The importance of good equipment

Good expensive travel equipment doesn't help you much when you are in the big city. Shoes are shoes and bags are bags. But trekking for twenty days made the importance of good equipment more evident.

Shoes and custom insoles - I didn't have but one tiny blister for twenty days of walking.

Synthetic towel - Excellent for the days where there is not too much soon. Surprisingly it also stays quite clean.

Good backpack - We went out three people with one porter, where usually two people take a porter. So I've taken the stupid(?) call to carry some of my stuff on my back. As a result I've taken my big backpack and the small one. It proved to be excellent. If you ever ran with a half full tank of water on your back you know what it means to carry unbalanced weight. The numerous, initially unrelated, straps became very handy in spreading the weight such that I won't lose balance when I don't go straight (I was sober, honestly, the land isn't straight).

Head torch (flashlight) - Nothing more to add. There is no

Trekker pants - Dry quickly and with many useful pockets.

Thermal wear and quick dry shirts - Same same, very important in order not to freeze when resting from exertion