Kit Lists & Kit Reviews

Kit Lists & Kit reviews

I only review products that I own and have used on my adventures, so the feedback will be 100% based on my personal experience using the product.

Cycling in the Atlas Mountains

Atlas Mountain Race Bikepacking Kit List

After many cancellations due to Covid, on the 1st of October 2022 the second Atlas Mountain Race finally got underway. A fixed-route, unsupported, single-stage bike race that started in Marrakesh, crossed the Atlas and Anti-Atlas Mountains, before finishing in Agadir. The race was just under 1200km in length and 24,000m of climbing, over some challenging

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Mountain biking on a high mountain trail

Tour du Mont Blanc Bikepacking Kit List

The Tour du Mont Blanc is one of the most famous hiking routes in the world. A circular route filled with spectacular glaciers, breathtaking alpine meadows, grand mountain passes and charming valleys. To do this route by bike I altered the route a little. I kept a lot of the original hiking route, including all

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Shap Fell

Lands End to John O’Grotes Cycling Kit List

Cycling from Land’s End to John o’ Groats (LEJOG), the entire length of the UK, is an iconic challenge that is high up on many cyclist’s bucket list. The shortest most direct route is 814 miles (1300km) and can be achieved a number of ways: Supported, with a car or van carrying your kit and

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Two girls hiking

What to pack for a day hike? Hiking Essentials Kit list

So you’re excited about going hiking, maybe you have even pencilled a date in the diary and chosen a route! But you’re still a little unsure what you need to take with you and what you need to wear. Don’t worry, you’re not alone.  If you’ve just started out hiking, then this list of hiking

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Nordisk Lofoten Tent

Nordisk Lofoten 2ULW Ultra Lightweight Tent Review

Disclosure: I bought this tent myself at full price, and Nordisk has not paid me to write this review. This is just my personal opinion about a tent I get asked a lot of questions about. I have been using this tent for over a year now, from the high mountains of Kyrgyzstan to the

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Iceland Landscape

Kit List for Thru-Hiking the Iceland Traverse

Below is all the equipment I took on my solo and unsupported Iceland Traverse hike. I hiked just shy of 600km from the southerly most point to the northerly, carrying everything I needed for the duration of the trip. Due to the brutality of the Icelandic weather, the barren landscape of Europe’s biggest desert and

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