so far in this thread Ive seen some guys load weight to bottom and some to top....now I was taught to put weight as close to your back as you can,so a bit of both. I tried early internal frame pack...
Liked On: 20-01-2022, 08:08 PM
This. Took me a long time to quit carrying my jeepers (64s) in favour of my phone as part of carried weight reduction, given phone is in pack anyhow. Maps are way better as is battery life on...
Liked On: 19-01-2022, 10:35 AM
Topo 50 . South Island seems to work really well on my cell phone.
Liked On: 19-01-2022, 10:35 AM
It works perfectly well. Download a app, nz topo or topo50 and away you go. Topo50 you download the island map north or south and the maps in your phone. Put your phone on flight mode and the battery...
Liked On: 19-01-2022, 10:35 AM
I haven't been very active here for a while due to the fact that Australia -NZ travel has been next to impossible for the last 2 years and I haven't been back to our place in the Marlborough Sounds...
Liked On: 18-01-2022, 09:50 AM
There are No Deer in the South Island.
Liked On: 17-01-2022, 09:51 PM
Nice introduction. It sounds like you are exactly the sort of person we do want in our little country. Unfortunately, it is already full:) Joking aside, welcome to the forum and I hope your plans go...
Liked On: 17-01-2022, 09:50 PM
I may be a little naive here but someone a little while back, on a different thread, suggested that if a significant number of us joined Forest and Bird then we would have voting rights and therefore...
Liked On: 17-01-2022, 09:19 PM
Well I have been doing my bit on public and private, there are far too many around, ruahines needs a clean up as does the Haurangi and private, well yeah they do too....one farm I go on has cullers...
Liked On: 17-01-2022, 09:19 PM
Starting to take this mindset up around the ruahines, (private and public land) taking more and giving more and more away to friends and family. My parents get a kick out of emptying the freezer and...
Liked On: 17-01-2022, 09:18 PM
Ultimitsu thanks for setting up this thread. Quite a bit of work has gone into your post and its a good information resource now. Thats what the forum is about. I’d like to suggest starting with...
Liked On: 17-01-2022, 11:42 AM
If using coarse weave woolen socks try a pair of thin dress socks on first and the woolen socks over them, saves the coarse weave biting into your sole. This works even if you don’t get wet feet.
Liked On: 17-01-2022, 10:21 AM
Fellas… Howa changed the mag release on the Mini due to the criticism and lost mags. This the the first effort (photo from VTP): https://i.vgy.me/udxKoT.jpg This is the re-designed catch on...
Liked On: 13-01-2022, 10:33 AM
All the best photos of Wapiti heads look like the guys were dressed in an op shop.
Liked On: 11-01-2022, 09:40 AM
Thanks for the review of my pack. Hope it does you well and you get a few more animals in there soon.
Liked On: 11-01-2022, 09:38 AM