Ultralight Tent
This DIY silnylon bell tent can be pitched high for luxury comfort or low for strong wind survival.Read More →
This DIY silnylon bell tent can be pitched high for luxury comfort or low for strong wind survival.Read More →
Ultralight backpacking woodshed for stashing dry fuel This post describes an ultralight backpacking woodshed sewn from Tyvek to store and manage dry fuel sticks for snow camping. Introduction to an ultralight backpacking woodshed If you are like me you probably enjoy your alpine areas smothered with snow for skiing, butRead More →
Backpacking pots, pans, lids & lifters This is about backpacking pots, pans, lid and lifters that can be make backpacking cooking effective and enjoyable without needing to spend much. Introduction There are many pots that can be used for cooking on a blower stove. While most will do the jobRead More →
This is a simple USB plug is a two-pin connector for laptop fans as used in my blower stoves. It is, cheap, robust, ‘repairable in the bush’ and compatible with the existing cables and sockets on the laptop fans. The laptop fan cables are designed for the gentle static environmentRead More →
Backup alcohol burner A ~9g ‘whisky top’ backup alcohol burner is described. It can be used as an alternative ultralight way of cooking, on wood-burning stoves, when it must be used inside a tent in bad weather. Introduction This article is about a compact backup alcohol burners to use in myRead More →
Wood and charcoal combustion Charcoal burns much hotter than wood and in an ultralight blower stove, it can burn at damaging temperatures (~1,000+C) particularly when there is little or no wood in the fuel mix. Understanding of these issues is key to the safe use of charcoal as an abundantRead More →
Ultralight fire starter strips This post describes my tiny ultralight fire starter strips of newspaper and egg carton that are wax soaked and strips of plastic milk bottle that can be used as powerful, waterproof and versatile fire starters. Introduction. Over the years I have used a variety of ultralightRead More →
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