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Note - we tried to take veges into NZ and got robbed - the corn (which dries very well) - they wouldn't let into the country!
Drying food is a blast - we use a Harvest Maid 'Dehydrator' - its about 12 years old and has done heaps! Its circular trays can be stacked up...
Of course, reading this, it occurs to me that nude bushwalkers may not have been what he was expecting out there in the Tassie bush. Perhaps we...
I had an encounter with Peter Treseder in December 1982 which really stuck in my memory. A group of six of us were camped at the lake below Mt...
I too disagreed with a lot in the recent Wild tent 'survey'. I simply don't believe that all tunnel tents, or all domes etc are the same eg re...
Those were the days indeed! And to be realistic, don't expect them to return. The tragedy of climate change is striking in so many ways - and...
Telemarx - that looks a serious weight you are taking into the wilds...(I guess its not an area where you would be drilling holes to save weight)....
thanks positron (although I did link to the image eg to http://darb.net/anonymous/1South_down_Cairn_gulley and used the post image button so...
impressive photos NOT!!! hmmmm they look fine on darb.net... can anyone guess why I failed?
Thanks Ian for reminding me how to do it. (Darb.net seemed simpler than last time I looked...) Pano from Mt Bogong looking South in August 2004:...
what difference a year makes! obviously I chose the right year to dislocate my shoulder (soccer - 2 weeks now) and ruin both an intro climbing...
Thanks SuskiQ. Maybe by then there will be enough money to build something flash.
I see in a previous topic that it is going to be done in "2006/07" - does anyone know if yet or actually when that will happen?
Good to see the annual stove thread! we used our Gas Trangia last year on the high plains with temps down to -7 - it was fine, but a bit slow...
Friends of mine went there a couple of years ago on a private charter yacht. Had a great time (walking/photography). They are going with same...
Macpac already do.
Hi all - this latest cold front has some very cold air with it - daytime temp here on the WA south coast went down to 6deg at 10am today, which is...
Agree with teckel - the European standards give a better idea about bag capabilities. My Macpac Ember bag (500g down) was called a 3/4 season...
Looks like a wonderful trip - i wanno go. MUCH more exciting than sledding to the South Pole - But then Ian Brown's book "Extreme South" is...
Neat pics esp like Quartz Spur - looks surreal. less snow on eskdale than our trip a bit later last year. And that Michell Hut - it looks a bit...