welcome to another video. In this video we're going to talk about shoes, specifically hiking shoes, whether you should be thinking about using trail runners compared to traditional hiking boots, something maybe a little bit in between. Having done a number of long distance hikes, I reckon I'm pretty qualified to give a little bit of advice about these, about the footwear that I use and a lot of people ask about the footwear, so let's get into it. So I've recently just done the Cape Wrath trail, which is roughly 200 miles through very boggy wet terrain and so my thought process was that right I want to keep my feet dry because the idea of hiking in wet feet is it's not good to think about, but having weighed both options up I'm glad, very glad that I went for these, the Altra Lone Peak 5s, this is what I went for in the end. Let me just tell you what I had at first, so at first I was going to use these and these are my lower renegades or lower renegades and they're leather with a Gore-Tex inner, very sturdy boot, lots of ankle support, you know the grip is fantastic on them, I really love these boots. If anyone's looking for a hiking boot just for mountain hiking and one to two day or hiking in winter I recommend these, these are excellent. The more research I did, the more I found out about the Cape Wrath trail, the more I was worried that these were going to get wet and the thing about boots like this is once they do get wet they can take a long time to dry out and so the thought of having a heavier and wetter boot over a lot lighter, my thought process was that these are going to get a lot wetter, I mean you could just walk through the morning dew in the grass and my feet were soaking, but I used really thin marina wool almost like a sock liner which dried really quickly and this has got, you see the holes, it's got holes all in the toe box there, your feet dry out so quick and so I sacrificed having wet feet all the time for the fact that they would dry and they'll be a lot lighter to use and I'm glad I did it because although I had the expected wear and tear on my feet, I wasn't stopped, I wasn't putting my, I wasn't, it didn't hinder me finishing so I'm glad I went for these. You've got to know your terrain, at times you're crossing rivers and they're up to you, to your unmentionables, your unfathomables in water so these, they're not doing anything so you do one river crossing, that's all the water in your boot and that's going to take a lot longer to dry out, there was a guy on the ferry on his way over to do, I think it was section hiking it and he had flip flops or crocs or something and he said oh well every river crossing I get to I'll chuck on my crocs but when it's raining and when the rivers and and the streams and stuff are in spate that you could be crossing a river getting your crocs on, crossing the river, getting your boots back on, setting off and within 10 minutes you're at another river and you're not going to be wanting to do that when when you need to be making up time and and crushing the miles man. You can see the tour box is a lot wider there, they've got a really wide tour box and that's to give your feet your toes room to spread out more stability and for me when you've been hiking for days on end your toes and your feet swell up so it gives you a lot of room to sort of for your feet to pulsate within also I do a lot of well I've been doing a lot of bare foot walking and your feet they move differently so these as well have the the heel and the ball of your foot at the same distance from the ground just to encourage proper low impact they also what I found very good is because they are low you don't want to be getting little stones in your shoes because even the little ones that you don't notice over a 20 mile there they can niggle at you and cause you a lot of grief so the good thing about these they've got this hook which you can easily just snap your gaiters onto and there you go that just that just stops any little stones bits of debris getting into your shoes and causing unnecessary blisters or soaps but hotspots what is a hotspot not the laces as well on these sorry to just keep flitting between the two but the laces on these are excellent there's no they didn't come undone they're they they're so grippy so it's 305 grams or 10.7 ounces for the uh for the lumb peak fives and the lowers at 1,105 grams or two pound seven ounces and that's quite a lot of difference in it and you might not see me when you're wearing them at first but after a week of hiking you're going to notice these are the Solomon ultra threes mid GTX boots and these they serve me okay I did the coast to coast in these and um I had them as my bushcraft shoes and just general hiking but for people who are going to get them they did bust open at the the bust open at the toe box on eat on both sides the laces were constantly coming undone and the thread I mean that it's worn down to a nub now that's probably because of overuse but yeah these are good but they're only good for sort of 300 or 400 miles I reckon there's no longevity in them whereas I think something like the these lowers the leather ones these are going to last you a lot longer if you look after them that's something I would say so you're going to have to choose your choose your time between trail runners and hiking boots what do you want to do so I would say anytime in any winter hiking I'm using these because I want to wear I want to wear my thick wool socks I want to keep my feet warm your feet are going to be cold in these in the winter so I wouldn't use these in the winter months for winter hiking if you're going to be hiking in the wet and it's just wet grass and you're only going for a few days maybe two or three days hiking and it's just wet grass there's no river crossings I'll definitely choose these just to keep my feet dry if your feet are going to be getting absolutely drenched and it's the summer months I would wear these because your feet dry out better but if you so perfect for the Cape Wrath trail and things like that where they're at where it is going to be quite wet so my granddad was a keen keen hiker he's done a lot of a lot of the trails around around where I'm from in Yorkshire and in fact I am I'm doing another trail next week actually so stay tuned for that and that's one he's done as well when my granddad passed away he had his