Hiking, backpacking, trekking, mountaineering...

Typically, I spend years wasting my time booking huts only for the weather to be garbage..... then I give up and the club meet in Aviemore this weekend is booked out and I can't make it. Bah.

Anyone around tomorrow wants to do Kinder Downfall? :p
 
mid_gen said:
Typically, I spend years wasting my time booking huts only for the weather to be garbage..... then I give up and the club meet in Aviemore this weekend is booked out and I can't make it. Bah.

Anyone around tomorrow wants to do Kinder Downfall? :p
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Weather looks cracking this weekend as well. My backcountry group are heading out on the plateau, I'm meeting up next weeked after a week of temperatures being 10degC. Might end up just being a training day I suspect.
 
Looking for a decent hiking waterproof jacket. Does anyone have any thoughts on the Patagonia Torrentshell 3L or the Patagonia Jackson Glacier Rain Jacket please? Decided to buy something decent for my 40th as I’ve been using a cheapo pack-a-mac for quite a few years now!
 
So generally just put up with them along with combination of long sleeve stuff and Smidge but anyone has any experience with any anti midge devices?

Saw someone on YouTube using Thermacell Backpacker Mosquito Repeller in Australia and looked to be doing a decent job. Not the cheapest thing around and need to buy refills but runs off regular gas canisters so not terrible if works well.

Looked at little into these things and saw that Nitecore also does EMR10 and EMR20 portable electronic devices. Need refills but price isn't that bad at AliExpress.
 
neoboy said:
So generally just put up with them along with combination of long sleeve stuff and Smidge but anyone has any experience with any anti midge devices?

Saw someone on YouTube using Thermacell Backpacker Mosquito Repeller in Australia and looked to be doing a decent job. Not the cheapest thing around and need to buy refills but runs off regular gas canisters so not terrible if works well.

Looked at little into these things and saw that Nitecore also does EMR10 and EMR20 portable electronic devices. Need refills but price isn't that bad at AliExpress.
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My approach has been smidge, net and put up with them but that thermacell looks like a very good solution for a camp
 
Yeah, had a further look yesterday and not overly convinced by electric options but that gas one seems alright for camping. If I can actually setup the tent in relative peace and even enjoy cooking without being swarmed (need 2 gas canisters I guess) then might be worth it during the worst of the season. Looks like will work with most canisters and those are cheap enough.

Nets and Smidge have served me well so far but if there's a newer alternative then don't mind trying it, I really do hate the things and my birthdays coming up so people will be asking what I want as know better than buy me random presents :D
 
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Interesting they're just back https://www.climbing.com/news/the-first-xenon-everest-climb-is-coming-this-spring/
epo enhancement was lance's thing I thought ... so I'm wondering how they are monitoring pro athletes for inadvertently breathing xenon.

All four clients are from the U.K., which means they will start their journeys at or near sea level. According to Furtenbach, each client is paying $153,000 for the trip.

So, what’s Furenbach’s secret to speed? In short, xenon gas. A few weeks before traveling to Nepal, Furtenbach’s clients will travel to a hospital in Germany where they will don a diving bell-like mask and inhale xenon gas. Studies have suggested that the odorless gas can protect vital organs from altitude sickness, while boosting the body’s production of erythropoietin, or EPO, the hormone that stimulates the production of red blood cells. When used alongside traditional at-home acclimatization methods, xenon gas can make the human body capable of withstanding Everest’s extreme altitudes, according to Furtenbach.
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What are peoples experiences like with air pole tents? All my other tents are expedition/wild camping style tents so are minimalistic and lightweight but we're looking for something more practical for car camping instead of squashing into a tiny coffin suffocating on dog farts. So more headroom, porch, cooking area etc. I've found one that fits the bill but they do it with either poles or airbeam. The air version is about 50% more expensive and looks much easier to set up. However, to me, air tents seem like they might not be as reliable but then I've never used one. I want something that will last many years but realistically it's not likely to have to withstand much as it will only be used in campsites.
 
