The CATS of JACK'S PLASTIC!

Super gear
Super well done and well designed. I discovered those great boats just a year ago and already floated them over a thousand miles of mainly unknown rivers.

Superb expeditions on the East (Onibe, Mananjary), great rivers on the west (Mangoky) and every river of Imerina. I'vbe had the occasion to submit them to intense stress and they reacted perfectly well.

That's exactly what I needed for my malagasy descents.
Their maneuvrability and rusticity seduced me and I barely imagine pulling out my heavy weighted rafts again

One hour for assembly! Certainly not the first time!.......

Especially on the unknown rivers, it is a great advantage to be able to stop a few meters from the drops perfectly safe, allowing good recos without landing on every occasion.

Rapids go easy and they cut through the waves swiftly.
They don't get pulled back in most situations and surprisingly can endure relatively strong waters sideways.
Of course, once loaded for a week long expedition they become less stable and needs to be kept in the line of current.

Portages are easily handled by two solid guys with a full expe load. Without gear they are really light and handled by anybody.

If you want to check out more pics,
look on the Crocos site, they're real stars.

Perfect example of the local style! Hire two robust countrymen and shot the portage!... .

If you're interested, feel free to contact Jack.
He is first class, always ready to advise, recommend, modify, .....

He has a large site on his products on www.jpcwinc.com

Camping and Logistics!

The Not So Pleasant Topic!
What an ambitious subject! That means a lot of gear to speak of,
a lot of pages to spit out.

Tents :	Decathlon Frendo Lafuma
Matresses :	Therm-a-Rest
Head lamps :	Black Diamond Princeton Tec Petzl
Back packs :	Lowe Pro
Fly :	Moss Wings
Camping chairs:
Water filters :	Katadyn Pur Filters Water Pure
Waterproof bags :	Seal One
Knives :	Leatherman
Sleeping bags :	Polar REI
Clothes :	Tilley Hats

The Best Outdoors Hat In The World!?

Material worned out by too much sun and energic washing.
Light corrosion on the brass are the major drawbacks
Tilley company is based in Canada and specialised in Outdoors
and sport clothing.
Their goal of excellence is very high and they can be proud of it.

However they might overdo it a little when they give you a life guarantee on their hat. They even suggest to put it on your will. It is already a little bit weird to buy a hat with an 8 page notice of use, but a life guarantee, ...

You can find them on www.tilley.com

I'll try to get mine replaced and will let you know if they stick to their words or behave as smart marketeers!

Well the best outdoors hat in the world lasted 5 years of intensive and extensive country abuse. Not too bad in regard to the Giga watts of sun it endured as long as a good size pond of sweat.

The solid brit brass did not really appreciate sea water and corrosion appeared lightly on it.

What I really enjoyed was the small foam cap!
It does prevent the hat from drowning on numerous occasions and protected my head from minor hits through the bush.