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Mickledore. Absolutely satisfied with them.

Well, it took three years, but my wife and I walked Hadrian’s Wall Path in mid May.


It was my wife’s style of hiking – B&B to B&B, showers every night, pub dinners, luggage advanced for us...

I agree with the spontaneity and the serendipity of trail magic.

I remember sitting on a rock at ST John ledges (?) eating my SPAM tortilla when two day hikers came up. We talked for a while and...

Camillus ‘demo’ knife that I’ve carried for 49 years now. Small Swiss Army knife in my FAK.

This could be more important than the boots vs shoes debate.

I put mine in my tent at the foot of my sleeping bag in a plastic grocery bag to keep everything clean. I loosen up the laces and pull up the insoles si that the boots air out and dry.

I...

Resoled, damn autocorrect.

I’m hard on heels. I had a pair of my Lowa’s reheeled and wear them around but not hiking. They squeak some and I sound like a one man band walking.

I wore jungle boots some in the Army but they were too narrow to suit me. I agree the soles were good in mud. I mostly wore the issue leg boots in the field. Jump boots, unless you got them resolved,...

I’ve told this before here …

one of the zippers on my Atmos 65 separated from the pack material. I sent in some pictures to get a repair time and cost estimate. They sent me a new pack.

Exactly, the flat shape fits well in a side pocket of my pack.

I market it in ounces on one side for buying fuel and “burns” on the other side.

I use a 375 ml Jack Daniels bottle for my fuel. Somehow it seems appropriate.

My professional engineering advice: See a doctor - don’t take medical ( or professional engineering ) advice from the internet.

You never realize how much you miss something:banana

Taking out the hearing aids works also.

I went to the Darn Tough rep at Trail Days. I showed him the dirty, wet socks with a hole on my feet. He didn’t have the same size/color/style on hand but mailed a pair to my house. He didn’t ask for...

I have one and use it on the trail. When you soak it it really absorbs the water and swells up. It doesn’t drip badly after the outside dries, mine came with an outer cover. If it’s newly wet I put...

Consider a Frio wallet

https://www.frioinsulincoolingcase.com/

I’m not afraid of heights … but I respect edges.


AATW

Roots - snake root, slider, tripper, hooker aka snake head

Like I wrote to my engineer friends at the time “what are the coefficients of static and dynamic friction for wet and dry vibram and rock?”

They fit well and felt fine. I’d be afraid of slipping on wet sloping rock slabs, I’m thinking north out of the Mohican Outdoor Center in NJ.

They maybe fine in the desert. Indiana Jones would...

Lowa Renegades

not oboz

I do the same thing but I use the inner seal from a can of NIDO.

I got on FB specifically to share my hike. I don’t write a daily journal but only share photos and inconsequential thoughts. It’s easier to tell people to look at your FB than to send emails or...