Since I've written a whole lot about hiking gear (with a South African hiking audience in mind), it seems fair enough to supply a list of my personal equipment:
- Backpacker Boulder 75l rucksack (the best bag ever)
- First Ascent Ice Breaker down sleeping bag, in Microtex fabric (what a beauty!) with an outer by Cape Storm
- Karrimor Epic 35l pack for day trips
- Petzl Tikka headlamp
- Lumogaz gas light by Camping Gaz- used a lot less since Petzl came out with LED lights
- First Ascent rainjacket
- North Face down jacket
- Heavy fleece top from First Ascent
- A couple of wick-dry T-shirts from Cape Storm and First Ascent, and a long-sleeve Nike ACG top perfect for kloofing. And a few cotton/polyester T-shirts that make good vests for winter hiking but get too hot in summer.
- Closed-cell foam rollmat for sleeping - a much cheaper option than those inflatable things, but not as nice
- Miscellaneous Hi-Tech boots, originally waterproof but now less so
- Big wide-brimmed safari hat and several cotton long-sleeve collar shirts from Cape Union Mart
- Coleman Apex II stove (benzene fueled, broken, whatever you do don't buy Coleman)
- Camping Gaz Bleuet stove (replacing the Coleman, until I decide to splash out and buy a better one)
- Dachstein boots (bought in 1995 and lasted about 10 years on their second soles)
- Ventex/Hollowfibre jacket by Drimac, warm and once waterproof.
- Karrimor Jaguar 2 65l rucksack (bought in 1985 and still in occasional use when I need a smaller pack or one to lend out)
- Two Backpacker Benedorm 3 Seasons sleeping bags (each of which lasted about 3 years of heavy use before needing to be replaced. One is now a very nice duvet.)
- Backpacker Kranz 40l pack for day trips (damn! it got stolen.)
- Backpacker Fellman 20l which was too small for most day trips but was a great varsity bag
- Two pairs of Trailbuster T3 boots (they died after 3 years heavy use.)
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