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I have one very similar to that, made from Lexan, but I also use the Robert Timms coffee bags. In Australia we call it a coffee plunger. I stuff mine with a minimalist 1st aid kit so that it doesnt take up much more room when backpacking. Cheers Mike

Hi George, Yep youhave it all right but don't let me stop you having another bourbon :) The rear caribiner is hooked onto a couple of loops of bungy cord. I also used a carabiner here so that if I want I can remove the rope fom here and the opening of the other carabiner and pull the rope...

Those two clam cleats are opposing each other, so depending on whether anchor is fore or aft as to which one you choose for the anchor, then the other one is used for the trolley line. Cheers Mike

I clip the anchor line into the carabiner, then set the distance with the clam cleat Cheers Mike

Yes I can lock it so I can sit at any angle to the wind and current. With the middle carabiner I can unclip from the other end of the rope and pull it all forward and tow the kayak over shallow bits or tie off to a tree. Pulleys are expensive and not required. Cheers Mike

Here is how I did mine - http://my.opera.com/Manjimike/albums/show.dml?id=239452 Cheers Mike

Thanks Piper

George, a self equalising anchor is generally used where the anchor points available, are not sufficient individually to support the load. so each of those 3 carabiners could be attached to small trees for abseilling etc. Cheers Mike

Pleeeaasse Mick, Don't tell them anymore about our HAMBURGERS WITH THE LOT !!! :lol: Cheers Mike

I have been using this for 5 - 6 years - http://giardiaclub.com/aqua-mira.html I even used it where the smelly creek was running past the cows and cowpats. I always look for life in the water - tadpoles or what ever Cheers Mike

There are a number of stove sites on the WWW e.g. http://stovecollector.tripod.com/database_t.htm http://www.spiritburner.com/fusion/show ... /last/m/1/ Here is a pic of Turm Sport I had in the mid seventies until someone needed it more than I did :cry: Cheers Mike

Mick, HOW can you afford ULP to fill the stove :lol: :lol: :lol: Actually I bought one for hiking when I lived in Mackay (2001), but got rid of it because - it was too heavy and too large for my 45l backpack: I could not get it to simmer: There was always a hassle with leaking fuel...

Jack, I put quite a few holes in mine for that reason. If the black comes of with a scotchbrite in cold water, that is good, if not it wont come of in my pack :D Cheers Mike

Thanks Jack, I needed to be sure that I had a good meal at the end of a long day, so that is why I strayed from my normal maxim of trying to get each piece of equipment to do more than one function, and carried a back up to the canister stove. My Nimblewill only weighs 3oz. 73 Mike

I used the Laughing Cow cheese when I did a 965km 27day hike in West Australia in May 2004 and had no problems at all. I also ate some left over rations about twelve months later and the only problem was that where the alfoil was damaged, the cheese went hard. cheers Mike

I built mine with titanium sheet from Thru hiker but modified it a little - http://my.opera.com/Manjimike/albums/show.dml?id=403662 I can use it the normal way up for woodchips or coke can stove, upside down for hexamine tablets or with no floor as an extra windscreen for my canister stove...

If I am hiking I use my canister stove for cooking, but if I want a small fire I use my version of the Nimblewill nomad which I made from titanium - http://my.opera.com/Manjimike/albums/show.dml?id=403662 http://wings.interfree.it/html/nomad.html Cheers Mike

G'day Jack, I dropped some along the way to the midpoint where I left my car with friends and posted the rest forward and caught a bus to the trailhead. I kept my food in freezer bagsfor each day, then put 5days into Odour-proof Aloksacks, that way the possums didn't go near it -...

g'day Hairy, here are some links from Google http://www.cia.com.au/ianj/australia/Bi ... rack.shtml http://aushiker.com/bt_main.htm http://www.naturebase.net/content/view/27/792/ http://www.bibbulmuntrack.org.au/ Cheers Mike

When I walked the Bibbulmun track, I spent the night at one of the shelters with four other walkers and they each had 4ltrs of chateau cardboard port. The only cup I had was my 500ml pot :D I slept well that night and they didn't stir when I left at 6am in the dark :lol: :lol: