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  1. Moorwalker

    It Is Normal For Feet and Knees to Become Sore

    Ligaments and joints take a lot longer than muscles to strengthen and adapt, and longer to recover if you damage them. That's why being active well before you go is a good idea, also building up at the start and not pushing too hard initially. Many people don't realise that walking every day is...
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    I don’t like mummy sleeping bags

    You are not tho only one. I started using a quilt for backpacking a very long time ago, way before you could buy camping quilts so I made my own. There is no need for a zipped sleeping bag, just wrap a fleece blanket or quilt around you.
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    Packing Toiletries for Lightweight Travel on the Camino de Santiago

    This. I've encountered people who try to do the no soap or no shampoo thing and they all smelled like rancid sheep. You get used to your own smell and don't notice it.
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    Packing Toiletries for Lightweight Travel on the Camino de Santiago

    Soap is actively bad for hair though. It won't matter if your hair is short but people with longer hair may find that it leaves the hair rough and dull.
  5. Moorwalker

    Issues with New Merrells for First Long Hike

    Tell me about it. I take a small size but have very wide Hobbit feet and finding shoes that I can even get my feet into is a nightmare. My partner takes a large size but very narrow and he gets a similar problem in that apparently men are supposed to have wide, clunky feet. Between us we can...
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    Sleeping bag or sleeping sheet?

    It depends a lot on how warm or cold you tend to sleep. I'm a cold sleeper so I always err on the side of carrying something over-rated for the expected temperatures, my partner sleeps warm and will happily curl up under a sheet when I'm shivering. If you're walking in June it's unlikely to be...
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    Best way to carry a sleeping bag: inside or outside the pack?

    I'm wondering here what pack you have, since very few lightweight packs have that sort of thing.
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    Packing Toiletries for Lightweight Travel on the Camino de Santiago

    Bear in mind though that you are very limited as to how much liquid you can take into an aircraft cabin in carry-on luggage so make sure that you don't go over the total limit. For conditioner when my hair was long I used a tiny drop of olive oil rubbed through the ends of my hair, and it's...
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    Best way to carry a sleeping bag: inside or outside the pack?

    You need to try it with the sleeping bag you intend to take. The volume is extremely variable, although the general rule is that to get a light, warm, non-bulky bag costs more than a cheaper, more bulky one. it will also depend on when you intend to travel, in summer you only really need a sheet...
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    Best way to carry a sleeping bag: inside or outside the pack?

    It will depend to some extent on how bluky your sleeping bag is, but I can pack full camping kit including a tent, stove, sleeping pad and bag into a 40L pack with no difficulty. I would never hang my sleeping bag outside of my pack, of all the kit it's the thing that I least want to get wet.
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    Lone Peak 5 (Wide)

    The statistics show that mid cut boots don't actually give any real protection to your ankles, there are just as many injuries wearing those as wearing low cut shoes. You might consider using a light ankle support if you're worried.
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    Lone Peak 5 (Wide)

    It's infuriating, isn't it? I have my bike shoes sent from the US for the same reason. I don't even have the option of buying men's shoes which are usually cut wider because I take a small size.
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    Caution of Ignoring "Listen to your body" rule

    I strongly suspect that many of the foot and leg problems that people experience is because they try to do too much, too soon. The commonly quoted 33 days requires a lot of walking and unless you are a regular long distance walker it may well cause injuries. It takes at least 3 months for...
  14. Moorwalker

    Backpack indecision help!

    There are lots of videos online, however if you can, I would go to a physiotherapist who can analyze your problem and prescribe suitable exercises. Don't go to an osteopath unless they have considerable experience in dealing with post-surgery treatment, and don't even think about going to a...
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    To the Breast Cancer Survivors...

    Thanks for the hug. I don't know if walking the distance is going to be possible again. I'd love to do the Ingles but the distances between stops can be quite big and I've never been an enthusiast for trekking huge distances in a day, I'm a slow ambler who likes to look at things along the way.
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