I haven’t used one either however have just bought a 6 man Coleman Geodesic from FB market place for similar reasons to you. Transitioning to more vehicle based 4WD adventures and approaching 50 so finding it more difficult to squeeze out of the 2 man dome after sleeping on an airbed the day after a massive hike.
I'm not in the UK so weather is a little more predictable on good days and didn’t really think being able to put it up much quicker was that much of an advantage. If it's raining you'll still get wet. Last time I needed to I strung a tarp between the open boot and a tree and it did the trick for temp shelter, further down the line I may end up getting a pull out canopy for the roof rack.
 
(are air pole tents lighter or more compact ? otherwise seems like a reliability/puncturing )

any good tips on restoring dwr & products ?
my first paclite jacket which was used daily over winter, but on recent storms rain is no longer beeding, it soaks, but remained water tight.

Had used repel (right) before on 3-layer, newer stuff says apply to a damp goretex ?
I hand sponged garment with light soap, let it dry, and then sprayed, hanging up, it was pretty runny, so used a damp cloth to smear it across surface,
let it dry and then used a hair dryer lightly (they propose a clothes dryer - but that seems dramatic)

I would have used a water atomizer to damp it in retrospect was there a better way ?
with atomizer, it is beeding more and need to wait for a storm to see if it's been effective, used about 1/4 of 500ml.


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jpaul said:
(are air pole tents lighter or more compact ? otherwise seems like a reliability/puncturing )

any good tips on restoring dwr & products ?
my first paclite jacket which was used daily over winter, but on recent storms rain is no longer beeding, it soaks, but remained water tight.

Had used repel (right) before on 3-layer, newer stuff says apply to a damp goretex ?
I hand sponged garment with light soap, let it dry, and then sprayed, hanging up, it was pretty runny, so used a damp cloth to smear it across surface,
let it dry and then used a hair dryer lightly (they propose a clothes dryer - but that seems dramatic)

I would have used a water atomizer to damp it in retrospect was there a better way ?
with atomizer, it is beeding more and need to wait for a storm to see if it's been effective, used about 1/4 of 500ml.
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Have a look at Nikwax's products. Tech Wash and TX Direct are probably what you're looking for.
 
I never put any of my outdoor gear in washing machine - usually in the bath/kitchen-sink and hand washed,
especially on paclite which is more delicate with fear of upsetting taping on the fabric panel joins, hand-washing you can turn it inside-out whilst washing too
(sweat on inside / environment dirt on outside) gloves in particular , need to flip them.

Even the idea of finishing off dwp application in dryer - if liquid has been spread uniformly then I can wait for an air dryer (although used a hair dryer a bit , as a gesture)
 
Do it at your own risk, but I just follow the instructions for the Techwash and then the washin TX Direct and stuff comes out as good new with waterproofing fully restored. Washing with a proper tech wash wll tend to preserve the waterproofing over using standard detergent regardless.
 
What is everybody's opinion on Osprey's Daylite Plus 20L bag for hiking?

I actually already own one, but I haven't used it for much hiking yet. I am about to go on a few hikes in the next couple months, a couple being in the Peak District, so a bag is going to be in heavy use during then.

I'm not sure how I feel about the bag though, as the couple times that I have used the bag, the mesh backing on the bag ruined 2 of my shirts. I don't know if there's any way of avoiding that with this bag, or if there's better options of a similar sized bag for hiking?
 
Nabinium said:
What is everybody's opinion on Osprey's Daylite Plus 20L bag for hiking?

I actually already own one, but I haven't used it for much hiking yet. I am about to go on a few hikes in the next couple months, a couple being in the Peak District, so a bag is going to be in heavy use during then.

I'm not sure how I feel about the bag though, as the couple times that I have used the bag, the mesh backing on the bag ruined 2 of my shirts. I don't know if there's any way of avoiding that with this bag, or if there's better options of a similar sized bag for hiking?
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What do you mean ruined your shirts?
 
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