DHaRCO Gear For around ten years I’ve been wearing my Fighter Girls martial arts shorts for everything; hiking, surfing, swimming, biking....

If you’ve read my Altravesur bikepacking blogs or seen the videos, you’ll know that on occasion I struggled to push or pull my fully...

Something else that helped me come to that decision is that my temperature fluctuates while sleeping: I’m hot, I’m cold, I’m hot again

I wanted a tent that was mainly free-standing, that only needed staking out when really windy. I chose the Marmot Tungsten UL1P.

My preference was to have a completely free-standing tent. I really can’t be doing with staking out the guy ropes every time I put it up. I

This mid-range gear is smaller and lighter than 'normal' gear but not as light or as compact as the very expensive stuff.