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Knee Pain When Hiking – Probable Causes and Solutions

3rd January 2017 by Gilad Nachmani

Hiking without knee pain

Most hikers (and, well, most of the other regular humans we know) suffer from some sort of knee problems: either after 10 km of hiking, after 30 miles or just when going downhill with a heavy pack. I am no different – I used to always get knee pain when hiking and I couldn’t even […]

Filed Under: Skills Tagged With: Backpacking, glutes, Hiking, IT band, lightweight footwear, training

British walker’s guide to hiking in USA

15th November 2016 by Gilad Nachmani

Hiking in USA

I recently relocated from London, UK, to Portland (Oregon), USA, and had no doubt that my hiking life was not over, but actually started a new chapter. After hiking for so many years, hiking the the USA shouldn’t be that hard, right? Well, after 5.5 years in the UK, I am by now a fully […]

Filed Under: Ideas, Skills Tagged With: Angel's Rest, Backpacking, Devil's Rest, Hiking, Permits, Right of way, UK, USA, Wahkeena Falls

Gear Review- Haglofs Gram Comp 25 Backpack

17th September 2016 by Gilad Nachmani

Haglofs Gram Comp 25 backpack in action

Picking a day pack is a very sensitive issue for hikers, almost as much as footwear and big trip backpacks – they are very personal and can be very controversial. I have experimented with more than my share of day packs, trying to find the combination of the features and volume (22-27 litres) I want […]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: adventure racing, Backpacking, Gear review, Haglofs, Inov-8 Racepac 25, Long Term Gear Review, Montane Ultra Tour 22, Mountain marathon, OMM Classic 25

Wrapping Up 5.5 Years of Walking in Britain

18th June 2016 by Gilad Nachmani

5.5 Years of Walking in Britain

Just over 5.5 years ago, in November 2010, I moved to the UK in search of a more outdoors-oriented life than what I had previously in Israel. This has been mostly successful, and I have enjoyed walking in Britain, exploring an extremely interesting island that surprised me in many ways and made me the walker […]

Filed Under: Adventures, Ideas Tagged With: Backpacking, Cape Wrath Trail, Dartmoor, Hiking, Offa's Dyke, Pennine Way, Trekking, ultrapacking

How to walk 25 miles a day

21st May 2016 by Gilad Nachmani

Walk 25 miles a day

I love walking long trails, but with limited time I needed to find a way to make it work: go fast or go long. I have written about the difference between going fast or going long (days) and explained how this connects to the ultrapacking concept. At the core of ultrapacking and completing longer trips […]

Filed Under: Skills Tagged With: Backpacking, Footwear, Lightweight gear, ultrapacking

Is ultrapacking the way to go?

2nd April 2016 by Gilad Nachmani

Ultrapacking

It seems that today, there are a million and five ways to move on two legs, all involving various schools of thoughts and methods. I have tried many and I almost always find some limitations, especially as I keep getting older, fitter and with much less time. My biggest concern at this point in my […]

Filed Under: Skills Tagged With: Backpacking, hill walking, thru hiking, Tramping, Trekking, ultra running, ultralight backpacking

Eating my hat and praise for the microadventure concept (with a caveat)

5th March 2016 by Gilad Nachmani

Bivy is the best tool for a good microadventure

In February, I was under very clear instructions in terms of outdoors adventures: I need to be near home (within easy reach) and in a place where I would have constant cell phone reception. The reason for that is that my wife was nearly due to have our son. Those conditions meant I needed to […]

Filed Under: Adventures Tagged With: Alastair Humphreys, Backpacking, bivvy, bivy, Hiking, thru hiking, Walking

Expedition Kit List – Cape Wrath Trail Gear List

20th February 2016 by Gilad Nachmani

My Cape Wrath Trail Gear List used on the trail

Most regular hikers/backpackers/thru-hikers/hill-walkers have a pretty standard gear list that they have tried and tested, and use almost every time they go out (with some minor adjustments). Most of us don’t have tons of shelters and sleeping bags, but 2-3 at best; we also don’t have many stoves, or packs, or anything else. We tend […]

Filed Under: Cape Wrath Trail 2016, Gear Tagged With: Backpacking, backpacking gear list, Carrying System, cooking system, expedition gear, Footwear, Gear list, kit list, Sleeping System

Cape Wrath Trail 2016 – blurring the line between backpacking and ultrarunning

2nd January 2016 by Gilad Nachmani

The Cape Wrath lighthouse - the end point of the Cape Warth Trail

Last May I walked the Cape Wrath Trail, which had been one of my goals ever since I got to the UK; needless to say it was an amazing adventure, but it caught me off guard. I was partially unprepared, partially overwhelmed and mainly – I didn’t quite make all the way: I skipped a […]

Filed Under: Cape Wrath Trail 2016 Tagged With: Backpacking, Cape Wrath Trail, fast hiking, MLD Trailstar

The Pennine Way Part 2 – Chasing Abigail From Hebden-Bridge to Thornton-In-Craven

26th December 2015 by Gilad Nachmani

Pennine Way becoming a river during storm Abigail

The Pennine Way was England’s first official national trail, crossing three national parks along its 268 miles (430 km). Starting from Edale in the south, the Pennine Way climbs through the Peak District, continues through the south Pennines to the Yorkshire Dales, the north Pennines and then to the Northumberland national park, ending at Kirk […]

Filed Under: The Pennine Way 2015-2016 Tagged With: Backpacking, Hebden Bridge, Storm Abigail, Thornton-In-Craven

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