my parents are clearing out their loft and found one which must have been left by the last owners of the place because I cant recall having one and my parents think camping is silly.

Is it the same as this ?

http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Trangia-Stove-Series-15-1-2-man-cooking-set-for-extreme-locations-used-Army-/331045958992?pt=UK_Sporting_Goods_Climbing_Mountaineering&hash=item4d13e07550

 

[ozzy1977]

Yes it is, when I had a google that is the only one I could find and it sold last night.

 

[petrochemicals]

Monte, the fella from the original link is a bit of a character and was very active in the 'stovie' world a few years ago. I own or have owned a lot of the stoves in that link.

All of these types are used by me, they work so well

I believe its really you Rik, or a very close second.

 

[Fin]

Aaah memories, memories...

I've still got my Svea 123 - it gets used in the kitchen when I need some Saturn V exhaust heat for stir frying! And I'm still a canvas/ stainless steel/ natural fibres type although here in France we've started to walk longer and longer distances and age is starting to tell...

Time to re-look at the ultralite market again (sigh!)...

 

[Squidders]

I love the durability, look, feel and overall pleasure of owning and using old heavy kit. My canvas tentipi was the nicest tent I have ever owned and you can't beat the quiet of a canvas tarp... but I really like ultralight kit too.

I have such an odd mix of kit that I use, it's weird. I have a 5KG rucksack... and tiny wee ultralight gas stove, I use a fishing sleeping bag in the winter because it's huge, comfy and warm... and titanium tent pegs on my tent. I'd love to get a full set of both but I have not the room or budget for it. Shame.

Nice links by the way... Some people have WAY too much kit

 

[vinnyp68]

Have to agree, I have a big mix of kit an rarely end up far enough in the wilds to really need ultralight but I have loads. Even when I do end up in the wilds carry to much kit because i like my comforts and rewards when I get there.


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[BigMonster]

You might slowly start to sell your kit. 5 to 10 years from now everything will be absolutely stone age. We have another industrial revolution coming.
Google or YouTube "graphen".