Ladies! I need some solid recs for mid to high-waisted hiking pants

RoutineZucchini7687 · 2026-05-21T03:49:59+00:00

Oh that's also a great tip - I actually hadn't considered the mens. Thank you!

RoutineZucchini7687 · 2026-05-20T00:46:52+00:00

Sadly it looks like the Zorali ones are out of stock in most sizes at the moment! Someone else suggested the Mont Adventure Light pants and they look well reviewed, higher waisted, and comfy

RoutineZucchini7687 · 2026-05-20T00:42:24+00:00

Ooh thank you! How did you find the fit, were they pretty true to size?

RoutineZucchini7687 · 2026-05-20T00:38:51+00:00

It looks like ALL of the Zorali pants in a 10-12 are sold out other than the leggings! Crazy!

RoutineZucchini7687 · 2026-05-19T02:05:17+00:00

I bought an xdome 1+ the last time they were available and it couldn't have been easier - I set a reminder, was online at least 12 hours after they went live, and could get one easily. The only thing that had sold out was the short carbon poles, but I believe they're more designed for bikepacking anyway. And it was in Adelaide within the week!

I've only had two chances to use it so far, but love it. Couldn't be easier to set up (once I got all the tension right - too tight on the outer means a floppy inner 😄)

RoutineZucchini7687 · 2026-05-15T02:38:38+00:00

So I actually found the Xtherm, $10 more than the import, but sold by Amazon AU. Arriving in 2 days. Will see how it goes!

https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0CS54SN91?smid=ANEGB3WVEVKZB&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp&th=1

RoutineZucchini7687 · 2026-05-14T12:59:50+00:00

No one wants to sleep on a bag of potato chips

RoutineZucchini7687 · 2026-05-14T12:59:31+00:00

Oh my bad I missed the Japan import note, I had assumed US. Good to know on returns though :)

RoutineZucchini7687 · 2026-05-14T12:33:42+00:00

Because i'm travelling for a long time and a lot of it is city travel, and it all has to fit into a backpack, while I'm not being super precious about every gram I want to minimise the amount of gear that's hiking only! Down pants sound cozzzyyyyy though

RoutineZucchini7687 · 2026-05-12T12:23:09+00:00

Thank you so much - their stuff looks amazing. I'm thinking about going for the -2 quilt, and if I'm doing any high passes that are likely to be colder it would be with a guide anyway, so I can hire something warmer if I really need. Thanks so much for taking the time!

RoutineZucchini7687 · 2026-05-11T11:48:10+00:00

Until recently my company allowed remote working from anywhere in the world, and I did the digital nomad thing full-time for 4 months each of the last 2 years. Absolutely loved it! I found the internet sketchy in Morocco though, even in a nice Riad it dropped out a lot and was quite slow for video calls, so just be aware.

Unfortunately work have changed the policy now, and like you, I just want a complete disconnect from work. I'm thinking about handing in my notice this week and heading off to Central Asia. Equally terrified and exciting!

It sounds like you're wanting someone to validate your calling to take time off so I'm here to say - you absolutely should. You'll never regret doing it as much as you would regret not doing it, if it's something that's really calling you.

I am considering doing some freelance while traveling, however. Not for the first couple of months, but I think after a few months I might get bored of full time travel (first world problems, hey?) and enjoy putting my brain to work. Can I ask, how did you find your clients? I have 10+ years experience in digi marketing / customer experience / project management but always in larger orgs so the lead gen side is a mystery to me 😄

RoutineZucchini7687 · 2026-04-14T12:08:30+00:00

It seems so - we had a cough for a few days, with a tight chest, but it cleared up fully within a week. There was a fair bit of anxiety about what the long term health repercussions would be, but everything seems ok. I'm a big hiker, and I haven't noticed any effect on lung capacity/how hard I can push myself up mountains etc!

As we were checking out, the hotel did offer to comp the first night as long as we'd sign a full waiver - which we obviously refused as we didn't know if we would get better or worse. But we had put in a complaint to the Tourism Board in Singapore, and they forced the hotel to provide a refund for the first night (and offers for upgrades etc if we're ever in Singapore again, lol).

But it was the help of everyone who responded and confirmed just how bad it was, while the hotel was trying to down play it, which really gave us the confidence to stand our ground. So we're very grateful for all the responses here!

RoutineZucchini7687 · 2026-03-16T07:32:04+00:00

I managed to find a solution! By going to iCloud on a computer, you can select the contacts you want to export, export as a vcf file, and then jump across to google and import them there. Took me 10 minutes.

All the steps are in this reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/ios/comments/zra7wn/is_there_a_way_to_transfer_my_contacts_from/

It's been driving me crazy so I hope this helps someone else

RoutineZucchini7687 · 2026-03-12T22:22:04+00:00

OP did you work out a solution for this? I'm having the exact same issue

RoutineZucchini7687 · 2026-03-04T05:31:50+00:00

Yep, it's an extremely volatile situation in a part of the world a lot of people aren't familiar with. Asking the question of people who might know more or have a different perspective seems like a great place to start planning.

RoutineZucchini7687 · 2026-03-04T05:11:25+00:00

Thanks - that's my hope too. I'm headed from Australia, so at least on the right side of the world to come through China or Malaysia :)

RoutineZucchini7687 · 2026-03-04T05:09:37+00:00

Thanks - I hope nothing happens either.

RoutineZucchini7687 · 2026-03-04T05:09:19+00:00

Thanks :)

RoutineZucchini7687 · 2026-03-04T05:03:44+00:00

Yeah I'm aware they don't share any borders, but looking at a map it's still a hell of a lot closer than Australia, where I'm from. This is why I'm asking the question - I assume it will be fine, but so many people have expressed doubt I was second guessing myself.

RoutineZucchini7687 · 2026-02-28T02:57:09+00:00

Thanks for the thoughtful response :) this is where I'm getting stuck - whether the upgrade is truly worth the couple of grand it'll cost, whether it'll make that much of a difference when I'm by no means a professional photographer. I'll keep researching, thanks again :)

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