I keep imagining more challenges that will face us next week. Take Hummocks. My experience of Scotland indicates that as soon as you go off the beaten track there’s more than a 50/50 chance you’ll be in a landscape of large grassy clumps with various degrees of wetness in between. For this 3rd little practise I […]
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There are other challenges besides the 14kg on the back. One to do with feet – are they hard enough to take the battering in boots or shoes over miles of uneven ground? Another to do with Upness and Downess. The Upness compounds with the weight matter and the Downness can compound the foot challenge. The
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Take one house brick. Clean off any loose debris. Cover in several layers of newspaper securing with tape to smooth out rough edges. Then wrap in a plastic bag to avoid sogginess in case of rain. Weigh this. The one above weighs 3.2 kilos. The TGOC is challenging along several dimensions. The first is the 14
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