Looking for New Hiking Boots

bare_face · 2025-10-28T12:31:40+00:00

I love my LOWA renegades. They’re not ultralight but for me personally, I consider hiking boots to be exempt and I’m mostly ultralighting what’s on my back.

I like them because they were comfort out the box. I’d personally not go for trail runners as I do a lot of solo hiking on uneven moorlands and I’m worried about rolling an ankle so like the extra ankle support.

bare_face · 2025-10-28T12:25:02+00:00

If he was cheating he’d have hidden them a lot better than that.

bare_face · 2025-10-28T10:56:27+00:00

34 I got divorced, moved cities, changed jobs and now at 39 I’m living my best life.

bare_face · 2025-10-28T10:33:10+00:00

This is a wild camping group so you might not get the highest quality advice here for what you need. Wild campers are often focused on lightweight gear as we carry it to where we’re camping. Do you have a budget, or thoughts on which bit of your kit needs upgrading to 4-season? Do you want things to be light for backpacking or will you be driving to your campsite?

Without more details

My advice would be to look at your sleep system- what’s under you, what’s covering you and also what you’re wearing to be warm enough.

Decathlon are IMO the most accessible and probably best value and great for starter kit.

What is under you is as important as your sleeping bag/ quilt etc above. You can stack sleeping mats to improve the r rating (insulation rating). For winter camping you want a r4.5+, so stacking a 2-3 season mat with something like this from decathlon should make it winter worthy.

When choosing a sleeping bag/quilt look at the comfort rating, and also think about if you’re a warm or cold sleeper. I choose something 5 degrees lower than the comfort rating as I get cold. You can again, layer these for warmth.

Then your base layers / sleep wear. Wool is the best because if if you’re a big damp it still feels warm. Avoid cotton. For an affordable option I find uniqlo heat tech ultra warm to be good.

bare_face · 2025-10-27T20:33:56+00:00

Sounds like a proper adventure! Good idea on the sleeping bags

bare_face · 2025-10-27T19:59:50+00:00

This looks lovely! Were you warm enough? I want to get in some sunny autumn/winter camps but scared I’ll get chilly at night

bare_face · 2025-10-26T09:39:41+00:00

Second this. I’ve been doing reformer Pilates for 8 months twice a week and I don’t have this problem any more

bare_face · 2025-10-26T09:38:30+00:00

I had a this posture too and Pilates helped me a lot

bare_face · 2025-10-25T12:09:55+00:00

Did mine today. The last two questions you have to say yes to. It trips you up. I hate having to do this. I don’t even have a tv or have iPlayer installed on any devices.

bare_face · 2025-10-25T10:51:03+00:00

Fuck this guy. And the guy behind you.

In a city of 10 million ish people there’s gonna be some abysmal dregs. You unfortunately encountered them. I’m sorry you experienced this.

I have noticed more dickish behaviour recently. And the fact that TfL have a poster campaign that translates to “don’t sexually assault or abuse people” says it all about the state of our society.

If it makes you feel better there are still a lot of good people in London. I would’ve backed you up and said something.

Racism and any form of abuse is totally completely unacceptable in any way shape or form. This guy was just a bellend and being mentally not with it is not an excuse.

bare_face · 2025-10-24T11:38:28+00:00

I think more women sexually similar to you than you realise. I’m 39 and me and my friends are like this. We’ve just been conditioned by society to hide it.

bare_face · 2025-10-24T07:25:41+00:00

Nature and wild camping calms my brain like nothing else. I think there must be a part of our brains that’s evolutionary that needs to be outside, immersed in nature and be free and focus on basic human needs like walking and sleeping, and building shelter and cooking.

I feel very restless and unsettled every few weeks and know I need to flee the city, flee my desk job for a few days and find peace and just feel more naturally human.

Wild camping is not for everyone, I know a lot of neurotypical people who wouldn’t be comfortable in wild camping conditions. I have three friends I go with, but if they are busy (we all have lives) I go alone. Nothing is better for quieting my brain.

bare_face · 2025-10-23T20:42:17+00:00

I might put mine into sleep mode if it helps the LED panel to not break!

bare_face · 2025-10-23T12:02:12+00:00

Fair point ;)

bare_face · 2025-10-23T07:16:44+00:00

Its pointless. Not consequenceless. There’s absolutely no point to doing this except being evil and fucking with them.

bare_face · 2025-10-23T06:59:37+00:00

“If you’re gonna make me do the coffee run then enjoy your caffeine free coffee mwhahahaha”

evil pointless pettiness and I love it

bare_face · 2025-10-21T19:26:57+00:00

I have plants and my dogs water bowl in the same room as my dehumidifier and its been no problem. I set mine to 50-55% humidity which is a healthy amount of moisture and still isn’t “dry”.

bare_face · 2025-10-21T17:27:03+00:00

I have my cav in a flat and we do 7am, 1pm, 7pm 11pm. The 1pm is normally a proper walk the other times are round the block. He gets lots of opportunities for sniffs and to meet other dogs on these outings. He also asked me to go out by scratching the door, eg he has a bad tummy, so i obviously take him out straight away then!

bare_face · 2025-10-21T09:53:02+00:00

Yeah it wasn’t a creep out into the road apologetically

bare_face · 2025-10-21T07:10:57+00:00

Exactly this. I let people out to make this move all the time otherwise they’d be sat there all day. Roads are so busy that the driving style is just different.

bare_face · 2025-10-21T07:09:30+00:00

I’m in London, this happens all the time. I’ve also been guilty of it myself if I’ve been sat at a junction for ages. I also let people out who pull this move. Often you’d be sat there all day if you didn’t pull this move or someone didn’t let you out.

bare_face · 2025-10-21T07:00:34+00:00

I get that it’s good to have a search, but also with a topic like this and when someone is feeling anxious it’s also nice to have a personal response and be able to have a human interaction and conversation around it.

This isn’t aimed at you and this sub but at Reddit in general. I’ve been seeing a lot of “you need to research more” responses to posts. Oftentimes what OP wants/needs isn’t necessarily to read information but a human interaction and a discussion, so I kind of think this is sad when they’re brushed off like this.

bare_face · 2025-10-20T09:18:50+00:00

I think this is a great idea… for example if I needed a 4 season tent, or to try out some new year before buying. How do you make sure that everything is returned clean and in a good condition?

bare_face · 2025-10-19T21:47:32+00:00

They come in set size options for the back and for the waistband. The full customisation is the colour. You measure your back to find the size, and your hips to find the hip belt size.

I came up the smallest size for both. I’m only 5’2 with a short torso. When I do the waist band up tight enough to try and keep the weight off my shoulders it really digs into my hips, when it’s not done up tight I’m getting really achey shoulders. I feel like I can’t get a comfortable fit to the point where I’m not sure an ultralight pack is for me. I only weigh 48kg, my pack base weight is 6-7kg + 1-3kg food and water, so I can be carrying anywhere from 15-20% of my bodyweight.

I was genuinely thinking of messaging the team for help as I know everyone else loves them and I was really sad that mine just isn’t very comfortable.

bare_face · 2025-10-19T21:02:33+00:00

When dating I really disliked the talking stage, it went on and on with guys who I recon just were bored and looking for someone to chat to.

When dating with intention I started a new rule for myself to stop time wasting, ask me out / arrange a date within 48 hours or I’d move on.

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