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Five o'clock in the morning, time to get up. It is still dark outside, and I try to convince myself that I need to get out of the bed now, if I want to catch all the trains and the only bus to Repovesi national park. Coffee, smoothie, an apple and pear put into the side pocket of the Pinnacle , ...
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The next installments of interviews with cottages manufacturers, this time with a company who's product lets you take smart and great photos of yourself - TheStickPic.com . Rod Java came out of his secret laboratory to tell us where their company is headed, which none-photographic products we ...
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The idea of this article is to give you some tips on how to weigh especially bulky or big items, how to categorize them and how to make a packlist. It should help you to determine how heavy your pack is, and gives you the opportunity to easily see where possible weight savings can be made. All ...
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Yeps, time's up and the five people who get to test the Optimus Crux Lite Solo Cook Kit are: - Joe - Daimos - Tomas - Nibe - Psycho All five of you, please contact me via email (its on the right under in the Copyright Notice) and give me your full name and address. I'll make the package ready ...
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hikinginfinland.com - 12 days ago
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A few weeks ago I met my Finnish
friend Matti, and discussing over a beer we decided...
to go for a weekend trip together soon, a one-nighter close by Tampere. Fast forward to Saturday, 6th of March at the bus stop, where we meet again. Matti with his ...
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Siikaneva Trip Report
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Nielsen Brown Outdoors
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The next installment of the book corner, this time with one of the most amusing books on lightweight and ultralight backpacking: Lighten Up! by Don Ladigin and with illustrations by Mike Clelland. The latter makes this such a great book to read, because his illustrations are interesting, humours ...
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Just this morning I read that Integral Designs was bought by the parent company of Rab (hat tip to Roger who tweeted about it). So while Integral Designs will continue to exist, it looks like production will be moved from Calgary, Canada, by mid 2011. I am not going to speculate why this ...
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Integral Designs
hikinginfinland.com - 17 days ago
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If you like warm food, George from AntiGravityGear
is probably someone you are familiar with. One could...
say that he is the inventor of the pot cozy, that useful bit of kit which keeps your food warm on any day. AntiGravityGear has more to offer than ...
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Interview: George Andrews of AntiGravityGear
Yesterday I went to the post to pick up a small package from Optimus , in it the tiny new Optimus Crux Lite Solo Cook System. This set is completely new for 2010 and will be my first dabbling in gas stoves. No, I will not leave my beloved wood burning stoves behind, but in winter I find, with ...
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What defines lightweight, ultralight and superultralight? These questions pop up time and again on forums and on blogs, so I thought it might be interesting to delve a bit deeper into this subject. Its going to be highly subjective, full of crazy weight calculations and definitions, so if you ...
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I feel it is about time that I change the URL of my blog to something easier, and with Google's great offer of less than 10€ for a custom domain I decided to switch to a dot com domain. So, I'd like to suggest that you update your bookmark to http://www.hikinginfinland.com/ instead of the old ...
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I do read a lot, and not only online. I really enjoy reading a book over breakfast or the afternoon coffee, and also when I go hiking it can be great to have a book with you for those long evenings at the campfire in winter. In this series I will introduce you to some books which I have read and ...
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A while ago I stumbled upon LightHeart Gear who makes a very innovative shelter. I contacted Judy, the woman behind the cottage, and she agreed to take part in the interview. It is the first woman who run's a UL cottage, so read on to find out how Judy came up with the concept for the tent and ...
