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In 1977 I bought a down sleeping bag for wilderness XC skiing. I think it was a Mountain Designs. Down sleeping bags were not all that common in those days, and in this thing even sleeping on the snow well sub zero I used to suffer from heat prostration.
Well the zip went heavenward and I...
For those in Oz.
Big Aldi sale coming up on 6 July. Includes merino wool jackets, T-shirts, and underwear, down jackets and vests, headlamps and backpacks, plus a few other things. I would skip the hiking boots as on past experience they are rubbish but the merino clothing is great. The packs...
G'day,
My local library had a copy of this on display (not for loan):
Noel Braun: "The day was made for Walking - an Aussie's search for meaning on the Camino de Santiago" Sid Horta Publications P/L, ABN 46 119 415 842.
It's a new release, and my bookstore doesn't even have a computer listing...
G'day all.
For those in Oz, at least on the East Coast, Aldi's winter sale is scheduled for Saturday 19 May. My catalogue arrived today.
They again have a Premium ski shell jacket, for $119. This is virtually a Goretex jacket - the material appears the same and claimed specs for...
"We are the Pigrims, master, we shall go
Always a little further: it may be
Beyond the last blue mountain, barred with snow.
Across that angry or that glimmering sea,
While on a throne or guarded in a cave
There lies a prophet who can understand
Why men were born: but surely we are brave
Who...
G'day,
We're having a new kitchen and in the general clean-up found a beautiful tin with the remains of a gift of Grisettes from Montpelier given to my my wife around 30 years ago.
At the time we overlooked the significance of the link with the Camino, and never imagined that I would one day...
G'day,
I'm Australian, 69, and plan to head off from St Jean on 1 March 2014.
Questions:
Is the Route Napoleon permanently closed in winter/March or only as weather conditions from time to time dictate?
Is the albergue at Viskarret open in early March?
The Boss and her sister are coming...
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