John Chapman and his co-authors spend their lives hiking all over this great land and writing guide books so the rest of us can follow them. Through years of refinement John & Co’s books are well laid-out and colourfully illustrated that detail routes, background, safety, trip planning and further reading.
Been on the hunt for and ultralight titanium spork Look no further, at 14g you wont even notice its in your bag and the short handle means you can cram it into your stove making it easier to pack. It’s also corrosion resistant and bacteria inhibitive due to its use of titanium.
This all-purpose Porter Stuff Pocket specifically to attach to the daisy chains on Hyperlite Mountain Gear’s Porter Packs. Constructed with a combination of our Dyneema Composite Hybrid material and our hexagonal grid mesh, it’s strong, durable, light and breathable. It’s 10″ wide by 15″ high and attaches to the daisy chain with split bar sternum…
Perfect for travellers, this Vista Organiser pouch from Exped is durable and water resistant to help you keep documents, electronics and valuables protected in your luggage. The body is made of a translucent 75D double laminated TPU film and polyester mesh with taped seams, and the YKK zipper is a weatherproof design to further minimise…
Hardwearing, versatile, and constructed to last – the MSR Dromedary bag will accompany on all of your off-the-grid expeditions for years to come. Made from a whopping 1000 denier fabric laminated with food-grade polyurethane, this bag will stand up to freezing and boiling conditions. Extremely transportable thanks to its entirely collapsible construction, and with webbing…
Exped perfected dry bags years ago, and now they’ve brought back their sturdy and practical range of Waterproof Compression Bags. Made from PU-coated nylon with taped seams, three side compression straps and a grab handle, they’re the best designed on the market. An outlet valve makes it easy to push out excess air.
Crampons are sharp, bulky, heavy and expensive, and should only be carried by mountaineers. But what if you need to cross packed snow, or icy rocks or just wet slabs on your bushwalk You could risk your neck, sure, and sometimes provide your mates with a good laugh, or you could carry some Microspikes and…
These light but strong polymer waterproof bags from Lifeventure will protect anything you care to put in them from water damage, scratching, religious conversion etc. The press-seal LocTop is rated to IPX8, that submersible up to 10m for 30 minutes. The small pack comes with three different sized bags for different valuables such as camera,…
Exped Dura is a super durable expedition mat. It’s Exped’s warmest synthetic fill and most durable backpacking mat for demanding adventures, including extended outings in alpine and polar regions, rugged paddling trips, and overlanding.
It’s no good having a map if it’s all soggy – contour lines tend to blur, transforming gentle slopes into towering cliffs. Avoid such topographical catastrophes by protecting your map in this practical map case. The welded design will protect paper from water and dust, and the TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane) is UV resistant and folds…
Perfect dry compression storage from Sea to Summit to keep gear reliably dry and compact inside a backpack or bike bag. Made from bluesign-approved ultra lightweight Ultra-Sil 30D Cordura nylon with a C0 non-PFC DWR, and an eVent fabric air permeable base with a C0 non-PFC DWR finish that allows you to push air out…
If one thing is guaranteed in This Hiking Life, it’s precipitation at one point or other. This is a simple, no-nonsense Raincover from Swiss legends Exped. A shock cord ensures it will fit tightly around your pack and when not needed it stuffs down to almost nothing. Now you’ve no excuse not to go hiking…