Equipment – Zero Impact Adventures

Fuelled by firepot – outdoor food review (plus shop links!)

June 18, 2019June 27, 2019 Tom, ZIA Co-Founder 0 Comment Food, kit reviews, Recycling, Shop

Made in a Dorset barn, Firepot Food is healthy, nutritious, lightweight and delicious – James and I approve it for any adventure, big or small! Having tested it on an arctic training expedition in Norway we are now using Firepot food for all our adventures, and they’ll be the fuel we use to power us across Greenland too. We’ll be brief, but below are the 2 things we love the most – aside from the delicious taste of course…

Made with the environment in mind
With no palm oil and vegan/veggie options available (like the posh baked beans which are my favourite – see links below) Firepot are by far the best zero impact option we’ve found in this space. What’s more you can order your meals in compostable bags too!

Just look at the ingredients:
Firepot is made from 100 percent natural products and the flavour really shows as a result.

In short we at ZIA are proud to be #fuelledbyfirepot !!

How to clean your tent and sleeping bag

June 17, 2019June 17, 2019 Tom, ZIA Co-Founder 0 Comment Equipment, kit repair and care, Uncategorized

Ok so even worse than dirty climbing gear (see one of our other posts) has to be a smelly tent or smelly sleeping bag – it’s literally where you sleep for heaven’s sake!

Anyhow I’ve let mine get far too smelly time and again because how to wash them has remained a mystery and the last thing you want to do is damage your kit by washing it.

Putting these things in the wash has always remained a bit of a mystery but this video below lays out as clearly as possible how to put both in the washing machine without causing any harm.

Remember: NO DETERGENT!!!!

If you’ve got any cleaning tips of your own please let us know!

Video: How to care for your climbing kit

June 17, 2019June 17, 2019 Tom, ZIA Co-Founder 0 Comment Equipment, kit repair and care

Climbing gear can get smelly, frayed, tangled, damp, wet, mouldy and all manner of other things and these all have an affect on how long it will last.

For the basic essentials of looking after your climbing stuff we couldn’t find a better intro than this video from the awesome guys at the BMC – check it out and enjoy making your kit last longer!

If ZIA ever makes money we want to be like these guys:

May 22, 2019June 17, 2019 Tom, ZIA Co-Founder 0 Comment Equipment

Patagonia is now in the business of saving the planet. Read the amazing interview with Patagonia’s founder, Yvon Chouinard below explaining their ethos.

These photos make us want t go climbing…

Full interview: “Patagonia is in business to save our home planet”

It should come as no surprise to many people reading this just how good Patagonia are in this space – we’ve just listed them here as buying kit from them means you can have peace of mind that you’re money is going to a good place and on ethically sourced equipment.

Check out their site – they make some awesome gear for sure and the way they do it is truly inspiring.

It’s got us at ZIA wondering how we can all leverage what we do at work to achieve more – if you’ve got any stories on this front please let us know, we’re still left scratching our heads on this one!