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Month: November 2014

Chimney kettles, all weather biofuels burners

Chimney kettles, all weather biofuels burners

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TweetChimney kettles are small biofuels burners for all weather water boiling in a hurry No other small biofuels burner I’ve used gets water steaming hot faster during foul weather than a chimney kettle. I use the stainless steel Kelly Kettle® Trekker model, their smallest, for up to 19 ounces of hot water in a hurry. Nothing stills the chills and brings the feeling back to numb fingers and toes like a belly full of your favorite steaming hot drink. Hot sweet…

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Felco 600 folding saw, a Readiness Kit essential

Felco 600 folding saw, a Readiness Kit essential

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TweetThe Felco 600 folding saw is my choice for a small fuel gathering and shelter construction backup tool. It’s a commercial grade tool used by many professional horticulturists for daily use in arboretums and for landscape maintenance, due to its design and durability. Important features: Felco’s unique patented conical blade design is thickest at the cutting teeth, thinning upward. This design ejects sawdust and reduces binding. The blade metal and tooth geometry hold sharpness and cut deep with ease on…

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Dachstein’s, excellent woolens, old and new

Dachstein’s, excellent woolens, old and new

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TweetDachstein’s are thick, dense wool mittens offering cold protection like no others. Their dense weave and felt-like finish offer water resistance and nearly windproof warmth and comfort. I’ve used durable Dachstein’s for many years. These are among the best work-a-day mittens available anywhere. Warming qualities of Dachstein’s… “Warm when wet” is an informal tag line used for nearly all woolens, but not all woolens add up to the sum of rugged functional characteristics found among traditional woolens originating in cottage…

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Tsampa Soup, a new product from Patagonia Provisions, Inc.

Tsampa Soup, a new product from Patagonia Provisions, Inc.

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TweetTsampa Soup delivers the great taste of supply chain ethics. I’m no food critic, but I know what I like! Yvon Chouinard, world class climber and ethical entrepreneur, founder of outdoor retailer, Patagonia, is expanding his new food business. At this time, his food retailer, Patagonia Provisions, Inc., offers responsibly sourced wild caught salmon introduced in 2012, and organic Tsampa Soup introduced in 2014. I bought a twelve-pack of Tsampa Soup packets for $70.20. Each packet makes two cups of…

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Eight D’s for reduced campfire impacts

Eight D’s for reduced campfire impacts

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TweetEight “D” words describe low impact campfire practices. Dead, Down, Dinky, Dispersed & Dangling — Dismember, Dis-ember & Distribute Wood fuel gathered and used for reduced impact campfires is best gathered; Dead and dry, Down near ground, Dinky like your pinky & Dispersed along a length of trail or throughout a large area surrounding a campsite. Dangling or suspended down wood held above ground level, below head level, often holds less moisture–a better fuel, and remains in ecological limbo, or…

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