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Gear Review – Inov8 Race Ultra 290 Shoes

25th November 2016 by Gilad Nachmani

Inov8 Race Ultra 290 while hiking in the Gorge

Back to the footwear conundrum I have been dealing with for the last… forever, I have tried my luck again with a pair of Inov8’s: the Race Ultra 290. I know I said I would be avoiding Inov8 shoes after my Cape Wrath Trail experience with the Trailroc 235 in 2015, but I had a […]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: Footwear, Gear review, Hiking, Inov8, Long Term Gear Review, Trail Running, Trail Shoes

Cottage or mainstream outdoor brand – a look into where to get your next piece of gear.

25th October 2016 by Gilad Nachmani

Tiny outdoor brand or a big outdoor conglomerate? Pick your tent

I need a new …. (fill in the blank) and want it to be light, comfortable, functional, cheap and make me look very cool – which outdoors brand is best to get it from? I have this inner debate roughly 3-4 times  day (I am a gear head) and in recent years, finding a good answer […]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: backpacks, cooking gear, cottage industry, Footwear, new gear, sleeping gear, where to buy

When to retire old gear

4th October 2016 by Gilad Nachmani

Retire old gear

Buying new gear is great – it is exciting, there is an underlying promise of better adventures and it often becomes an obsession; but with the new movement that encourages repairing old gear, the question becomes: when should you retire old gear? In the last few years (and some might say decades), it increasingly feels […]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: clothing, cooking gear, fixing gear, Footwear, sleeping bags, tents, walking poles

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

A practical step for lightness – transitioning from hiking boots to trail shoes

23rd April 2016 by Gilad Nachmani

Transitioning from hiking boots to trail shoes

I remember when I first decided I no longer wanted to hike with boots: my wife and I had been walking the Offa’s Dyke national trail for a week, proceeding at a leisurely pace with our heavy packs and our walking boots when on the 7th day my knees flared up, getting fully inflamed. I […]

Filed Under: Skills Tagged With: ankle roll, Asolo, foot stability, foot support, Footwear, hiking boots, Inov-8, leather boots, leg strength, lightweight, Trail Shoes, training

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

The search for the perfect hiking footwear

22nd August 2015 by Gilad Nachmani

Hiking footwear in its natural place

My feet are one of those weird things that are part anomaly, part something that too many people sympathize with while still being a quiet minority – my feet are wide, very wide. My feet are 2E wide; but they are also strong with high arches that don’t collapse. These funny-yet-strong “duck feet” are an […]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: Asolo Fugitive GTX Wide, Bellevile Mini-Mil boots, Footwear, hiking boots, hiking shoes, Inov-8 Terroc 330, inov-8 Trailroc 235, minimalist footwear, running shoes, Trail Shoes, Vasque Summit Sundowner

Gear review – Inov-8 Trailroc 235

25th March 2015 by Gilad Nachmani

Inov-8 Trailroc 235

I have mentioned in the past that my feet are wide, like flippers wide, and so finding footwear is a real nightmare. My search for suitable outdoors footwear is more of an epic quest rather than a search, and when I moved to minimalist shoes, it was no different. Mika is a huge fan of […]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: Footwear, Gear review, Inov-8, Long Term Gear Review, minimalist footwear, Trail Running, zero drop

How to deal with wet feet – a solution?

7th March 2015 by Mika Nachmani

Wet shoes, dry socks and no wet feet!

Hi everyone, Mika here with an update on the wet feet situation. If you remember, I have a problem with getting wet (cold) feet when going outdoors – I absolutely hate it – which is a problem if you ever go outdoors in late autumn, winter or early spring or really any time in England! […]

Filed Under: Skills Tagged With: Footwear, neoprene socks, Rocky 11" GORE-TEX® Waterproof Socks, waterproof socks

How to deal with wet feet – the problem

28th January 2015 by Mika Nachmani

Mika enjoying very wet feet while keep her boots dry in a stream crossing in Dartmoor, England

Gilad: My transition from heavy hiking boots all the way to light boots, trail shoes and now minimalist shoes was a process of self experimenting to find the way that works for me. I will write much more about the process, the pros and cons and how it can be done. Along the way, Mika […]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: cold feet, dry feet, Footwear, Gore-tex socks, hiking boots, trail running shoes, wet feet

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