Saturday, 5 September 2009

We will need a lot less kit in the Kalahari but will still be making use of grub and gear supplied by our supporters.

Phil will be using UK Gear Desert shoes and giving them a good testing. I will be using shoes kindly donated by Runaround Sports & Health.

We will both be using Wigwam socks and taking some Engo Blister prevention patches.

We are grateful to the following for suppling some of our food: Weetabix - ready brek, Munchy Seeds - snacks, Castus - fruit bars and Fabulous Bakin' Boys - Flapjacks.

Before we go I will post up a full list of the food we are taking. As he does not carry as much around his waist as I do Phillip will have to carry more in his rucksack.
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  1. Rich7 September 2009 at 05:52

    Edward
    Ask UK Gear if the desert shoes are a new design. If they are the originals, then the soles peel totally off them. Mine and Mark's didn't even last to the end of day 3 in the Atacama. UKGear refunded me, citing a manufacturing/design flaw in their Vietnamese operations, but despite promising to update me with what they would do to rectify the design problem, they never did. So, I would be very wary of using them if they are the same design, because the Kalahari terrain has much in common with the Atacama - lots of rock as well as sand.
    Rich (from last years KAEM)

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