Tipz & Trix

If you've forgotten to pack your warm hat, or if your only hat gets wet, try folding up a thermal top (a light synthetic one is best) into a square shape that is big enough to cover your head and ears. Use your headtorch strap to hold it on and adjust the excess material so that it is tucked and folded up neatly. You now have a very effective, dry and warm makeshift hat! I've found this method extremely worth while when my only hat is too damp to wear to bed without the risk of my sleeping-bag hood becoming damp. I then hang my damp hat up on the internal clothes-line in the tent and allow it to dry naturally during the night.

While I like to travel as light as possible, there are certain luxuries that I am loath to do without. One of them is my camping chair, made of a folded self-inflating mattress and a chair shell. I'm carrying a self-inflating mattress anyway, so the extra weight of the chair shell is inconsequential. And the comfort is to die for!