hiking boots put on top of his coffin and they were proper old-school leather hiking boots that he'd had for years I can't see me unless I die tomorrow I can't see me having these on my coffin a pair of trail runners so that's what I will say about a good pair a good pair of leather hiking boots they can transcend their monetary value because you just haven't for so long and they become a part of you and you look after them and you look after the leather and treat it and it's I don't know it's more visceral it's just a lot more you feel a lot more connected to them which might be baloney but for me it's something it's something to consider if you're a quick a quick a quick hiker and you and weight is of you're a gram counter then you want to be going for these because they're so lightweight you don't really think about them and I found them very comfortable and the ankle support I wasn't really that bothered because I walk around in just without boots on most of the time anyway so my ankles are pretty sturdy there's a lot to consider and I'm not going to tell you the right thing or the wrong thing to do because what do I know I've got a few miles under me under my feet so I can I can give you my opinion at the end of the day it comes down to your personal preference and what you want out of these I hope this is sort of helping or helped you to to make a decision if you were sort of sat on the fence and you were worried about which to choose for which sort of hike then for an example for for people in the UK if you're going to be going up to the Lake District for a weekend of hiking in the mountains these I would definitely go for something like this if you're going to be doing long-distance multi-day hikes you know over four or five days and and you're really putting in the miles and at the end of the day you're stopping you're getting up you're carrying on and you might be going you're doing a lot of river crossing your feet are definitely going to get wet I would choose these I mean if you can have both get both have the options see what works best for you but I'm aware that these are quite expensive I think these are let me have a look actually these are 125 pounds sterling you're going to be paying upwards of 180 190 pounds for these so these are a lot more expensive they will last you a lot longer and I do recommend them do recommend these yes I do recommend these as a these are like a compromise because they're very light for a boot and they are pretty fast drying as well so consider something like this sort of hybrid in between the two it doesn't have the longevity for me so man these are already retired bust them up I'm only keeping them for I don't know maybe just a bit of sentimental value yes they've had some they've got some memories attached to them but yeah man on always go and get go and get fitted as well if you can go to a proper shoe shop don't buy them online go to a proper shoe shop get fitted for your shoes because the right shoe is the one that fits the best because it's only hiking hiking is it sounds all out all you need all the gear and stuff but it's just walking we've all been walking well most of us have been walking for a long time we know how to do it it's just putting one foot in front of the other so as long as you've got something that fits it's comfortable for you don't worry too much about it unless you're getting into these long long long distance hikes where you know your footwear is is important but just don't worry about it mate just wear a pair of stilettos if you want you do you wear a pair of clogs I'm just trying to shed a little bit of knowledge of what I've learned firsthand hiking and using things like this so I thought I'd try and share a little bit of it with the people that watch and that are interested in it and there we go I hope that all made sense it didn't seem to make sense but hopefully I can edit it all to make sense right yeah I'll be doing I've got another long distance hike coming up in the next couple of weeks so stay tuned for that and I'll see you soon au revoir


Hi everyone, Joe for JasperysCaseWrakes.com coming at you with 2020 Panini Donners Optic Football One Box Blaster Break No. 96. At the end of the break, we're going to re-randomize everybody's name, Hugh Diceroll, and the top name is going to get a mystery crate, spot that mystery crate coming up in the next video. But first, we'll make you sweat it out a little bit. We're going to do the break first. So there's two dice rolls, one for the break, one for the giveaway. It's all the names, all the teams, let's roll it, randomize it. Three and one, four times for names and teams. One, two, three, and four. I know Justin, Sean Jaspis supposed to be working Monday night, but no. He's just not as dedicated to Jasperys. He's going to go see the Chargers lose instead. Three and one, four times for the teams. One, two, three, and four. Alright, here's the first half of the list right here. We're not going to read off all the names for a filler break, but I'll show you really quick. There's the second half over here. Could be some surprises in this blaster box. Let's see. Sort by column B, let's print and rip. Alright, good luck gang. Let's see what we got here. We got Rayquan Davis, rookie purple shock. Got CD lamb raided rookie purple shock. He might be having, he might be in the midst of a breakout season for CD lamb. That goes to the Cowboys. That'll be for Robert Flores. Purple shock. Noah Binogay, raided rookie hollow Jake from State Farm. Alright, let's flip back to this list. Let's grab everybody's names from Will down to Sean. New dice, new list. One happy person. 31 sad people after three and a two. Five times. One, two, three, four. Good luck. Fifth and final time after five. Sad time, sad time, sad times. I appreciate everybody trying though. This is a tough one to win. Close, no cigar. Brian, thank you. Thanks everybody for taking the risk on this. I appreciate it. Name on top is the big winner. You're in the mystery crate break. You're guaranteed a hit and that's going to be Russell Barney. Wow. One spot, snipe. Congrats Russell. This is why you got to buy a spot. You got to give it a shot because it could be like Russell. Congrats Russ. Thank you very much everybody for giving it a go. Coming up in the next video will be that mystery crate break. We'll see you for that. Jaspy'scasebreaks.com.


