That was a sound we kept on hearing as we went on a huge weekend of purchasing hiking gear. We've got all the major items sorted now: backpacks, sleeping bags, shoes, sandals, socks, rain/wind jackets, thermals tops, etc.
Our biggest dilemma was who to listen to for shoe/boot advice. Some retailers were obvious n00bs, while others had had a lot of experience and strongly recommended one way or another. Some recommended the ankle support boots provided; others recommended the lighter weight of shoes with a solid sole. Some recommended the water resistance Gore-Tex provides; others recommended cooler non-Gore-Tex footwear. Nobody recommended leather. A mountain of discarded footwear later, we finally settled on some light weight water resistant Raichle hiking shoes.
We then got so sweeeeeet Montane jackets (our most expensive purchases to date). Now we're just waiting for some suitably shit weather to try them out in.
Oh, I'm mainly just naming the items we bought as a reference point for anybody else doing the same type of hiking.
We're supposed to stay well under 10kgs pack weight. Hannah is currently on 5kgs (including shoes & sandals); I'm on 6.7kgs (including shoes, sandals & DSLR camera gear). We've got the vast majority of our gear, it's mainly just toiletries we still need to include.
To try them out, we're heading up to the 1000 Steps in the Dandenongs on Saturday. I'm just hoping for some suitably shit weather. ;-)
2 comments:
Nice pose Jase! I know what you were thinking in this pic......
"I lifted my arms up very high, crushed a zit i had right in the middle of my back between my shoulder blades, and if I lift them a lil bit higher, I just might get the sucker to pop!"
-Brad
OMG, you guessed my secret!
The jacket was white when I originally bought it. Damn self-popping zits!
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