Don’t buy new shoes–just replace the laces! Ok, maybe you weren’t going to do that–but we’re just making sure. Tobby makes quality laces of all lengths to suit whatever you’re fixing, be it shoe, mid or high boot. Certainly a lot better than an old piece of string or bailer twine or, at a pinch,…
Cicerone guidebook for walking the Tour of Mont Blanc, one of the world’s classic treks. The 170km TMB route typically takes 11 days and is described in both anti-clockwise and clockwise directions, with optional variants. Includes information about refuges and facilities and a separate booklet showing the entire route on IGN 1:25,000 maps.
Ultralight long spork is perfect for stirring meals or eating the last morsels from a freeze-dried food pouch. It has a handle with a unique profile for strength that permits individual utensils to stack together. Food contact surfaces have a semi-polished finish for more enjoyable dining. Made of hard-anodised aircraft-grade aluminium, the Long Spork is…
All Narrow Mouth Sustain 1000ml Nalgene bottles are now made with a revolutionary resin powered by new recycling technology that transforms plastic destined for landfills into high-performance BPA/BPS-free bottles. This material is derived from 50% waste plastic (using ISCC certified mass balance), further offsetting the use of fossil fuels and lowering greenhouse gas emissions.
Black Diamond’s Cosmo 350 is ideal for camping, around the house, and outdoor adventures that require a simple light with both an all-purpose beam as well as night vision. You can run the headtorch on alkaline batteries if caught away from a power source for a long backpacking trip.
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.
The Sea to Summit Nano Tarp Poncho is a great old idea brought into the 21st century through the use of revolutionary 15 denier Ultra-Sil Nano fabric. Ideal for cool to warm climates, emergency use, group use or ultra light fast-packing, the Tarp Poncho is not only a tarp or poncho, but a pack cover,…
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 extra large bowl. Made of flexible silicon sides that are freestanding and rigid and yet collapse completely flat, they are nifty and…
This touring map traverses Australia from Melbourne to Adelaide (1:900,000) and features an inset map of the Great Ocean Road (1:450,000). The latter map pinpoints significant locations along the route with tourist information attached and is accompanied by other useful information to illuminate the journey. Through-road maps of Melbourne to Adelaide are also included.
Water is important to life; you don’t want to see it leaking into the desert sands after rupturing your reservoir. The good news is that that scenario is unlikely to occur if you’re using an MSR Dromlite bag as your reservoir! The Dromlites are the toughest lightweight reservoirs on the market, made from 200D Cordura…