Now to Inugustate, where government says it will support local government areas with 60% funding for the execution of capital projects. The state government said this initiative will aid the development of the grassroots. The Secretary to the state government, Chidi Eberio Anya, spoke after a meeting of the Inugustate Economic Planning Commission. The SSG said the move seeks to boost the rural economy and create jobs for the human youths in the state. The local governments are going to go into their communities, all the forest areas that may be locations for criminality. The local government chairmen have agreed that they are going to focus and open up that corridor. But the key thing is to enhance economic activities in the rural areas and not have everything begin to move towards an organization process in Inugustate, opening it up for economic activities to provide job opportunities for our human youths. We've been having a series of difficulties trying to execute one project or the other. But now that we're partnering with the state government, where we're going to do 40% and the state government to come up with their own 60%, that means that we're going to execute more projects and the credibly. And the most important thing again is that there is going to be transparency, traceability and accountability in what we are doing. So what is the partnership that must work and we are good with it? We've assured, as I've been chairmen, we've assured the decency of our esteemed corporation to make sure that we move our state forward.


I thought I had to get into a four-year college because that's what everybody was doing. And, you know, that's all my siblings did as well. But, you know, and Wayland wanted to... That's what they are known for. That's what they want you to do, is a four-year college. And people don't realize that's not always the best option for every single one. My mother had pulled me aside and said, you need to look at all of your options. You need to figure out what is best for you because you are just a test kind of guy. You are a hands-on kind of guy that needs to work on that kind of stuff. You work well with others. And so, when I visited Marine Park, I felt it was perfect for me, and it is.


Hi, I'm Cherise Bell, the PR manager with the City's Parks and Recreation Department. And I'm here to talk about the Holiday Ice skate party. Welcome to Destination Hometown. From 1 to 4 p.m. at Columbia's Holiday Ice, we're having a skate party, which will be included in the price of the general mission for the ice skating rink. But on Saturday, we're going to do some special activities for our guests. We're going to have some live music. We're going to play some games. We're going to do some giveaways. And we'll have some refreshments for our guests who are skating on the ice and those who are just sitting around enjoying the atmosphere.  So if you have an ugly sweater, please wear it and join us in the contest and get ready and geared up for the holiday season. It'll be a great event for families, for youth and adults, all families. And again, the price of the skate party will be included in the mission for the ice skating rink. And on Saturday, the price of the mission is $10 for youth and adults, only $8 for military and seniors aged 55 and older. If you haven't been to Columbia's Holiday Ice that's located at Columbia Anna Center, you're missing out on a great opportunity. It's a great place to be. It brings you all together with your family and friends. It's just a fun atmosphere doing some ice skating, something that we normally don't do here at South Carolina. So this is your opportunity to try it out. And on Saturday, December 8th, we'll also have the skate party. So you can ice skate. You can have some refreshments. You might win some prizes.  And again, that's on Saturday, December 8th, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Columbia's Holiday Ice at Columbia Anna Center. For more information on Columbia's Holiday Ice and our upcoming skate party, please visit our website at columbiasc.gov.


