What do I need to go backpacking?
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- A training backpacking hike, trying to get used to carrying heavy packs again before a big trip this summer. Along the way I share a few things I've learnt having done this for a few decades. If you can add more, please do so in the comments.
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So much to be said for just going for a walk in the hills and an overnight, without turning it into a peak-ticking challenge and, as you say, coming back with no injuries so you can do it all again soon.
Yes Mike - we could easily have spoiled a good walk.
That’s a very long ‘dog’ walk!! 😮Enjoyed the lovely hills and the view! And loved the background music!
What stunning landscapes to have so close to your home. I think Scotland can be stunning irrespective of the weather. Thank you for sharing it with us.
I wish to join such adventures. The landscapes always attract me and I wanna feel the chilling wind on my face. As always❤
Love the Scottish landscape. About time for another trip there.
One way to stay warm, an hour before you sleep is to pour hot water into your Nalgene bottle, cover the bottle with a sock, and place it at the bottom of the bag (feet area). When you enter your bag, hug the bottle for a warm night's sleep. You will wake warm and happy. :)
Loads of good tips and great footage, thanks.
Definitely Agree on the Sea to summit pillow.
Great video and beautiful scenery. I can't wait for the next bike video.
Coming at the weekend hopefully.
I really enjoy your videos. You are lucky to live in such a beautiful country with all those amazing hills. We live in the Netherlands, where the landscape is mainly flat. Thanks for all the practical tips. I hope there will be many more videos to follow.
Glad you like them. I know how lucky I am, although I enjoyed racing an Ironman in Maastricht. We see lots of Dutch cars on our roads in summer.
I just spent 10 days backpacking in the Scottish highlands, and ran into a number of Dutch people getting their "hills fix".
My always carry along with the other stuff is a Mobile Phone a backup battery and my trusty Satellite Tracker.
Another enjoyable informative video with great scenery. Interested in your training for multiday hiking. At 71, I find I need to increase pack weight slowly 1kg per week if no issues, at same distance, before extending distance, eliminating (hopefully) potential injuries. ( also doing strength training) .
Looking forward to your Iceland video. Last in Iceland 2018 ran the midnight half marathon.
That sounds great fun!
Thanks for this video! 😊
Thank you.
Liz is wise. Keep on keeping on 😁
Oh yes.
Excellent as always. You don’t need to travel far to have a wee adventure. I would be interested to know what you carry extra for Maggie-Moo - I try to minimise what I carry for our Border, Culter. The large water carrier looks good and the Iceland trip sounds exciting.
We're still learning what Maggie needs. Food of course, and some treats. Our down jackets make a great bed for her, with a rectangle of regular insulated mat underneath which I carry down the back of my pack and use to sit on at rest-stops and lunch. She's 10 now, so we have to be careful not to give her too much to do. That said, she goes better than us the next day!
Another great video - thank you. I'm curious about your trekking poles as I have just bought a pair in preparation of a trek/climb and I'm learning how to use them. Neither one of you seems to use the straps - is this a conscious choice?
There are two aspects to this. Firstly, you only see when I've taken the strap off, set up the camera, then grabbed the pole and walked past, so it's not a true picture of how we hike most of the time. However, I do discard the straps when going downhill or scrambling. I was with someone in winter who slipped and couldn't discard his pole quickly enough. Thus encumbered he broke a leg in two places and we all had to await rescue - in winter. On long, plodding hikes the straps are great!
@@alwaysanotheradventurehmm, I find the use of straps on the downhill takes a lot of pressure off the hands and grip, and is less fatiguing.
However, I did find myself on a couple of occasions recently still attached to my poles as they disappeared into an unexpected deep bog.
Maybe I need to think more on this. Thanks for raising the point, Simon.
Mold - you absolutely can get mould in the air mat. And if someone else breaths it in when they pump it up by mouth can get unwell.
Pumping - I always use a micro battery air pump as it lasts me 10 days minimum. Takes a minute to pump up the mat maybe 3 perhaps.
If you can prove mould grows in inflatable sleeping pads, there's a guy on RUclips will give you money for the evidence.
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@@alwaysanotheradventure I got one. Don’t give a toss if he wants to give me money or not.
If you do forest trails and tracks which are less rough, you can use a Benpacker. I bought one from a specialist bike and walking trailer builder in the Black Forest (called Ben!) In Germany. A two wheel rugged trailer attached by a wide comfy padded waistbelt. You have to choose less steep rugged ground but the pluses are very little weight, nothing on your back and you can take a few more bits and pieces e.g. a helinox chair, more food etc. Check out his site and videos on RUclips...just search on Benpacker. I'm still experimenting with it. It should go on buses and trains too so you can be very flexible. I'm thinking of taking my Benpacker on a part of the Stevenson Trail in France where I live. At nearly 70 years I'm finding backpacking a bit tough. I'm still experimenting with what me and my Benpacker can do, but it's another option.
I had a 1st generation air mat that I blew up by mouth, and the internal baffles delaminated, causing bulges that made it unusable. No evidence of mold, but I suspect accumulated moisture led to delamination.
My replacement came with a battery pump, and has lasted MUCH longer. Although part of that is probably that being a 2nd generation pad, many of the quality issues have been ironed out.
The pump battery lasts WEEKS, not days
Any chance of a kit list?... interested in your footwear and water filter that you use in particular!
I'm still experimenting and just tried a new pair of boots today. I'll post something after the Iceland trip and aim to post a what-wirked-what-didn't video. For filter, I'm using Hyrdapack fleximble bottles- a 1L and 1.5L amzn.to/45d9EFT
8:58 Overlain. Nice software though, thanks. (see also, circuitous ). Very useful, thanks.
A couple of lapses by this normally very well spoken narrator. But have you heard the English on other outdoor channels?
I never thought about this before, but looking into it, I believe overlaid is correct.
Overlain is the past participle of overlie which would mean one completely covered the other, like rock strata.
Overlaid is the past participle of overlay, and that's the term we use regularly in film-making when adding one shot over an interview - B-roll over A-roll - to illustrate what the person is talking about.
english.stackexchange.com/questions/104076/overlaid-or-overlain-as-an-adjective
@@alwaysanotheradventure You're quite right and I should know better as I teach English as a foreign language. Only transitive verbs can be made passive in English. Overlie is intransitive and the transitive equivalent is overlay with the past participle overlaid. My apologies.
Have you made any videos about watches you’d recommend?
I haven't Graham. Mine's a Garmin 745 but quite old and not that great battery life.