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"Graham Seed" wrote in message ...
I can relate to the dodgy knees. I had an arthroscopy on the left many years ago, with a trim of the cartilage. In 2012, descending in the Ă–tztal in Austria, the same knee blew up to twice its normal size. Had to give up the walking and go and celebrate my 60th in the Biergarten of Salzburg instead (shame ;-) ) Subsequent X-ray and another arthroscopy revealed straight bone-on-bone, with everything else worn away. Consultant happily stated he'd do me a knee-replacement within the next 18 months if I got myself referred. Whatever, all the debris was washed out, and here I am, approaching 70 more quickly than I'd like, and still, rather to my surprise, able to do a good few miles on the flat. On a risk vs reward basis, that's enough for me to avoid any thought of replacement as yet. (I'm not squeamish about it - all the informed info I can get about knee replacement is that (unlike hips) you do it to avoid pain, not to improve articulation). Whilst I can suffer a bit walking (and particularly on steps, or "rock-hopping"), the current state is still acceptable. I think the other knee is heading in the same direction, though - that's the one of mine that "clicks". Whilst I think I'm doing OK for an old duffer, one of my long-term, regular walking friends has just (November) completed the Annapurna circuit at the age of 71! |
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Graham Seed wrote: However, I bought a couple of poles and never looked back, to the point that I dumped the poles a few years after. Dunno what that was all about - my knees still 'click' now, probably a really bad sign, but it seems the remedy for dodgy knees is to go walking. They're funny. I was in pain all my 20s, but it faded, as I learnt to live with my restrictions. Cycling is good, too, though the risk is falling into the hands of the UCI-following fanatics, especially where the only plausible walking routes have a hard surface. Impact is never good news! Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On 06/01/2019 10:37, Graham Seed wrote:
As for Striding Edge, Yes, I was up in similar circumstances and your description echos mine. I was chuffed when, with the main exit off the down climb blocked by a couple with two large petrified dogs, my lot shot down a climb at the side which was fairly exposed without a murmur! As long as my knees keep going I can see another trip over Crib Goch, which my lad would love. Perhaps if we get a run of decent weather...... Our Dalmation cross managed striding edge easilly about 4 years ago but I was severely remonstrated with by a Yorkshireman who threatened to report me for cruelty for taking him there, last year he made a direct ascent of Tryfan from the A5. Anyway if this newsgroup is not quite dead: Is there a way of getting the whole UK 1:25k mapping onto an android phone, I have an annual OSsubscription but it isn't like the memory map my brother has on his Iphone? I imagine there is a memory problem if it has to reside in phone memory rather than SD card. AJH |
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On 03/02/2019 11:31 pm, AJH wrote:
On 06/01/2019 10:37, Graham Seed wrote: As for Striding Edge, Yes, I was up in similar circumstances and your description echos mine. I was chuffed when, with the main exit off the down climb blocked by a couple with two large petrified dogs, my lot shot down a climb at the side which was fairly exposed without a murmur! As long as my knees keep going I can see another trip over Crib Goch, which my lad would love. Perhaps if we get a run of decent weather...... Our Dalmation cross managed striding edge easilly about 4 years ago but I was severely remonstrated with by a Yorkshireman who threatened to report me for cruelty for taking him there, last year he made a direct ascent of Tryfan from the A5. Anyway if this newsgroup is not quite dead: Is there a way of getting the whole UK 1:25k mapping onto an android phone, I have an annual OSsubscription but it isn't like the memory map my brother has on his Iphone? I imagine there is a memory problem if it has to reside in phone memory rather than SD card. AJH Morning! I'm a bit of a technophobe so always stuck with paper map/compass as the only thing you ever needed on top of a mountain. However.... as an OS employee I get a free subscription so I've started using the iphone as my 'map'. I know what you mean about storage as I worked out that you could only ever have a few complete Explorer tiles on the phone at any one time if I wanted to use the mobile download option for paper copies that I own. So, using the subscription, you can download your next walking area and keep it offline? I've just done it for Kinder Scout and its given me a 40mb download of approx 20km x 20km which is ample - I've just done it on broadband but you can do it on 4G. The one drawback i found was the battery on the iphone is fairly useless when it comes to heavy outdoor useage, so I got a high capacity power bank for my Christmas present and feel I'm fairly bombproof now when it comes to walking with my iphone. At the age of 64 I finally embrace technology with iphone map and OS locate app. (still have the paper map in the rucksack.....) Graham |
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AJH wrote: Anyway if this newsgroup is not quite dead: Is there a way of getting the whole UK 1:25k mapping onto an android phone, I have an annual OSsubscription but it isn't like the memory map my brother has on his Iphone? Yes. MemoryMap do it, and there are other companies. I imagine there is a memory problem if it has to reside in phone memory rather than SD card. The MemoryMap app is pretty cretinous and requires 64 GB of main memory for that map, but I haven't checked whether it is possible to get it to look at an SD card. Given Android's basis, I am flabberghasted that the SD card can't be mounted into the main memory transparently, and the problem solved that way. I am planning to go to open source Android, and that's one thing to look at. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On 04/02/2019 08:45, Graham Seed wrote:
Morning! I'm a bit of a technophobe so always stuck with paper map/compass as the only thing you ever needed on top of a mountain. However.... as an OS employee I get a free subscription so I've started using the iphone as my 'map'. I know what you mean about storage as I worked out that you could only ever have a few complete Explorer tiles on the phone at any one time if I wanted to use the mobile download option for paper copies that I own. So, using the subscription, you can download your next walking area and keep it offline? I've just done it for Kinder Scout and its given me a 40mb download of approx 20km x 20km which is ample - I've just done it on broadband but you can do it on 4G. The one drawback i found was the battery on the iphone is fairly useless when it comes to heavy outdoor useage, so I got a high capacity power bank for my Christmas present and feel I'm fairly bombproof now when it comes to walking with my iphone. At the age of 64 I finally embrace technology with iphone map and OS locate app. (still have the paper map in the rucksack.....) Graham Thanks Graham I too carry a paper map of a walking area but also have the samsung. I was caught out on Friday as I ended up in a traffic jam in an area where I hadn't downloaded maps and there was no mobile coverage. Memory map would have meant I had it instantly available which is why I was considering ways of getting whole of GB on the phone. Your figures suggest it would fit on 32GB. I carry a garmin when walking to record a GPX track. The problem wouldn't have been so bad if my granddaughter, who was driving, knew how to program her satnav and being a bit older than you I couldn't fathom it. It meant making a 100 mile diversion rather than a 5 mile one. AJH |
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