A new milestone sideways

oshawacliff · Poncho Master!

A new milestone sideways

Greaser · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Cool Cliff.........Five on the Three.

oshawacliff · Poncho Master!

Also reached another milestone today. With the warm weather I decided to leave my comfy recliner and tv watching and go for a walk.

My new watch counts my steps and I rarely get 2500. Today with an extended walk my bedtime total 7825.

With nicer weather I am looking for TEN THOUSAND STEPS

Cant match what Ken and his wife did in Spain. Km after km they just kept plugging along for a memorable trip.

-- Edited by oshawacliff on Thursday 14th of April 2022 11:51:33 PM

-- Edited by oshawacliff on Thursday 14th of April 2022 11:55:03 PM

66 Grande guy · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Good work Cliff! It all helps. Today we tested out the hiking trolley for the new walk this summer. Now I'm basically a mule pulling a cart but it sure takes the weight off your back so should be a lot easier. If all goes according to plan and the world is stable enough by mid July we will start the trek from London to Rome.

I must be nuts!

oshawacliff · Poncho Master!

Ken

Is this one of your custom builds?

Can you incorporate solar into it for charging your phones, or camera.

Photos please.

66 Grande guy · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Hi Cliff, we decided to try a trekking cart for this walk as the idea of carrying 25lbs for a long distance again is not going to help the old sciatica that was plaguing me on the Camino. We researched quite few of these but predictably enough we found this really well engineered one made by a one man company in Germany. Again, predictably he was pretty hard to deal with when he refused to ship to North America as he said that Americans were too prone to sue. We tried to convince him that Canadians weren't as liable to sue if they tripped over it or whatever, but he was firm. We finally had to impose on our Spanish friend to take our money, buy it in his name, have it shipped to him and then he had to ship it to us. Kind of a stupid process but once we got it home, it seems to be a really great setup in that it is really light and can break down without tools to fit inside our flight luggage and then can be put together really quickly to carry out heavy pack, our water etc.

It has disc brakes because you can use it as either a pull cart with the hip belt to keep the weight entirely off your back or if you are going down steep down grades you can use it as a wheel barrow with brakes to slow yourself down and save the old knees. With this setup we might be able to extend our walking years by quite a few. If you have to go over really rough terrain you can set it up to so the backpack has its straps facing upwards and just put it on as a pack assembly for short distances again without taking it apart.

The only flaw I can see is that initially he had set it up so that the bag rode a bit too high up and put too much weight on the hip belt so I've been tinkering with it to move the bag further down below the wheels. Not quite right yet. I want to have about 2 lbs or so on the belt just to keep it from bouncing around when I walk.

I had bought a solar charging panel for the Camino walk but we never did use it as we always found power so I don't think we'll take it this time. I think we'll be able to find places to stay so still debating whether or not to take a light tent. Getting a bit too old for sleeping on the ground

I also have to rig up a bike hitch as we may try to shorten the walk a bit by buying a couple of cheap used bikes in Calais and using them in the flat France part. (Worried about the 90 day visa limitation. )

Like I say, this all depends on so much that is happening right now but as the A Team Colonel Hannibal used to say, "Its good to have a plan!"

-- Edited by 66 Grande guy on Saturday 16th of April 2022 11:43:35 AM

LeeRoy · Guru

66 Grande guy wrote:
Hi Cliff, we decided to try a trekking cart for this walk as the idea of carrying 25lbs for a long distance again is not going to help the old sciatica that was plaguing me on the Camino. We researched quite few of these but predictably enough we found this really well engineered one made by a one man company in Germany. Again, predictably he was pretty hard to deal with when he refused to ship to North America as he said that Americans were too prone to sue. We tried to convince him that Canadians weren't as liable to sue if they tripped over it or whatever, but he was firm. We finally had to impose on our Spanish friend to take our money, buy it in his name, have it shipped to him and then he had to ship it to us. Kind of a stupid process but once we got it home, it seems to be a really great setup in that it is really light and can break down without tools to fit inside our flight luggage and then can be put together really quickly to carry out heavy pack, our water etc.
It has disc brakes because you can use it as either a pull cart with the hip belt to keep the weight entirely off your back or if you are going down steep down grades you can use it as a wheel barrow with brakes to slow yourself down and save the old knees. With this setup we might be able to extend our walking years by quite a few. If you have to go over really rough terrain you can set it up to so the backpack has its straps upwards and just put it on as a pack assembly for short distances without taking it apart.
The only flaw I can see is that initially he had set it up so that the bag rode a bit too high up and put too much weight on the hip belt so I've been tinkering with it to move the bag further down below the wheels. Not quite right yet. I want to have about 2 lbs or so on the belt just to keep it from bouncing around when I walk.
I also have to rig up a bike hitch as we may try to shorten the walk a bit by buying a couple of cheap used bikes in Calais and using them in the flat France part. (Worried about the 90 day visa limitation. )
Like I say, this all depends on so much that is happening right now but as the A Team Colonel Hannibal used to say, "Its good to have a plan!"

Cool rig. Similar to a golf cart in principle. With pneumatic tires youll want to include a tube patching kit in your plans. If you take one it will probably garrantee no flats!

66 Grande guy · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Jeez you're right! Maybe I should have just bought a golf cart. Never thought of that!

Patching kit noted!

oshawacliff · Poncho Master!

When I was working for the tire company we had an industrial division and they filled tires with foam for industry's that had puncture problems. There was a load capacity that ran quite high for them.

can probably get something like that from an industrial supplier.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjIme3VrJn3AhXIGs0KHRzWCdoQ-4ACegQICRAH&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dpgv4UiDQa74&usg=AOvVaw0QPWa-n-dsGN2py-Aki4IH

66 Grande guy · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Another great idea! I'll have to check.

It seems like we can get away with carrying quite a bit more than we did on the Camino since we have this cart but I know from that experience that every ounce we can shave off does help.