The image of drifting off to sleep slowly rocking in a hammock is many people's idea of heaven. But while they can be excellent for napping, can you sleep in a hammock every night or is it the ...

Sleeping, then, as opposed to eating, is of almost double importance, since it consumes nearly twice as much time — and time, in itself, is the most valuable thing in the w orld.

Switzerland-based company SWITRA has come up with SwissTrail, a one-person tree tent featuring an ergonomic structure.

and is very useful for hammock and bivouac camping, where you don't have much space for wriggling in and out of a sleeping bag. We can't decide if we like the colour of the Icefall. Like all of ...