Cicerone’s essential guidebook for walking the GR5 trail, 660km from Lac Leman (Lake Geneva) to Nice or Menton, through the French Alps. Includes all the main variant routes as it passes Mont Blanc, then through the Vanoise, the Queyras and the Mercantour National Parks. Includes accommodation, profiles and maps. Suitable for fairly experienced hikers.
If you find most camping lanterns lanterns a little on the bulky side for trekking, you’ll be chuffed with Goal Zero’s new Lighthouse Mini. It has the same fold-down legs and directional lighting as the and allows you to shed 210 lumens of light in one direction only, e.g. forward when walking a trail at…
We may love being in the outdoors but many of us can’t handle a day without a caffeine hit. For the addicted among us, we present GSI’s ingenious Commuter Java Press mug – a personal, portable cafetiere. Dispensing with the unwieldy plunger of domestic coffee presses, GSI have come up with a sliding inner carafe…
The Soto Thermostack Cook Set is a compact, efficient cooking system perfect for the ultralight gram counter. The 2 stackable cups (titanium and stainless steel) can be used together to create an insulated mug, or used separately as a pot and cup. The non-stick surface makes cooking and cleaning easy, and the set includes essential…
Sea to Summit’s Alpha Light Cutlery is sleek, tough and light, and this stripped-down set contains only the essential tools necessary for a successful meal! The series uses 7075-T6 Aircraft Alloy that has a superior strength-to-weight ratio and a smooth, matte finish. It’s even lighter than titanium, so unless you’re planning on using this cutlery…
The Exped Typhoon 25 is a perfect weather protection in a durable and lightweight pack. A versatile single compartment pack the Typhoon 25 comes with roll-top closure and compact body design. This heavy duty daypack made of durable ripstop nylon and taped seams is 100% waterproof and withstands incidental contact with rock. Two side stretch pockets…
Ideally, everyone should be using some sort of sleeping bag liner: it protects the bag and means you won’t have to wash it as often (which eventually degrades the down or synthetic fibre); but if you need more warmth than protection, this is the liner to choose. Fast-drying, premium quality Thermolite yarn is cuddly and…
Hands down the best-designed yet simplest toiletry cell on the market, not to mention the lightest, is from Sea to Summit’s Travelling Light Range. Water-resistant Ultra-Sil Cordura ensures optimum strength and weight, and plenty of great little features, such as the Hypalon tags internal mesh pockets round out the product. Available in small and large…
Using the comfort of the closed-cell design from the Flex Mat sleeping mat comes a versatile, lightweight sit mat. The Sit Pad will make your day whether you’re in the backcountry, camping, sailing or paddling.
The 500ml Laken Wide Mouth Laken Classic Thermo is one of the most useful things you’ll throw in your rucksack. Hot summer days and cold winter mornings will thank you for it. It’s high performance vacuum insulation and the 18/8 grade stainless steel will keep your drinks refreshingly cold all day or hot for at…
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 mug. Made of flexible silicon sides that are freestanding and rigid and yet collapse completely flat, they are nifty and generously-sized. Because…