Ultimate HillStalking Bumbag

brown dog · March 18, 2012

Selling this; doing more bushcrafty stuff with the brats and I now want something in plain civvy colours:

This won’t be to everyone’s taste I know, but I’ve spent the last few years on the lookout for the perfect hillstalking bumbag.

I’ve never found one and have, as a consequence, always gone to the hill with a daysack (because I’m brainwashed and can’t cope with the idea of not having a few mountain kit odds and sods with me!).

Nevertheless, I’ve long been wanting something neater and comfier that I can wear when crawling, but that’ll carry a spare fleece, a small flask, my ‘piece’ (that’s lunch to the unitiated – not a pistol! ) etc

Anyway…got chatting to a Hairford kit maker [well, ‘Hairford’ is how Robert de Niro said it ] and sketched out my ‘want’:

Bespoke bumbag,

Bespoke Swaro LRF holder,

Bespoke AW mag pouches (bespoke because AW mags are a bit ‘last year’!).

Well, after an inordinately long wait, it’s all turned up. And I’m delighted!

All based on a clever cone shaped belt that grips your pelvis and doesn’t slip. The pouches are all positioned quite well to the rear, and don't interfere when walking or crawling).