melinda wrote:Hi all,
I ended up wearing a pair of Salomon trail runners similar to those pictured below:
I'm used to walking in these shoes and had no problems with them.
I did do some of the muddy sidetracks and just added gaiters.
We did have pretty perfect weather so I guess we were quite lucky.
Melinda
melinda wrote:Hi all,
I ended up wearing a pair of Salomon trail runners similar to those pictured below:
I'm used to walking in these shoes and had no problems with them.
I did do some of the muddy sidetracks and just added gaiters.
We did have pretty perfect weather so I guess we were quite lucky.
Melinda
Lizzy wrote:Hi Jelly Bean,
I have also recently tried to go a bit more light weight- I have tried some Dunlop KT26's which some UL walkers appear to be fans of- overall I am comfortable with a shoe but don't think KT's are not the best for me- sore toes and feet. I used to do outdoor courses up in QLD and salomen hiking shoes were excellent. Still not sure about these in Tassie or NZ... will be interested to see how you fair in a bit of weather.
On a recent trip to NZ I took a montbell sleeping bag less than 600g and rated to about zero which I think should be ok for most of my trips in Aus & NZ- need to look at a lightwweight jacket to boost it when needed. Also bought the neoair which I love- the whole setup is so much lighter and smaller than my usual its great.
Hard to beat the NZ'ers though- they carry a cup rather than a couple of litres of water (but then again water water everywhere....).
In my reoutfitting I also got an Aarn pack and the redistribution of alot of the weight to front packs has been great for me...makes everything feel much lighter . Althouggh I would be interested to hear how people have faired off track with these packs as they have quite a few straps etc.
Have a great walk and will be interested to hear what worked for you.
Cheers Lizzy
PS- I did the Acropolis & Labirynth years ago and loved them both!!
melinda wrote:Once you get 'light weight' sorted you will never go back to 'heavy weight'!
melinda wrote:I'm really glad to hear you and your mates are going to the new members night. I'm sure you'll enjoy it!
Let me know how it went!
melinda wrote:The new program is great, so hope to see you on a walk soon.
melinda wrote:If you have any questions what so ever let me know.
You'll find my private email address on walks program and magazine.
Hope to meet you soon.
melinda wrote:Good luck on the ^^^ bike trip!!!
melinda wrote:Was on a walk on Saturday and one of the guys turned up with what looked like a 4 litre can of paint from a well know paint manufacturing company.
It was some sort of promotional product, but it was full of JELLYBEANS.
It made me think of you. Gee I laughed. Do they call you Jellybean because you eat a lot on walks????
Melinda
Son of a Beach » Mon 11 Jan, 2010 2:50 pm wrote:
We did have a topic with a long debate on this issue on the forums. I can't find it now, and think I might have foolishly and erroneously deleted it because it also contained an excessive amount of personal attacks and other such rule breaches...
...OK, finally recovered what information I could and deleted/edited a lot of stuff that was rule-breaking or close to it (about 4 hours work), and the recovered topic is now here: Bushwalking with running shoes
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