Packrafting In Glaskogen, Sweden. I had visited Glaskogen briefly when we where travelling through the area heading to Varmland for a Timber rafting expedition and thought I really need to come back. After all the time putting it off due to Covid and plenty of time spent planning the trip, finally we where there! If…
Continue ReadingFlameless Food Heater by Adventure Menu.
Flameless Heater by Adventure Menu. Heat up your food without a stove. Flameless heaters have been on the market for years, with various militaries using similar products for there MRE meals. This system is a great way to heat up either MRE meals or your freeze dried hiking meals. Having a Self Heating system means…
Continue ReadingTentbox Cargo. Is this the best Roof Tent?
The Tentbox Cargo is an absolute workhorse of a roof tent. There is many different roof tents on the market with some costing as little as £500 and some costing way over the £3000 mark. The one thing (as with most items) is don’t get drawn in to false economy when it comes to buying…
Continue ReadingRigged and ready smuggler 4 travel fishing rod.
Rigged and Ready Smuggler 4 travel fishing rod is a perfect fishing rod for those who want to fish from kayak, canoes or packrafts. Using the same concept of all of the Rigged and Ready travel rods, the Smuggler 4 offers and wide range of fishing styles all in one rod tube. Just like the…
Continue ReadingBike Rafting with the Alpacka Caribou.
I’ve written about bike rafting with with the Alpacka Caribou previously but this year iv’e spent more time combining these two sports. Essentially you’re just biking to a place to launch your packraft and instead of heading out for a days paddling and then heading back, your taking your bike with you. This opens up…
Continue ReadingMRS Microraft Packraft Review.
The MRS Microraft has been supplied by Paqualife who are the U.K’s distributor for their products. MRS Packrafts MRS packrafts are based in Longquanyi, Chengdu city, Sichuan Province, China. Please don’t think that there packrafts are like some of these cheap Chinese packrafts, they are not. MRS have a dedicated factory specifically for building only their…
Continue ReadingPackrafting Course with Tirio in North Wales.
I went on the packrafting course with Tirio in North Wales as I wanted to develop my packrafting skills and also wanted to test out the Anfibio Revo on some white water. After speaking with Jason from Tirio I was recommended to take part in the Packraft Paddlers course. Tirio offer a great range of…
Continue ReadingFoot Care whilst hiking.
Foot care whilst hiking is so important. During the warmer months of the year, it is particularly important that you air your feet and change your socks often during your trek. Blisters are not only caused by hard boots or a wrinkle in your sock. The closed environment in your boots is the perfect breeding…
Continue ReadingWet Feet & Blisters.
Wet Feet & Blisters will ruin a planned adventure. If like me you spend a lot of your time with wet feet, due to portaging your canoe, trail running or walking through boggy ground you are leaving for feet more open for blisters. I’ve been using armaskin’s anti blister socks for about 4 years now…
Continue ReadingAnfibio Buoy Boy Packrafting Flotation Device.
The Anfibio Buoy Boy packrafting flotation device to me is a for calm water paddling. Especially if you want to keep weight and space down whilst hiking. With packrafting, especially if you’re spending a good amount of time hiking or bikerafting, it’s all about limiting weight. Saving space to keep your gear bags as small…
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