Goretex socks are very useful for standing around in puddles of water as all boots that are breathable (leather) will eventually wet out. Grangers produce some good boot care products, such as Grangers G-wax. Some good advice on how to look after your boots available here;

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1315817391?bctid=68850608001

My Berghaus Alto Trek boots are still usable even after 10 years use. A few years ago the soles started to separate from the upper leathers, but after injecting some DOW CORNING® 3145 RTV MIL-A-46146 into the crack with a syringe, that fixed the problem.

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Lesson 2: Children are incredibly stupid and won't remember to bring their own rain gear even after you tell them to bring rain gear 100 times. Carry a few spare ponchos.

Lesson 3: Adults are incredibly stupid and won't remember to bring their own rain gear even after you tell them to bring rain gear 100 times. Carry a few spare ponchos.


Rather than hand out Ponchos, would it not have been more appropriate to let the children and the adults go off without their rain gear or disallow them from participating. Perhaps a more important lesson would be that there will be times when there isn't a helping hand to bail them out to keep them warm and dry.



Edited by Am_Fear_Liath_Mor (11/16/10 01:53 PM)