Still under construction (to be completed)
This is a quite difficoult page to organize as over the years I collected so many URL's and visited so many sites that its quite confusing for myself:
Links to manufacturers of equipment:
Boats, Kayaks, Inflatables:
www.klepper.de foldable kayaks used by myself on several trips (greenland, thailand, phillipines)
www.nautiraid.com the french version of klepper
www.feathercraft.com high tech aluminium foldables
www.pakboats.com foldable canoes see our trip to Bolivia
www.grabner-sports.at high quality inflatables for expedition use
www.aire.com USA inflatables
www.soar1.com Usa inflatables
www.wernerpaddles.com great paddles
www.kokatat.com great value drysuits
www.kajak-huette.de the only builder of a real foldable Catamaran ( see Belize)
www.faltboot.de The german page about foldable kayaks with very interesting forum lot of related links (in German)
www.globetrotter.de shop on line for all kind of travel equipment, great service
Bikes
www.optima-cycles.com dutch builder of recumbents (see Namibia and Jordan)
www.sandsmachine.com builder of a coupling system which allows you to take your frame apart, great stuff
www.bikefriday.com foldable bikes
www.globetrotter.de shop on line for all kind of travel equipment, great service
Various outdoor equipment:
www.hilleberg.se High quality tends from Sweden
www.cascadedesigns.com the only manufacturer of selfinflating matresses that really last years
www.thenorthface.com high quality tends sleeping bags and clothing
www.steinberg.it Caving gear
www.petzl.com caving and climbing gear
www.hennessyhammock.com Great hammocks, best way to sleep in the wild
Various fellow travellers:
www.mountainbike-expedition-team.de Mountainbike expeditions in extreme enviroments and lots of links to other pages
www.bikefreaks.de One of the best forums on the net about bike trips (in German)
www.weltsichten.de 5 years around the world and a lot more
www.junglerivers.de Trips by inflatable in three continents
www.gomitolo.net one of the few italian long distance bikers
http://mitglied.lycos.de/bumbumbike/index.htm On tour, from germany to southafrica
http://www.radtouren4u.de/ Interesting travelaccounts and lot of links
www.pinzani.it a very good friends website about turisty travel all over the world
www.soniapiazzini.it very nice travel site in italian
Logistics
www.wunderground.com Weather anywhere in the world, contains also an archiv for everyplace, great to check weather conditions in the past years
http://www.sahara-overland.com/ Infos about Sahara