Comments on: Red Yeti Videocast #1: Kit For Hut-To-Hut In The Alps

By: Red Yeti Videocast #2: Kit For Camping And Photography In The Alps

Red Yeti Videocast #2: Kit For Camping And Photography In The Alps — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:31:08 +0000

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By: RedYeti

RedYeti — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:59:24 +0000

Hi Antoine!

And you got to see some of the kit for real :)

That was a great evening. One of the outstanding ones of the trip.

Yes the Rocky Socks have been great. I only wore waterproof socks for about five or six days on the trip and I really appreciated having warm dry feet.

I also really appreciated having cooler, drier feet without the GoreTex liners in the shoes for the other forty five days! :)

By: Antoine

Antoine — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:49:11 +0000

Hi Dave,
Great to have an inside look to your bag one month after our meeting.
Very exciting actualy!
I like your thought about the footwear waterproof system. I will study that carefuly ;)

By: RedYeti

RedYeti — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:49:57 +0000

Thanks Ben! Nice blog you have there… will have to add it to the backlog of blogs to catch up with :)

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:26:09 +0000

Excellent post, thanks. I will have to go back and look at some of your older stuff now.Bit slow of me really but I never though of using Ortlieb cases for anything but maps.

By: RedYeti

RedYeti — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:56:57 +0000

Thanks Roger! Really appreciate the comment. It’s rather a strange departure putting up video of yourself jabbering away…

I can’t recommend the Pinnacle enough. Marvellous bit of kit.

The Kestrel I have is the 3500. As it says, it measures the lot but doesn’t log. The case is the one let-down. It’s about a third of the weight and scratches the display! Better off keeping it in a little silnylon bag.

The camera harness hasn’t been blogged about and, to be honest, it may not be for a while! I have a backlog of these GR5 related postings as it is. Not to mention the photos and diary (and my current contract and new personal project – not walking related sadly!).

Besides, it’s rather a work-in-progress at the moment. It’s pretty good though – worked well for the whole trip!

By: Roger

Roger — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:26:05 +0000

Thanks. Excellent video, got me re looking at the Golite Pinnacle and the sea to summit bags. Agree completely about Merino,it is all I wear these days. Which Kestrel are you using? I am very interested in your camera harness, have you blogged about it?
Well done on the excellent videos.

By: RedYeti

RedYeti — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:30:03 +0000

Hey Chris – very glad you enjoyed it!

Yes I woke up this morning with that nagging feeling that I’d missed something… sure enough I’d missed marking the video as Public. Thanks for letting me know.

The safety pin idea is from Rachel (from the Big Walks). I think we used it almost every day of the walk.

One more set of videos to come – and then I hope to get some pictures up. But I have many yet to look through… ;)

By: Chris (i-cjw.com)

Chris (i-cjw.com) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:05:20 +0000

Highly informative – some nice tips and bits of kit I need to check out. I liked the safety pin idea especially. I’ve been carrying one in my medical kit forever, but it never occured to me to use it for anything else except bandages. Duh!

The second video is marked private, though, and I couldn’t get it to play – dying to see what comes up next.