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  1. Bogong

    Poncho in SJPDP?

    Interesting. I walked winter 2014 and the weather from St J P de p was vile. Two pilgrims that first day had their ponchos completely shredded by Roncrsvalles. De Colores. Bogong
  2. Bogong

    Asics running shoe durability

    What I’m going to say might upset some prople and cause some disagreement. For 58 years or so I’ve been a jogger including daily runs of up to 15 miles and marathon training. I’ve tried virtually every brand of funner except now there seem to be more brands than there are people in the London...
  3. Bogong

    Chinese shops???

    I’ve heard of a number of fires triggered by phones on charge but it has always been due to the lithium batteries in the phones overcharging and overheating, never the cords or chargers. A few months back, people in a house a few blocks away went on their early morning walk leaving a mobile...
  4. Bogong

    Smelly boots

    Absolutely correct. But also if the rain is more than just a slight shower the waterproof quality of goretex is dubious, and really hardly much better than ant other synthetic upper
  5. Bogong

    Rain jacket recommendations

    Iwalked late winter and it snowed, sleeted, rained, hailed and blew most of the way. I wore a heavy duty goretex jacket and was soaked through except when it sowed. It was my third gortetex jacket all of which leaked like seives. This one leaked where the pack straps bore on it and they also...
  6. Bogong

    Smelly boots

    Yes, first get rid of the Goretex. Feet get sweaty and it doesn’t take very much to overload this stuff ie it won’t wick the moisture away. In other words it traps your sweat. You’ll never be able to wash away the smell.Also in reasonably heavy rain or puddles it defies the advertising claims...
  7. Bogong

    Shoes & Mileage!

    I’ve been a regular runner/ jogger/ huffer and puffer for over 55 yesrs but more a walker now. Any running shoe/ trainer etc should handle the 800k-odd Frances with ease and still have a bit left. Expect wear on the heels and maybe soles starting to part from the uppers, but certainly not the...
  8. Bogong

    OH NO! No more New Balance on the SL-2

    Hmm. I’ve been a runner for over 50 years although now reduced to walking after a series of bad trips and head plants. Reading the posts here it seems there are more shoe brands now than there are names in the London telephone directory. Over the years my family and I have tried nearly all the...
  9. Bogong

    HOKA warning

    Here’s why I worry about some of the posts about people’s experiences. There is sometimes a counter opinion. I bought a pair of top model New Balance runners in Washington DC. They had been nominated as top running shoe of the year by a US running magazine( I think it was called Runners World)...
  10. Bogong

    The Perfect (almost) Backpack?

    I’m so glad you posted this, Doug. I’ve been concerned for some time that there are posts about equipment, particularly also on footwear and certain types of raingear, that get close to crossing the line into blatant advertising. De colores. Bogong
  11. Bogong

    When It Rains It Pours?

    I walked in winter a fee years back now. You can expect any kinds of weather. For me it snowed, sleeted, hailed, rained and blew all the way except for some glorious weather through the meseta. I would suggest a good poncho, but several people I saw had their ponchos completely shredded in the...
  12. Bogong

    Umbrella for sun and rain - buy good quality (expensive) or just use a cheap one?

    Just grab a cheap one. Expensive or cheap they will still blow out in heavy wind. If it breaks just get another one day from a Chinese store. I had an ultra expensive Kirps folding one once. Diabolically difficult both to put up and Jake down Eventually it was stolen. But experience from a...
  13. Bogong

    Packing List : T shirts : Merino wool or synthetic quick dry ?

    There should be quite a lot on this topic in earlier posts over some years. In a nutshell, forget the quick dry purported”wick” stuf. It’s basically a con. Some of it is quite expensive. What you’ll find is it’s generally a mix of a synthetic with cotton eg 85% polyester, 15% cotton is what I...
  14. Bogong

    Headlamp question

    Great! I bought the cheapest one I could find. They were available all over the place with prices varying from around $3 to $8. Mine had two levels of light intensity and a flashing red light as well which was handy going down the road from Alto de pollo well before Dawn , snowing, to alert...
  15. Bogong

    Small digital camera

    I bought a Lumix on sale in Burgos when my other camera died due to the wet. Excellent honest salesman. He compared the specs with the updated model and said no, buy the superseded one. Back in Oz some time later I noticed a mate on a car club run had the same Lumix. He and his wife bought it...
  16. Bogong

    New Balance 574

    I’ve had bad experiences with New Balance. Quite some years back now I was at a work conference in Washington DC and needed a new pair of runners. “Runners World” magazine were then touting the top of the range New Balance model as their running shoe of the year. I bought a pair on this...
  17. Bogong

    Icebreaker Merino Shirts - Now a Blend - Alternatives?

    G,day Robbo, For some years now the Aldi winter sales here have included a range of pure Merino wool ware including long and short sleeved T-shirts and pullovers. Some of their motorbike stuff sales have also had lightweight jumpers and pullovers. I've bought quite a bit of this stuff and have...
  18. Bogong

    Sleeping Bags - Down Quality

    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...
  19. Bogong

    If You have Walked the Camino - Do you prefer boots or trail runners?

    There are a few drop-offs from memory where ankles need some support in my view. The descent to Zubiri, the loose, rock-strewn path down from Alto de Perdon, the path down from Cruz de Ferro. On the way to Fisterre the drop down to Cee was bad in the heavy rain and wind when I did it, but I've...
  20. Bogong

    Washing Gortex Rain Jacket and Pants

    If the things didn't work when they were brand new I doubt whether they would work any better by introducing some aftermarket treatment from another supplier. Also this is the first time I've been told that Goretex gives a life time guarantee (by Camino David), certainly nothing of the sort was...

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