With twelve ounces of top-quality 900 Fill-power Hungarian goose down for warmth and compressibility, 1.1oz/square yard ripstop nylon for low weight, and some of the most affordable prices on the market, the Hammock Gear Burrow is a no-brainer. Other topquilts might run more than $300, and a sleeping bag of similar quality could cost nearly $500
Molly Mac Gear Store –> Shamu UQ (Underquilt)
Shamu Underquilt: This is a full length size underquilt. Made from Climashield™ with breathable nylon covering.
Hey everyone. Today I’m going to talk to you about product from Nite-ize. I had the opportunity to try the reflective tent line kit with figure 9’s. The kit comes with four reflective guy lines and four figure 9’s.
Mountaingoat Hats & Good All Products –> Mesh Sack / Ridgeline Stuffer
The Ridgeline Stuffer is a very lightweight option for storing your water bottle and other items that are hard to fit in a hammock ridgeline organizer. It works as a stuff sack with cord and toggle openings on both ends. For removable ridgelines is can be threaded right through the line. It can be secured to fixed lines by running the cord over the line and back through the toggle.
It isn’t often that you find a piece of gear that just will not die. We’ve all heard the expression: “Lightweight, Cheap, Strong – pick two.” I picked all three (well…maybe not quite CHEAP, but certainly no more expensive than other high-quality carbon fiber poles) with the LighTrek4 (LT4) Adjustable poles from Gossamer Gear (GG). (Image above taken at: Just below the summit of South Sister, Central Oregon)
*Picture above taken at Crater Lake, Oregon.
While hiking sections of the PCT and adjoining trails late last summer, I saw more thru-hikers carrying and using Zpacks gear than any other cottage manufacturer (except maybe Dirty Girl Gaiters). That alone should be a testament to the quality and workmanship that Joe Valesko and his band of elves puts into every item that leaves their workshop; if that’s not enough, here’s my own experience:
