Starting in the middle of May 2007 the author and his wife Sue will be spending about four months walking across France, staying as far as possible up in alpine regions. We will be using a number of 'Grandes Randonnées' - French long-distance walking tracks. We will be buying food and fuel as we go, but otherwise we will be entirely unsupported. The rest of our gear will be in Australia, which is about as far away as it can be, so what we start with is all we will have. We thought it might be of some interest to list the gear we are taking, why each item has been included, and why other items have been excluded.
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- Introduction
- Overview
- The List
- Gear List for Roger and Sue for 4 Month European Trip
- Gear List Weight Summary
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The MacPac Microlight is one of the solo tents of choice by the locals in SW Tasmania, while it has condensation problems and is not suitable for heavy snow, it can handle strong winds and heavy rain.
Tony
Roger, which adapter are you using to use the Camping Gaz valved cannisters on a Primus/Snowpeak etc stove? The Markill adapter that I know is listed as 75 gram. I know the Primus etc cannisters are virtually impossible to get in France. But France is so nice… The MSR multivalve stove has had a mixed reception. There is apparantly also a new Primus multistandard stove. But an adapter allows for a far wider stove choice, of course.
Hi Willem
Well … it's one I made myself. Designing and making canister stoves from scratch seems to be my latest MYOG thing. :-) You may remember this pic appeared some time ago on one of the Forum channels:
I took this stove to Switzerland this year for 6 weeks. It worked OK, and uses the multi-canister adaptor. There is a safety valve in the adapter on the canister which actually opens and closes the Lindal valve, and a control valve right behind the jet for instant fine control of the flame.
But the design of the stove shown here is not what I am aiming at, as it uses a Snow Peak burner. My goal is to make a remote canister liquid-feed stove entirely from raw materials. I just haven't finished refining the design yet. Mind you, I have had to learnt an awful lot about how these things work inside in the process.
Cheers
PS: I think you mean Powermax, not Primus?
No I mean Primus, i.e. the normal valved cannister one finds everywhere else.
"The MSR multivalve stove has had a mixed reception." Willem, I didn't know that! I've had an MSR Superfly for many years and it has always worked well. As it's not the lightest stove I only use it on European hikes where I can't be sure of finding Lindahl valve canisters. I last used it on the GR20 on Corsica (a highly recommended route) where Campingaz CV canisters where the only ones available.
Just stumbled upon BPL and have enjoyed reading insights from folks out there. I love the "shelf-life" of forum boards–this one started in 2007–wow!
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