Hello everyone today. I want to do a video because it's that time of year I wanted to talk about New Year's goals. I'm preparing mine right now So I thought it would be a good time to talk about them. And yes, you heard correctly I didn't say New Year's resolutions. I said New Year's goals and that's on purpose and So, yeah, let me get into that. Why don't I have New Year's resolutions? I used to set up these New Year's resolutions and now I don't I always set up New Year's goals and there's a big Very significant difference between the two, at least to me. New Year's resolutions, you've heard them all before They'll usually be something like I want to quit smoking. I want to go to the gym every day.   You're pretty much smoking again. Same with the gym You decide I'm gonna go to the gym three times a week And so that first week you go three times a week the second week you do as well But then later you're really busy with work so you can't do it.  I'll just go tomorrow on Thursday you go on Thursday But then that's it so you went twice that week and then later and something else happens or you're hungover this that and the other and then By mid-February once again, you're not going three times a week and that's the problem with resolutions as soon as you fall off the wagon As soon as you drop the ball then all of a sudden That's it no more New Year's resolution and the reason I like New Year's goals is that you have a goal to shoot for Which doesn't mean that every single day you need to do that and Otherwise that's it for the year But it means that you can still shoot for your goal and if you get a bit further behind or if you don't do something today That's okay because tomorrow you can work twice as hard and still try to achieve that goal and So for example, let's say you're a freelancer and you're starting out and you're saying, okay Then by the end of this year, I want to be earning. I don't know two or three thousand dollars a month from freelance Translation that's my goal. So you get starting You start work now and you start creating your profile and online presence trying to find clients trying to pitch new clients here there and try to get as many as you can and try to make them recurring clients etc etc and Try to see how you can achieve your goal Now if you have one day where you're too busy to do something or too hungover or whatever it might be That's fine. You just go back into it with double the energy the next day And to me this has always worked a lot better than New Year's resolutions this idea of goals And in fact you later what I'll do is I don't have only these goals for the whole year But I will divide them up and so I'll have 100 day goals 200 day goals And these are certain goals that I want to get done within the first 100 days And I recommend this just because if you set a goal for the end of the year And then you forget about that goal because suddenly you get distracted suddenly you get sidetracked Suddenly you have to work on this that and the other and then December rolls around and you're like oh wait I had that goal there and completely forgot about it. It's a bit too late at that point But if you give yourself intermediary goals like every hundred days Then it helps to keep you on track. In fact, I do even I have these hundred day goals But then I divide it even further and I'll have monthly and weekly goals I try to divide it up as much as possible For example, let's say you want to be earning three thousand dollars a month by the time December rolls around right this doesn't mean you're earning three thousand dollars every month But it means that by December you'll be earning three thousand dollars a month. That's the goal. So how do you divide it up? Let's say by the first hundred days you want to be earning a thousand dollars a month How do you go about that? It won't be easy. The first thing to do would be to well Actually, I have a very good I have some very good advice there because there's this course that I know online Link in the description below with a discount where it teaches you step by step how to become a freelance translator and So you can decide to do what's there and you can decide, okay? I'm going to follow this course and say by the first week I'm going to have an online profile by the second week. I'm going to be sending out. I don't know one or two Applications a day and by the third week. I'm gonna be sending three applications a day plus one cold email to a cold Company somewhere there by the fourth week I'm going to be sending five applications a day You know something like that and you come up with a plan so that you can be earning X amount by the first hundred days And if you want divided up divided up even more by the first month You'll have one client or two clients or something along those lines And then it's a more manageable timeline that hopefully can then bring you to your goal So I tend to do this I tend to do this with with business stuff So if you're becoming a freelance translator, then that's your business stuff I think I try to do it with health as well and I try to see what once again not a resolution I'm gonna go to the gym three times a week, but what's my goal? What do I want to have achieved by the end of the year? What do I want to weigh? Do I want to have a six pack? Do I want to run a 10k?  Maybe a 3k I'll find and the best way to do this is to find a 3k in your neighborhood in your town in your city and Sign up for it right now say, okay. I'm committed to this 3k. So now I need to figure out how do I do that? Well, 3k how long does it take me to run a 3k? I don't know 20 minutes half an hour. Let's say, okay Let's see how long I can run now and you start running. You're like I can do 10 minutes before I take a break Okay, so I know that I have 10 minutes now within a hundred days I need to be able to run 30 minutes so I can run my 3k and So let's get into training and figure that part out So all of these become a lot more manageable when you set a goal and then you divide it up And this is just what's always been working for me. I tried to do something for once again for business something for health I try to do something for edification and this means education like learning a new language or getting a certification or something along Those lines and I try to do something along the lines of fun and entertainment as well because why not? But you can divide it up however you like what I find is that if you create this goal and then you divide it up however you see fit I Do 100 day goals 200 day goals, but then I divide it up even further just so I can achieve that 100 day goal So the division by month is just for that 100 day goal and then I reevaluate and see where I am so I can keep going on from there and Another thing that I try to do is keep myself accountable. I will tell other people about it So I will tell My friends about it. I'll tell my family and that way it kind of keeps me on track because I know other people know what my Goals are and so they might be asking so how are you going with that goal? Are you earning enough money? Are you do you have that six-pack yet? Can you run a 10k?  So see what you can do see if you can do something along these lines So see what you can do and see if you can do something similar along those lines And if it helps you with this new year in 2018 and my plan is to do exactly this I'm creating mine now and I'm hoping that I can share it with you guys and That way you guys can hold me accountable for my goals in the coming year So anyway, let me know if you have what your goals might be for this coming year because it'll help you as well if you can write it down in the comments below and Let me know if you've come up with any already or if you're working on some or something that you would like to Have accomplished think about it to yourself. What would make 2018 a great year? What will I have accomplished by the end of 2018 that'll make it a good year a great year that I'll be happy with and Try to work toward that goal Once again, if you found this video useful if you like it Please don't forget to click thumbs up because that's the best way that I can tell which videos work and which don't and don't forget to Subscribe if you want more videos for freelancing for being an entrepreneur for working online for working for yourself and obviously for Being a freelance translator and otherwise. I'll see you on the next video. Thanks. Bye. Save Doom