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Hilleberg Kaitum 3GT
Posted on Wednesday February 01, 2012
We may not have used this tent for long, but with one week on Exmoor and two weeks in Tierra del Fuego, it’s already been through quite a lot of what nature is able to throw at it weather-wise. We set about choosing a new tent carefully, as we wanted to invest in something really excellent which would serve us well for many years to come. After reading many reviews and after a lot of head scratching we decided that we’d go the route of the Hilleberg, much-loved by cycle tourers. Choosing which model of Hilleberg was the bigger challenge. Since we were planning to drag it around the world with us, it had to be many things: reasonably light, very durable (which the Hillebergs are famous for) and big enough camp out in for a few days and accommodate me – at 6’4″ (194cm) – and the great array of stuff we like to take with us. Our old Blacks Octane 3, which we christened Sweaty Betty, did us proud around New Zealand, Denmark and the UK. It was simply too small for the two of us, despite being marketed as a three-person tent, and its ventilation system could ...
The Fuegian Road Less Travelled
Posted on Wednesday February 01, 2012
Highlights: leaving Rio Grande, the flight of the condors, wind, guanacos, Chilean border crossing, wind, illegal garlic, epic night-riding, wind, never-ending ripio, wild camping, and did we mention the wind?
Sporked
Posted on Wednesday February 01, 2012
This post is in homage to our friend Emily who is making her way from London eastwards around the world. The last time I heard she was cycling her way through Iran, mostly staring glumly at her morning porridge, since she has lost her trusty friend, the Spork.
Leaving Ushuaia
Posted on Thursday January 19, 2012
Highlights: great views over Ushuaia as we left; our first passport control; wild camping and tasty camp food; meeting other cycle tourists heading south on the last leg of their journeys; heeding warnings about the wind and learning about what's ahead.
There is cake at the end of the world, ma!
Posted on Thursday January 19, 2012
But wasn't this supposed to be the world cake pootle, I hear you ask? Fear not. We had our first cake of the tour around three miles from the end of the world (as we know it).
