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Tuesday, 1 March 2011

Oetzi: Putting A Face To The Name

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Twenty years after his ice preserved body was found the 5,000-year-old "Iceman" discovered on the border between Italy and Austria...
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Saturday, 26 February 2011

Hat's Off For The NorCal Cazadora!

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A few of you have posted disparaging remarks about my choice of headgear. Only  Holly  has put her money where here mouth is and sent in a p...
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Thursday, 24 February 2011

Timewasters - For Fox Sake

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In London we love to build hooj vanity skyscrapers, the next one is called the Shard, it's supposed to look like a piece of broken glas...
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Preparedness: NYC

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My connection to recent events in New Zealand has moved preparedness to front-of-mind, instead of actually doing something to be prepared, ...
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Wednesday, 23 February 2011

True Grit A Review By Roald Dahl And SBW

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I've neither the time, or anyone to go with, so I've not been to the pictures to see the Cohen Bros version but yesterday I read C...
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Tuesday, 22 February 2011

What Is It About Fly Fishing?

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Really what is it? The sight of buds on the trees, the slight shift in air temperature, the sudden realisation that although it's still...
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New Zealand Earthquake and Mrs BoB

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I don't know if you've seen this mornings news but an earthquake has hit New Zealand's south island. Power is out, sanitation ...
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Wednesday, 16 February 2011

How to Buy an Outdoor Knife By George

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"Made with infinite care by our most expert old craftsmen,  and 'actually made far better than is necessary.”  It is a well known...
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Monday, 14 February 2011

Aim Low

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Bored and tired SBW entered the 'Silly Pictures' period of his blog in early 2011, results have been 'mixed' to say the leas...
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Sunday, 30 January 2011

Blogs Of Note And Adult Onset Hunting

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Tovar has helpfully outlined a list of my symptoms and come to a diagnosis. You can read the whole post here. Adult Onset Hunting Know The...
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Friday, 28 January 2011

Bagpipes - Cooler Than You Thought

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I ask you: Who amongst us hasn't looked upon a goat and thought "I know I'm gonna make me some Bagpipes!"? Genius! Mo...
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Sunday, 16 January 2011

WTF? WTF!

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A while ago I wrote a post called 'Travails with Laptop Rod and Rifle ' it started with a silly pun and was a light hearted look...
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Saturday, 15 January 2011

Book Review: A Year In The Woods

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Sorry about the dearth of posts lately - sometimes work stops play. In the meantime a spot of commuting has enabled me to catch up on some ...
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Monday, 27 December 2010

Unboxing: Kifaru Long Hunter G2 Review

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I’ve needed a new pack in the 70+ litre class for a while now, the last one, a Berghaus,  having lasted well over twenty years, was looking...
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Saturday, 25 December 2010

Appy Crimbo Peeps

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So another year almost done,the rug rats are tearing round full of suger and me and the Ex have had a row.Just gotta fight our way through a...
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Sunday, 19 December 2010

Framed: Old School Pack Design

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While we're on the subject of packs, I saw this recreation of the pack frames worn by climbers on the early alpine expeditions in a shop...
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Saturday, 11 December 2010

UnBoxing: The Duluth Pack Pathfinder Review

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A short while back the lovely Molly of the Duluth Pack Co. must have been feverish as she came into her office one morning and thought ...
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Unboxing: Hestra's Lars Falt Guide Gloves Review

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Inside the package was a pair of the legendary Lars Falt Guide Gloves from Hestra. I've wanted a pair for ages as they are widely used b...
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Wednesday, 8 December 2010

For Me!

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I had a birthday the other day, and a lovely package arrived. Thanks guys. SBW
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Meanwhile.........

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'View from my room in India. Big mountain is Kanchen Junga' Sorry about the dearth of posts the last few days, work is on-top for a...