Rental
| Renting products for the YAU |
Some of the gear you will need for the YAU can be very expensive if you have to buy it. Other gear you may only need once or may not want to transport it all the way to the Yukon and back. So, you may look for gear that you can rent.
In this section I will give you an overview on the gear that you can rent while in the Yukon. If you want to rent please contact me:
Robert Pollhammer
Phone: +49 (0) 8821-9436061
Email: info@thegreatoutdoors.de
Also, if you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.
P.S. Another way to save some money may be to buy or borrow used gear from athletes who have done the YAU already. You can send me an email and I will include your enquiry in one of the next newsletters. And you may want to use the YAU forum in order to get in touch with athletes who have done the YAU in previous years.
For rental sleds we have two options:
1) The Northern Sled Works Siglin Pulk which is made in Fairbanks, Alaska. For details and features please check out our section on Pulk Sleds.
The rental sled comes with comes with poles but without a harness, cover or bag.
Rental is EUR 110.00 including tax (regardless of the distance you enter).
2) The Acapulka Scandic Tour 120 fibreglass pulk. Again, for details please check out our section on Pulk Sleds. As with the Siglin, the poles are included but no harness. However, the Scandic Tour 120 comes with a cover!
Rental is EUR 250.00 including tax (regardless of the distance you enter).
For rental harnesses we offer two options, too.
1)
The
Snowsled harnesses we rent out are available in 3 sizes. The sizes are minimum body
waist measurements:
32 – 35 in (81 – 89 cm)
36 – 41 in (92 – 104 cm)
42 – 46 in
(107 – 117 cm)
The
following instructions are from Snowsled:
- Bear
in mind that you may well feel more comfortable wearing your harness slightly
lower than your waist, possibly at hip level. The sizes above allow for thermal
and shell clothing layers.
- The
belts use a duel density foam layer within a hard wearing Cordura cover, the
softer foam being on the inside. At times you may find it more comfortable to
haul with the waistbelt loosened.
- Adjustable
shoulder straps are a double layer of 50 mm webbing, with a moveable and
adjustable chest strap to ensure a comfortable fit.
- Standard
harnesses are designed for hauling by either ropes or rigid shafts – our
rental harness will have both.
Rental is EUR 35.00 including tax (regardless of the distance you enter).
2) The Acapulka harness. This harness also includes shoulder straps. The size is "one size fits all".
Rental is EUR 55.00 including tax (regardless of the distance you enter).
If you need a sled bag, we have two different sizes of bags from Snowsled for you. There is the half size bag:
It weighs 0.6 kg and has a capacity of 125 litres. Rental is EUR 39.00 including tax (regardless of the distance you enter).
And there is the full size bag which weighs 1.15 kg and has a capacity of 250 litres. Rental is EUR 49.00 including tax (regardless of the distance you enter).
Lestra, a French specialist company for producing sleeping systems and backpacks have designed a Yukon Arctic Ultra Special Edition Down Sleeping bag.
The technical features:
Extreme temperature range: down to - 46° C
Weight: 2,300 g (incl. stuff sack)
Size: 225 cm long, 55 cm wide in the foot area and 90 cm wide at the shoulders
Packing size: can be compressed to 32 x 35 cm
Fabric outside/inside: 290T Micro Polyster, wind, water and dirt resistant
Fill: 1,500 g original white quality down (95/5) and 750 Cuin
Including a rugged compression stuff sack from 150D Oxford Nylon
The YAU extras: In order for the sleeping bag to work well at the Yukon Arctic Ultra and other extreme cold weather adventures the sleeping bag has some extras designed into it, e.g. double zipper cover, extra large YKK quality zippers in order to open and close it with gloves, extra insulation in the head area, a bag for water bladders inside.
The regular sales price is EUR 699.00. Lestra provides us with 10 rental sleeping bags, i.e. "first come first serve". The rental fee is EUR 250.00 regardless of the race distance. Also, YAU athletes may purchase the sleeping bag for EUR 599.00. If you are interested, please send an email to info@thegreatoutdoors.de.
Bivouac Bags and Mattress
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The rental sleeping bag includes a Lestra bivouac bag and self-inflating mattress.
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