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Gear talk: The Flat Cat Gear Ocelot heat exchanger kit

The simple adapter plate from Flat Cat Gear enables a Fire Maple stove to be used with heat exchanger pots

Gear talk: A lightweight windscreen for the Kovea Spider

A glance at the excellent Flat Cat Gear Ocelot windscreen for the Kovea Spider stove, and knocking up an even lighter titanium version

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Knife chat: Opinel knives

French manufactured Opinel knives have a long history- they celebrated their 130th birthday in 2020. These are ideal lightweight knives for backpacking

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Knife chat: Victorinox Money Clip- useless clip, great knife

The 74mm range from Victorinox doesn’t get much attention. There […]

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Gear talk: Kovea Spider

As the temperature creeps down, it is time to use a gas stove admirably suited for winter use- the Kovea Spider

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Trail food: Gofio

Visit many restaurants on the Canary Islands and you will find a small dish or bowl of pale finely ground flour in the centre. This is gofio, roasted and milled, […]

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Gear talk: Liquid fuel lighters- do they have a place on trail?

Three Points of the Compass has covered his quest for […]

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Gear talk: What gear wears out on a long hike?

Lightweight modern gear can be surprisingly tough. With care much […]

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Trail food- lentil curry

Three Points of the Compass was talking to another long distance hiker a couple of days ago and I was asked what I favoured as an evening meal on trail. […]

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Six days until my ‘Big Walk’- Food, water…. and wine

“If you can drink the water I will drink the […]

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Gear talk: Still looking at my gas stove choices

Beside the MSR Windburner and Jetboil Flash that Three Points […]