u/ZealousidealSplit729

I’m a local (ish) lad having been born in Derby and growing up in the East Midlands but I’ve never really hiked around the Matlock area. I planned an overnight route starting in Matlock, taking in Pic and High Tors, then down into the valley, along Lovers Walk through Matlock Bath, across the river and up the hill then across to Bonsall. From Bonsall I headed across to Slaley, Ible and then finally over to the High Peak Trail. I then travelled the HPT down to High Peak Junction, and then along the Cromford Canal with an overnight stay at Hankins Farm Campsite in Whatstandwell. A basic but clean site with a very reasonable fee of £10 for the night. The next day involved a cheeky 3 mile trot along the Cromford Canal to Ambergate for the train back.

All in all a fantastic trip, circa 20 miles with tons of industrial heritage and places of interest. Just goes to show you don’t need to go that far for some great hiking sometimes!

Looking for help identifying what this is, specifically what the nail spikes are for. The spikes almost look like a frog gig, but I can't figure out how to attach them. There are two metal rods that screw together. The blunted spike screws onto the bottom and the cap screws onto the top. Image searches haven't helped with locating the OEM or instructions. I don't think they're blow darts because there's nowhere to insert into either half that would be tight enough to create air press when blowing.

Haha was invited by a friend to go to the lake to "camp" this past rainy Memorial Day. Took the X-Dome 2 with us and set it right up beside my buddy's camper 😀. Slept like babies!

I am going on a section hike of the pct around 500km in Washington. I was thinking of buying baggy hiking pants from Kawa Club but I am worried about the validity of such pants.

What do you guys think? Is it too performative or is it not really a big deal other than snagging branches?

Did a practice pitch of the X dome 1 solid before taking it out to Yosemite. While the tent is standing and seems solid enough. I feel like I’ve done something wrong in the set up, the dome looks higher off the ground than set up videos. Advice?

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