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Water in winter
In winter you have to melt snow or ice for water. You also have to carry reasonable amounts of water in order not to get dehydrated during the day. I use a system with one large container and two small...
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Light up your winter nights
I just stumbled across a lightweight, solar powered lamp that looks interesting for winter camping. A brief video describes the functionality well. Worth testing?By Jörgen Johansson
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To shovel or to claw?
I have used a number of different snow shovels while winter camping during the decades. None are perfect for everything. If you are serious about camping in the snow and building your shelter in the...
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Hands warm in winter
I am a bit shamed to admit that I have for more than 30 years used the same setup for protecting my hands during winter trips. Well, the setup is identical but 50 percent of the components have changed...
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The Incredible Rulk revisited
One of my absolute favorites for transporting gear and food when travelling in snow, is the Rulk. It derives its name from a combination of rucksack and pulk. It has the advantage of working (almost)...
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Double up or not?
It is usually a good idea to save weight by sharing gear with a team mate. But not always. On our Finnmarksvidda trip a couple of years ago, Joe Newton and I did not share any gear, simply because with...
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Skis in transit
Travelling with skis, especially on airplanes, can be a hassle. And my old bombproof ski bag is not something I want to lug around in the backcountry. A couple of years ago I made a ski bag from some...
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The beginning of mummies
I am rereading Dick Turners book Nahanni, one of the inspirations for my own backpacking and packrafting trip down this marvelous World Heritage river in Canadas Northwest Territories. Dick Turner came...
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Shelter for forest part I
As Coast to Coast Sweden looms nearer I have begun to think about the kind of shelter I will use this year. Last years event was cold and damp, moisture was literally dripping from both the inner and...
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Shelter for the cool forest part II
During 2015 I used a Hilleber Enan on Coast2Coast Sweden in May. The weather was cool and nights were usually only a couple of degrees above freezing. So I was not surprised that condensation was...
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Gear at Coast2Coast Sweden part 1
I have just completed Coast2Coast Sweden for the 4th time, and it was a great experience, walking through spring across Sweden with a bunch of dedicated hikers. I will comment on some of the gear I...
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Gear at Coast2Coast Sweden part 2
The second piece of gear used on Coast2Coast Sweden in 2016 that I would like to comment on is my homemade tent. It had some good sides and some bad sides. The goal was to have a dry and comfortable...
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Gear at Coast2Coast Sweden part 3
The pack I used on Coast2Coast Sweden was new to me. It is part of a series of tests of European lightweight packs done for Backpackinglight.com a k a BPL. This one was a Montane Ultra Tour 55 (55...
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Gear at Coast2Coast Sweden 2016 part 4
Another piece of gear new to me, and also a test for Backpackinglight.com, was the inflatable mattress from Exped, a Synmat Hyperlite M, that I used during Coast2Coast Sweden this year.By Jörgen...
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Energy on the trail part 1
A female backpacker and friend sent me an e-mail about calories and hiking. She had been having problems with eating too little on her trips and felt other women were having similar problems. So she...
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Energy on the trail part 2
In part one of Energy on the Trail I talked about the need for calories while hiking and also approximately how many kilocalories the average male or female hiker need every day. In this blog entry you...
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Light packs for test
Testing some lightweight (less than 1 kilo) backpacks from Nigor and Pajak.By Jörgen Johansson I am doing an article on lightweight European made packs for the American e-zine Backpackinglight.com. The...
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Energy on the trail part 3
In the earlier blog posts on this subject I have written about calory needs while hiking (Part 1) and about the calory content in different kinds of food (Part 2). Now I will talk about examples of how...
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Energy on the trail part 4
This is the final blog post about your only source of energy on the trail (and off): Food. These posts were initiated by some questions from a female backpacker who had suffered from calory deficit...
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Utveckla ditt vandrande - Walkshops i Stockholm
Under hösten 2016 kommer jag att testa vilket intresse det finns för Walkshops om vandring. De riktar sig till personer som har vandrat en del, kanske någon eller några dagar, och upptäckt vilken källa...
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