Monday Kit Tip - Duct Tape
We tell you how to carry a length of handy repair tape without getting back ache...
Posted: 2 November 2009
by Jon
Monday, so
it must be time for our regular Monday
kit tip... This week a neat way to carry that repair
staple, duct tape.
Carrying a full roll of tape is a nightmare, but fortunately, 35mm film
canisters are just the right size for a rapid tape-transplant. Roll a
metre or two from the original tape onto the film canister and you're
sorted.
You can now instantly repair rips in jackets, leaking self-inflating
mattresses, close wounds and so on without carting a whopping great
roll of tape around with you. As a bonus, you also have a handy little
waterproof container that you can use to carry, well, pretty much
anything sensitive that will fit inside.
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Most people I know wrap a length around their walking poles, I've wrapped mine around a nalgene bottle. Bit wider and allows you to carry a bit more but out of the way all the same. Duct tape was a wonderful invention.
Posted: 02/11/2009 at 16:03
I have some wrapped around my old Sigg but that's dual-use (keeps my hands from freezing when there's cold water inside). I also have some wrapped around a small permanent marker pen that goes in with my lighter weight kit. Is there such thing as UL duct tape for the SUL fanatics? Mike, if you're going that lightweight I suggest you put a large strip of duct tape over your mouth for the benefit of all on the hill 
Posted: 02/11/2009 at 16:23
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