WC Fields springs to mind. Not the expert as it's years since I've had to purify water. Used to use puritabs (chlorine, bleugh) then switched to iodine. These days I'll take water from highland streams, but I've got one of them purifier devices (actually my wife's after a trip to Malawi) and would u...

* A bike must be involved - it's bikepacking, the clue's in the name ... 'Involved'? You really don't need me to spell it out do you?

Do we need to see the bike on rollers fully loaded though?

@Boab if you can cycle less than 80 yards you'll have beaten my record from last year.

You got the lot! Colour me impressed. Glad you enjoyed it, and well done. Enjoyed the write up a lot.

Nice one. I'm aiming for next weekend, come what may.

Well done sir! And sorry about the climbs. It looked flat on the map.

Missed the original thread. Great news.

Cool. Used to have some but it went off. Will source more. That looks great.

Good to know it can work. The use of bio-ethanol may or may not have been a factor too.

Test done, and the verdict's in. https://i.postimg.cc/4dV6F22t/PXL-20240214-120809909.jpg Heatshrink: looks pretty, and pleasing to apply, but doesn't withstand flame from stove and is still too hot to the touch. https://i.postimg.cc/GmmjhQ9w/PXL-20240214-121524101-LONG-EXPOSURE-01-COVER.jpg MSR pan...

You might be right. Test later, will report back.

Amazon, to my shame. Coycoye 750 Pieces Heat Shrink Tubing, Electric Insulation Heat Shrink Wrap Cable Sleeve, Cable Insulated Sleeving Tubes, Shrink Ratio 2: 1, 5 Colors https://amzn.eu/d/j6092aj Bought a few years ago for a job, then lost and only recently found again. Handy stuff. Added another l...

That's not a criticism of anyone, by the way. Can, What and Where are very broadly interpretable, to the extent you could easily argue that I can do a long distance race in Alaska by whatever means it takes to get there because no other planets are available. Context is all. Just a plea for mindfuln...

Do what you can, with what you've got, where you are.

Although this quote is widely attributed to Theodore Roosevelt, he credits it, in chapter 9 of his Autobiography, to Squire Bill Widener of Widener’s Valley, Virginia.

That should do it. 4.5mmx45mm red x3 per handle with 5mmx45mm blue on top. Silicone band won't fit under the lip, but not planning to drink from it anyway.

Edit: added and extra section of 6mm, because I could.

It's amazing. What's the history?

Now that's smart. Planning to try the heatshrink thing too.

One of these could work

https://ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk/micro-gripper/

Got something similar (bigger) in the kitchen which might be liberated now I think of it. That's neater though.

Silicone tubing added to handles works well. Making sure the handles aren't touching each other when on the stove keeps them cooler too ... honestly it does. Me, I have a little square of silicone mat that I pick hot things up with, I also have a silicone band around the top of my mug, which I will...

Exactly that (postimg seems to be down).

I suspect the answer involves the word knipex.

Maybe you should look at maintaining some kind of semi-permanent shelter up there, a la summittoppler.

Actually one of my Winter Event GR'safter a very long climb....

Nice one Phil. Feeling slightly guilty now.

Went out this afternoon with a fourfold plan: 1 check out the old hospital at Rosslynlee 2 test the 22g stove in the wild 3 see if the newly installed fork storage for tools and the like was up to the job 4 find out if said storage included puncture patches That last one wasn't part of the original ...

That looks great