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 10y 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 10y ago by Greenstone Walker‭  ·  last activity 8y 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 10y 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 10y ago by Greenstone Walker‭  ·  last activity 7y 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 10y 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 10y ago by Greenstone Walker‭  ·  last activity 10y 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 9y ago by Greenstone Walker‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by System‭

Growing up in rural New Zealand, we often encountered electric fences. Some of them were illegally high-powered to deal with big animals. We tested fences either with the back of our hands or with...

posted 10y ago by Greenstone Walker‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

Ray Mears has produced videos on sharpening knives. In particular, sharpening them in camp and in the field. The teqhnique is pretty much as @WedaPashi explains it, but it's good to see a video of...

posted 10y ago by Greenstone Walker‭

I carry a Victorinox knife. On my last few trips I've used the various tools on it to pry shellfish off rocks, slice cheese and salami, prepare vegetables, cut sticking plaster, cut duct tape for g...

posted 9y ago by Greenstone Walker‭

Scheduled Transport If you are catching scheduled transport (e.g. bus or ferry) then you need a watch. There might only be one trip a day. If you miss it, you are stuck for an extra night. You mi...

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

From that linked site, "Hunting" just seems to be a marketing term, since most of the boots appear in multiple categories. Here in New Zealand, professional hunters usually wear rubber lace-ups. W...

posted 7y ago by Greenstone Walker‭

Given that it is above the mesh pocket at the side, my guess is that it is for walking/ski poles. If you need to put the poles away for a short time (for example, a traverse using your ice axe, a ...

posted 7y ago by Greenstone Walker‭

Titanium doesn't rust (or at least, doesn't rust in the timeframe that this gear is typically used for) so this could be a good piece of kit for a surfer or diver. You could hang keys or a waterp...

posted 6y ago by Greenstone Walker‭

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 5y ago by Greenstone Walker‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