SurfaceBest end type
Roads and other paved surfaces
Rubber. Always.
Brick pavers
Rubber, although if it’s wet you’ll probably experience some slipping. Spikes will grip but please don’t!
Short grass
Any will work. Avoid using poles...
'Live and let live' I say. But if you are an ultralighter, you will find us normal weight people more agreeable if
a) you don't ask us within five minutes of meeting us (or actually ten minutes, or even half an hour) how much our pack weighs...
I like all this … but I’m in the poncho brigade. Mine has a zip/velcro open front — no over-the-head shenanigans — and I store it in a side water bottle pocket I can get to without taking anything off. And it breathes — no sweat. On the other...
I’m new on the forum; but was discussing this in either Sigüeiro (beautiful, untouched) or SdC over a brandy at some point in the last 48hrs and am reading the forum travelling home.
My view : Ignore volume. Above a minimum value (which I’d...
Very pleasant in 2003. However the influx of cruise ships in recent years docking in nearby La Spezia and going by small watercraft to then flood the delightful villages with cruise passengers who don't walk except a few metres from the wharves...
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