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MSR Whisperlite Universal Backpacking Stove and Quick 2 Pot Set

  Relying on a stove handmade from a beer can fuelled by 97 per cent pharmaceutical alcohol, worked flawlessly for months on the road through the Americas.  Certainly in non-windy conditions and when circumstances permitted us to be time-rich.  However, seasons change, the weather picks up and it becomes nigh on impossible to source almost…

Field Tested: Morakniv Bushcraft Black

Quality knives needn’t always command a hefty price. And reasonably priced knives don’t always deman compromised features or materials. Take for example the Bushcraft Black from Morakniv. With a high quality carbon steel blade with an anti-corrosion coating, and a sturdy rubberized handle, there’s not much to it, but it is everything it needs to be….

Why 4x4s Are Better In Australia

Australia is filled with poisonous shit that’s constantly trying to kill you. But it’s also filled with the world’s best four-wheel drive vehicles. Yeah, basically everything the little off-road enthusiast inside of you has ever wanted is here. And I just moved here in order to drive it. We’ll start from smallest to largest. Suzuki…

Gear Scout: SOG SwitchPlier 2.0

I have been a long-time fan of SOG’s multi-tools. My SOG Paratool has been with me on nearly every outdoor adventure for more than 17 years. They were even frozen in a block of ocean water in the hull of my sea kayak for a full Alaskan winter and uncovered in the spring no worse…

Blood Runs Cold

Most English speakers are familiar with the cliché ‘my blood ran cold’. It occurs to me that for such a phrase to get worn out, many writers had to have been in situations where they were impaled to the spot by terror, rigid with fright, or paralyzed by indecision. Still as bone-old as it may…