Alehouse, I had missed all of that, having been away from the forums for a while. Good luck, keeping everything crossed for you.
Pammie: nothing like a race on the calendar to get you moving!
What: dragging the rucksack around with bottles of water
Why: figuring out what kind of pack I like, better now than on top of the mountain in a few months
Last hard: in a distant past. Must do something about this.
Last rest: I guess today
It is very very good that Stickless has got experience with this sort of thing, so I don't have to make *all* the newbie mistakes. Just a handful will do