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I so agree with the energy management! I've seen far too many people hiking too many km's on their first 2 or 3 days (back pack full with supplies for 5 or more days, etc) and then having to bail due to injuries. Take it easy for the first couple of days and when your body is in tune - add more km's to your daily hike if you want to. Great tips again Mowser!

Mowser Like you I have a cupboard full of boots looking for the grail but all i needed to do was listen to Mowser, yesterday I purchased a pair of Lowa's same model as yours already feel like slippers thank you for the sound advice now all I need is a sherpa to carry my kit . Thanks again JB

For me, only wool. Various weights, but my hats are only wool. I also have a couple of wool neck gaiters. For me, its hard to be comfortable if my neck is cold.

Agree with the pacing/patience combo, so essential for having a rewarding day on trail and arriving at your destination not fully exhausted. But so difficult to do! I hike at what seems to me my natural pace and I force myself to take breaks, this seems to work. Also, micro rest stops to look at the surroundings, appreciate the landscape and assess the path ahead.

Pace and walking solo are a game changer, it's nice to catch up with people in a hut or campsite at the end of the day and on breaks but walking for me is more comfortable at my own pace.

The Map Reading Company is a fantastic channel for learning how to use a map and compass. Its absolutely an essential skill.

I still cant get into trail runners for hiking. With all of the rock fields here in Norway, i prefer the foot and ankle protection of a boot

Hey M did you share a square poo joke with the wombat

Great content! These kind of videos where you touch on the "soft skills" of hiking are really good and they stand out from the competition. Common sense and insights presented really well. You're killing it!

I rate the tortise technique, it allows my to seamlesly transition to the sloth technique once at camp

Legend content as always Mowser. I love my friday afternoons, finish work, get home and relax, crack a beer and check youtube, and there it is, a Mowser vid. It's become something that defines my weekend. Thank you for all you are doing. It is appreciated.

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Another good one, Mowser. Appreciate that you share the knowledge and wisdom that you've gained through experience to help your viewers learn more meaningfully about hiking. Your content is unique. Please keep it up.

Great topics, really refreshing to hear a discussing about hiking itself and not the products you take hiking.

I don't know if this qualifies as a mental thing, but I think you have to realize what age does to you. When I was young, I didn't have to prepare much for a big trek. I could practically exhaust myself on day one, kinda recover overnight, and do it again, and I'd get stronger every day. I never even looked at a gym. Much older now, and I either have to be in the gym regularly, or pace myself and take recovery days. I really took a certain level of fitness for granted when I was young. 😂

Underrated hiking tactic ... Lag behind. I hate feeling/knowing there's someone behind me, and I'm possibly holding them back. So I lag behind and I'm usually the last in my group. I feel more free this way and psychologically this helps me keep my own pace. This also means I'm mindful of my distancing from the person in front of me. I keep a good amount of space between us. Added benefit: I'll let the others encounter the danger noodles first.

You’re gunna be at 100k subs by next year

Your variety of video content is great. These ones with your thoughts and strategies are interesting. Breaks up all the hiking videos from the UK, US and Canada that are just gear related or show people sitting in a tent when its windy. On maps, they are so much more full of content than a GPS. To me it is like comparing reading a book to reading a computer screen.

Mowser, awesome content keep it up dude

Great video, like it. Maybe you can also recommend alternatives with similar strengths: 3-season, durability, light weight and high quality?

A lie is just the truth in the wrong context

My wife and I were on a hike last weekend in Northern Norway. We got a late start (too late. The hike to the cabin took twice as long as we thought because of a trail reroute.). We got caught on a mountain with darkness coming and thick fog rolling in. Thankfully we were prepared with a tarp and the knowledge to set it up without trees. It was uncomfortable but we never felt we were in danger. We made hot food and tea to keep warm. It was exhausting but it could have been much worse.

Great video. I wish I’d seen it before I purchased the Big Agnes copper spur. I camped in a storm in the Bogong high plains last summer with strong winds. The Big Agnes managed ok but I did find the side of the tent kept pushing in against me and I got a little wet. If I ever choose to upgrade I will definitely look at the slingfin

I have only carried alcohol twice in the 34 years I’ve been hiking…an over night hike up to Feathertop in winter we carried a small plastic bottle with port and to Wilson’s Prom Lighthouse took a small bladder of wine as a treat. But I have seen people hike with beer cans and glass bottles of whiskey 😂

I bought a decathalon 2 person tent for solo winter. ❤

Should i carry a 2 person if im solo?

I use the short gaiters with my ski bibs. I tuck the cuff of the bibs into the gaitors that prevents scree and drift snow in winter.

Ankle gaiters or short gaitors dont work with winter boots very well the winter boots have a h8gher cuff 9ver the ankles.

I lke the gaitors to clip tightly to the boots.

Gaitors under the overpants??? What???😮

They're bloody warm. ❤

I also have a pair of short gaitors. ❤

I have a pair of crocodile gaitors. ❤

Im a tarp and bivy so im afraid i lst my poles quite some time ago 🤣🤣🤣

Question Mowser- seems like a fair bit of stuff still on top of tent once you get to camp? You have to pull out 4-5 small bags plus jackets etc. on ground to setup tent? Is that just ‘life’ as you may still need access to all that stuff throughout day? Asking having not done multi days yet…

The 4ds i cant wear them❤ my feet are too wide.

Heyya when you say "thermals" do you mean midweight? Do you mean baselayers? Long underwear? Do you wear the marino tshirt under the thermal layer? ❤

Hey mate. What with all the scrub? I mean where is the trail i dont see you 9n any trail all i see is bushwacking thru scrub??? Whats the deal?

Gaia seems to be jumping around a bit. Not sure whats wrong.

My MEC draco sleeping bag is a 1 kg bag(2lbs) and its great it works really well 8 ❤ it. Its down and its rated to 0° which if you want to sleep in november with 0° overnight you need a 0° bag. I also have a 10° sea to summit bag liner just in case. Ive carries the bag liner alot even though i dont use it. I supoose i shoyld get a -10° down bag but most of the time i dont use it. It is uncomfortable to pop out the tent at 0° but 9nce you get thr bag liner and back in the bag you warmnup fast. It did save my ass one time. 👍

Decathlon 👍 just bought the shorts. Great fit. Euro sizes though.

I own the inReach Explorer+ and was also concerned with loosing the device with the carabiner that Garmin provides. I simply purchased a locking carabiner that was a little tight when installed. Over time, the strap stretched out a bit and the fit is snug. I can carry the unit outside on my fanny pack belt or backpack straps with high degree of confidence that it won't slip off.

The Kea Stash bag is a game changer for leave no trace hikes. Rolls all rubbish up into a small cylinder that you shove down the side of your pack or clip on. Odour free and can double as an emergency water bladder. Compresses down the rubbish from those non ration items that I know you love 😉 From one of your other videos, recommend loosing the toilet paper and replacing with portawipes coins and a Kula cloth.

Thanks