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Backpacking Scotland - Dealing With the Wet and Cold (Photo Essay & Gear List) Scottish winters feature a lot of transition temperatures and that means walking on ice and hard snow early in the day then sinking through later on (but without that sharp crust I encountered in G... |
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Backpacking Scotland - Dealing With the Wet and Cold (Photo Essay & Gear List) Yipee! At last BackpackingLight.com does real backpacking. The intro mentions the main point - humidity. The air is damp so ascent means sweat - up to the point of nappy rash if you don't keep... |
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best layering system for prolonged cold/wet weather On a recent, exposed 25 mile walk, when rain "fell" horizontally for most of the day but occasionally turned to hail, I used an Odlo thermal vest under a Stretch Equilibrium zipped midlayer. Over ... |
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How do you UL ? How do you UL? Not like this! Taking a small, light planisphere to Scotland in summer was a bit of a mistake as I never managed to be awake during hours of darkness with well over 16 hours of sun... |
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Ultralight in Ultra-Foul Conditions? Hmmm, I seem to be the only person enjoying this thread, but walking through the storm has some sort of appeal - don't want to speculate what - so here goes for another post. We know what ultral... |
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Getting water in a 1L Platypus My 1.5 litre SIGG bottle is hard to fill from shallow streams or from peaty drips so I collect water in my pot/mess tin/mug first. This lets me check it for twigs/stonefly larvae etc before adding... |
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Ultralight in Ultra-Foul Conditions? Tarps can be very comfortable in foul weather. Mine has beaks. I use one to block off the windward end and pitch the other end of the tarp high, with the beak horizontal, so that I can sit and dr... |
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Pertex Dynasty Slipping Away or Just Regrouping? I'm sad to hear that people are losing their jobs and hope they find something else quickly. From a selfish point of view, I hope the technology will continue to be available as my Berghaus Extr... |
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Re: Redundancy of wind shells? Some good points here, Alan. I tried running in a Golite Wisp during light drizzle and was soaked. In humid climates a windproof should not be completely windproof! Breathability is more impor... |
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Ultralight Hammock Camping Found it! Page 98 of my edition - Harsh Environments. Can't agree. If there is one thing the UK doesn't have, it's a harsh climate. Any bad weather gets on to the national news. One inch of sn... |
All Reader Reviews by John Davis
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Integral Designs eVENT Rain Jacket My rating is for eVent as I've not tried the jacket. I'm just shocked to see Ryan opting for XL and can't help wondering what size I would need. My Montane Air medium is fairly tight. This is at od... |
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Golite Jam And a strong 3 from me too. The Jam has been my main pack for approx 18 months. It is close to needing replacement. The foam pad has developed folds as a result of careful use. It is hard to repla... |
