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Post by Trades on Feb 25, 2015 12:24:34 GMT -5
1 & 5 You got me. I don´t know if this was a mistake typing as you can see the next words are capitalised. 2 is a mistake. 3 should say "those" 4 is acceptable as I am indicating something that was said previously. I will give you back half credit for admitting your mistakes which brings you up to a solid C+. 4 is just an extra word that is not needed. Not "wrong" per se but not good English. "Capitalized"  |
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Post by southside on Feb 25, 2015 12:24:47 GMT -5
I hope you've been practicing with a backpack and not the one's your students are wearing to school either.
Sounds like this walk is pretty easy. Not really any mountaineering involved. Good luck.
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Post by Fishooked on Feb 25, 2015 13:31:31 GMT -5
I´m an English teacher. They have 3 months holiday here, I generally work a summer school for one of them months then take a long holiday somewhere. They work longer hours during the week though but yeah a lot of them are lazy, it takes ages to get anything done around here. C- I´m an English teacher. They have 3 months holiday here , <should be a period not a comma> I generally work <at> a summer school for one of the m months , then take a long holiday somewhere. They work longer hours during the week though, but yeah, a lot of them are lazy , <should be a period not a comma> It takes ages to get anything done around here. You are on fire today |
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Post by ricard78 on Feb 25, 2015 15:31:40 GMT -5
"Capitalized" Yes. I'm British, I use the English spelling. Anyway that's not what this thread is about. |
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Post by ricard78 on Feb 25, 2015 15:37:57 GMT -5
I hope you've been practicing with a backpack and not the one's your students are wearing to school either. Sounds like this walk is pretty easy. Not really any mountaineering involved. Good luck. It's not mountaineering but, it's no walk in the park either. I have started by doing 50 mile/80km a week with 40km walks on a Sunday. I will use a backpack in the Easter break on a four day test of a part of the route. It's much harder than the Camino de Santiago which is a very popuar route. This one is around 25km per day with an average elevation and decent of 2000m. It's the equivalent of climbing Everest 3 times. |
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Post by jcappy on Feb 25, 2015 15:44:42 GMT -5
Get a Camelbak, drink lots of water and wear comfortable shoes. Wear a bandana or cloth.
Keep cool during the day by not wearing pants.
Wear sunscreen and use lots of bug spray.
If you see a mountain lion, immediately start yelling and run towards it, loudly calling it a pussy. You'll hurt its feelings and it'll run away and leave you alone.
Take lots of pictures but don't forget to live in the moment.
Spanish men are notoriously frisky. Fill your bag with at least thirty condoms and some penicillin just in case.
Bring Advil.
Good luck.
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Post by Trades on Feb 25, 2015 16:16:18 GMT -5
I hope you've been practicing with a backpack and not the one's your students are wearing to school either. Sounds like this walk is pretty easy. Not really any mountaineering involved. Good luck. It's not mountaineering but, it's no walk in the park either. I have started by doing 50 mile/80km a week with 40km walks on a Sunday. I will use a backpack in the Easter break on a four day test of a part of the route. It's much harder than the Camino de Santiago which is a very popuar route. This one is around 25km per day with an average elevation and decent of 2000m. It's the equivalent of climbing Everest 3 times. 25km is pretty aggressive. You might want to cut it back to something like 15.5 miles until you are sure you are up to it. |
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Post by southside on Feb 25, 2015 17:57:29 GMT -5
El Camino looks like it has some awesome views though. None the less, even with a 35L backpack you're gonna feel that after a while so I'd start ruck training now if I were you because those distances sound pretty daunting. 20 miles a day is hardcore. Good luck my friend. I want to do the John Muir Trail. Covers about 210 miles. People do it in 25 or more days. There's a really good documentary about it called Mile, Mile and a Half on Netflix. I know a guy training for Mt Rainier right now. Not a long distance climb but very strenuous with some serious mountaineering and ice climbing.
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Post by Trades on Feb 25, 2015 18:05:13 GMT -5
El Camino looks like it has some awesome views though. None the less, even with a 35L backpack you're gonna feel that after a while so I'd start ruck training now if I were you because those distances sound pretty daunting. 20 miles a day is hardcore. Good luck my friend. I want to do the John Muir Trail. Covers about 210 miles. People do it in 25 or more days. There's a really good documentary about it called Mile, Mile and a Half on Netflix. I know a guy training for Mt Rainier right now. Not a long distance climb but very strenuous with some serious mountaineering and ice climbing.  El Camino with a great view |
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Post by The Tax Returns Are in Kenya on Feb 25, 2015 18:35:15 GMT -5
By the looks of some of your post counts I'm not sure some of you leave the house at all so I might be mad posting here for advice, but I thought I would give it a go. In the summer I'm planning on traversing the Spanish/French Pyrenees GR11 route. I am an avid walker but have never done a constant route such as this one (44 days approx). Has anyone here done a long walk or something like the PCT? Dear Walking Magazine, I never thought I would be writing to you with a story like this. The day was overcast and it was a brisk 5 degrees F. I thought I was properly prepared. I had on my heaviest coat and my finest pair of hiking boots. As the walk began I had the sense of something ominous lurking around the corner. I made it all the way to the mailbox without slipping on the ice so I was pretty excited that this would be a successful excursion. As I turned for the return trip back to the house I felt my calf muscle starting to tighten up. Then it hit me, the worst charlie horse of my life. The pain stretched from my calf to my balls and it was excruciating. I went to the ground like a ton of bricks and tried massaging the muscle to no avail. I couldn't get enough pressure through my thermal underwear, jeans and snow pants. Honestly I didn't think I would make it back to the house. I checked my pocket and I didn't even bring my phone to be able to post on my favorite Jets site. It had been about 20 minutes since my last post and I needed to share my experience but couldn't. I was alone. I risked frost bite and hypothermia and loosened the laces on my boots and the pain subsided a little. I steeled my will and lifted myself up and limped the rest of the way back to the door. It was touch and go for a few minutes considering the Arctic like temperatures we have been enduring but I made it back inside safe. Please heed this cautionary tail so that you don't have the same horrible experience I had. Excellent. Sounds like a bad case of compartment syndrome though. |
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Post by The Tax Returns Are in Kenya on Feb 25, 2015 18:36:21 GMT -5
I´m an English teacher. They have 3 months holiday here, I generally work a summer school for one of them months then take a long holiday somewhere. They work longer hours during the week though but yeah a lot of them are lazy, it takes ages to get anything done around here. C- I´m an English teacher. They have 3 months holiday here , <should be a period not a comma> I generally work <at> a summer school for one of the m months , then take a long holiday somewhere. They work longer hours during the week though, but yeah, a lot of them are lazy , <should be a period not a comma> It takes ages to get anything done around here. English teacher should perhaps familiarise (sp) himself with the semicolon. |
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Post by quantum on Feb 26, 2015 8:37:12 GMT -5
unless you're "traversing" the Grand Tetons, GTFO
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Post by DDNYjets on Feb 26, 2015 8:45:07 GMT -5
I would recommend bringing some sunblock for the dome and plenty of drinking water and a gun.
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Post by ricard78 on Feb 26, 2015 11:31:02 GMT -5
unless you're "traversing" the Grand Tetons, GTFO I love breasts and traversing them. Every time I go to the club I attempt it. |
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Post by southside on Feb 26, 2015 11:32:14 GMT -5
That chick in the El Camino has a unibrow. I know these things.
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