BackpackingLight Hane Tenkara Fly fishing Rod
The new Tenkara fishing rod co-designed by Ryan Jordan of Backpackinglight.com is available to order here. This is a limited edition model, designed with the needs of ultralight backpackers in mind. It’s 77g, and can also be used as a shelter support or extension (apparently – not sure I’ll be trying that with a Mid). I can see a use for this in the UK, I’ve certainly been past several tempting mountain-top lochans in my time, but lacking the ability to cook anything I may catch, I can’t see it benefitting me much! I th

Pak-Rifle
I came across the Pak-Rifle a while back on Backpackinglight.com, as it’s designed by one of the founders of Titanium Goat who frequents the forum the

Trailcooking.com
In common with several bloggers I know –  George in particular – I’ve struggled with backpacking food. I’m hardly discerning in my tastes and I find most of the freeze-dried meals available actually quite nice (Outdoors Grub and Expedition Foods make me happy, Reiter meals really don’t). The trouble is, at £8 for the Real Turmat meals, and around £4.50 – £5 for others, this isn’t the m

Mountain Laurel Designs MoPacka
So happy in my MoPacka.... This is the first bit of kit that I’ve not had to pay for. I won this in a competition on Ron Bell’s Facebook Page for correctly identifying that it’s an ultralight buoyancy aid, aimed at packrafters that desire the level of safety afforded by such a device, without the weight and bulk of

Packrafting in the UK – First Strokes
The weekend didn’t start too well; Colin’s train was delayed, eating into the precious few hours of winter daylight in the north of Scotland.  This did give me the excuse to wander around the Inverness farmers’ market and get some fresh supplies for lunch however – mmmm.. venison pie…… Once Colin arrived it was a frantic dash around the industrial estates to attempt to locate a substitute valve cap for Colin’s packraft. I’m still not sure how Alpacka managed to send it out without one, and how it still hadn’t arrived well over a week after Colin reported it, but c’est la vie. Luckily it’s a standard 3/4″