Hiking Boots (2025)
If you want to know why I think the purchase of your hiking boots is one of the most important[…]
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Gear Replacements Across the Ages
Over 18 years ago I was fortunate enough to backpack through Europe for 10 months and consequently went through much[…]
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All our gear looks the same
From my research so far on these pilgrimages, be it the Camino-Frances or otherwise, occasionally you read about a weary[…]
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The Evolution of my Hydration System (HS)
Early on in my Pre-Camino training I realised the importance of keeping hydrated while stacking on the kilometres. And while[…]
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Final Bits ‘n’ Pieces
Exciting little package arrived in the mail today. All the way from Europe it was from the Camino de Santiago[…]
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Rain Pants
Well I’m still unsure whether I’ll be taking these with me but if you read my last Training post you’ll[…]
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RFID Blocking Tactical Wallet
It’s unfortunate to say but an RFID Blocking wallet is a necessary purchase when travelling nowadays. I know from a[…]
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Outer Hiking Crew Socks (Heavyweight) #2
I won’t bang on about these Heavyweight Outer Hiking socks too much as this is the second pair I’ve bought[…]
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LiteForge Carabiner (x2)
What do you do when you want to hang BIGGER stuff from your pack? I recently asked myself a similar[…]
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S-Biner (x3)
What do you do when you want to hang stuff from your pack? You get yourself some light-weight aluminium S-Biners[…]
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