Patagonia Houdini Hiking Pants

They've arrived! Can't get these in NZ and US sites will not ship. But I used the the https://www.nzpost.co.nz/tools/youshop site. What a great service. Suppliers will ship free to this US address and they on ship to your NZ address. The freight was $US17 and I got the pants on sale at $US67 - usually $US99. I'm wrapped.

I never hike in long pants, but in preparation for my TGO Scotland hike I purchased these (apparently lots of ticks there) . 

They are deigned for trail running. They fit true to size (M) and are so light at 90grm on my scales (Patagonia say 87). Fabric is more robust than my Montbell wind pants that I occasionally use around camp in shoulder seasons.

Web research is full of praise for these pants. Looking forward to trying them in two weeks on the Able Tasman (if weather is cool)

    

Wind Jackets

Once again John Abela hits a home run. He has just posted a great review on the difference between three of the markets leading UL wind jackets - Montbell Tachyon, Patagonia Houdini and Zpacks.

It make interesting reading Check it out HERE

Lightweight Shelters

Hi - Lightweight blogger, John Abela has put a ton of effort into building a comprehensive list of lightweight shelters. It's organic and John is constantly updating this.

This will save you a heap of research time - Thanks John!

See the list at http://bit.ly/1gzDky6