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Recent updates are (usually) listed here in a push-down stack form.
If you have sent updates to me which have not yet appeared, please have patience. They will be used, but my time is limited.
Jul-2025
The whole web site was shifted to faq.bushwalk.org, but not without a few glitches which are 'being worked on'.
Jan-2014
A 3-part technical article on the development (by Roger Caffin) of an Ultra-Light winter canister stove system weighing 85 g has been added to the Gas Stoves section. This stove is now for sale. The articles were originally published at Backpacking Light. Since then there have been quite a few new stoves developed and released by Roger, with the latest (V7) being a remote inverted canister stove weighing 49 g, complete.
June-2013
Many more updates have been done but were not recorded here - sorry about that. Yes, the FAQ is being maintained.
31-Jan-2011
Page on salt and hyponatremia updated with new research papers.
1-Jan-2011
First Aid page updated with photo of what you can do with Band-Aids (my knee actually). Clothing page updated and a PDF article on cold weather clothing added.
18-Aug-2010
Footwear page updated. You know that bit about 1 kg on your feet = 7 kg on your back? I finally found the academic reference to it! Yep, the reference actually exists.
16-Feb-2010
Rainwear page updated.
10-Jan-2010
Navigation page - refreshed, and info on magnetic field tilt (in relation to compasses) added.
26-Dec-2009
DIY Packs: some more information about frame dimensions, pack and hip belt details, fabrics, and a general updating.
Freeze Dried foods - some updating and some testing on Tinderry Mountains meals.
12-Oct-2009
Gas Stoves: a few updates here and there about newer stoves and the hazards of the C206 Bleuet canister.
28-Sep-2009
Tent pegs and Guy ropes: new toggle design (works well) and why guy ropes stretch overnight (it's NOT the cold).
26-Jun-2009
Dehi Food: some more sources, thanks to David Morrison.
24-Jun-2009
Introduction: tweaked to include this page
Update page: added (you're reading it)
Dehi Food: added 'Dehydrated Red Wine': it exists, but ... yuk
20-Jun-2009
DIY Winter tents: info about my new 2-man 4-pole double skin tunnel tent and its baptism of fire on the Main Range.
DIY Summer tents: small updates
DIY Tents: small updates
Dehi Food: added Tinderry Dried Mountain Foods
Gas Stoves: small updates, including about adapters
Fitness: small updates
Footwear: some updates about joggers
Guy ropes and Pegs: small updates
Expensive Running Shoes: article added about the damage some of these can do to athletes
(c) Roger Caffin 31/01/2011