Michel Keijzers‭

I always learned swimming on your back does not cost much energy. Your hands which are mostly tired first do nothing while swimming this way and your legs do the work. Also you don't sink when you...

posted 12y ago by Michel Keijzers‭

Maybe not a real way to get water inside your body, but what helps with me is chew on chewing gum. It distracts from the feeling I'm thirsty or drinking too much water without really needing it. Al...

posted 11y ago by Michel Keijzers‭

I used to sleep some times in the Belgium Ardennes which have a very mild climate. For size, weight and especially cost reasons I used agricultural black plastic (don't know the official English te...

posted 11y ago by Michel Keijzers‭  ·  last activity 10y ago by System‭

It depends on the kind of hike. But some of my 50 cents: If you don't want to take tools to cook, use food that comes self-supportive. If you don't have water, don't eat food that needs a lot of ...

posted 11y ago by Michel Keijzers‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

Some things I learnt from books, occasionally an instructor and from others: Pack heavy things close to your body. So do not put heavy things in the outside pocket at the back of your main backpa...

posted 5y ago by Michel Keijzers‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I also have feet which are blister sensitive, but I'm not overweight. In principle, everything that 'dampens' your steps, avoids blisters, but cost energy. So it's a tradeoff. This includes for ex...

posted 5y ago by Michel Keijzers‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

The best way is to reduce (actually to remove) any kind of attractions they like: food and water. If they cannot find anything useful, than they will stop releasing scents that attracted other ants...

posted 5y ago by Michel Keijzers‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

The parameters of your girlfriend would matter depending on the ratio of 'space' occupying, but let's ignore that for now. I would put a cord or something around it to minimize the space; air nee...

posted 5y ago by Michel Keijzers‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

As a runner, it is very common to eat 'heavy' food the days before doing a marathon for example. Typically is pasta food but I'm sure rice will do too (it has been mentioned also above). The be...

posted 5y ago by Michel Keijzers‭

I did several (short) winter hikes below zero degrees Celcius (freezing point) while having only a plastic cover and sleeping bag. I always took of my clothes, especially jacket (since it was slig...

posted 5y ago by Michel Keijzers‭

Most of the times the hikers might be more afraid of the owners having big dogs than the dogs themselves. So (if you at least want this), make yourself and/or the dogs as least aggressive looking ...

posted 5y ago by Michel Keijzers‭

Except for the type of shoes, I wouldn't use shoes with a thin sole, because when the road is covered with snow it's very easy to miss some dirt or other small objects where you place your shoes on...

posted 5y ago by Michel Keijzers‭

Most things have been said. Anyway, after cleaning, it's not a good idea to put them under or near the central heating. Although it's not bad for a shoe to wear them while wet, it can cause bliste...

posted 5y ago by Michel Keijzers‭

A knife is probably better than nothing, as most have said, a stick might work better. In case you don't have anything (I can imagine you don't want to walk continuously with a stick and you could...

posted 5y ago by Michel Keijzers‭

There are camera bags looking like the picture below. This one is quite big, there are also smaller ones. The benefits are: It has lots of small compartments, so you can put your lenses and acce...

posted 5y ago by Michel Keijzers‭