The shock of the price of kit.....

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After what seems an age of reasearch, visiting shops, online comparing and deliberating, a variety of rucksacks, approach shoes, sleeping bags and waterproof liners should all now be winging their way to us from various internet companies across the land.

We won't list everything out as we don't want to give any of you techy types the satisfaction of telling us "... Ohhh, I wouldn't have bought that one" or "Why on earth didn't you get the...." (Waitey, Danny and Ric insert favourite brands here). Suffice to say that North Face, Salomon, Lowe Alpine and Exped are involved, with only limited reliance on Quecha technology.....

Anyway, only five weeks to go before we leave... the party venue is now booked for Saturday August 22nd @ my favourite pub in London, The Three Kings in Clerkenwell, so a big thanks to Deke for agreeing to have us... and if you're bothering to read this.. please come and join us...

Joe

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