Greenstone Walker‭

I went out once with a bag that was too warm. Sometime in the night I woke up covered in sweat and freezing cold! My sweat had soaked the down, completely ruining its insulation properties. If you...

posted 12y ago by Greenstone Walker‭

To answer the sleeping bag question: Snow shelters drip. Constantly. You can deal with some of the drips by placing your ungloved finger on the drip and then moving down to the bottom of the wall. ...

posted 12y ago by Greenstone Walker‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by System‭

I have cooked for 19 people on a five day trip around Stewart Island in New Zealand. We were eating dehydrated meals (from Backcountry), so our cooking requirements were three large billies and co...

posted 12y ago by Greenstone Walker‭

It is not. The lowest-impact solution is to use a poo-pot. These are compulsory in alpine areas here in New Zealand. Pack it out - Poo pots

posted 12y ago by Greenstone Walker‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by System‭

I have friends who swear by silk inners. They are thin, so can be worn under other gloves, but are extremely warm for the thickness. Combine these with windstopper outers - as mentioned elsewhere,...

posted 12y ago by Greenstone Walker‭

If you are roped up for glacier travel and the person in front of you has just fallen in then you can hammer a snow stake in to provide an anchor. Note that in this case you probably won't have you...

posted 11y ago by Greenstone Walker‭  ·  last activity 11y ago by System‭

Let me turn the question around: Is it ethical to use a portable stove to burn irreplaceable fossil fuels? Is it ethical to carry that fossil fuel in a pressurised can (for gas fuel stoves) or meta...

posted 11y ago by Greenstone Walker‭  ·  last activity 11y ago by System‭

I have used rubber bands, kitchen ties, pipe cleaners, half-broken shoelaces and whatever other pieces of small cord I've been able to place my hands on. All except the rubber bands worked well but...

posted 12y ago by Greenstone Walker‭

Collapsible poles, compared to fixed poles Easier to fit in luggage. Easier to fit in the side pockets of backpacks when doing something that requires two hands, for example river crossing. Can b...

posted 12y ago by Greenstone Walker‭

Generally, the more times the poles cross each other, the better the wind resistance. Additionally, tents with crossed-pole designs usually have better head room. Of course, more poles means more w...

posted 12y ago by Greenstone Walker‭  ·  last activity 12y ago by System‭

Make a sunhat or rainhat out of grass. Make a stretcher out of wood and bootlaces and carry the heaviest Scout (heh heh) for twenty metres (over some mildly challenging terrain, like a small cree...

posted 12y ago by Greenstone Walker‭

I'm a lurker on two knife-related forums (Bladeforums.com and Knifeforums.com). On both of them, "what knife should I buy" or "what is the best knife for X" are either closed quickly or become very...

posted 12y ago by Greenstone Walker‭  ·  last activity 12y ago by System‭

If the tent fly can be pitched without the inner then your winter tent becomes a summer tent by leaving the inner at home.

posted 12y ago by Greenstone Walker‭

I clean my drinking system with lots of hot water then sterilise it using baby bottle sterilising tablets. Once it is clean, I don't dry it - I store it in the freezer. :-) Additionally, I don't u...

posted 12y ago by Greenstone Walker‭  ·  last activity 12y ago by System‭

I have used a travel coffee plunger with pre-ground coffee. It worked well (I actually prefer plunger coffee to espresso) but after a couple of trips I decided that the extra bulk wasn't worth it f...

posted 7y ago by Greenstone Walker‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