With literally thousands of kilometers of undiscovered dirt roads, sprawling jungle, stunning landscapes and ridiculously tasty food, Thailand provides the perfect playground for adevntutes on two wheels.
In this piece, Mont Ambassadors and bikepacking route builders, Sam & Bec discuss some of their top tips and gear recommendations for your next bikepacking trip in Thailand.
This bag is pretty special as it uses incredibly light 7 denier fabric and 1000 fill power down. This means that 1 ounce of down will fill 1000 cubic inches of volume when fully lofted. And the denier? A 9 kilometre length of 1 strand of shell fabric used to make this bag will weigh 7 grams. Impressive numbers with a standard bag weighing just 417 grams.
Planning a sea kayaking trip for a first time paddler but experienced multi day bike packer amalgamated the skills and experience of two adventurous souls.
I had a trip planned on my motorcycle through outback Australia in September and when the new Mont Krypton integral pitch tent arrived I thought it would be good to test it on an extended trip.
Peru has some incredible mountain terrain, and the Cordillera Huayhuash is one of Peru’s finest. The Huayhuash is located around 200km North East of the Capital, Lima, and is usually accessed from the nearby mountain town of Huaraz. It is around 30km long, running from North to South and includes seven peaks over 6,000m, including Siula Grande of Joe Simpson’s, Touching the Void fame.
I wasn’t really sure about this combo of gear at first. Coming from a strong Tele touring background, I was systematically evaluating each piece of the rig- especially the bindings.
With the uni break upon us, the University of Newcastle Mountaineering Club was ready to hit the slopes and head out for our annual snow pilgrimage, aka intermediate back country skiing trip
While eliminating condensation in your tent completely is almost impossible, you can keep it in check and make your nights less aquatic by following these five simple steps.
I decided to head up to the Rodway Range in Mt Field National Park and spend a night out. I usually trust the website windy.com for my forecasts as it uses 5 different weather models (including the one that the BOM uses) and is generally very accurate. All of the models indicated a relatively mild night with the coldest temperature forecast being -1°C.
As a keen cyclist, walker, and camper I have always practiced leaving an area in a better state than when I arrive, so noticing so much rubbish I applied the same practice and began to pick up both litter and recyclables whenever possible. Scanning the Mont webpage and drooling over pictures of the Moondance 1 person tent I came up with the idea to save and cash in my recyclables to fund the purchase of a new tent. And so, my quest began….
Nestled deep into the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park amongst the fickle climate of Tasmania’s Southwest lies pristine Lake Rhona. An icy basin that is hugged and fed by the surrounding Denison Ranges and charmed with button grass and quartz sand. What a magical place to wake up.
