Kit list page

A selection of the tried and trusted...

Snugpak Stratosphere

A new meaning to bivvying

PB 207 blue flame lighter

Saves rubbing two bits of wood together

 

Frosts Clipper

Excellent knife for under £10 - I still use mine

 

Woolpower balaclava

Essential winter hammock wear - do not enter banks wearing this.

Fjallraven kajka pack

Expensive, but what price a healthy back?

 

Leatherman Juice CS4

Pocketable multi-tool and UK 'legal'

 

North Face Cedar Ridge

Light weight technical walking boot - You can stand in puddles and still keep dry.

 

Petzl Tikka XP

Tried and tested head torch

Tracpac billy set

What more do you want for £14-00? I use the smallest one. The others are hobo stoves.

Bruseletto Leuku

Simple, cheap and effective

Woolpower base layer

200g is enough to ward of the British winter

Alpkit down bags

Great price - great bag

Wool and possum fur hat

Great for sitting around the winter fire

 

Camelbak Cloudwalker

Technical lightweight daysack.

 

EKA Nordic W11

Great all round sub-£100 bushy style knife

DD hammock and Tatonka tarp

The only way to sleep out

Silky saw

Possibly better than the Bahco

SASS smocks

The cheapest ventile around.

Ganfors Bruks

Still the best axe around

Yellow flip-flops

(Only joking)

Bushbuddy stove & Crusader cup

Natural fuel and a stainless receptacle

Nato water bottle

Mine says 1976. I was issued it.

Silent Shadow by Mad Dog

If your going to go cammo - go Silent Shadow by Mad Dog. A tracker's delight.

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Kit Lists

Although I try to keep kit to the minimum I like to be comfortable in the natural environment. This means a certain amount of kit and tools to do what I have to.

This page will link to kit lists. Check back often as the kit will change according to the season, how I use more natural skills and how I experiment with any new kit.

Other pages:

Kit List - Winter 3 days 2008/2009

Kit List - Spring/Summer 2008 3 days

Kit List - Namibia (Hot/Arid) November 2009 - 10 days

Cutting Tools

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Kit list page

A selection of the tried and trusted...

Snugpak Stratosphere

A new meaning to bivvying

PB 207 blue flame lighter

Saves rubbing two bits of wood together

 

Frosts Clipper

Excellent knife for under £10 - I still use mine

 

Woolpower balaclava

Essential winter hammock wear - do not enter banks wearing this.

Fjallraven kajka pack

Expensive, but what price a healthy back?

 

Leatherman Juice CS4

Pocketable multi-tool and UK 'legal'

 

North Face Cedar Ridge

Light weight technical walking boot - You can stand in puddles and still keep dry.

 

Petzl Tikka XP

Tried and tested head torch

Tracpac billy set

What more do you want for £14-00? I use the smallest one. The others are hobo stoves.

Bruseletto Leuku

Simple, cheap and effective

Woolpower base layer

200g is enough to ward of the British winter

Alpkit down bags

Great price - great bag

Wool and possum fur hat

Great for sitting around the winter fire

 

Camelbak Cloudwalker

Technical lightweight daysack.

 

EKA Nordic W11

Great all round sub-£100 bushy style knife

DD hammock and Tatonka tarp

The only way to sleep out

Silky saw

Possibly better than the Bahco

SASS smocks

The cheapest ventile around.

Ganfors Bruks

Still the best axe around

Yellow flip-flops

(Only joking)

Bushbuddy stove & Crusader cup

Natural fuel and a stainless receptacle

Nato water bottle

Mine says 1976. I was issued it.

Silent Shadow by Mad Dog

If your going to go cammo - go Silent Shadow by Mad Dog. A tracker's delight.

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Kit Lists

Although I try to keep kit to the minimum I like to be comfortable in the natural environment. This means a certain amount of kit and tools to do what I have to.

This page will link to kit lists. Check back often as the kit will change according to the season, how I use more natural skills and how I experiment with any new kit.

Other pages:

Kit List - Winter 3 days 2008/2009

Kit List - Spring/Summer 2008 3 days

Kit List - Namibia (Hot/Arid) November 2009 - 10 days

Cutting Tools

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There's No Business Like Snow Business

 

We've had some snow in the last few days. Although it's been disruptive for some I've loved going out and either watching Bill run about...

... or doing some trailing and tracking in the snow.

 
I shouldn't need to say but it's the track patterns which are the essential in snow and not necessarily the individual prints which can be distorted by melt and refreeze. You can learn a lot just by looking at the series of prints.

 

By way of a change on Sunday, I spotted a pair of Muntjac sunning themselves at the edge of the field and I decided to try and stalk up close. They were about 150 yards away...

I crept up closer and closer across the field.

There was a chill cross wind and my exposed fingers were getting pretty cold holding the camera - but I got ever closer, conscious of the creaking ice and snow beneath my feet.

The two seemed to be very close; perhaps adult and this years young. They seemed preoccupied with licking each other and themselves ...

...and still I got closer...

 
Just when I thought my luck was going to run out, the adult turned and walked directly toward me. She just seemed to ignore me.  I tried to relax and shrink into the landscape. One last photo at about 20 feet...

...and she was off but not too far. I actually trailed her for another 40 yards or so before she bolted into the woods. An unbelievable experience which made my day.

It only remains to wish you, your families and loved ones the best of the season and I hope you have a very happy and safe holiday.

Pablo.