A 31 g lay flat kettle boiling on wood fired ultralight tent stove. The stove is mounted on bush poles above the snow in a snow pit that is formed inside an ultralight tent.

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The slim oval ultralight tent stove (~950 g) for winter trekking has large cooktop for 2-3 pots for snow melting, boiling and cooking. It cleanly burns ~410 g of wood/h and has an estimated heating power 890 watts. Introduction For some time I have been using my small ultralight tentRead More →

DIY glide wax made from tea candle, turpentine, pill bottle and a tight retractable roll of chux cloth as an applicator.

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DIY glide wax for skiing A DIY glide wax for skiing prevents ball-up and improves glide. It is made inexpensively from tea candles and turpentine. It can be easily carried in a pocket in a modified plastic pill bottle that is fitted with an enclosed applicator made from a rollRead More →

Camera mount attached to Gopro showing the thread that is available to attach to a tripod or similar.

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A GoPro camera mount is described to mount it outside the protective case for effective sound recording in a static dry environment. Introduction In my first attempts to make videos of my tinkering with my GoPro Hero 4 camera, I made a mount for the camera. It connected to thoseRead More →

Thermal top with sleeve extensions and gaiter/thermal leggings.

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This post describes my ultralight adventure clothing where I essentially use the same base layers of merino thermals for walking, backcountry skiing, resort skiing and surf beachcombing and fishing. Introduction. Some years ago my walking friend Rob put me onto the idea of using multiple layers of lightweight and thinRead More →

Flue retaining rings and flue mounting socket stored outside of the rolley ready for packing other close fitting components inside and outside

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Rollup flue pipe for tent stoves and hot tenting Rollup flue pipe This article is about my rollup flue pipes or rollup stove pipes for use with tent stoves or hot tenting and can have diameters from 30 mm upwards and any length up to about 3 m. The innovativeRead More →

A photo of a lay flat handle on pot lid.

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Lay flat handles for pot lids are described. They make backpacking cookware lighter, more versatile and packable with multiple pots. Introduction Lay flat handles for lids make alternative ultralight DIY lids possible and practical, particularly with nesting pot and pan sets where safe storage of the delicate foil lids duringRead More →

Ultralight tent pegs and concrete nail pilot hole spike.

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This page is about my ideas on ultralight titanium tent pegs that can greatly reduce the backpacking weight of an ultralight tent. Introduction My ‘bell tents’ or ‘tipi tents’ require so many pegs that their lightness becomes very important. At the same time, their functionality must be maintained. “The bottomRead More →

Ceramic wick candles. Featuring stable wicks, heat feedback to keep wax molten and perpetual ceramic wicks. Left; Square zirconia wick that sits in a tea candle dish that sits on an insulator. This wick stores a considerable amount of wax within it and can be removed to start another candle, start a fire or provide an ignition source for a smouldering tent stove. Center; Fixed zirconia wick in a food can that provides a large wax reserve and can be conveniently sealed with a plastic lid during backpacking. Right; Large glass fibre wick, in part of the aluminium tube from a thick marker pen.

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DIY candle This post is about making a DIY candle wick for alpine backpacking camping. It is a modified tea candle. The ceramic fibre wick has a metal-sheathed that provides; stability, long life and heat-transference that helps it work effectively under cold alpine conditions. Introduction to DIY backpacking candle wickRead More →