

Woo hoo! This was brilliant fun, worked much better than I imagined :) I’ve often wondered while fording some of the rivers over here, whether our Therm-a-rest Neoair mattresses would take the weight of our rucksacks and be usable as a makeshift raft? Would mean we could swim across while holding on to the Therm-a-Pack raft, even if it was too deep to ford like the Okura River.
Well them Neoair’s support the weight of me in the water, so I think the answer would definitely be yes! Probably need a bit of structural support by lashing the poles on too, but I think we’re on to a winner, bring on the next big river crossing :D
The Canon 5D has taken a few soakings so far this holiday, it’s held up pretty well in the wet and never failed me, but don’t want to push it too far..
Sad to see these little fellas go! My feet will never feel the same again ;) You’d think after all those miles that our feet would be in a right state, but funnily enough after time they just get used to it. And with all those river crossings they’ve had grit-a-plenty exfoliating them. They’re almost back to normal. Mad huh?
I suppose to an outsider walking across a whole country must seem like a monotonously repetitive thing to do, each day just walking south. But the reality is I’ve never experienced anything more varied or interesting than long distance walking. A common amazement shared with other thru-hikers we’ve met is – We can all remember every step of the way, our minds can drift back across the whole trail and remember in remarkable detail what we were doing on each and every day. That just doesn’t happened in ‘normal’ life, I often can’t remember what I did the previous week, never mind 6 months ago! Each day was unique, they will be sorely missed, but fondly cherished :)