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Sommer Saddle - handmade saddle in best quality

 

 

"No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle."

Sir Winston Churchill

 

6000 Miles through the USA on saddle, for this adventure tour an extraordinary saddle is necessary. The tour was completed successfully by an adventurer in the 70's with an Sommer Saddle. - Now we will travel 7000 Miles through Europe with our donkey Hercules and our Sicilian Cart. We are glad that the Sommer Saddle Manufacturer, as one of the best in the wold, will accompany us on this great adventure with his evolution western saddle.

A really optimal evolution from a western saddle!

 

Inclusive a matching saddle pad:

Both are perfect for long distance riding.

 

Of course a suitable horse bit with bridle and reins shouldn't be missing:

 

 

And that's not all. There are also a couple of saddlebags - in Sommer quality.

Very beauty&use-full Saddlebags for the front...

...and Saddlebags for the backside - handmade quality - from Sommer.

 

PLUS a great cantlebag for rainwear:

 

and a bag for a coat for the front:

 

 

And finally, very comfortable riding gloves,

to hold on better in saddle when Hercule deflects the first days. :-)

(He's a good donkey - but a donkey - and with his five years still in puberty...)

 

 

 

So long rides over thousands of miles is nothing in the way. - Thanks to Sommer!

Soon more about the tours.

 

First a short video clip - riding on Hercule:

 

 

...and another one - Hercule is greeting is friends...

 

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HENNESSY HAMMOCK - ultralight explorer hammocks

 

For our adventure tours on the sunny island Sicily and throughout Europe Hennessy Hammock has sponsored five ultralight explorer hammocks with mosquitonets, tarps and snakeskins. The ultimative hammock test is following...

 

Update September 2013

So, we tested the hammocks on different places:

On our adventure-mountain, on the rocks and on the beach.

First of all, the "air bed" is awesome! Extremely lightweight, realy easy to set up - fast and everywhere - and very convenient. Actually, the explorer ultralight hammock is for one person only, but also a (also lightweight) couple spent a cozy night in it. Our longest pioneer is nearly two meters long, instead of his tent he prefers the hennessy. The hammocks are safe from mosquitoes and bad weather mostly the tarp protected us from the hot sun on the island but it resisted some strong rainstorms and hail too. The snakeskin makes it realy easy to set up and we enjoy also the way to travel with it.

 

Here you can see the two meter long Ben,

wearing one of our Hennessy Hammocks in Snakeskin

and other extreme light stuff.

 

...And here we are on the lonely beach, five miles under our Adventure Hill - to relax:

In the morning, between two rocks ... then after a round in the sea under pine trees.

 

 

Further reports of our Adventure Tours will follow, now an external introduction video.

 

 

Update August 2014

The hammocks survived several adventures, Including a tornado which destroyed instead a tent with essential equipment in there! Only a tarp from one of the five hammocks went into shreds, one hammock was getting a small hole, a few rubber bands were to be replaced, but all adventurers and pioneers who came to the Island on our adventure mountain and with us on tour, were impressed by the super comfortable and practical hammocks.


Too bad that our great donkey Hercules does not fit in one of the hammocks, so we are a bit sorry for him when it rains during our tours.

Below you can see our laundry was washed, but in the hammock we remain always dry.

On the inner rope there is also space for your clothes, the hammock itself is so broad that even two persons can sleep in - or one person with his luggage if it is necessary. And you can see that it remained dry as well.

 

 

Update April 2016

 

Ingenious quality work! Even after many years, weather changes, long adventure tours and a lot of sun the Hennessy Hammocks are still perfect in functionality!

 

 

...Hennessy Hammock - no trail - no campsite - no problem...

 

 

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VICTORINOX - Swiss Tools for Life

 

The older ones perhaps can remember, the Victory was always used by Mc Gyver, and could save his life not only once. For some of us the Swiss Tool was also very useful over years - and in the last summer it saved also at least the life of our boat. The complete story will follow soon.

 

At this point we would like to thank Victorinox for the great sponsoring of 33 Swiss Tools for our staff and volunteers. The good use of the tools we will document here. We can already say that the Swiss Tools will be very useful to us.

 

A realy detailed video presentation of the Multi-Tool:

 

 

We would also like to commend the exemplary company policy by Victorinox.    Because of the new anti-terror laws no more knives are sold at airports. This brought the company in the crisis, but they announced not a single employee. Instead, they gave their workers for a short time to other companies, developed new business ideas and brought their people back again. Victorinox is now even better positioned and the staff are rightly highly motivated. Well done Victorinox!

 

And here you see again - at one glance - the diversity of the swissknife:

;-)

 

 

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