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LK-35 Backpack Modification Part 2
In Part 1 we identified a few design modification potentials for the LK-35, in this blog I expected to have delivered the Swedish webbing pouch set, however there has been a further two week delay and the suppliers. Nevertheless, I … Continue reading
Wild Camping – The Climb and Camp
It’s always good to get out and test your equipment, and last week I had chance to try out mine in one of the most beautiful parts of the UK, Snowdonia. The original plan was for a group of us … Continue reading
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Tagged Beddgelert, camp stove, Camping, preparedness, Rhyd Ddu, snowdon, Snowdonia, Wild Camping
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Wild Camping – Applying Preparedness Principles – part 5, Equipment
A quick reminder of the basic principles of preparedness, Food, Water, Shelter, Security, Health and Sanitation. We have covered Shelter in the form of clothing, tents and sleeping equipment. In this post we will look at the other equipment, their … Continue reading
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Tagged Camping, FAK, Fire Starter, Health, lowe alpine, preparedness, prepper, trangia, Wild Camping
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Wild Camping – Applying Preparedness Principles – part 4, Sleeping
So far we have looked into tents, hammocks and tarps, plus Footwear, and basic clothing, in this section we can take a closer look at Sleeping as a part of the Shelter principle. The first obvious thing to state is … Continue reading
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Tagged Bivi, DD, Hammock, preparedness, prepper, Sleeping Bag, Sleeping bag Liners, Wild Camping, wildcamping
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Wild Camping – Applying Preparedness Principles – part 3, clothing layers
Continuing from the last post on Boots and Socks under the preparedness principal of Shelter, working our way up the body looking at clothing layers considered for a wild camp trip in April. I’ve already mentioned clothing layers, the purpose … Continue reading
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Tagged Base Layer, Gaiters, Goretex, Mid Layer, Over Trousers, Rip Stop, Walking Socks, Waterproof, Wind Proof
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The Friendly Swede – Two Lanterns and a Firestarter
The Friendly Swede Collapsible LED Camping Lantern Lamp 2-Pack, with Keychain Fire Starter is £9.99 with free delivery, I did a quick search on the internet and the best price that I came up was £5.49 for one lantern … Continue reading
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Tagged fire, firestater, lantern, light, The Friendly Swede
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Wild Camping – Applying Preparedness Principles – part 2 Boots and Socks
Last time I considered which Shelter would be the most adequate for a wild camping trip up into the hills and determined that the lighter the better, I discounted my hammock setup on the basis of not knowing whether there … Continue reading
Wild Camping – Applying Preparedness Principles
One of the prepping activities this year will be to explore the remote areas of Snowdonia (Wales, UK), and to wild camp there. Leading up to this I want to produce several short blogs looking into the preparation for this … Continue reading
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Tagged Berghaus, Camping, Coleman, Hammock, Hydrostatic Head, preparedness, Snowdonia, Tent, Wild Camping, Yukon
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