Had plans to do the Camino this year Maybe your Everest Base Camp trek was cancelled Don’t worry! The Great North Walk is just what you’re looking for! The 250km walk between Newcastle and Sydney is stunning, challenging and right in your backyard. This new section-by-section guide includes full-colour photography, accurate maps, and info on…
Are you after a stove that is compact, efficient and still super fast at boiling The Optimus Crux excels in its class and fulfills all those requirements with ease. It can boil a liter of water in 3 minutes and fits in the cavity under your gas canister. Designed for those lightweight hikers who are…
The Sonder sleeping bag is streamlined with versatile features, a spacious cut with a lighter build, designed for comfort and warmth year-round. Available in three temperature ratings (-3, -5, -8C ISO 23537-1 limit-of-comfort rating), and small, regular and large sizes.
Planning a trip with a lot of trail time built in Then plan to bring along the Fairview Trek 50, a hybrid solution designed for women who travel far and wide and don’t stop moving when they get there. Whether you’re touching down in Cusco or Kilimanjaro, travel-specific features-like a protective pack cover and internal…
Julbo has created Renegade as at home in daily life on any type of terrain. Its resolutely urban look disguises a keen appetite for adventure: incredible grip, wide angle of vision and Reactiv Photochromic lenses. The perfect model to accompany you on your next outdoor adventure. Reactiv Polarised 2-3 are Photochromic lenses (cat. 2 to…
Sea to Summit’s Trek is for if you’ve ever wished for a less-constrictive sleeping bag that keeps you comfortable in a variety of cool-to-warm conditions. The Free-Flow Zip system allows you to open the bag sequentially for ventilation up to the point where it is opened flat as a quilt – you can even secure…
A light, compact and lightweight multi-tool for the outdoor adventurer. Weighing less than 150g, the Leatherman Skeletool has everything you need without having to compromise on weight and size. With a removable pocket clip and carabiner, you can clip this multi-tool to your belt, pack or harness for easy access. With a locking stainless steel…
Need a lightweight sleeping bag with an excellent warmth-to-weight ratio The Cocoon series by One Planet is a range of bags especially geared towards the ultra-lightweight hiker. The mummy shape reduces weight while helping to maintain warmth, ensuring a comfortable sleep. The V baffle design is coupled with an extremely breathable 15D Vapour Vent fabric…
They look like a cross between something from Inspector Gadget and Dr Seuss, but if you don’t mind that (and who would) you’ll love the X series from Sea to Summit, including this cup. Made of flexible silicon sides that are freestanding and rigid and yet collapse completely flat, they are nifty and generously-sized. Because…
The excellent Cicerone guidebook to walking the Camino dos Faros, the way of the lighthouses on Spain’s Galician coast. The 200km route is described across eight stages and takes in some of the area’s most enchanting coastal scenery. Incorporates some challenging walking.
The latest water filter from clean water experts MSR is the Trailshot – a fantastically lightweight and user-friendly unit that has been designed to be carried easily in a side-pocket for on-the-go use by superlight hikers and trail runners/adventure racers. The hollow fibre membrane blocks any nasties bigger than 0.2 microns which includes bacteria and…
This Back Country meal is light to carry and provides tasty, fast nourishing food for adventure with freeze dried beef mince, kidney beans, corn and tomato in a hot chilli sauce, with corn chips to dip. Gluten free. No added dairy.