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First hole has appeared in my LTT socks today. This pair arrived on Aug 4, and has been worn daily since then, and washed on average 5-6 times weekly. Always washed cold water normal cycle, then air dried on sock hangers overnight.

Overall opinions: similar to Darn Tough socks. I usually wear darn tough exclusively, and go through 3-4 pairs a year. The LTT socks are closest to the Darn Tough hiker socks - very warm and nice cushion when new. Now there’s virtually no cushion left, but still decently warm - although, we haven’t had any properly cold weather yet to test them. Very comfortable, despite being a bit too small for me (size 13 feet). The elastic is quite tight around my ankle; which I prefer since doesn’t slide down on me during the day.

On thing I don’t really like is a crazy amount of fuzz/pilling. I’ve not experienced it with other socks before. After the first week or so they started pilling like crazy, and it has slowly gotten better over the past couple weeks but still noticeable. It was pretty bad for 2-3 weeks.

Otherwise, solid socks. I probably won’t buy more just because I have lots of the same darn tough socks and I don’t like sorting. Not recommended for warm weather. First couple weeks of August I was roasting…

Went for a good swim today, open water across a lake and back. It’s only about 4km distance, but my watch (Garmin Instinct 2x tactical) thinks I did over 10km. I was towing a boat the whole way, and through a 5-8km\h cross wind, so I know it’ll be skewed a bit, but that much?

For reference, my normal pool pace is 1:40-2:00 for a 2k, depending on how hard I push… Never done more than that in the poo

I’ve been wanting to get into whitewater kayaking, and last week I was given this kayak with no other info about it. I believe it is an old Riot Thunder 76, but it has been completely stripped - no deck rigging, seat, foot bar, not even a drain plug. It also appears to have repaired damage to a decent chunk of the bow.

I have found most of the parts needed to get it back to useable condition, but it’ll be close to $500CAD after taxes and shipping for everything(including spray skirt and cockpit cover). Is it worth putting that much into this old boat, or should I be looking elsewhere.

I did briefly take it out in the lake just to try it, and it holds water - no signs of leaking from any of the repairs. Very fun and maneuverable, compared to the touring kayaks I’m used to.