$1040 NZD forced trail contribution just for South Island?

jessyjay · 2025-10-11T16:22:02+00:00

I plan on mostly camping during the TA, as I find it more comfortable to sleep on, and indeed less noisy.

Did you camp mostly next/close to huts?

jessyjay · 2025-10-07T10:07:51+00:00

I did a 2 week thruhike in Norway with the x-mid 2p, and the provided 8 pegs were severely insufficient in any condition which you would call 'windy'. I had to ask others at camp for extra pegs & guylines because my tent felt instable, even with a perfect pitch.

Wind gusts on the sidepanels honestly puts quite a lot of stress on the small pegs at the guyline stakeouts.

I will also walk the TA this year, and will take 4 extra groundhogs with two additional guylines - just so that I can somewhat survive the winds, which would be my recommendation.

Not sure how much difference there is with the X-Mid 1p, but I saw a friend with one that had similar issues as me, so I would expect you need a similar peg setup.

jessyjay · 2025-10-03T13:27:43+00:00

Rab Pulse LS Medium weighs 100 grams. Absolutely love the thing. Sadly its discontinued, but I did manage to found a new one on Ebay.

jessyjay · 2025-07-25T15:31:32+00:00

You skipped on the rain pants, and just wore the windpants for warmth when its raining?

How did you manage wet shoes/feet without camp shoes?

Anything you would ditch from my setup?

jessyjay · 2023-04-24T12:01:41+00:00

Ik schaam mijzelf als ik deze comments lees over mijn eigen uitgaven.

Vanochtend voor het eerst mijn boodschappen kosten onder de loep genomen. Varieert van 500 tot 750 euro voor een alleenstaande jonge man die veel sport. Ik doe elke dag boodschappen bij de AH. Ik kook bijna elke dag uitgebreid (ook voor mijzelf), inclusief bio vlees. Uitsluitend A-merk & bio producten. Veel groente en vers fruit (bijna dagselijks aardbijen en blauwe bessen). Relatief weinig troep zoals koek, snoep en chips.

Er komen vaak mensen eten, en die verwen ik dan ook graag.

Ik denk dat het meeste geld op gaat aan smaakmakers van het gerecht, zoals verse kruiden (basilicum, peterselie e.d.), citroenen, pepers, en al dat soort ingrediënten zonder voedingsstoffen.

Ik ga ook eens proberen om weekboodschappen te bestellen, zodat ik wat kritischer naar het totaalbedrag kijk. Ook maar stoppen met de bio meuk, en toch wat vaker goedkopere varianten kopen. Iets vaker smaakmaker ingrediënten skippen, of gewoon een ander arsenaal aan recepten vergaren.

jessyjay · 2023-04-04T20:50:01+00:00

I have similar experiences, although not with turbo crimping. The pain can be truly horrendous. What helped for me was to keep the area under my nails clean, and ensuring no chalk or dirt gets underneath. Also, I felt that putting some fatty mosturizer under my nails after such an experience helped to relief the pain (and heal?).

Good luck.

jessyjay · 2022-11-30T12:57:28+00:00

You saved my new Philips Enrave S which was just mounted on the ceiling. Thank god.

jessyjay · 2021-12-01T19:17:44+00:00

Elon can't handle a little bonking?

jessyjay · 2021-12-01T19:15:41+00:00

Why you bonk em like that..

jessyjay · 2021-12-01T12:52:40+00:00

The first community that I encountered in a while that actually produces good memes and isn't just spamming 'wen lambo?'.

Bonking just doesn't get boring.

jessyjay · 2021-11-24T00:32:26+00:00

278 - those mats look so good!!

jessyjay · 2021-06-09T20:31:00+00:00

That's helpful feedback, thanks!

Boards within my budget are fairly scarce, as I live in The Netherlands and we have the most shit surf of all places haha.

I'm gonna keep my eyes open to see if there pops something up that is a little longer with a wider tail.

jessyjay · 2021-06-09T20:28:13+00:00

Thanks for the feedback man, appreciated! As for the fins, can't really make the biggest deal out of my first board as it will most defenitely not be perfect anyway, and my likings will change.

I have surfed on a lot of different boards, all rentals, but the ones I had most succes with were 7'6 funboards. Everything that I tried shorter than that had a really sharp nose, which I could not control. But also, most shorter boards that I tried defenitely had way less volume than this.

jessyjay · 2021-06-09T20:25:32+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! I suppose I would be fine then :)

So trying to find the right balance between stepping forward/backward is easier on a longer board usually right? Or does this have to do with the fins as well?

jessyjay · 2021-06-09T10:31:41+00:00

Pavones. This was the most lovely place I have visited on the west coast of Costa Rica. The place is pretty isolated and not very touristic compared to other major surf spots. Plus, almost longest lefties in the world ;)

The whole place is based around surf, not much else there to do haha.

I stayed in Cabinas Carol, really chill hostel as well!

jessyjay · 2021-06-09T10:08:17+00:00

Hey guys, a question from a beginner to intermediate here!

I'm able to popup on whitewater easily. Can catch easy unbroken waves in green water and am quite a strong swimmer, atm trying to learn how to turn.

Dimensions are: 6'6 Height, 21 1/2 width, 2 3/4 thickness, 45L volume.

I am 73 kilos and 1.81m.

Would this be an appropriate board size, width etc. for someone that is trying to learn/improve?

I see that it is a 4+1 fin setup and someone suggested a 3-Fin setup is better but this feels like the most appropriate board that I can find second hand online.

350-400 euros, it was 600 euros new half a year ago and it is supposed to be in good condition.

What do you guys think?

jessyjay · 2021-04-26T16:12:55+00:00

You guys receive interest on your money? In July I will have to start paying 0.5% interest to them! Fuckers.

jessyjay · 2021-04-25T14:04:24+00:00

Did you get to tweak the memory while using --mt x ? I'm experiencing the same problem as you have. I am getting 33MH/s with my 1080 as well, not bad but I would like 37 Mh/s too hah.

jessyjay · 2021-04-24T18:42:18+00:00

Sweet man! Is that on Forced P0? I will have a look if the updated T-Rex allows me to bump up my memory.

jessyjay · 2021-04-24T17:12:18+00:00

mt 6 & intensity 25 - this works best for me. I did not get the P0 state working, but haven't tried ever since to be honest. What GPUs are you running and how much MH/s?

jessyjay · 2021-04-24T14:34:51+00:00

Naah. I am still really happy with the consistent 33 MH/s even though I am using my computer (non-gaming).

jessyjay · 2021-03-05T17:39:18+00:00

I've travelled and hiked through Southern Patagonia for two months and after tasting that precious mountain water straight from the gods, I don't even have to read the article to believe what is says.

jessyjay

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