Macpac

From Miriam, Norway – Olympus Tent
From John, New Zealand – Pursuit Pack
From Mark, New Zealand, Mountain Guide – Pursuit Pack
From Fiona, New Zealand – Olympus Tent
From Backpacker Gear Guide 2007 – Olympus Tent


From Miriam, Norway – Olympus Tent
Hi,
I bought an Olympus in New Zealand at the start of last year.  It has since been used in Norway for various trips to the mountains and the sea.  We recently lived in it for 7 weeks while we paddled around an island in the Arctic (Spitsbergen).
Spitsbergen is the largest island in the Svalbard archipelego and stretches from 76,5 to 80 degrees North. The trip is just over 1200km.  We paddled 39 days and had 10 days off due to bad weather or tired bodies. The tent stood up to 7 weeks of consistently cold, wet, salty and windy conditions and 24 hour sunlight. The fact that it goes up so quickly is especially appreciated when you are cold and wet.

Regards
Miriam Odlin

From John, New Zealand – Pursuit Pack
Hi Macpac,

I used my Pursuit for the Pacific Crest Trail this year. Lots of others had the ultralightweight packs but some were on their third pack before they reached the Canadian border. And they couldn't sit on them in the snow, like I did, so had to sit on the snow instead.

But the best compliment of all came somewhere in Oregon, after I'd hiked more than 3000km, when someone asked me if it was the same pack I'd started the trip with ``because it looks too new''. The irony is that I've had this pack since 1999 and bought it from you guys as an ex hire pack!

Praise indeed.

Cheers
JH

. . . here are a couple of pix of the Pursuit in action in the Mojave desert, and another couple in the Sierra. I still can't believe I got 12 days food, snowshoes, ice axe, crampons etc etc and an anti-bear cannister in a Pursuit!



From Mark, New Zealand, Mountain Guide – Pursuit Pack
I’ve been thrashing my Pursuit on ski mountaineering trips and guiding on Mt Cook. I really like the pack’s weight – it’s perfect for four to five day climbs. I recently took it on an expedition to the Antarctic Peninsula and it got soaked in sea spray, dragged through penguin poo, rain storms, snow and sunshine. My gear inside stayed dry and clean. We climbed and ski toured for two weeks and I never needed a bigger pack. Thoroughly recommend it to anyone into moving light and fast in the outdoors who can pack sensibly.

Mark Sedon, Mountain Guide, Adventure Consultants, Wanaka, New Zealand

From Fiona, New Zealand – Olympus Tent
We have owned our Macpac Olympus since about 1990; gee that’s nearly 17 years. It’s been fantastic. I remember buying it as it was the last thing we bought before we took out our mortgage. Knowing once we started down that path it would be a while before we would be in a position to afford one. We have used it in all conditions, starting off with just the two of us. We were involved in land SAR (Search and Rescue) at the time and we loved to camp so we took it everywhere, lightweight camping around New Zealand in our FJ40 Land cruiser.

We were both involved with Civil Defence as well, myself in West Auckland and my husband  on the North Shore, with  our respective Rescue teams. Needless to say I saw the light, moved to the North Shore and Joined his team. Over the years we have pulled out our Olympus, while we have been on exercise, put it up in minutes, and collapsed exhausted, to have a great night sleep, knowing that it would perform for us. When our son joined us in ‘93 not much changed, there was just 3 of us instead of 2.

One memorable experience happened, while we were on a Civil Defence exercise in the Far North Region. You know what their weather can be like. We had huge storms overnight, rescue teams were being evacuated through the night as their tents came down, it was howling a gale. My husband and I worked a lot of the night on exercise and helping others through. While all the destruction was happening all around our son slept soundly, oblivious to everything around him in our Macpac tent. It was really funny, but not really. Our Macpac Olympus went beyond our expectations and kept our boy safe. 

So thanks for a Great Product, it’s still in use and we look after it well.
 
Fiona Halliwell

From Backpacker Gear Guide 2007 – Olympus Tent
“. . . the Olympus shines in full-on 4th-season mountain environments. Macpac launched the Olympus 23 years ago, and since then the only major changes to the wind and snow-shedding three-pole tunnel design have come by way of stronger and lighter materials. During a weekend trek on New Zealand’s Fox Glacier, our two testers were able to pitch the Olympus in under 10 minutes in heavy wind.”

Backpacker (USA) Gear Guide, March 2007

From Miriam, Norway – Olympus Tent
Hi,
I bought an Olympus in New Zealand at the start of last year.  It has since been used in Norway for various trips to the mountains and the sea.  We recently lived in it for 7 weeks while we paddled around an island in the Arctic (Spitsbergen).
Spitsbergen is the largest island in the Svalbard archipelego and stretches from 76,5 to 80 degrees North. The trip is just over 1200km.  We paddled 39 days and had 10 days off due to bad weather or tired bodies. The tent stood up to 7 weeks of consistently cold, wet, salty and windy conditions and 24 hour sunlight. The fact that it goes up so quickly is especially appreciated when you are cold and wet.

Regards
Miriam Odlin