Bushwalk Australia

I sat down for Christmas lunch, grabbed my Christmas Bon Bon turned to my nephew who was sitting next to me, he grabbed the other end, we pulled hard, and bang as it tore apart, out came the bon bon gift I have always dreamed of, a little compass, I thought all of my Christmas’s had come all at once. I could hardly wait to get home to weigh the compass on my super accurate scales, it came in at a ultra light 3.5 grams. Ever since I have been pooring over my maps planning my next ultra light compass oriented bushwalking in the wilds of the Australian Alps.

Warning

This Compass may not be suitable for South West Tasmania.

Tony

Classic!
You could save some weight by losing the cord. Or replace the cord with some fishing line so it doesn't get heavier if it gets wet.

Suitable for northern hemisphere or southern?
Or neither?

Love it Tony
I'm sure someone will chime in soon to say that any compass that weighs less than 500 g is not worth having ...especially in SW Tasmania!

Rod wrote:I'm sure someone will chime in soon to say that any compass that weighs less than 500 g is not worth having ...especially in SW Tasmania!

I think you mean 50 grams... Even the Silva Expedition 54 comes in at 40 grams...
Oh, I get it... Sarcasm!

I think Tony is also aware of the quality of a compass that comes out of a bon-bon...
But as a bushwalker I can certainly relate to the excitement and surprise of something like a compass out of a bon-bon at Christmas time...

But it has no baseplate... moreso, no mirror (does it have smoke? ):

http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin ... eview.html

Damn thats light, even my cufflink compass is 4gms. Plus it only works in conjunction with collar,tie and penguin suit. But at least there is a backup on the other sleeve.

The cufflinks are brilliant Bluewombat, where do I get a set, I will have to work onthe ultra light tie and penguin suit though.

Tony

bluewombat wrote:Damn thats light, even my cufflink compass is 4gms. Plus it only works in conjunction with collar,tie and penguin suit. But at least there is a backup on the other sleeve.

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What do you suppose this thing weighs?

My old Snowgum GoreTex jacket came with a compass identical to Tony's, attached to the main zip. A really neat idea, apart from the fact that it jammed it even the slightest fraction off dead level, and never could quite agree whether north was ^, < or >.

Orion wrote:What do you suppose this thing weighs?

Erotica for the UL among us!

A source for cuff links http://www.mrgadget.com.au/catalog/mrgadget-compass-cufflinks-p-8903.html

A sweet toy.